Materials Centers

We had theme Centers about different materials. At the Centers we do experiments, we write songs, we sort brushes for different jobs, we make poems and we are planing and making a candy holder. Gabriel says, " The Centers are fun!"  Cameron told us that the Centers make her happy. Drayson thinks the Centers are awesome! Brody likes sorting the brushes. Avery, John, Rhianna, Tristan, Serenity, Landen and Cara all liked doing the experiment! Mathew and Jayden like making the candy holder!

Daily 5 - Read to Someone

During our Daily 5 literacy routine, the children have mastered the first four literacy tasks: read to self, work on writing, listen to reading and word work.  This week we are learning how to read to someone. The boys and girls have enjoyed reading their stories to a classmates. Reading to someone is a great way to practice reading fluently and is fun!

Collages

We have been working on our Characteristics of Materials theme and learning what different objects are made of and why we use certain materials for objects. In art we made a materials collage. We had to use something that was bumpy, something made of wood, something shiny and something soft! The collages look fabulous!

Different Kinds of Smart

We have been learning about the "different kinds of smart" (Multiple Intelligences)!  Everyone has smooth roads (strengths) and bumpy roads (challenges).  Mrs. Turner is verbal-linguistic, which means she learns well by reading and writing.  Ms. Jensen in mathematical-logical - she is good with problems and numbers.  Some of our students felt they were bodily-kinesthetic like Mrs. Rogala our Phys. Ed teacher,  or visual- spatial like Ms. Dowd.  Ask your child what kind of smart they are!  What kind of smart are you?

Spelling Words

I will send home the weekly spelling words each Friday, but just in case you want to review or look ahead, click on this link:
Grade 1 Spelling Word List

Word work

Each week, we will focus on mastering 5 new words. The spelling words selected are the 100 most frequently used words in children's writing. Approximately 80% of the words that children use to write are comprised of these 100 words! 

On Monday and Tuesday, we practise writing these words using lowercase letters and ensuring they are just the right size. By mid-week, we are ready to practice our words in a hands-on manner - by making them with wiki-stix, by printing them on white boards or by playing Spider Race.