Monday, February 24, 2020

Red Word List


RED Words – List 3c

Here is the fifth set of RED word.  These words are SIGHT words.  They don’t follow spelling or syllable patterns and are not decodable using phonics.  Students need to learn how to read and write them through memorization. 

Just a reminder we are working on recognizing them while reading (spelling will come later). 

If you like, you can cut apart the list and use them like flash cards.  I would also recommend that you have your child help point out these words to you while you are reading to them or when they come across it in the ‘real world’.

caught
bought
walk
could
anyone
would
great
son
water
should

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

100 DAYS!!!!

Today was our 100th day of school!

We. . .
  • Read 100 words (tallies)
  • Found 100 rhymes
  • Wrote about what we've been told 100 times
  • Painted 100 different colors
  • Counted 100 items (ten frames)
  • Made 100 bead number line
  • Counted out 100 drops of water
  • Completed a 100 piece building challenge
  • Did a 100 warm up for gym
  • Played 100s Chart in gym
  • Sang 100 notes in music
  • Counted to 100 during calendar
Phew, we are tired!!!  But we're not done yet . . .

100 Days Homework Part 2

Each student was given a lollipop.  It is their job to find out how many 'licks' it takes to finish.  All students are going home with a recording sheet to count how many it takes.  This very important homework is due next Monday, February the 24th.


Thank you for all of your support in sending in the 100 items with your child!

Here are a few pictures from our day . . .


























Tuesday, February 18, 2020

February 16 - Day 99

Hello Families!

Today we worked incredibly hard finishing up our animation projects with QAS.  You should have seen how excited everyone was to see their films projected onto the "big screen".  We can't wait to show you all of our work at the Celebration of Learning in April!

Just a reminder that tomorrow is the 100th day of school and 100 collections will be due tomorrow.

A few pics from today . . .









February 12 - Day 98

Hello Families!

I hope you're all looking forward to the long weekend!

Today in health, we talked about feelings.  We looked at different facial expression cards and tried to identify what the feeling was.  We then spent some time reflecting on when we've felt sad, happy, angry, and scared as part of a writing activity.

In math, everyone got to enjoy centers focusing around sorting by attributes, building composite shapes (hearts) with pattern blocks, exploring how the artist Romero Britto uses patterns by creating our own heart pictures, and using Mathletics.

We rounded out our morning by exchanging our cards.

During the afternoon we worked on "Thank you" notes for Australian firefighters before going to gym and music.









Reminder - !00th Day homework is due on Wednesday, February 19th!

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Red Word List


RED Words – List 3b

Here is the fourth set of RED word.  These words are SIGHT words.  They don’t follow spelling or syllable patterns and are not decodable using phonics.  Students need to learn how to read and write them through memorization. 

Just a reminder we are working on recognizing them while reading (spelling will come later). 

If you like, you can cut apart the list and use them like flash cards.  I would also recommend that you have your child help point out these words to you while you are reading to them or when they come across it in the ‘real world’.

there
where
two
small
love
many
here
once
buy
worse
thought
talk

Farewell!!

Dear Students and Families, I am so sad to be writing this final blog post for the 2019/2020 school year.  I know this year of grade 1 and...