Ms. Gardner's Grade 1 - 2023 2024

  January 22-26 The last two weeks in Social Studies students have been focusing on our school as a community that we all belong to.  Students took a tour of our school, collecting information on our school logo and other important symbols, flags, and special places around our school. We also have been practicing geographical thinking by learning about different types of maps, the information they represent, and began to create a simple map of a familiar place…our classroom! Success criteria: I can identify a different community or group that I belong to I can recognize this group that I belong to (by symbols or logos) I can create and use a simple map to locate places Math In math we have continued our look at geometry.  Students looked closer at 3D shapes and the faces that make up each: cube, rectangular prism, cone, and cylinder.  They did this by tracing each shape and its faces then describing what they noticed about each shape. Special Guest On Wednesday`we ha...

  January 16-19 Inline Skating  We had a great week in grade one despite the cold weather!  We have been fortunate to take part in Alien Inline Skating these past two weeks.  Its been a great opportunity for students to burn off some extra energy while we are indoors. It was also remarkable to watch the progression of skills for all students in such a short period of time! Amazing!  During this experience students worked on: Putting on and taking off equipment independently Falling safely Avoiding obstacles Steering around corners Slowing down  Stopping Ask your child what they enjoyed most about this experience. Math In math we have continued to work on composing and decomposing 2D shapes.  Students created designs using a variety of shapes. Students were asked to look at the shapes in each design and recreate some of their own in their journals.   Literacy During our whole group literacy lessons and word work students focussed on learning...

  January 8 - 12 Welcome back and Happy New Year. I would like to start off by saying a HUGE thank you for everyone's kindness of gifts and gratitude at Christmas. My heart swelled many times and lead me into the holiday season full of gratitude and love for this amazing job I get to do.  I am truly blessed.  Thank you for all your kindness and support and for sharing your children with me on a daily basis.  I look forward to what lie ahead for the next half of the school year, and building our learning and relationships together. It has been a busy week right back into the swing of things and learning in our classroom.  Ms. Gardner’s class got started right away with Inline Skating this week and had a blast.  Mrs. Kosior’s class is looking forward to their time in the gym for Inline next week!   Home Literacy - As our students get back into their school routines, I would just like to remind everyone of our decodable texts.  Your child should...