February 12-14

 

It was a short this week but we were still busy in Grade 1!  Take a look to see what we have been working on this week!

Social Studies

Students worked hard to write thoughtful thank you notes to our special guests from our school community who visited last week to share their roles and responsibilities around our school. Students had the opportunity to work in partners or by themselves to compose a thank you note that expressed thank you to our guest, a statement of what they learned from our guest, and then each guest is an important part of our school community.  

Puppet Residency and Wellness

We were so grateful to have another visit with Miss Wendy to continue our work on our Owl and Woodpecker puppets.  Students continued to add details like feathers wings and bodies to their puppets.   Thank you to those parents who were able to join us and support this work.  Along with this hands-on creative work we have been discussing and role-playing different problems that our students experience in their lives everyday and possible peaceful solutions.  Just like in the story of the Owl and the Woodpecker, students have been working on their problem-solving skills. This work around wellness will continue to develop and be the focus of our puppetry presentations.  Stay tuned for more information on our presentation to parents on February 28.  

Here are some other ways you can review these ideas at home as well for the tricky sound of ‘ng’ and long a with silent e.  

Math

This is a summary of the concepts we have been working on the last few weeks. You can use this summary as background to understand and support your child’s work.  

Representing Numbers to 100

Many materials can be used to represent numbers to 100. Each material has pros and cons.

A 100-chart shows the sequence of numbers, even though it doesn’t really show size.

10-frames show numbers up to 100, but it takes a lot of counters to show larger numbers.

Trains, or stacks, of 10 linking cubes can be used with loose cubes to show numbers.

Number words are also valid ways to represent numbers, although they do not indicate either sequence or quantity.

Tally marks work well, especially for numbers that are not very big.

Base ten blocks also work. Rods (or sticks) represent tens, and small cubes represent ones. The risk here is that students may not easily equate a solid item, such as the 10-rod, as representing a multiple (i.e., 10).