Grade 1 Blog

Hello  Families ,    Here is an update on our learning here in Grade 1:   Literacy:   T o demonstrate our knowledge of persuasive writing, we tried to convince our teachers we know how to be healthy. We worked hard to include  an opening sentence, three reasons with an explanation and a closing sentence. We will continue to practice these skills in the coming weeks.   Math:  We have  continued to explore measurement through measuring a variety of objects and pictures. We have compared the lengths and determined which is  shorter  and which is  longer .   Science:   We  have kicked off our new unit in  Science  with some animal research. We are beginning the research process as a class and small groups before  try ing it ourselves. We are using websites like National Geographic for Kids to find out more about an animal ’s habitat, body or appearance, food or diet and any cool facts. We learned that ...

  Hello Families,   We hope you had a relaxing and wonderful Spring Break. Here is an update on our learning here in Grade 1:   Literacy:  We continue to work on becoming stronger readers and writers through daily activities. Currently, we are focusing on persuasive writing. We know that persuasive writing  is a type of writing that tries to convince the reader of an  opinion  or  argument . We are working hard to include a strong argument  in our writing  that is justified, or  backed up by  three  reasons.   Math:   We have begun our new math unit measurement. Did you know that you can measure all sorts of things? These things include weight,  distance,  length, width, age, time,  height,  temperature and so  many  more!  We have started by measuring the length and width of objects with non-standard units  like blocks and footsteps.    Social Studies :  We ...

 Hello Families, We had a great week of learning. In Science , we used paper to explore building a wall, a chair, a table, and a dome to help develop both perseverance and skills for our upcoming building project. Thank you to families for sending in small boxes, toilet paper rolls, and other materials we can use this week. In Math , we explored the number line and how we can picture it in our minds when numbers are missing. We also noted part-part-whole to create fact families using just three digits:  2 + 3 = 5  3 + 2 = 5 5 - 2 = 3 5 - 3 = 2 In Literacy , we continue to work on reading and writing skills. We continued to explore adding juicy adjectives in our writing as well as editing for capitals and end punctuation. We also looked at contractions. Mr. Huppie visited and showed children furs of different animals as well as some skulls. We noted how sharp teeth equate to a meat diet while flatter teeth are found in herbivores. He also presented a slide show on differen...

  Hello Families,     Here is an update on our learning here in Grade 1:   Literacy:   We are transitioning away from story-writing  and celebrated our hard work by coming together with both cohorts virtually to share our wonderful stories. It was awesome to hear each other’s stories !   Math:   We spent some time sorting different 3D shapes using their  attributes .  Here are some pictures of our sorting.       Top left: This student sorted the shapes using their number of faces (6).    Top right: This student sorted shapes by their number of vertices or apex  (0).     Centre: This student sorted shapes on  whether or not  they could roll  and  slide.     This was also the last week of our 3D shape learning. Next week, we are going to strengthen our number sense by exploring number lines more deeply.   Social Studies :  We are examining rural and urban commu...