Ms. Gardner's Grade 1 - 2023 2024

  For the last few weeks, students in grade one have been working on building their throwing, kicking, and fair play skills through target games.  During our phys. ed classes, students have had the opportunity to participate in different target activities such as kicking and throwing a ball into a net, aiming for bowling pins with a variety of materials, and participating in a variety of centers and games.  Throwing a ball or beanbag overhand and underhand along with kicking a ball are all skills that can be practiced at home.   Learning Intentions: I can move my body and be active in all areas of my life  I can move safely in my space during different activities.  I can play fairly and be engaged in different physical activities.

In our class, we continue to build our understanding of letters and the relationship they have to the sound they most often make. We have been working on our regular routines each day during word work to learn more about specific letters. Over the past few weeks we have focused on Aa, Mm, Ss, Tt, Pp, Ff and Ii. This coming week we will also be working on Nn and then doing some review practise with the vowels A and I. In a very short time of time each day, we are able to do a variety of skills that are building our understanding of how to break apart words and blend them back together to be able to read and spell. In the last few weeks we have also been able to start to use whiteboards to write these words and then change one letter of the word to make a different sound. Ex. mat changed to sat. This is very exciting for us and we build our skills and confidence with these letters and sounds. We have also been practising how to print each of these letters properly in lower case s...

  October 10-13 The last 2 weeks in math have found us exploring and learning about representing numbers.  We have looked at a variety of materials and ways to do this.  At the end of this week, we started to explore ‘teen’ numbers and build our understanding of these numbers.  Below you will find a summary of the key ideas your child has been learning in mathematics from the past 2 weeks. You can use this summary as background as you support your child’s work. Some suggestions for simple activities you can do with your child are also included. Learning Intentions: I can represent quantities using words, numerals, objects or pictures.   I can begin to visualize quantities between 10 and 20 as groups or 10 and another quantity (ex. 13 is 10 and 3 more)  Representing Numbers With Materials Numbers can be shown in many ways. Each way usually shows something about the number. These linking cubes show that 7 is made up of 5 and 2. The counters on this 10-fr...

  For the last two weeks we have been learning about residential schools, the importance of Orange Shirt Day and recognizing the importance of Truth and Reconciliation.  We had the opportunity to participate virtually in an author's reading by David Robertson of “When We Were Alone”.  David spoke about his grandma's experience when she attended residential school and how when she arrived at school the things that made her special were taken from her.  Our students learned how children in residential schools wore uniforms, had their hair cut and were not allowed to speak their language or spend time with their families.  We also looked at the important work of Phyllis Wedstad, the author of Phyllis' Orange Shirt and the founder of Orange Shirt Day in Canada.  The actions of Phyllis, her courage and leadership further built our understanding of the Power of One individual to make and create change. Through reading books and discussions, students built their u...