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Grade 1 Knows Money
The Grade 1’s continued their math unit on money this week. Emily talked about the 50 cent piece and how no one had likely seen one before because they aren’t in use anymore. She was quickly reminded that in fact all of the kids had seen one before. One of the dads had done a…
Read MoreCommunities in Grade 1
The Grade 1’s have been learning about different types of Communities and their features during Social Studies class this term. These include Urban, Rural and Suburban Communities. As a grand finale to our unit, each child was assigned a building that they would find in their local community to design using a shoebox. We were…
Read MoreGraphing Results in Grade 1
Although there is a ton of festive activity at school right now, the children are still busy with their academic work. The Grade 1’s are working on Data Management right now in math class. They’ve been having lots of fun travelling around the school collecting information, looking for answers to questions like ‘What’s your favourite…
Read MoreGrade 1 Guess Who?
As part of the Grade 1 Health curriculum, we are learning about Human Growth and Development. During Thursday’s Health class, we discussed the four stages of human development and how we change as we grow older. Before Thursday’s class, I had asked the Grade 1 parents to send in baby photos of the students. We…
Read MoreSTEM Fashion in Grade 1
Last week’s STEM activity involved some of the newest members of the class – Emily and Heather’s Cabbage Patch dolls and stuffies from their childhood. The Grade 1 children have enjoyed playing with these dolls over the past couple of weeks, but then they were set the challenge of designing and making some clothes and…
Read MoreGrade 1 Stewardship Know-How
Thank you to Emily, Heather and the Grade 1 class for a knockdown assembly on Thursday. They found so many entertaining ways to communicate the multifacted concept of stewardship. As always, to Lauren and Norm and all of our capable performers, thank you for the music. Congratualtions to Luke and Gavin for another excellent delivery…
Read MoreGrade 1 Gets IT Support
The Grade 1 class is very excited to announce that they have started to learn typing skills. The program we are using is called “Dance Mat Typing”. The program teaches kids how to type implementing the correct fingers in a fun and interactive way. One of our students is quite proficient in the program. Our…
Read More‘Super Readers’ in Grade 1
The Grade 1’s have really been enjoying their weekly jobs this year! Every Monday morning, we gather to delegate the 10 various jobs for the week. The students have been taking their tasks very seriously. One of their favourites is “Super Reader” which is when they get to bring in a book from home to…
Read MoreGrade 1 Blasts Off!
3…2…1…Blast Off! This week the Grade 1s made rocket ships during their S.T.E.M. lesson. After a fun colouring and construction period, the Grade 1s all went down to the gym for a flight test to the moon. The Grade 4s joined us as judges to determine who won the competition. After the Grade 1s were…
Read MoreGrade 1 Gets Sorted
The Grade 1’s are working on their sorting unit in Math this week. Working with a partner, they were tasked with sorting various objects by attribute (size, shape, type and colour). They participated in several hands-on activities to demonstrate their understanding and then presented their findings/strategies to their classmates. Next up in Grade 1 Math…
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