Grade 1 with Mrs. Read

Today we  talked about if we would rather live in a castle or on a ship for would you rather Wednesday. did calendar and found out we have been in school for 57 days  we reviewed our heart words and practiced adding or taking away letters to change a word in gym we practiced passing a soccer ball and played a tag game  in art we read a story about a Wish Tree, talked about our wishes for others and made an ornament for our school wish tree in music we learned a new song and played a circle game in math we represented a number between 10-19 in different ways (tally marks, 10 frame, pictures, base 10 blocks, etc.)  and played a game to compare 2 numbers  in guided drawing we drew an igloo and added detail  we wrote sentences about what we like! i.e I like to play games.  we ended the day with library and closing circle  Tomorrow is PJ day! Please wear your PJs to celebrate the first day of December!  - no stuffed animals please (school wide) -if students wear slippers, they need to be sl

 Today we  talked about what we did over the weekend we started to play soccer in gym and practiced keeping control of the ball our guided drawing was Pete the cat and we added details. If we had time we practiced sounding out words to label our picture  we read independently for 15 minutes!  we had more social studies presentations  we had indoor recess  in health we talked about feeling jealous and practiced writing a sentence ("I feel jealous.")  our number of the day was 18  we learned a new superstar vowel...King Ed! King Ed tells the other vowels to tell him their name we reviewed our heart words  in math we learned how to compare two numbers using the symbols < > = and then played a game where we took cards and used a number line and the symbols to compare the numbers  we had a new virtue pet... the zen zebra!  Reminders:  Please bring something yellow tomorrow for science  Thursday December 1 is PJ Day  Please make sure you are dressed very warm for the weather

 Today we... talked about what we are going over the long weekend  worked on reading and spelling in English  counted the days of school (54!)  in math we played snakes and ladders with 10 frames  in science we sorted colours from lightest to darkest No school tomorrow! See you tonight or tomorrow if you have signed up for Parent-teacher conferences. If you haven't please email me so we can schedule another meeting. 

 Today we:  In gym we started to learn about curling we talked about our weekend for question of the day we did number of the day which was 19 in health we learned about feeling lonely and drew pictures of what makes us feel lonely and what makes us feel better when we are feeling lonely  in writing today we worked on blends and spelling words we practiced writing the number 4  in math we worked on patterns with a spinner that told us what pattern rule to make  for guided drawing we drew a beach and practiced adding details! for reading we made it to 11 minutes!  If you haven't yet sent in your family pictures, please send them to Mrs. Read Reminder no school on Friday. 

  LIBRARY BOOKS  Students are once again able to take books home from our Learning Commons. Just a friendly reminder that students must return their library book each week. We have sent overdue notices home to families whose children have late books.    Lost or damaged library books must be paid for. Mrs. Barrowcliff has begun to send invoices home indicating the cost of the books. Please help us get all books back each week so all students can enjoy them and there is always lots of variety to choose from.     SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR  We are very excited to announce we will be having an in-person book fair during our Teacher Conferences. The book fair in the Northern Lights School Learning Commons on the evening of Thursday, November 24 from 4:30 – 7:45, as well as the morning of Friday, November 25 from 8:30 – 12:30.    We would love families to come by any time between these hours. Books make excellent Christmas gifts and for every book sold during the book fair, our school earns a perc

 Today we:  we talked about what we are going to do this weekend for question of the day we worked on making patterns and describing them using letters (i.e. ababab)  we had gym and play Gaga ball and freedom frenzy  in social we did some presentations  in writing we practiced writing words with the sounds that we practiced this week (__ll, __ck)  our guided drawing was a bear wearing a sweater and we added a pattern to the bear's sweater 

A reminder to sign up for Parent-Teacher conferences. Conferences will be held Thursday night and Friday during the day. They are going to be in person this year. If you are not able to make it, please email me so that we can set up a phone call on a different date. Thanks! 

Today we voted for our favourite colours and pink was the most popular! we played the same game in gym and voted for a name. Our class voted for bubble gum machine  we talked about what are examples of different colours in math we made pattern mittens  for guided drawing we drew a bear  we did calendar and found out we have been at school for 49 days in music we sang a bear song  we reviewed our heart words and lively letter sounds and worked on ck words (like rock, sock, lock)  for question of the day today we talked about our favourite holidays

 Today we learned our question of the day was would you rather have a pet dragon or pet unicorn? we talked about what we love, what makes us feel loved and what we can do to make people feel loved in gym we played an unnamed game that Mr. Newton made up!  We played a matching ten frame game in math  We went to the library  We did calendar and today was the 48th day of school!  In language arts we worked on words that end with ss and zz  Please bring in something small and red that we can share at school.  Don't forget to sign up for parent teacher conferences! Bookings are now open. 

 Today we:  We started to learn about colours and identified things that are different colours We had another fire drill (it was cold but we did a good job!)  We had some more social studies presentations  The question of the day was "would you rather watch an action movie or a comedy"? In math we did our number of the day which was 18 and then we worked on making patterns  In gym we hide and seek tag  Our guided drawing was a donut  We practiced writing the number 2 

   Good afternoon parents, Today we accomplished the following: In phys ed, we played the same game as last week, but we added dodgeballs along with the beach balls. The question of the day was "What did you do on the weekend?" We reached four minutes of independent reading today! We have been in school for 46 days! We were talking about disappointment. Our guided drawing was a snowman. In writing time, we practiced writing the number one and the number three. We practiced writing sentences. Mrs. Docherty taught us a new game called "Do this, Do that". We get new behaviour buddies! Reminders: Photo forms went home today. Check communication folders for them. Retakes are on Nov. 23 Purdy's Chocolate orders went home. Please read.

 The question of the day was what are you doing this weekend. Then, we did calendar and our morning routine. In language arts we practiced reading and writing words with our lively letters. We finally had outdoor recess! We had a Remembrance Day assembly and a moment of silence. We had makerspace. In math we played a new game where we read 10 frames and found the match. In gym we played a hockey game in gym. In writing we practiced printing the letter k.  We did some more social studies presentations and ended the day with blog and centers.  Reminder: no school tomorrow. We hope you all take a moment for Remembrance Day and students can share why it is important. 

Today we talked about our favourite subjects in question of the day and then we did our calendar routine! In English we practiced writing on the white boards. In guided drawing we did a Remembrance day picture. In music we sang songs and worked on music patterns. In gym we played a game like hockey where we used pool noodles to hit beach balls! In math we did number of the day, finished a pattern and then played a math game with 10 frames. For Remembrance Day we made a wreath for the assembly tomorrow. We ended the day with closing circle and library.  Tomorrow students are encouraged to dress in nice clothing or in uniforms in they are in scouts/cubs etc for our assembly!

Today we talked about what we like to eat for breakfast and we did calendar to start our morning. In language arts we worked on reading and writing words.  We had two more presentations where we learned about our classmate's families. In gym we played hockey and we got a a gold piece if we got it in the net. We had indoor recess again because of the cold. We talked about what peace means and coloured in a poppy with a word of what peace means to us. In math we worked on patterns and continuing a pattern. Reminder tomorrow is library day.   We are missing a black glove with white writing on the top. If you can check backpacks to see if anyone has it in their backpacks by accident, that would be great! Thank you!

 This morning we talked about our weekends and then did calendar. We had indoor recess because of the weather! We had our first social studies presentation! In language arts we practiced reading and writing with our lively letter sounds. In health we read the book 'When I'm Angry" and talked about things that make us feel angry and how we feel when we are angry. In gym we played hockey. We started to learn about poppies and why we wear a poppy for Remembrance Day. In math we started representing 2 digit numbers and our number of the day was 19. We also did a math talk and a new math game to compare numbers.  Reminder:  - if you haven't already, please bring a picture or email Mrs. Read a picture to share -On Thursday we are going to have a Remembrance Day celebration. If you are in Scouts, Guides etc. you are invited to wear your uniforms and if not, you are invited to dress up to show respect for our veterans  -No school on Friday for Remembrance Day 

The question of the day today was 'what is your favourite thing to do in the snow?' We did some reading practice to break down the sounds in a word and did calendar. Today we worked on writing and spelling and wrote words using the sound 'em'. In math we did our number of the day and then we played 'war' where we represented numbers in different ways to see who had the bigger number. In music ti-ti-ta and we learned a new song. In gym we played hockey and practiced stick handling and passing and played four corners.  Reminder: please send or bring in a family picture that we can for social studies next week. 

Today was the first day with the wall open! We did a wonderful job and had a great day.  The question of the day today was "what is something that makes you happy?" We practiced going over our sounds and reading and writing as a class. For our guided drawing we drew a tiger in a sweater. We practiced writing the letter x and practiced spelling words with the sound 'ed'. At gym we played hockey with a ball. In math we worked on patterns and made patterns with our bodies. In makerspace we had challenge cards and we built the things on the challenge card using different parts. We ended our day with library.  Reminder: please bring in or send an email to Mrs. Read with photos of family so that we can share and present to our class for social studies.  Tip: Practice putting on winter clothes at home so students are ready to put their outdoor clothes on independently and can make sure we get to enjoy our whole recess :) 

 Today we talked about what sports we like to play during question of the day. We worked on blending sounds and spelling today with our lively letters. For guided drawing we drew a dinosaur. We finished our book tournament and "Something's Wrong". We worked on happiness and talked about what makes us happy and how we can see that someone is happy (what it looks like). In gym we played a cooperative game where the floor was lava and we could only move on the mats. In math we represented a number in different ways and then played a math game. For art we coloured in underwear for the "Something's Wrong" book and decorated our door! We finished the day to talk about how tomorrow we are opening the wall and having one big classroom!  Tomorrow is library day! 

  In grade one social studies, students will be exploring the different communities that we are a part of. The first community that they will be looking at is their family community. To support this exploration students have been asked to provide a family photo and present some interesting facts about their family. Students are welcome to talk about those that they live with, as well as expand to the family that they see regularly. Here are some guiding questions to explore with your child as they prepare to speak to their peers about their family. How many people do you live with? Who do you live with? What are the names of the members of your family? What are some interesting facts about your family members? What are some typical activities that you like to do as a whole family? What are some activities that you like to do with your siblings?   To help your child prepare, please find some family photos, and either send them in their communication folder or email them to their classro