We enjoyed a fantastic time at the CPOs performance of the Hockey Sweater on Wednesday morning. Thank you to all of the volunteers who were able to come along and help out.
When we returned in the afternoon, students chose one of our familiar graphic organizers (4 square, event map, six square or y-chart) to show what they enjoyed and remembered from the field trip.
Every day in math we practice "Number Talks" to help strengthen our math skills and explain our thinking about math. This week we introduced a new strategy called Disappearing Dan. Ask your child how it works!
This week in writing we worked to tell our opinion about books we read together. Our goal was to try and use the word because to try and explain our opinion. As always, we try our best to focus on printing on the line and appropriate finger spacing.
Friday was a busy day in our classroom. Reading buddies from Joanne Cardinal Schubert Highschool came to spend time with us and then we had time with our grade 2 and 3 buddies to work on page in our visual journals to help begin to tell our story. This was a good beginning to our Central Library field trip where our theme centres around "How are our personal stories woven together and what is my story?"
Along with the other Grade 1 classes we completed the Beakerhead Ingenuity Challenge. We worked to explore with elastics and create catapults. Our final video is short but shows the final product we worked together to create. Your child can give you more details about the part they played in the challenge!
Watch the video here....
Friendship day February 12
Some families have been asking about Valentine's card exchange in the classroom. For those students who wish to give cards, we will exchange cards on February 12th. Please make sure your child has enough cards for the 45 students in our classroom. There is no need to write a name in the “TO” space on each card, but rather, have your child simply sign their name in the “FROM” space.
Reminders:
- There is no school on February 13 and 14 due to teachers convention.
- Family Day February 17 - no school
- Volunteer Opportunity - Ms. Karpick’s class is going to The Central Library March 9-13 and is still in need of volunteers. If you can help out, specifically on March 10 or 11, please email cakarpick@cbe.ab.ca
Every day in math we practice "Number Talks" to help strengthen our math skills and explain our thinking about math. This week we introduced a new strategy called Disappearing Dan. Ask your child how it works!
This week in writing we worked to tell our opinion about books we read together. Our goal was to try and use the word because to try and explain our opinion. As always, we try our best to focus on printing on the line and appropriate finger spacing.
Friday was a busy day in our classroom. Reading buddies from Joanne Cardinal Schubert Highschool came to spend time with us and then we had time with our grade 2 and 3 buddies to work on page in our visual journals to help begin to tell our story. This was a good beginning to our Central Library field trip where our theme centres around "How are our personal stories woven together and what is my story?"
Along with the other Grade 1 classes we completed the Beakerhead Ingenuity Challenge. We worked to explore with elastics and create catapults. Our final video is short but shows the final product we worked together to create. Your child can give you more details about the part they played in the challenge!
Watch the video here....
Friendship day February 12
Some families have been asking about Valentine's card exchange in the classroom. For those students who wish to give cards, we will exchange cards on February 12th. Please make sure your child has enough cards for the 45 students in our classroom. There is no need to write a name in the “TO” space on each card, but rather, have your child simply sign their name in the “FROM” space.
Reminders:
- There is no school on February 13 and 14 due to teachers convention.
- Family Day February 17 - no school
- Volunteer Opportunity - Ms. Karpick’s class is going to The Central Library March 9-13 and is still in need of volunteers. If you can help out, specifically on March 10 or 11, please email cakarpick@cbe.ab.ca
