Learning's Fun ~ In Grade One! October 31, 2016

Reminders - Halloween Party on Monday, October 31 in the afternoon
                   - Fall Supper on Saturday, November 5
                   - School Remembrance Day Service on Wednesday, November 9 at 10:45
                   - No School - November 10 and 11

LAST WEEK
It was a very busy week. 
We went to the MTYP to see "Alligator Pie".  Thank you to all of the parents who drove. 
Then got a VERY BIG pumpkin delivered to our class and we have been using it for math (measuring, comparing).  Mr. Wozney and Mr. Petkau had to use a cart to move it from my car to the classroom.  (It weighs 180 pounds!) 
We started work on our Fall Supper Art projects.  The kids are creating big paintings of ornamental corn using a black glue outline and tempera paint.  We will finish them this week.
We also made paper chain colour patterns and handprint spiders to decorate the room for our party.
We used finger paint to mix primary colours to make secondary colours and glued our "feely" objects into our Touch Booklets.

 

Meet Ormie and Jewel our pumpkins.

 

How tall is Ormie the BIG pumpkin?

 

How many blocks tall is Jewel the small pumpkin?

 

Measuring how big around are the pumpkins using "links".

 

Counting how many lines are on each pumpkin.

 

Does a pumpkin float or sink?

 

Can you roll a pumpkin?

Learning's Fun ~ In Grade One! October 24, 2016

Reminders - Field Trip to the MTYP for "Alligator Pie" on Thursday, October 27 at 10:00 am
                   - Halloween Party on Monday, October 31, in the afternoon
                   - Fall Supper - Saturday, November 5 (You can still buy tickets for this event)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!                   Rafael              October 29

SENSES
I sent home a note last week asking parents to help their children find 6 small "Feely" items around their house to use in making their Touch Books.  Please send the items in a Ziplock bag (labelled with their names) to school as soon as possible.  We will be making our booklets this week. 
Thanks again for your help.
In case you can't find the note we need - something smooth, rough, hard, soft, bumpy, crunchy

TERRY FOX
Our school raised $548.40 from our Tasks for Terry activities.  Thank you.

HALLOWEEN PARTY
Our Halloween Party will be held next week, on Monday, October 31 in the afternoon.  The children can dress up in a costume if they wish.  Please send the costumes to school in a plastic bag and the children can CHANGE AFTER LUNCH RECESS. 
- Please do not send your child to school in their costumes in the morning. 
- Please do not send a costume that has a face mask, blood, weapons or is frightening.
- After everyone has changed, we will be having a costume parade around the school and a mini-dance in the gym.
- After last recess we will be having snacks and games.  There are 17 students in the class.

Just a reminder about who the Halloween Snack parents are -
Alyssa and Isabelle, Caleb, Connor, Cooper

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK - Exploring "Smelling Jars" and "Feely Socks" for our Senses Unit

Learning's Fun ~ In Grade One! October 17, 2016

*Reminders - FALL SUPPER Tickets on Sale (Supper on Saturday, Nov. 5)
                       NEEDED - Still collecting items for the Fall Supper Auction!
                     - NO SCHOOL on Friday, October 21
                     - Field Trip to MTYP on Thursday, October 27

FIELD TRIP
I sent home a yellow field trip form today.  We are going to the MTYP (Manitoba Theatre for Young People) at the Forks on Thursday, October 27 to see a performance of "Alligator Pie".  We will need parent drivers/chaperones.  If you are available, please fill out that section on the form and return it by Tuesday, October 25.  Thanks for your help.

HALLOWEEN PARTY SNACKS
We will be having our Halloween Party on Monday, October 31 in the afternoon.  I usually divide up parent/families in the class and assign them to bring treats for one class party per year.  This usually works out fairly for everyone.  If your snack party day does not work for you, please let me know and we can switch with another family. 
Remember - please do not send food containing "NUTS" to school.  We also have an "EGG" allergy in the class to keep in mind.  If your treat contains eggs, please label those treats.  There are 17 children in our class.  I will bring the drinks.

SNACK PARENTS -
Halloween - Alyssa and Isabelle, Caleb, Connor, Cooper
Christmas - Dekari, Ejiro, Elijah, Geddy
Valentine's Day - Jacob, Justin, Mariela, Melodie
Easter - Rafael, Sadie, Sara, Shane
End of the Year - Free for whoever would like to bring something

PHOTOS FROM THE WEEK
Sharing our own stories that were written during Writer's Workshop Time -

 

Working in the computer lab -

 

 

SENSES for SCIENCE  - Playing Sound Bingo and Sound Shaker Eggs Sorting Activity

 

 



 



Learning's Fun ~ In Grade One! October 11, 2016

Reminders - Scholastic Book orders due on Friday, October 14

I hope that your Thanksgiving was restful and delicious!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!               ALYSSA and ISABELLE                 OCTOBER  17

MATH
We have finished up our first math unit about Patterns and are starting unit number two which is all about Number Sense.

SCIENCE
We are continuing our unit about The Five Senses.

HOME-READING
Most of the children should be bringing home small beginner books (A,B,C) to use for home-reading.  Please keep these small books for more than one night and read them over and over again.  There is more to reading than just de-coding the words.  They should also practice reading aloud to develop fluency, expression, rhythm and confidence.  (You can model reading with expression and they can echo-read each page after you.) 

They need to see themselves as successful readers.  Ask them to re-tell you the story.  Do they remember what happened?  Can they answer questions?  What happened at the beginning, middle and ending?  Ask "understanding" questions - Why do you think he did that?  Does this story remind you of anything?  How do you think she felt?  What might happen next?  Of course you wouldn't ask everything for every page.  Reading should be enjoyable.

If they are struggling, go back a level or re-read the same books over again or take turns reading until they feel more confident and successful.  Do not encourage them to move up a level too quickly.  Learning to read (with comprehension) takes a lot of practice.  Our class goal is to read 5 nights a week or more.  Some of the children may be bringing home longer, more challenging books, but the same ideas work for them as well.

Photos from last week -
Making Thanksgiving Prayer Wreaths and Art - We drew David from a book called "No, David" and took a line for a walk and coloured in the spaces we made.

Learning's Fun ~ In Grade One! - October 3, 2016

Reminders - NO SCHOOL Monday, October 10 - Thanksgiving
                    - Please bring in your plastic shopping bags to be recycled. 
                      Put the bags in the bin in the front hall.  The bags will be sent to Take Pride Winnipeg.

HOMEWORK
The math homework is due on Fridays.  Even if the homework was a game, please hand in the sheet (if you have any dice at home, please return them as well).  The weekly Home-Reading Log is also due every Friday.  Your child may switch books on any day that they are ready for something new.  We are working on choosing "good-fit" books.        

TASKS FOR TERRY
Thank you for your family's participation with our Tasks for Terry activity.  If your child has not returned their sheet, it is not too late.  They may still bring it in to school.

UP-COMING FIELD TRIP
Just to let you know ahead of time - We will be going to the MTYP (Manitoba Theatre for Young People) on Thursday, October 27 to see the production of ALLIGATOR PIE.  A permission form will be coming home next week if you are interested and available to drive.

TREASURES
We have lots of small, pocket-sized "treasures" on our classroom that we use for math manipulatives. (glass beads, diamonds, stones, cars, coins, beans, poker chips, etc...)  If your child has brought some of these items home accidently, please return them to school.  We need them for counting and sorting in math class.  Thanks.

Photos from the week - Chapel, Bean Patterns and missing Reading Buddy photo
   

 

 

SNAKE PIT PHOTOS - Thank you to all of the parents who drove for this field trip!