Ms. Gardner's Grade 1 - 2023 2024

  We had another busy week of learning in our Grade 1 class.   Science - Learning from the Land at Fish Creek Park Learning Intentions: I can share examples of native plants and animals of Alberta I can share an understanding of how an environment meets the basic needs of plants and animals We had the most beautiful morning on Tuesday, to walk and spend time in Fish Creek Park.  The signs of spring were all around us, and we had many rich conversations about plants and animals.  We spent time looking for specific plants that grow in Fish Creek and really noticed the Buffalo Bean that is growing and blooming.  We learned about this important plant and how it was used by indigenous people for healing purposes.  We were shocked to learn that it was poisonous and you need to know how to use it properly for its healing properties.  We also explored closer to the water and looked for different things in nature.  We loved finding ants and some of us...

  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 be exploring the land and making 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 ...

Dear Parents We are so excited to be welcoming spring weather. We connect this to our learning about the seasonal changes as well as our Living Systems topics in Science. Writing This week we have been combining our focus on seasonal changes and nonfiction writing to have students begin to think about how we dress and the activities we do change as we are beginning to experience more spring-like weather.  We brainstormed ideas as a class connected to clothing choices and recreational activities that we do this time of year.  Students record their own ideas in their visuals journals.  We then used this to guide our writing to write a focused piece of writing connecting to this topic.   Learning Intentions: I can create messages that are for a specific purpose I can combine ideas in an order that makes sense to create sentences. I can record facts in different ways. I can identify seasonal Changes that may affect a variety of choices and activities, such as: Clo...