Weekly Updates

March 2nd-5th

Hi Families!
I can’t believe we have been in school for 100 days!! We ended the week off on Friday by celebrating our 100 days together! They took the numeral 100 and used each numeral to make a picture and they wrote about what they would buy with $100.  Also, the kids really enjoyed mixing with the other kids in the hallway and spending some time in each classroom in the afternoon for Hallway Stations! 

On Tuesday morning, our class will visit our school Book Fair. If you'd like your child to purchase something, please send money in a bag labelled with your child's name. If there is a specific amount of money you'd like they to spend, please include that on the bag as well. 

I will be send home another early closure form. Please fill this out again so we have the updated plan for your child if we have to dismiss early again before the end of the year. Please fill out and send back ASAP- Thank you!

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Monday & Wednesday 

Music - Tuesday & Thursday

Library - Tuesday (Book Fair)

Playground - Back playground 

Yoga - Wednesday

Words of the week - r-controlled vowels and vowel teams (we will use these sounds to practice decoding words that have these sounds)

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations:  We will be testing Unit 8 on Tuesday. Then, we will begin Unit 9. In this unit, students will learn the difference between a closed syllable and an open syllable. A closed syllable has only 1 vowel and the vowel is ‘closed’ in by one or more consonants. The vowel sound is short. An open syllable word does not have a consonant after it. Some examples of open syllable words are: go, no, hi. 

• We will also introduce keywords and sounds for vowel teams: ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy. 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. 

• Book Fair: Our class will visit the book fair on Tuesday. If you are sending money in with your child to make a purchase, please put the money in a bag, along with a note with their name, what they are to buy/how much they are to spend. Thank you!

• Interviews: Thank you to those who signed up to meet. If the link is closed, and you missed signing up, please send me an email. 

Dates to Remember 

March 4th - Report Cards go home

March 5th evening-6th - Parent/Teacher Interviews

March 6th- Parent Teacher Interviews (No Classes)

March 16th-20th- March Break (No Classes)

February 17th-20th

Hi Families!
We had another great week in grade one! The kids had fun exchanging valentines and cheering for Team Canada! 

This week, we have various exciting activities taking place! We will have STEAM PEI coming to our classroom to do a Climate Action Workshop on Monday, February 23. PEI schools will have Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday, February 25th. Students are welcome to wear pink on this day to show the importance of spreading kindness. We’ll also be celebrating our 100th day of school on Thursday, February 26th. We’ll be doing a variety of activities with the number 100 on this day. The kids are welcome to wear their PJs to celebrate on Thursday! 

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Music - Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Library - Thursday

Playground - Front playground 

Yoga - Wednesday

Words of the week - say, today, rain, wait (/ay/, /ai/ vowel team sounds. The first vowel says the long vowel sound.)

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations:  We continue to work on Unit 8 and are learning about blends, which are two or more consonants that blend together to make one smooth sound. (Ex: sl, st, br, nd, dr, fl). Blends can be at the beginning of words and at the end of words. Some examples are: step, best, lend, drop, flap, brag.
  In Unit 8, we will also introduce new vowel combinations - r-controlled vowels.  Students will learn the following keywords to help them remember these sounds when reading: ar - car - /ar/, or - horn - /or/, ur - burn - /ur/. 

Dates to Remember 

Feb. 24th - Climate Action Workshop - STEAM PEI

Feb. 25th - Pink Shirt Day

Feb. 26th - 100th Day of School (more info to come)

March 4th - Report Cards go home

March 5th-6th - Parent/Teacher Interviews

February 17th-20th

Hi Families!
We had another great week in grade one! Mother Nature decided that we should extend the Valentine’s Day excitement, so we will do our exchange of valentines on Tuesday. The children have been enjoying the snow outside at recess. Thank you for sending appropriate outdoor gear each day!

This week, we have various exciting activities taking place! Tuesday will be our classroom Valentine exchange. On Friday, our school will be participating in Winter Wellness Day. The children will take part in Olympic/sports themed stations both inside and outside. They will also get to go sledding. Extra mittens would be recommended for that day if possible!

The “Cool Kids Care Club” are fundraising for the PEI Special Olympics. On Friday (February 20th), students are invited to wear a sports jersey or their favourite team colours. Donations can be sent to school any day next week. Thanks for your support! 

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Tuesday, Thursday

Music - Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Library - Wednesday & Friday

Playground - Back playground 

Yoga - Wednesday

Words of the week - each, between, three, sleep (/ee/, /ea/ vowel team sounds. The first vowel says the long vowel sound.)

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations:  We continue to work on Unit 8 and are learning about blends, which are two or more consonants that blend together to make one smooth sound. (Ex: sl, st, br, nd, dr, fl). Blends can be at the beginning of words and at the end of words. Some examples are: step, best, lend, drop, flap, brag.
  In Unit 8, we will also introduce new vowel combinations - r-controlled vowels.  Students will learn the following keywords to help them remember these sounds when reading: ar - car - /ar/, or - horn - /or/, ur - burn - /ur/. 

Dates to Remember 

Feb. 16th - Islander Day (no classes)

Feb. 17th - Valentine’s Day Celebration

Feb. 20th - Winter Wellness Day & Jersey Day

Feb. 25th - Pink Shirt Day

Feb. 26th - 100th Day of School (more info to come)

March 4th - Report Cards go home

March 5th-6th - Parent/Teacher Interviews

February 9th-12th

Hi Families!
We had a fun week with lots of excitement building in the school for the Winter Olympics! On Friday we had a school-wide assembly to celebrate the Olympic opening ceremonies. We also went sledding with our grade two Learning Buddies and they had lots of fun in the snow! The students had a great time walking to the library, listening to story-time and exploring the children’s book section with a scavenger hunt. 

This week will be a four day school week as Friday is a PD day. We will celebrate Valentine’s day on Thursday, February 12th. If students do wish to bring in Valentine cards for their classmates, I ask that they please bring one for every student in the class. 

I have taken some photos of our week together. Please click here to see!

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Monday & Wednesday

Music - Tuesday & Thursday 

Library - Tuesday

Playground - Front playground 

Words of the week - her, over, number (/er/ R-controlled vowel sound)

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations:  We began Unit 8 and are learning about blends, which are two or more consonants that blend together to make one smooth sound. (Ex: sl, st, br, nd, dr, fl). Blends can come before the vowel or after the vowel. We identify the blends by locating the vowel, this will be helpful when we learn to break multisyllabic words to read and write them!

 Some examples are: step, best, lend, drop, flap, brag.

In Unit 8, we will also introduce new vowel combinations - r-controlled vowels.  Students will learn the following keywords to help them remember these sounds when reading: ar - car - /ar/, ir - bird - /ir/, or - horn - /or/, ur - burn - /ur/).

• Yoga: This week, we will have yoga on Wednesday.

Dates to Remember 

Feb. 12 - Valentine’s Day Celebration

Feb. 13 - Provincial Professional Learning Day (no classes for students)

Feb. 16 - Islander Day (no classes)

Feb. 20 - Winter Wellness Day (more details to follow) 

Feb. 25 - Pink Shirt Day

March 4 - Report Cards go home

March 5-6 - Parent/Teacher Interviews

February 2nd-6th

Hi Families!
Happy February! We had a snowy, cold week full of indoor recesses to do lots of social learning.  We are rescheduled to walk to the Stratford Library on Monday afternoon if we change plans (due to the weather) I'll reach out Monday morning. 
In Math we dove into addition and have been learning different strategies (adding using pictures, part-part-whole). The children are very engaged and love sharing how they think about adding numbers together.
We had a great Family Literacy Week! The children did an amazing job during Grade 1 Book Buddies where they got the chance to partner up with a friend from another class and read together! We were also very lucky to have Jay Scotland teach us all about meteorology. We have been monitoring the weather every day in 1B, recording the temperatures and conditions and watching the weather maps to check for snow. Jay taught us about his job as a meteorologist and he brought some tools to teach us about ways to measure weather! I added a few photos to our site. 

Here's what's happening in 1C this week:

Music - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

Phys. Ed - Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

Library - Wednesday & Friday

Playground - Back playground 

Words of the week - could, would, should, some

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations:  We will be finishing up Unit 7  and complete our unit 7 test by the middle of the week before we dive into Unit 8.  In Unit 8, we will also introduce new vowel combinations - r-controlled vowels.  Students will learn the following keywords to help them remember these sounds when reading: ar - car - /ar/, or - horn - /or/, ur - burn - /ur/). 

• Olympic Learning: Our school is full of Olympic excitement and we will be carrying that excitement over the next few weeks. We have spent some time learning about this years olympics and the sports that are played. We’ll be participating in a bulletin board decorating contest and preparing flags to wave at our school-wide Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday.  

• Yoga: This week, we will have yoga on Wednesday.

• Homework: Thanks for sending back the homework books last week. If you haven’t already, please do so. This week, your children will have 3 books for the week. They will also have the Fundations Fluency Sheet for Week 3 sent home. 

Dates to Remember 

Feb. 6 -  Olympic Day (Show your country pride by wearing flag colours)

Feb. 13 - Provincial Professional Learning Day (no classes for students)

Feb. 16 - Islander Day (no classes)

Feb. 20 - Winter Wellness Day (more details to follow) 

Feb. 25 - Pink Shirt Day

March 4 - Report Cards go home

March 5-6 - Parent/Teacher Interviews

January 26th-30th

Hi Families!

I hope you enjoyed a very chilly weekend! We had a great week together last week. I have posted some photos on our class website. Click here to see!

I have also posted our January and February learning goals to the classroom website. You can click here to view them.

This week is family literacy week. We have some fun activities planned! On Monday afternoon, we will be walking to the Stratford Public Library for a class visit. Please make sure your student comes to school in warm winter clothing and snow boots. Thank you for sending back your permission forms for your student! 

On Wednesday, January 28th, students are invited to dress up as their favourite book character. We will also have elephant and piggie headbands for students to colour at school that they can wear for a costume, if they'd like! On Friday, January 30th, we will be having a schoolwide Pajama Day! We will also be doing hallway book buddies with the other grade one English classes.

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Music - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday

Phys. Ed - Tuesday & Thursday

Library - Wednesday & Friday

Playground - Front playground 

Words of the week - about, our, now, how

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations:  We are finishing our second week of unit 7. We're working on the "glued sounds" ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk. Later this week we will practice these words with the suffix -s.

• Yoga: This week, we will have yoga on Tuesday.

Dates to Remember 

Jan. 27th - Family Literacy Day

Jan. 28th - Dress as your favourite book character

Jan. 30th - Pajama Day

Feb. 13th - School Goals Day (No School for Students)

Feb. 16th - Islander Day (No School)

Feb 25th - Pink Shirt Day

January 19th-23rd

Hi Families!

We enjoyed a math lesson on Rekenreks delivered by our math coach on Friday. Rekenreks are a great tool to use when adding and subtracting. We learned how to use them as a toy and as a tool and explored how to represent numbers in different ways, equality, part-part-whole and pre-addition skills. We will begin our addition unit with sums to 12 this week. 

We had a break from winter weather last week, but the snow is back! Please send snowpants, mitts/gloves, and a hat every day this week.  Hopefully, the snow will stick around for a bit so we can get out on our school sleds sometime before the end of January! 

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Music - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Phys. Ed - Tuesday & Thursday

Library - Monday & Wednesday

Playground - Back playground 

Words of the week - too, two, also, put

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations:  We will be working through Unit 7, week 2, this week. In Unit 7, students will learn EIGHT new glued sounds! Wow! There will be four new glued sounds ending with “ng” (ang, ing, ong, ung) and four ending with “nk” (ank, ink, onk, unk). Many students find these sounds tricky due to their articulation of the words and trying to identify the short vowel sound. 

  • In Week 1, we learned the “ng” glued sounds

  • In Week 2, we will learn the “nk” glued sounds.

  • In Week 3, we will add the suffix -s to these words. 

  • We will learn the following trick words in this unit: why, by, my, try, put, two, too, very, also, some, come.

• Yoga: This week, we will have yoga on Thursday.

Dates to Remember 

Jan. 27th - Family Literacy Day

Feb. 13th - School Goals Day (No School for Students)

Feb. 16th - Islander Day (No School)

Feb 25th - Pink Shirt Day

January 12th-16th

Hi Families!

We had a wonderful first week back from the holiday break! It was nice to get back into our routines. There were lots of tired kids (and teachers) by the end of the week! We talked about goal setting and the children set some goals for the new year. We also had our first yoga session and they seemed to really enjoy it! We also enjoyed learning about tidal pools, coastal areas and the animals that live in them. We learned a lot in our workshop with the museum of nature and the kids had lots of questions! We loved seeing sea cucumbers, urchins, anemones, and sea stars up close! 

Here are some photos from last week in our class

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Music - Tuesday & Thursday

Library - Tuesday 

Playground - Front playground 

Yoga - Wednesday

Words of the week - why, by, my, try, very

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations:  We have completed our Unit 6 test and will be starting Unit 7 this week. In Unit 7, students will learn EIGHT new glued sounds! Wow! There will be four new glued sounds ending with “ng” (ang, ing, ong, ung) and four ending with “nk” (ank, ink, onk, unk).

  • In Week 1, we will learn the “ng” glued sounds.

  • In Week 2, we will learn the “nk” glued sounds.

  • In Week 3, we will add the suffix -s to these words. 

  • We will learn the following trick words in this unit: why, by, my, try, put, two, too, very, also, some, come.

• Yoga: This week, we will have yoga on Tuesday.

• Homework: We will start back to our reading homework this week. The children will have 3 books for the week.

Dates to Remember 

Jan. 27th - Family Literacy Day

Feb. 13th - School Goals Day (No School for Students)

Feb. 16th - Islander Day (No School)

Feb 25th - Pink Shirt Day

January 5th-9th

Hi Families!

Happy New Year! I hope you and your children had a wonderful break together! It was great to see their smiles and hear all their stories about their break. We will be learning so much in grade one in 2026! This Friday, we will participate in our virtual workshop with the Museum of Nature. We'll be going on a "Coastal Adventure" and get to see some coastal sea creatures up close! We are lucky to participate in a yoga class with a certified yoga instructor one day a week for the next few months. Aspects of our curriculum (speaking and listening, five senses, social and emotional skills, and more!) are integrated into our yoga lessons. We're looking forward to it!

I have posted some photos of our week together before the break on our class website. You can see them here !

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Tuesday & Thursday

Music - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Library - Monday(book exchange day) and Friday

Playground - Back playground 

Words of the week - her, after, other, over

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations:  This week, we will work week 3 of Unit 6. In this unit, they will learn a new concept that they will use frequently, that of adding a suffix (which is an ending) to a baseword. In this unit, they will learn the sufflx 's'. For example: dog - add the sufflx 's' = dogs 

We will learn that to spell a word with a suffix ending, you hear the entire word (e.g., "maps"), but then need to separate the baseword from the suffix (e.g., "map" from the suffix 's' in the word “maps”).

Additionally, we will learn that sometimes the suffix's' has the lz/ sound as in the word bug-bugs. 

• Yoga: Our grade one classes have the opportunity to practice yoga with a certified instructor for thirty minutes once a week for the next few months.

Dates to Remember 

Monday, January 5th- First day back to school after the holiday break

December 15th - 19th

Hi Families!

It was so lovely to see the students on stage this week for their Christmas concert. They worked so hard practicing their songs over the past few weeks. They were so excited to share their music with you and their smiles lit up the room! What a joy it was to get to share this special time with them!

Thank you so much for your donations to the Cool Kid’s club food drive! Our class brought in 54 items! The whole school did such a great job that Mrs. Dunn and Mrs. MacKinnon decided to reward us with an ice cream party for everyone!

We are now heading into our final week before the holiday break. We have many fun activities planned! We will start off the week on Monday with a show and tell day. Students can bring something from home to show the class (no electronics please). I will include a full list of this week's activities at the bottom of this email. It is going to be so much fun!

I have posted some photos of our week together on our class website. You can see them here !

Here's what's happening in 1A this week:

Phys. Ed - Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Music - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Library - Thursday

Playground - Front playground 

Activities for the last week of school before the holiday break

Monday, December 15th 

Class Activity: Show & Tell Day

• students can bring something from home to share (no electronics)

School-Wide Activity: Red & Green Day and “Get up and dance” 

Tuesday, December 16th

Class Activity: Art in the Dark

School-Wide Activity: Read Aloud with Admin and “Name that tune”

Wednesday, December 17th

Class Activity: Read-a-thon Day

• students can bring a favourite book and/or a blanket/teddy

School-Wide Activity: Festive Attire Day and Teacher Swap

Thursday, December 18th 

Class Activity: Hallway Stations in Grade 1 English

School-Wide Activity: Virtual Bingo

Friday, December 19th 

Class Activity: Movie Day

School-Wide Activity: PJ Day and School Carol Sing Along 

Dates to Remember 

Friday, December 19th- Last day for students before the Holiday Break

Monday, December 22nd- Last day for staff before the Holiday Break

Monday, January 5th- First day back in 2026 for everyone

December 8th - 12th

Hi Families!

Winter has made an appearance! I hope the kids were able to enjoy of the snow on their stay-home days. We have an endless line of wet items on the heater this time of year, so extra mitts/socks are always a good idea. 

We enjoyed another visit from the Student Well Being team last week. They spoke to us about our emotions. This was great information for the children and they were very engaged (and excellent listeners). 

It’s CONCERT WEEK at Glen Stewart! The excitement will be high as we prepare to perform on the big stage! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Stay tuned for an e-mail from Ms. Dunn tomorrow with all the information for concerts. We will have an afternoon show at 1pm and an evening show at 6pm. For the evening performance, the doors will open at 5:30pm and students can head down to their classrooms at that time (parents will head to the gym to get seats). You will pick your child up at our classroom when the show is over. Please let me know if your child will not be attending the evening performance. Thanks!

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Music - Monday, Wednesday & Friday (as well as concert rehearsal on Monday)

PE - Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 

Library - Wednesday

Playground - Back playground 

Words of the week - came, make, five, home **This week’s focus will be on words that follow the “vowel-consonant-e” pattern. This skill is taught later this year in Fundations, but is an important one to introduce the children to, as these words are showing up in many of the books they are reading. We often refer to this as “magic e”. The “e” becomes silent because it gives all of its power to the other vowel in the word, making that vowel say its name.** 

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations:  This week, we will be starting into Week 2 of Unit 6. In this unit, they will learn a new concept that they will use frequently, that of adding a suffix (which is an ending) to a baseword. In this unit, they will learn the sufflx 's'. For example: dog - add the sufflx 's' = dogs 

We will learn that to spell a word with a suffix ending, you hear the entire word (e.g., "maps"), but then need to separate the baseword from the suffix (e.g., "map" from the suffix 's' in the word “maps”).

Additionally, we will learn that sometimes the suffix's' has the lz/ sound as in the word bug-bugs. 

Here’s a heads up of what’s going on in our classroom next week for the final week before the break:

Activities for the last week of school before the holiday break

Monday, December 15th 

Class Activity: Show & Tell Day

• students can bring something from home to share (no electronics)

School-Wide Activity: Red & Green Day and “Get up and dance” 

Tuesday, December 16th

Class Activity: Art in the Dark

School-Wide Activity: Read Aloud with Admin and “Name that tune”

Wednesday, December 17th

Class Activity: Read-a-thon Day

• students can bring a favorite book and/or a blanket/teddy

School-Wide Activity: Festive Attire Day and Teacher Swap

Thursday, December 18th 

Class Activity: Hallway Stations in Grade 1 English

School-Wide Activity: Virtual Bingo

Friday, December 19th 

Class Activity: Movie Day

School-Wide Activity: PJ Day and School Carol Sing Along 

Dates to Remember 

                                         Tuesday, December 9th - Grade 1 Christmas Concert - 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm

Friday, December 19th- Last day for students before the Holiday Break

Monday, December 22nd- Last day for staff before the Holiday Break

Monday, January 5th- First day back in 2026 for everyone

December 1st-5th 

Hi Families!

We enjoyed our visit and presentation on Kindness from the Student Well-Being Team last Tuesday. Two team members presented, and they were delighted to hear how much our students know about what kindness looks like, sounds like, and feels like. As an activity at the end, the kids got to choose a coloring sheet with the theme Kindness, color it, and give it to someone they care about as an act of kindness. This week, again on Tuesday, we have these members invited back into our Grade 1 English classrooms to do a presentation on Emotions.  Check out some photos from our classroom here.

Our Grade One Christmas Concert will be on Tuesday, December 9th. We will be on stage to sing two songs with another grade one class. We'll be performing in two concerts at 1:00pm and 6:00pm. If you know your child will be absent from one or both shows, please let me know as this impacts their order on the stage. Thanks!

It’s hard to believe we are into the first week of December! December is a busy month with lots of activities planned. Please see at the bottom of this update, the special theme days we have planned as a whole school and as a Grade 1 English wing. 

**Please see below activities planned for the last week of school leading up to Christmas Break**

Grade 1 Hallway theme days and School-Wide Theme days:

Monday, December 15th - Show & Tell and Red & Green Day and Get up and Dance 

• Bring a show and tell item (no electronics) and dress in red and green! There will be school wide dance breaks throughout the day.

Tuesday, December 16th - Art in the Dark Day and Read Aloud with Admin and Name that tune

• We'll have fun creating lots of art, listen to a read-aloud by our amazing administrators, and work as a class to see if we can name the songs that will play throughout the day!

Wednesday, December 17th - Read-a-Thon Day and Festive Attire Day and Teacher Swap

• Bring in a favorite book from home (label with your child's name), dress in festive clothing, and another teacher will take over 1B for 30 minutes! 

Thursday, December 18th - Hallway Stations and School-Wide BINGO (virtual) 

• We will mix-up the grade one classes and rotate through all the grade one classrooms to participate in a variety of activities. We'll also play BINGO with the whole school. 

Friday, December 19th - Movie Day (we'll watch The Grinch (2018 version) and PJ Day and School Carol Sing Along (assembly in the gym)

• We will watch the movie "The Grinch" (2018 version) and wear our cozy PJs. I'll be opening the "1B Store" for our movie on Friday. I'll bring in some treats and set up a 'store' in the classroom. The kids can use counters to 'buy' their snacks for the movie. The kids will also take turns working at the store. It's a fun way to practice working at a store, using the cash register, being a customer, using our manners, and lots of math skills! If you'd like to send in a treat for Friday, you're welcome to do so, but certainly no pressure :) We'll end the day with a school-wide assembly where we will have  a festive sing-along.

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Music - Tuesday & Thursday

Library - Monday & Friday

Playground - Front playground 

Words of the week - who, what, when, why **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Highlights for this week:

• On Tuesday, we will have a presentation by the student well-being team about feelings/emotions. 

• Fundations: We finished up Unit 5 last week. The kids did really well! 

This week, we will begin Unit 6. In this unit they will learn a new concept that they will use frequently, that of adding a suffix (which is an ending) to a baseword. In this unit, they will learn the sufflx 's'. For example: dog - add the sufflx 's' = dogs 

We will learn that to spell a word with a suffix ending, you hear the entire word (e.g., "maps"), but then need to separate the baseword from the suffix (e.g., "map" from the suffix 's' in the word “maps”).

Additionally, we will learn that sometimes the suffix's' has the lz/ sound as in the word bug-bugs. 

• Reading Homework: Your child will have 3 practice books that they can read throughout the week. Please return these books on Friday. Also, I will be sending home the Unit 6, Week 1, Fluency Fundations sheet. 

Dates to Remember 

Saturday, December 6th - Santa Claus Breakfast at GSP (tickets available on the HotLunches website)

                                         Tuesday, December 9th - Grade 1 Christmas Concert - 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm

Friday, December 19th- Last day for students before the Holiday Break

Monday, December 22nd- Last day for staff before the Holiday Break

Monday, January 5th- First day back in 2026 for everyone

November 24th - 28th

Hi Families!

It was lovely to meet with you this week and talk about all the amazing things your children are doing and learning at school! Thank you so much for taking the time to come in and meet with me 🙂 I will be sending their report cards home this Wednesday.

It’s hard to believe we are getting close to the end of November! The weather is getting quite chilly. Please make sure your child is coming to school with a winter jacket for these cold days so they can keep warm at recess. They should also bring a warm hat and mittens. When the snow starts it is also a good idea to pack an extra pair of socks in their kit bag as well. Thank you so much!

Last week we began Unit 5 in Fundations. We are learning two new glued sounds (“am” and “an”). This new unit is only one week long and I will be sending home their fluency homework on Monday along with their books.

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Tuesday & Thursday

Music - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

Library - Monday & Friday

Playground - Back playground 

Words of the week - from, have, does **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Highlights for this week:

• On Tuesday we will have a presentation by the student well being team about kindness. 

• Fundations: We will finish up  Unit 5. In this unit, the students will learn glued sounds /am/ and /an/. When ‘a’ is followed by ‘m’ or ‘n’ it becomes what we call a nasal sound. Just like glued sound /all/, when we tap words with the glued sounds /am/ and /an/ it is 2 fingers glued together. For example, we would tap and sound out the word ‘ran’ ( r-an→ran), and the word ‘bam’ (b-am→bam). 

We will begin Unit 6. In this unit they will learn a new concept that they will use frequently, that of adding a suffix (which is an ending) to a baseword. In this unit, they will learn the sufflx 's'. For example: dog - add the sufflx 's' = dogs 

We will learn that to spell a word with a suffix ending, you hear the entire word (e.g., "maps"), but then need to separate the baseword from the suffix (e.g., "map" from the suffix 's' in the word “maps”).

Additionally, we will learn that sometimes the suffix's' has the lz/ sound as in the word bug-bugs. 

• Reading Homework: Your child will have 3 practice books that they can read throughout the week. Please return these books on Friday. I will  also be sending home the Unit 5 Fundations sheet for fluency practice. 

Dates to Remember 

Wednesday, November 26- Report Cards Go Home

Saturday, December 6th - Santa Claus Breakfast at GSP

Christmas Concerts are just around the corner, see dates below. 

More information about tickets will be shared at a later date. 

Tuesday December 9th - Kindergarten performances - 11:00 am. and 4:30 pm 

Tuesday December 9th - Grade 1 performances - 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday  December 10th - Grade 2 performances - 1:00 p.m. and 4:30pm

November 17th-20th

Hi Families!

We had another awesome week in 1B! We began working on personal narrative writing. We learned to think of our idea, plan our sentences, sketch our pictures and then write our words. We have been working at stretching our ideas across sentences and pages to tell a story. We began 'bringing our stories to life' by adding speech bubbles and movement marks to our illustrations. We will continue to work on personal narrative into December! In math, we have moved beyond numbers to 20 and have extended our learning with numbers to 50 by counting forwards and backwards between two given numbers. Many of us still find counting backwards tricky, so extra practice with this would be awesome! We will begin skip counting by 2s to 20 this week. In reading, we are working on building automaticity by reading words with our eyes instead of tapping with our fingers. We are learning to re-read to 'scoop' up phrases and to ensure our reading makes sense. 

Parent Teacher Conferences- I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again this week!  Parent teacher conferences will take place on Thursday, November 20th and Friday, November 21st. These meetings are scheduled through an online booking system and are available to be booked now. If you have not already done so please book using this link to create an account and sign up: https://gsp.parentteacherconferences.net/.

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Music - Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday

Phys. Ed - Tuesday & Thursday

Library - Wednesday 

Playground - Front playground 

Words of the week - are, said **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Highlights for this week:

• Fundations: We will have our Unit 4 test early this week. In Unit 5 - students will learn glued sounds /am/ and /an/. A glued sound is when we put 2-3 sounds together quickly. We 'tap' glued sounds by tapping two fingers down at the same time (one for each sound that we are saying together quickly. For example, we would tap and sound out the word ‘ran’ ( r-an→ran), and the word ‘bam’ (b-am→bam). 

Dates to Remember 

Wednesday, November 19 - School Jersey Day

Thursday, November 20- Parent Teacher Interviews (4-7pm)

Friday, November 21- Parent Teacher Interviews (No classes)

Wednesday, November 26- Report Cards Go Home

Christmas Concerts are just around the corner, see dates below. 

More information about tickets will be shared at a later date. 

Tuesday December 9th - Kindergarten performances - 11:00 am. and 4:30 pm 

Tuesday December 9th - Grade 1 performances - 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday  December 10th - Grade 2 performances - 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

November 12th-14th

Hi Families!

We had a short but great week together.  Glen Stewart had our Remembrance Day ceremony on Wednesday and all of the children showed great respect and focus while listening to the school choir, participating in a moment of silence and even joining in when the whole school sang a song together that everyone had been practicing in Music class.

Parent Teacher Interviews - this is a great opportunity for us to get together and celebrate all the things your child is learning in grade one! They will take place on Thursday, November 20th and Friday, November 21st. These meetings are scheduled through an online booking system and will be available for booking starting on Monday, November 10th at 8am. This is the link to book: https://gsp.parentteacherconferences.net/.

Here's what's happening in 1C this week:

Phys. Ed - Wednesday, Friday

Music - Thursday

Library - Thursday

Playground - Back playground 

Words of the week - they, one **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Highlights for this week:

• It’s a(nother) short week with 3 school days. 

• Fundations: We will continue our learning in Unit 4 and practice the following concepts:

• The bonus letter spelling rule. If a one-syllable word ends in f, l, s, and sometimes z, and there is a short vowel sound before it, the consonant gets doubled. Your child will learn to read and spell words with bonus letters. Examples: puff, hill, miss, buzz 

• Glued sound all. The sound of ‘a’ changes to the short vowel sound /o/. Your child will learn to segment and blend words with all to read and spell. Examples: ball, tall, fall

• Reading Homework: Your child will have 3 practice books that they can read throughout the week. Please return these books on Friday. *Unit 4 week 1 Fundations sheet if sending it*

Dates to Remember 

Monday, November 10 - Teacher Administrative Day (No Classes)

Tuesday, November 11 - Remembrance Day (No Classes)

Saturday, November 15 - Stratford Schools Christmas Craft Fair

Wednesday, November 19 - School jersey day

Thursday, November 20- Parent Teacher

Interviews (4-7pm)

Friday, November 21- Parent Teacher Interviews (No classes)

Wednesday, November 26- Report Cards Go Home

November 3rd-5th

Hi Families!

We had a busy, fun filled week last week! We did a virtual, live directed drawing with a few Kodable staff (A fun coding Educational website I have on my Google Classroom); we had lots of Halloween related activities, with the highlight being Grade 1 Hallway Stations where they got to be mixed with friends in other classes. I've updated our monthly learning goals for November, click here to view them!

Here's what's happening in 1A this week:

Phys. Ed - Tuesday

Music - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Library - Wednesday

Playground - Front playground 

Remembrance Day Assembly - Wednesday

Words of the week - do, all **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Highlights for this week:

• It’s a short week with 3 school days!

• We will be talking about Remembrance Day and will have our school-wide assembly on Wednesday. 

• Fundations: I am so proud of all the kids and their continued hard work in each unit. They impress me every day!We began Unit 4. In unit 4, we will teach the following concepts:

• The bonus letter spelling rule. If a one-syllable word ends in f, l, s, and sometimes z, and there is a short vowel sound before it, the consonant gets doubled. Your child will learn to read and spell words with bonus letters. Examples: puff, hill, miss, buzz 

• Glued sound all. The sound of ‘a’ changes to the short vowel sound /o/. Your child will learn to segment and blend words with all to read and spell. Examples: ball, tall, fall

• Reading Homework: Your child will have 2 practice books that they can read throughout this short week. Please return these books on Wednesday. Later in the week, I will also send home a Fundations Unit 4 practice sheet for week one. Your child can work through this practice page three times. 

Tips for the Fundations Practice Sheet:

• 1. Decoding Words in Isolation - We're learning to use our eyes to read a new word by scanning the letters and blending the sounds together quickly. We only use our fingers to read (by tapping) when we need some help! When we learn to decode using a new skill, we practice 'tapping' to segment the sounds. To become proficient readers, we need to begin decoding words faster by reading them with a quick scan. **If your child is tapping each word, ask them to try going back and read the words with their eyes by putting the sounds together smoothly (instead of saying /c/a/t/, we could read caaaat or decode mentally and just say the whole word.

  2. Trick Words - These are words we don't decode, we just read them. The more practice, the better! We want kids to know these words at a glance so they don't have to work to solve them. You'll notice the trick words have hearts over some parts. We call these the "heart parts" of the word, or the part we can't sound out, we just have to know it by heart.

  3. Sentences- This is where we pull everything together. Once they are comfortable with the sentences they can practice 'scooping' the words into phrases so it sounds more like a 'talking voice' instead of a robot voice. The kids can have fun with their sentences by adding expression and intonation to their voices :) 

Dates to Remember 

Monday, November 3 - Home & School Meeting 6pm

Wednesday, November 5 - Remembrance Day ceremony

Thursday & Friday, November 6-7 - Annual Convention  (No Classes)

Monday, November 10 - Teacher Administrative Day (No Classes)

Tuesday, November 11 - Remembrance Day (No Classes)

Saturday, November 15 - Stratford Schools Christmas Craft Fair

Wednesday, November 19 - School jersey day

Thursday, November 20- Parent Teacher Interviews (4-7pm)

Friday, November 21- Parent Teacher Interviews (No classes)

Wednesday, November 26- Report Cards Go Home

October 27th - October 31st

Hi Families!

We had an amazing trip to Orwell Corner last week. The students had so much fun and learned a lot! We learned about life in rural PEI in the 1890s. We explored the historic general store, Blacksmith shop and farm. The students got to mill their own corn and feed the animals. They went for a horse and carriage ride that they really enjoyed! 

On Thursday, our math coach visited our class and took us outdoors to collect leaves for a math activity. We counted the lobes on the leaves and compared them in a variety of ways. On Friday, we had "Art in the Dark" with our learning buddies. We had various art invitations set out for the children and they could move around the stations with their Learning Buddy. They had a lot of fun and created some awesome art! I've added some photos, click here to view them!

On Friday, October 31 we will celebrate Halloween at Glen Stewart. Here are the details:

• Students can feel free to dress up in costume, or orange/black! 

• If wearing a costume, I suggest they wear their costume to school. We'll be doing a grade 1 hallway parade at 8:30am. We have a variety of fun activities planned throughout the day. Children are welcome to change out of their costumes at any point, so please ensure they have a change of clothing!

• Please avoid costumes that are very scary! 

• Masks and weapons are not permitted. 

• On Friday, we will participate in "Spooktacular” activities during their gym class. It would be helpful if your child's costume gave them freedom of movement to participate in PE class and recess. 

• We are also going to be doing some hallway stations in the grade one hallway. They will get to participate in Halloween activities in each of the grade one classrooms! It should be a very fun day!

• TREATS: If you'd like to send in treats for halloween, please make sure they are nut free and store bought. We have a student with an egg allergy, so please avoid products that contain egg. If you don't want your child to have treats while at school, please let me know before Friday. 

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Monday, Wednesday & Friday (Friday we'll participate in the Halloween Spooktacular in the gym)

Music - Monday, Tuesday & Thursday

Library - Monday & Thursday

Playground - Back playground 

Words of the week - you, your, there, where 

Highlights for this week:

• Midweek, we will begin Unit 4 in Fundations. In unit 4, we will teach the following concepts:

• The bonus letter spelling rule. If a one-syllable word ends in f, l, s, and sometimes z, and there is a short vowel sound before it, the consonant gets doubled. Your child will learn to read and spell words with bonus letters. Examples: puff, hill, miss, buzz 

• Glued sound all. The sound of ‘a’ changes to the short vowel sound /o/. Your child will learn to segment and blend words with all to read and spell. Examples: ball, tall, fall

• Reading Homework: Your child will have 3 practice books that they can read throughout the week. Please return these books on Friday. *Unit 3 week 2 Fundations sheet if sending it*

Dates to Remember
Friday, October 31 - Halloween 

Monday, November 3 - Home & School Meeting 6pm

Wednesday, November 5 - Remembrance Day ceremony

Thursday & Friday, November 6-7 - Annual Convention  (No Classes)

Monday, November 10 - Teacher Administrative Day (No Classes)

Tuesday, November 11 - Remembrance Day (No Classes)

October 20th - October 24th

Hi Families!

The students continue to impress me each week! We are learning so much in grade one! 😀 

This week, we will be going on our field trip to Orwell Corner! Our class will be going on Wednesday, October 22nd. This is always a highlight of the year and lots of memories will be made! 

Some things to keep in mind:

• Please make sure that you do not order hot lunches for Wednesday. 

• There is no microwave or water fountain - ensure your child has a water bottle! 

• We will be outside for most of the day, so dress appropriately for the weather. Layers and comfortable footwear are encouraged (we will be walking through fields and around the farm)! 

• We will be taking our backpacks with us.

• Arrive by 8:30am, as the busses will be leaving at 8:45!

Reminder: The deadline to order school photos with free shipping will be Tuesday, October 21st.  

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Music - Monday, Friday

Phys Ed - Monday, Tuesday & Thursday

Library - Monday

Playground - Front playground 

Words of the week - or/for, down, want, out **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Highlights for this week:

• We are about halfway through Unit 3 of Fundations. In class, we are working on consonant digraphs. A consonant digraph is two consonants together that make one sound such as “s” and “h” together make the sound of /sh/. We will be working on learning the following consonant digraphs:

wh - whistle - /w/ ch - chin - /ch/ sh - ship - /sh/

th - thumb - /th/ ck - sock - /ck/

• Reading Homework: Your child will have 3 practice books that they can read throughout the week. Please return these books on Friday.

Dates to Remember
Wednesday, October 22 - Orwell Corner Field Trip

Thursday, October 23 - Picture Retake Day
Friday, October 31 - Halloween (more details to come)

Have a great week, everyone! 

October 14th - October 17th

Hi Families!

We had another wonderful week in grade one! We started literacy centres this week and the students did an amazing job at their stations learning their sight words! We also made some colourful fall using water colors and crayons and we learned about different types of lines. We also spent time talking about gratitude and sharing the things we feel thankful for.

 The students had their photos taken on Tuesday. I sent home cards from the photographer (Everest Solutions). You can scan the QR code or enter the online code to view your child’s photos. The deadline to order photos with free shipping will be Tuesday October 21st.  

Here's what's happening in 1A this week:

Music - Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Phys. Ed- Wednesday & Friday

Library - Monday

Playground - Back playground 

Words of the week - as/has, we/he/she/be/me **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Highlights for this week:

• International Walk to School Day: International Walk to School Day is an annual event supported by the Town of Stratford. It is a mass celebration of active transportation and its related issues. To celebrate this day, Glen Stewart will be hosting a walk to school day on Tuesday, Oct.14th. Families who would like to participate in this event are to meet at the Stratford Town Hall by 7:35 a.m. with departure at 7:45 a.m. sharp. We are asking that a family member accompany their child on the walk to school. Families will gather on the trail adjacent to Shakespeare Dr. across from the Stratford Town Hall prior to the walk. There will be volunteers that will be helping students to cross both Shakespeare Dr. and Glen Stewart Dr. Snacks will be provided to all participants in the gym after the walk.

• We began Unit 3 of Fundations on Thursday. In class, I am working on consonant digraphs. A consonant digraph is two consonants together that make one sound such as “s” and “h” together make the sound of /sh/. We will be working on learning the following consonant digraphs:

wh - whistle - /w/ ch - chin - /ch/ sh - ship - /sh/

th - thumb - /th/ ck - sock - /ck/

In class we will be working on tapping and blending to read and write words containing these consonant digraphs. We will also be working on “qu” which is referred to as the “buddy letter” because “q” always has it’s buddy “u” right beside it in words in the English language.

• Reading Homework: Your child will have 3 practice books that they can read throughout the week. Please return these books on Friday.

Dates to Remember

Friday October 10 -PD day (no classes)

Monday, October 13 - Thanksgiving (no classes)
Wednesday, October 22 - Orwell Corner Field Trip

Thursday, October 23 - Picture Retake Day

Have a great week, everyone! 

October 6th - October 9th

Hi Families!

We had so much fun during our field trip last Friday to Cotton Park. It was a beautiful day and the children had so much fun playing and exploring! I added some photos from last week. Click here  to see them 🙂

Highlights for this week:

• Book Fair: Our class will visit the book fair on Wednesday. If you would like your child to purchase a book/item, please send your money in a ziplock bag, along with your child’s name and the amount they can spend. For those students who are not purchasing, they will be able to look at the books at the book fair or participate in exploratory learning at tables in the library. If you wish to come during family night, it is on Thursday from 6:15-7:15. 

• International Walk to School Day: International Walk to School Day is an annual event supported by the Town of Stratford. It is a mass celebration of active transportation and its related issues. To celebrate this day, Glen Stewart will be hosting a walk to school day on Thursday, Oct. 9th with a rain date of Tuesday, Oct.14th. Families who would like to participate in this event are to meet at the Stratford Town Hall by 7:35 a.m. with departure at 7:45 a.m. sharp. We are asking that a family member accompany their child on the walk to school. Families will gather on the trail adjacent to Shakespeare Dr. across from the Stratford Town Hall prior to the walk. There will be volunteers that will be helping students to cross both Shakespeare Dr. and Glen Stewart Dr. Snacks will be provided to all participants in the gym after the walk.

• Picture day: Reminder it is on Tuesday!

• We are finishing up Unit 2 of Fundations. We will complete our check-in (unit test) sometime this week to see if we are ready to begin Unit 3! 

• Reading Homework: Reading Homework will start this week. On Monday, your child will bring home 3 practice books that they can read throughout the week.  You can keep them in your child's homework bag or keep them home for the week. Please return these books on Thursday so I can redistrubute books for next week!

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Tuesday & Thursday

Music - Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday

Book Fair - Tuesday

Library - Wednesday (We will go to the Book Fair during our library block)

Playground - Front playground 

Words of the week - see, little, play, was **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Dates to Remember

Tuesday, October 7- Picture day for English

Tuesday October 7- 1A will go to the Scholastic Book Fair

Friday October 10 -PD day (no classes)

Monday, October 13 - Thanksgiving (no classes)

Friday, October 24 - Orwell Corner Field Trip

Have a great week, everyone! 

September 29th - October 3rd

Hi Families!

We had another wonderful week together! We had a great time running/walking the Terry Fox run! We talked about how we can keep trying even when things seem difficult. 

We are starting to have some wet/muddy weather out on the playground. We still go outside unless it is actively raining. It is a great idea to send splash pants and boots on wet days. Your child could also keep an extra pair of socks in their kit bag in case their socks get wet.

Friday looks like it will be a great weather for our walk to Robert Cotton Park. We'll be leaving the school at 8:45am, so please ensure your child is at school by that time! We will keep our eye on the weather, and I'll send an email later in the week to confirm. 

On Monday, I will send home a permission form for a field trip to Orwell Corner Historic Village on Wednesday, October 22nd. We will spend the day at Orwell Corner and engage in lots of fun and educational learning opportunities! Please sign and return the forms as soon as possible. The admission fees for Orwell Corner are subsidized by the Department of Education due to its educational nature. We are asking families to send in $2 to cover the cost of bussing. If you could send $2 in your child’s homework bag that would be great!

It’s hard to believe it is almost October! I have posted our October learning goals on our class website. Click here to view them!

I added some photos from last week. Click here  to see them 🙂

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed - Wednesday & Friday

Music  - Monday,Wednesday and Friday

Library - Monday & Thursday

Playground - Back playground 

Words of the week - come, here, is, of **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Highlights for this week:

• Our first field trip to Robert Cotton Park will be this week. We are planning to go Friday October 3rd. However, if the weather will be better on Wednesday or Thursday, we may go one of those days instead. I will email you to confirm our date this week.

• We went on Chromebooks last week. The kids did amazing! They were so patient as I helped them log in with their username and password (which are quite confusing with lowercase and special characters). They enjoyed getting to explore my Google Classroom and playing some games that are linked to our curricular outcomes. We will go on them again this week.

• On Monday our school will participate in orange shirt day. If your student has an orange shirt they can wear it on Monday. On Tuesday there will be no school in observance of Truth and Reconciliation Day.

• We completed our first week in Unit 2 of Fundations. I have been teaching/reviewing how to blend and read three-sound short vowel words as well as how to segment and spell them. These words are called CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. For example: sat: s-a-t. The students will review how to tap these sounds using their index finger to thumb for the first sound, middle finger to thumb for the second sound, and ring finger to thumb for the third sound. Then dragging the thumb under the 3 fingers to blend the sounds together to read and write the word. 

Dates to Remember

Monday, September 29 - Orange Shirt Day

Tuesday, September 30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (no classes)

Tuesday, October 7- Picture day for English

Tuesday October 7- 1A will go to the Scholastic Book Fair

Friday October 10 -PD day (no classes)

Have a great week, everyone! 

September 22nd - 26th

Hi Families!

We had a busy, but fun full week together! We talked about having a Growth Mindset this week. It is important to never give up when things get hard. We talked about how it is okay to ask for help and it is okay to make mistakes. We discussed how our brain is like a muscle and it grows stronger when we push and challenge ourselves.
Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed (with Ms. Emily Smith) - Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Music (with Mrs. Lisa MacDonald) - Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

Library (with Mrs. Amy) - Tuesday

Playground - Front Playground 

Words of the week - my, is, look, and **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Highlights for this week:

• We will have our Terry Fox walk on Thursday, September 25th. Thank you to those who have sent in a cash donation. If you would like to donate, you can send change/cash in with your child, or if you’d like to donate via credit, please visit this link: https://schools.terryfox.ca/108218

• We went on Chromebooks for the first time last week. The kids did amazing! They were so patient as I helped them log in with their username and password (which are quite confusing with lowercase and special characters). They enjoyed getting to explore my Google Classroom and playing some games that are linked to our curricular outcomes. We will go on them again this week.

• We completed Unit 1 in Fundations. I was so impressed with how the kids gave their best effort forming their lowercase letters neatly and properly. They did well with their sounds, too! We have a couple of letters that some kids are reversing, and are a little trickier to make, so we will continue to practice those in warm-ups. We are ready for Unit 2 this week! In Unit 2 I will teach/review how to blend and read three-sound short vowel words as well as how to segment and spell them. These words are called CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. For example: sat: s-a-t. The students will review how to tap these sounds using their index finger to thumb for the first sound, middle finger to thumb for the second sound, and ring finger to thumb for the third sound. Then dragging the thumb under the 3 fingers to blend the sounds together to read and write the word. 

Dates to Remember

Thursday, September 25 - Terry Fox Run

Monday, September 29 - Orange Shirt Day

Tuesday, September 30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (no classes)

Tuesday, October 7- Picture day for English

Have a great week, everyone! 

September 15th - 19th

Hi Families!

We had another great week of learning in 1B. We are beginning to settle into our new routines and expectations and the kids are beginning to develop some new friendships! Our school is participating in the Terry Fox Run on September 25th. 

• If you’d like to make a donation to the Terry Fox Association, please visit this link: https://schools.terryfox.ca/108218

• I added some photos from activities we did last week. Click here to see them 🙂

Here's what's happening in 1B this week:

Phys. Ed (with Ms. Emily) - Tuesday & Thursday

Music (with Mrs. MacDonald) - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

Library (with Mrs. Amy) - Monday & Friday

Playground - We're very excited to play on the back playground this week :)

Words of the week - go, to, went, can   **We will practice reading and writing these words** 

Things we've been working on - and will continue to focus on this month:

• Being responsible, respectful students (Bucker fillers, not dippers)

• Growth Mindset (things we 'can' do...things we can't do YET....making mistakes can help us learn and grow)

• Sharing materials & helping each other

• Being an active listener (whole body listening)

• Voice control

• Knowing when to talk, and when to listen

• Zones of Regulation (recognizing our emotions/feelings, which zone we are in, and strategies we can use to return to the "Green Zone"

• September Monthly Learning Goals

Meet the Staff: You're invited to come into our classroom on Wednesday, September 17th from 6:20-6:35pm. This is a great chance to see our classroom and meet other parents. I'll have a quick slideshow to go over some information about grade 1!A

Headphones for Chromebooks: We will be going on Chromebooks about once a week this year. I have many links for the kids to explore which involve: listening to reading online, math games, literacy games, etc. If you send in a pair of labelled headphones for your child, and label them with their name, that would be appreciated. 

Dates to Remember

September 17 - Meet the Staff 6:20-6:35

September 25 - Terry Fox Run

September 29 - Orange Shirt Day

September 30 - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (no classes)