May 25th - 28th

 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 equal 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 balances 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. 

Science: We have been amazing scientists! We have wrapped up our research and are now changing our jot notes into complete sentences. This is hard but important work. Putting information into our own words is something we will continue to do all through our school years! In addition to our science writing, we are working on our animal poster. We have been practicing sketching out our animals before doing our good copy illustrations. We can’t wait to show you once they’re done! 

Social Studies: We continue to explore the past by learning about the fur trade. We have had so much fun by acting out some of the events. We began by sailing the ocean from Europe to a new place to find new land and resources. The explorers did not know the name of this new land. The explorers then met the Indigenous people, who already lived there! The two groups could not speak the same language but established trade and made friendships. Ask your child what happens next! 

On Friday, we also had a presentation or ceremony about the buffalo or bison. Mr. Huppie taught us some more about the buffalo and we had a smudge too! 

 

Reminders: 

  • Although the weather is getting warmer, temperatures still tend to be cooler in the mornings and often unpredictable throughout the day. Please continue to send a jacket to school with your child. 

  • CNGReads is every Wednesday at 7 pm. Tune in for some great stories 😊  

  • Please continue to send the Tuesday folder and home reading with your child each and every Tuesday. 

 


Hello Families, 

We are so excited to be back in the classroom. Thank you for all your support during our time online. Here is what we were up to: 

Literacy: We started a new persuasive writing challenge! Mr. McCracken wanted to know if we should close the playground. Some of us agreed with him while others disagreed. Our job is to convince others of our opinions. We also reviewed some of the literacy skills we learned online like adding commas in a list, finding the number of syllables in a word and past tense verbs. 


Math: We reviewed our understanding of symmetry and scales and showed our teachers what we knew. 


Science: We have begun investigating the needs of plants. We have each picked a plant to research and are continuing to develop our ability to take jot notes. Some of the plants we are researching include the Alberta Wild Rose, Sandbox Tree, Venus Flytrap and the Corpse Flower. We have already noticed similarities and differences between these very unique plants. 


Social Studies: We reviewed the Fur Trade and are now examining the different perspectives involved during this piece of Canadian history. To help us, we looked at different pictures and tried to pretend we were a European or an Indigenous person and thought about what they would say or think in each situation. We then filled in their thinking or talking bubbles about the Fur Trade. 

 

Reminders: 

  • Although the weather is getting warmer, temperatures still tend to be cooler in the mornings and often unpredictable throughout the day. Please continue to send a jacket to school with your child. 
  • CNGReads is every Wednesday at 7 pm. Tune in for some great stories 😊  
  • Please continue to send the Tuesday folder and home reading with your child each and every Tuesday. 

 

 

 

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