May 11th - 15th
May 11th - 15th
Hi Families!
We had another amazing week in grade one! We kicked off a new writing focus, Opinion Writing, learning about the difference between facts and opinions. The children then got to write about which playground at our school is their favourite and they are working to include three reasons why. We will continue this focus and also continue writing in our Chick Journals, which have documented their observations and understanding of taking care of our eggs/chicks.
The class used their subtraction skills to think through and make predictions about how many of our eggs they think will hatch. Then the children created cute art pieces showcasing the number of chicks they think we will have.
The “Cool Kids Care Club” are planning their last fundraiser of the year; a COOL treat!
We will have an ice cream sandwich sale with all our proceeds going to the QEH Big Day of Giving event. We will raise money to help purchase life saving equipment for our Charlottetown hospital.
Here is how you can help: You can purchase your ice cream sandwich for $2 (gluten & dairy free options available) from Monday May 11th – Wednesday May 13th from your classroom teacher.
WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING SALES AFTER WEDNESDAY MAY 13th.
Ice cream will be delivered on Friday, May 15th.
Here's what's happening in 1A this week:
Phys. Ed - Tuesday, Thursday
Music - Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Library - Tuesday, Thursday
Playground - Front playground
Words of the week- Review of words with r-controlled vowels - ar, or, er, ir, ur. (Ex: car, horn, her, bird, burn)
Highlights for this week:
Egg to Chick Program: Our eggs are in ‘lockdown mode’ and we have two chicks that are hatched! There are also several more that have pipped. The chicks will continue to hatch tonight and tomorrow. Once chicks have hatched and their feathers have dried we transfer them from the incubator to our very own classroom pen. Very exciting! See pictures here!
RCMP and dog visit: Tuesday morning 9:40.
Chick Visit: Wednesday, May 13th, pop in between 3:00-4:00 to see our baby chicks. Please refer to my email on Friday.
Monthly learning goals: Click HERE to see May Learning goals.
Fundations: This week we will work through week 3 of Unit 11. In Unit 11, students will learn about a new syllable type, vowel-consonant-e. This is a concept that they have been introduced to (we often call it “magic e”), and they will now get three weeks to practice it and extend their learning in Fundations. With “vowel-consonant-e”, the “e” at the end of the word is silent, but it changes the sound of the vowel in the word to the long vowel sound. For example: If we add an “e” to the word “hop”, it becomes “hope”. Students will learn the keywords and practice the long vowel sounds for each vowel.
Reading Homework: Your child will have 3 practice books along with Unit 11 Week 2 Fundations fluency sheet. Thanks for sending back your child’s books. Please send back any you may have at home.
Dates to Remember
Monday, May 11th- Chicks hatching
Wednesday, May 13th - Chick Open House (Drop-in between 3pm-4pm)
Monday, May 18th- Victoria Day (No classes)
Tuesday, June 9th- Fun in the Park
Thursday, June 25th- Last day of classes for students
Hi families!
We candled all/most of our eggs last week. We did get to see some movement in the eggs, eyes, air sac, and blood vessels. It can be a bit stressful candling the eggs in a small, dark room with 15 kids, haha, but the kids handled it really well! Despite their excitement, they tried their best to be patient and to stay back a distance to ensure the safety of our eggs.
We enjoyed the Easter Seals tour visit last week. Rowan is an impressive dancer and I saw lots of smiles on the kids faces as they watched Rowan’s dance moves. I was very impressed with the kids’ behavior during this visit. They were a terrific audience and listened with respect.
Here's what's happening in 1A this week:
Phys. Ed - Tuesday, Thursday
Music - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Library - Tuesday
Playground - Back playground
Words of the week- Compound words: afternoon, anyway, anyone, sometimes
Highlights for this week:
Egg to Chick Program: We are in for the final week of chick rearing this week. We won’t be candling the eggs anymore as they are now taking up too much space within the egg to see any movement. We will continue Chick Checks, and on Wednedsday, the incubator will be in ‘lock down mode’ which means it can no longer be opened. We are hoping we will get to see some chicks hatch on Monday, May 11th!
Fundations: This week we will work through week 2 of Unit 11. In Unit 11, students will learn about a new syllable type, vowel-consonant-e. This is a concept that they have been introduced to (we often call it “magic e”), and they will now get three weeks to practice it and extend their learning in Fundations. With “vowel-consonant-e”, the “e” at the end of the word is silent, but it changes the sound of the vowel in the word to the long vowel sound. For example: If we add an “e” to the word “hop”, it becomes “hope”. Students will learn the keywords and practice the long vowel sounds for each vowel.
Reading Homework: Your child will have 3 practice books along with Unit 11 Week 2 Fundations fluency sheet. Thanks for sending back your child’s books. Please send back any you may have at home.
Dates to Remember
Monday, May 11th- Chicks begin to hatch
Monday, May 18th- Victoria Day (No classes)
Tuesday, June 9th- Fun in the Park
Thursday, June 25th- Last day of classes for students
Hi families!
We had a great first week with our chick eggs! Each day we have two friends who get to do “Chick Checks” in the morning, at snack, at lunch, and at the end of the day. On a clipboard and sheet, they record the temperature and humidity of the incubator. The humidity has to be in the range of 45-55 degrees, and if it isn’t, we need to add water inside the incubator. The kids are taking this job very seriously. They are learning a lot and having fun at the same time! On Monday, we plan to ‘candle’ our eggs which is when you look at the eggs in a dark room with a flashlight to see the development inside the egg. This is really cool!
We also enjoyed recognizing Earth day last week and we did Art on Wednesday where the kids made Earth on a template using q-tips to dot on blue and green paint. They turned out really nice!
Here's what's happening in 1A this week:
Phys. Ed - Monday, Wednesday
Music - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Library - Thursday
Playground - Front playground
Words of the week- Contractions: I'm, can't, don't, didn't
Highlights for this week:
Easter Seals Tour: The Easter Seals Ambassador and their tour will come visit our school on Wednesday, April 29th.
Fundations
We finished up Unit 10 last week. The kids continue to do their best in each unit. There are a couple of things we will continue to work on as we move in to unit 11 (remembering to tap base words before we add the suffix to ensure we have the blend at the end of the baseword).
This week we will work through week 1 of Unit 11. In Unit 11, students will learn about a new syllable type, vowel-consonant-e. This is a concept that they have been introduced to (we often call it “magic e”), and they will now get three weeks to practice it and extend their learning in Fundations. With “vowel-consonant-e”, the “e” at the end of the word is silent, but it changes the sound of the vowel in the word to the long vowel sound. For example: If we add an “e” to the word “hop”, it becomes “hope”. Students will learn the keywords and practice the long vowel sounds for each vowel.
Reading Homework: Your child will have 3 practice books along with Unit 11 Week 1 Fundations fluency sheet. Thanks for sending back your child’s books. Please send back any you may have at home.
Dates to Remember
April 28 - Spring Photos for English Classes
April 29 - Easter Seals Ambassador Visit
May 1 - Area Association Day (No classes)
Hi families!
It was a fun-filled full week in Grade 1! Check out our “Our Classoom” page for some pictures from The Music Man’s fun performance on Thursday. We loved looking through our Egg to Chick kits and getting our incubators all set up for our eggs, which are due to arrive tomorrow. It is a very exciting time in Grade 1!
Looking ahead to this week, there are still some cooler temperatures in the forecast. We are all looking forward to the warmer weather, but many of our morning recesses are still quite chilly. If you could please make sure your child is coming to school in seasonally appropriate clothing it would be greatly appreciated!
Here's what's happening in 1A this week:
Phys. Ed - Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Music - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Library - Wednesday, Friday
Playground - Back playground
Words of the week - none, nothing, blew, soon
Highlights for this week:
Fundations: This week we will be continuing Unit 10 of Fundations. In Unit 10 we will be working on closed syllables with five sounds. These are words that usually have a blend (two consonants each with their own sound) at the beginning of the word and a blend at the end of the word. The word “s l u m p” is an example. The sl is a blend and the mp is a blend.
We will be adding the suffixes s, ed and ing to these five sound words as well. Students need to remember to spell the baseword first, then add the suffix ending,
We will also introduce keywords and sounds for vowel teams: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au and aw. We are introducing these vowel teams to help the students read words with them in it. Words with vowel teams are open syllable words because the first vowel is a long vowel sound, not short. The students will learn spelling rules for these vowel teams in Grade 2.
Reading Homework: Your child will not have any practice books this week as it is Book Inventory time. Please send any books back that you may have at home. Your child does have their Unit 10 Week 2 Fundations fluency sheet in their homework bags for practice, as well as another Reading Sheet for practice that will be sent home on Monday.
Dates to Remember
April 24 - Comfy/PJ Day (Easter Seals Fundraiser)
April 28 - Spring Photos for English Classes
April 29 - Easter Seals Ambassador Visit
May 1 - Area Association Day (No classes)
Hi Families!
I am excited to finally be in the classroom with 1A this week. We are going to have so much fun! Last week, students started our Subtraction unit, and the kids are catching on very quickly! This week, we will be wrapping up our previous non-fiction books and beginning one final non-fiction writing. Students get to choose their own topic that they are an "expert" on and write a non-fiction book about it.
As you may have heard, our class (and the whole grade 1 hallway) are getting baby chicks! The eggs are set to arrive on Monday, April 20. This will be my third time doing the "From Egg to Chick" program. It is a really fun and engaging program where students will learn lots!
Here's what's happening in 1A this week:
Phys. Ed - Tuesday, Thursday
Music - Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Library - Tuesday, Thursday
Playground - Front playground
Words of the week: because, friend, other, another
Highlights for this week:
French Week
GSP will be celebrating French Week this week! Home and School will be delivering croissants for each student on Wednesday. On Thursday, April 16th, the Music Man, Michael Pendergast, will be performing a concert for us in the Gym from 9:30-10:00. His concerts are always a lot of fun! We will also explore some French songs, sayings, and traditions.
Fundations
This week we will be continuing Unit 10 of Fundations. In Unit 10 we will be working on closed syllables with five sounds. These are words that usually have a blend (two consonants each with their own sound) at the beginning of the word and a blend at the end of the word. The word “s l u m p” is an example. The sl is a blend and the mp is a blend.
We will be adding the suffixes s, ed and ing to these five sound words as well. Students need to remember to spell the baseword first, then add the suffix ending. We will also introduce keywords and sounds for vowel teams: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au and aw. We are introducing these vowel teams to help the students read words with them in it. Words with vowel teams are open syllable words because the first vowel is a long vowel sound, not short. The students will learn spelling rules for these vowel teams in Grade 2.
Reading Homework
Your child will not have any practice books this week as it is Book Inventory time. Please send any books back that you may have at home.
Dates to Remember
April 17 - Crazy Hat/Hair Day (Easter Seals Fundraiser)
April 28 - Spring Photos for English Classes
April 29 - Easter Seals Ambassador Visit
May 1 - Area Association Day (No classes)
Hi Families!
I hope you all had a lovely long weekend. 1A kicked off April by starting a Non-Fiction Reading Workshop. The children are learning various strategies to intentionally make their way through non-fiction texts and think about all that they are learning. We also started a new non-fiction writing project where each student chose an animal to write about. In Math, 1A continued to work on addition, extending their learning to numbers with sums up to 20. The children learned and practiced various strategies to help them with these larger numbers and that will support their understanding as we move into subtraction.
We have another short week ahead, as there is no school on Friday, April 10.
Here's what's happening in 1A this week:
Phys. Ed - Tuesday, Thursday
Music - Wednesday, Thursday
Library - Tuesday
Playground - Back playground
Words of the week - played, looked, shouted, cried
Highlights for this week:
Fundations: This week we will be continuing Unit 10 of Fundations. In Unit 10 we will be working on closed syllables with five sounds. These are words that usually have a blend (two consonants each with their own sound) at the beginning of the word and a blend at the end of the word. The word “s l u m p” is an example. The sl is a blend and the mp is a blend.
We will be adding the suffixes s, ed and ing to these five sound words as well. Students need to remember to spell the baseword first, then add the suffix ending,
We will also introduce keywords and sounds for vowel teams: oa, oe, ow, ou, oo, ue, ew, au and aw. We are introducing these vowel teams to help the students read words with them in it. Words with vowel teams are open syllable words because the first vowel is a long vowel sound, not short. The students will learn spelling rules for these vowel teams in Grade 2.
Reading Homework: Thanks to those who sent back their books. Your child will have 3 books again this week along with the Unit 10, Week 2 fluency sheet for practice.
Dates to Remember
April 10 - Professional Learning Day (No classes)
April 17 - Crazy Hat/Hair Day (Easter Seals Fundraiser)
April 28 - Spring Photos for English Classes
April 29 - Easter Seals Ambassador Visit
May 1 - Area Association Day (No classes)
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Hyde