Saturday, March 2, 2024

February 26-March 1

 Dear Parents

Take a look below to hear about our learning this week.  It has been another exciting week in grade 1!


Puppet Residency

On Feb 28 we recognized Pink Shirt Day.  As part of this recognition, we shared our puppets that we created with Ms. Wendy and the plays that we created in class.  Our week focused on preparing for our puppet celebration with our parents and grade 6 buddies.  Students were excited to share the puppet plays and show the documentation of the process.  Thank you to all the parents who were able to come and take part!


Pink Shirt Day - Author Visit

In the afternoon of Wednesday, we listened to Canadian author Monique Gray Smith, who has written a number of books for various age groups.  She read us You Hold Me Up and When We are Kind and discussed the connections to love and kindness.  She also talked about the idea of showing kindness to Mother Earth as well, and why this is so important.  She also shared about some of the illustrations in her books, and how some hidden hearts were in both books' illustrations.  We then reflected on how we can show kindness to others and the earth and wrote about this.  


Learning Intentions:

I can write a sentence that contains a complete thought and makes sense.  

I can respond to texts that have been read aloud.  

I can share personal connections to shared stories.  




Science

We continued our work on Energy, learning about types of movement, pathways, and directions.  Students enjoyed practicing these concepts with a partner all around the room. For example, the direction is understanding which way things are moving. Direction can be up, down, forward, backward, away from, or toward. Picture reaching up to grab a balloon - that's up. When we walk ahead towards the playground, that's forward. If we take a step back to tie our shoes, that's backward. Sometimes we need to pick up toys that fall down - that's down. If we throw a ball away from us, that's away from us, but if we catch it, it's toward us.

Success Criteria:

I can observe and describe the direction, pathway, and speed of objects or animals. 

I can identify the different ways objects move along a pathway. 



Math

This week we began looking at addition as the joining of two numbers.  


What Are Joining Situations?

In a joining situation, one amount is joined to another amount. For example, if there are 4 children in a room and 3 more children join them, we can add 4 + 3 to determine the total number of children in the room. This total is called the “sum” or the “whole.”


Showing Addition on a Number Path

A number path can help students visualize the process of addition.

They can use one of the numbers in the addition situation to tell them where to start (or how many steps to take first) and the other number to tell them how many more steps to take.

For example, adding 5 and 3 can look like this on a number path:

Or


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