Mrs. Burguete's Grade One Class Blog: January 2018

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Maker Mobile

We had a Maker Mobile workshop today. Students were busy learning how to code using Scratch Jr. Ask them to tell you about what their cat was able to do!

We have been exploring the properties of different materials. We started by looking at which materials absorb and repel water. We are continuing to discuss how these properties help determine the best uses for different materials.

Fiction vs Non-Fiction Texts

The grade ones have been busy little librarians sorting through our classroom library. They have been learning the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts. We have now sorted our new books to make them easier to find. Students also used Scholastics to show what they learned.

Addition Strategies

The grade ones have been exploring different strategies that can be used when adding. Students have been using counters, part part whole mats, cubes, number lines and drawing pictures to help solve different addition questions. We will be learning to apply these strategies when solving addition problems.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Homework Changes

Our new homework was sent home tonight (Wednesday). Starting this week, students will have one page of word wall work and a second page of math homework to practise concepts being covered in class. Please note, our agendas are filled with some great resources (i.e. a hundreds chart) that the students can use if needed at home.

Grade 1 Musicians

In December, the grade ones had the opportunity to take part in an AMAZING drumming workshop with Leo Brooks.

We have been continuing to deepen our understanding of beat and rhythm using Children's song and Boomwhackers. Students have been busy practising and performing the beat and rhythm of their song.

Language

In reading, we will be focusing on determining important ideas by retelling ideas in a fiction texts. We continue to use our GO Map to recall the important details we need.

In writing, we are transferring our understanding of fiction texts by becoming author's of our own narrative stories. Students are brainstorming with the help of the GO Map and are writing stories with a clear beginning, middle and end.

Students did an outstanding job with their oral presentations. They used the different techniques practised in class to share their book report.

Math

We have started working on Probability. We are learning about the chances of everyday things happening using our math words (certain, likely, unlikely, impossible and always, sometimes, never). We are also making predictions and completing probability experiments to determine the likelihood of different results (ex. spinner games, rolling dice, flipping cups).

How you can help at home:

- practise counting by 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s to 100

- locate different numbers on the 100s chart

- talk about the likelihood of events

- look for and name 3D solids around you

Word Wall Words

Week 28 - zoo, once, which, more, does
Week 27 - race, home, many, should, find
Week 26 - this, be, away, stay, spring
Week 25 - animal, yellow, blue, can't, clap
Week 24 - because, skate, small, quit, out
Week 23 - eat, want, kick, big, talk
Week 22 - us, had, children, again, thing
Week 21 - his, her, him, could, name
Week 20 - from, of, and, favourite, new
Week 19 - my, teacher, your, over, pretty
Week 18 - first, then, into, about, after
Week 17 - that, it, we, some, stop
Week 16 - who, what, where, when, why
Week 15 - house, can, saw, two, has
Week 14 - sister, brother, would, was, how
Week 13 - don't, won't, did, very, good
Week 12 - there, them, they, car, all
Week 11 - you, do, come, boy, girl
Week 10 - no, go, old, are, for
Week 9 - ride, nice, give, night, the
Week 8 - see, here, he, she, me
Week 7 - make, made, play, rain, the
Week 6 - but, fun, up, down, jump
Week 5 - friend, on, off, not, to
Week 4 - little, is, in, with, will
Week 3 - went, get, tell, said, best
Week 2 - as, at, am, black, cat
Week 1 - have, our, I, like, school