May 21-24
Even with a short week, we returned from the May Long Weekend ready to learn and get busy!
Looking ahead to this next week, we would like to take our class on a walking field trip to Fish Creek Park, on Tuesday morning (May 28) from 9:00-11:30 am. This is a great time of year to explore the land and make connections to our learning in Science as well. Please ensure your child is properly dressed and has a coat that day. We are also highly encouraging rubber boots, as we will be stepping off the paved path to take a closer look at plants and animals.
Literacy
Learning Intentions
Read simple, fully predictable, and decodable texts independently.
Understand words and sentences from print texts read independently.
Share understandings of print texts read independently.
Self-correct when print text does not make sense.
We are nearing the end of our expectations for our learning of new phonics letter sounds for Grade 1 and are now turning our attention to mastering the sounds that we have learned throughout the year, but more focused on our second term and the letter combinations. Your child is still developing these skills and benefits greatly from reading decodable texts at home for a few minutes each night. Our goal is to be selecting texts that have the numbers 3, 4 or 5 on them. We understand that some of these texts can be quite lengthy - but even 5 minutes a day can make a difference! If you need help with ensuring your child has a book at home, please feel free to reach out and we are happy to help with ensuring your child has a book to read!
This week we reviewed R-controlled vowels as well as the -le sounds at the end of words. This had us spelling longer words with 2 syllables, but if we slow down, we can sound out and hear all the sounds! We are so proud of the amazing growth in reading this year!
Science/Literacy
Learning Intentions:
Observe and describe similarities and differences between plants and animals.
Understand how an environment meets the basic needs of plants and animals
Understand how humans take care of plants
We have been busy digging in more to our learning about plants and animals and their needs. We have each planted a seed in the “greenhouse” located in the Learning Commons and look forward to watching and taking care of our plants for the next few weeks.
We also made connections to our writing and literacy as well, by zooming in on a picture. We found the things and labelled them in red. We then brainstormed a describing word and wrote those in blue. After, we then brainstormed an action word for each part of the picture as well, and labelled that in green. These then helped us write an interesting sentence with all 3 words included.
In our table groups, we then were given a picture of a plant or animal and had to work together to generate describing words for that thing. We showed great ability to work together and collaborate our ideas.
Math
Learning Intentions
I can investigate different adding and subtracting strategies
I can add and subtract within 20
I can express addition and subtraction symbolically
I can solve problems involving addition and subtraction
We have continued to build on our skills of addition and subtraction and apply these to solving problems. One problem this week was being given the menu below and finding different ways to buy 3 things and not spend more than 14 cents.
We also worked on creating a design with pattern blocks, and different shapes represented a different amount. We could choose if we wanted to build a design that was worth 15, 20 or 25. Our math skills have expanded so much and we are really able to communicate and discuss different strategies to use, such as using doubles or counting on or counting back. These skills are ones that continue to benefit from continued practise and we encourage you to support your child with practising their addition and subtraction at home too!
Solving Problems Involving Addition
Students might use any of these strategies to solve problems involving addition:
For example, if students realize that 5 + 5 is 10, they might solve 6 + 5 by thinking of it as 1 more than 5 + 5.
Solving Problems Involving Subtraction
Students might use any of these strategies to solve problems involving subtraction:
For example, if students realize that 10 – 5 is 5, then they might think of 10 – 6 as 1 less than 10 – 5 because you are taking away 1 more or because the space from 6 to 10 on a number path is 1 less than the space from 5 to 10.
Solving Problems With Many Steps
Some of the problems students will experience in this topic involve situations that combine addition and subtraction.
For example, if you had 8 counters and then got 4 more and then someone took 5 away, how many counters would you have?
Helping Your Child
Take advantage of any opportunities for your child to add or subtract relatively small numbers. For example, if you have 5 apples in the kitchen and you buy 4 more, you could ask your child to figure out how many apples you have altogether.
Because this topic focuses on figuring out answers, you could play games with your child that involve adding and subtracting. For example, this game is for two players:
Each player receives two playing cards that are numbers.
The player with the greater difference scores 1 point.
The game is over when one player has 10 points.
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