What is Courage...

The Grade 1 class has been working very hard for tomorrow's assembly.  We are celebrating our friends that have been very respectful this month.  In addition to recognizing those students this month, it is our classroom's privilege to kick off the next character trait for next month, which is courage.  We have done many activities in the past few weeks about what courage looks like and what it means.  Check out our very own classroom video on what courage means to us.

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Spooky Literacy Centres

This week the children are working on sight words, writing a scary story, making jack o lanterns out of plasticine, deciding what vegetables float or sink when immersed into water, and making spider webs with paint and a marble.

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Schedules

Our schedule has changed quite a bit lately but I am happy to say that I think it has been finalized.  Please scroll to the bottom of this page to check out our calendar and you will never wonder what day library is anymore!

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Meet The Teacher

I hope to see all our families tomorrow night for meet the teacher! It runs from 4:00-6:00. Come see your child's learning space and community!

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What we are working on this week

Our shared reading this week is about apples, and what a perfect time of year to read about apples!  Students are doing apple prints at the art centre this week, learning how to draw an apple in 3 easy steps at the easel, making an apple book at the writing centre and making predictions about apples at the science centre.  We are continuing patterning in math this week so the children are making penne pattern necklaces at the math centre.  Students are also using apples to measure items in the classroom for an introduction to non standard measurement.  Phew, what a busy week!  Pictures are coming soon!

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Centres we are working on this week

Mrs. Belanger is working on writing things with the students that begin with the letter m at the guided reading table.
At our word work centre, children pick a friends picture and use plastic letters to make their friends name. Our goal is to be able to read all of our friends names in the next couple of weeks.
At the playdough centre, students are using playdough to create the letters in the alphabet.
The art centre is free choice this week!
At the paint centre, the children are encouraged to mix primary colours to make secondary colours.
At the science centre children are mixing primary colours to make secondary colours.
Children are encouraged to share their creations or what they have learned at the end of centre time. If students want to share they need to sign up and write: I want to share.... And their name.

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