Grade 1 Blog

  Hello  Families ,    Here is an update on our learning here in Grade 1:   Literacy :   We   started  a persuasive writing challenge!  The Calgary Zoo is opening a new exhibit. It was our job to pick an amazing animal and convince the zoo to pick our  animal.  We are working hard to ensure we have strong reasons and details  to   make sure we are successful.    Math:  We  finished our measurement learning and have moved into learning about equality! We began by asking: what does the equals sign mean? Some of our answers included: math, finding the answer to a math equation and addition.  We will continue to explore this question as we go. We had lots of fun looking at balance scales to help us. We noticed that the pans on a balance would be level if the amount in each was the same , or  equal . We are next applying this understanding to numbers.   eg. 2 + 1 = 0 + 3 Science:   We have been amazing scientists! We have wrapped up our research and are now changing our jot notes into compl

  Hello  Families ,    Here is an update on our learning here in Grade 1:   Literacy :    We  continue to  expand on  our understanding of persuasive writing through various activities.   Math:  We  spent more time examining different measurements and making comparisons. We can use words like  widest ,  shorter , longest, taller, narrower, bigger, smaller  etc.   Science :   We   worked hard on completing our animal research this week. Each student selected an animal to investigate.  Examples include sabre  tooth  tigers, cheetahs,  Komodo  dragons and more!  Ask your child  what animal they are researching. Next week, we will put our jot notes into complete sentences and create a poster to demonstrate our understanding! Stay tuned.   We also went on  spring  walk with Mr. Huppie to observe the signs of spring. We noticed trees budding, plants growing and more animal activity like ants in the grass, robins chirping and rabbits changing their  colour  back to brown.  Following our walk,