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

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Scientists in the School

The grade ones had the opportunity to take part in an amazing workshop today. With the help of some amazing volunteers and Scientist Paula, the students were able to learn all about Energy. Here are a few pics from our day!

Saturday, February 17, 2018

A few reminders

- a reminder that Monday is Family Day. We will be back at school Tuesday.

- www and library are on Tuesday

- volunteer forms for Scientists in the School are due Wednesday. There was a date error on the bottom portion. Just to clarify - the Scientist in the School day is Tuesday February 27 in the afternoon.

- report cards went home Thursday. If an interview was not requested but you would like to meet or check in with a phone interview, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I’m happy to meet with anyone interested.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Structure Challenge

The grade ones participated in a structure challenge. They needed to build a strong and stable structure that could withstand the very big, bad wolf! They did a great job applying what they've learned to build some sturdy structures. The wolf was pretty tired out by the end of the day!

Monday, February 12, 2018

Grade 1 Valentine's

Valentine's Day is this Wednesday. Students are welcomed to bring in valentine's for their class if they'd like. We have 20 students in the class.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

100th Day of School!

This Friday was the 100th Day of School. The students spent the day exploring 100! Take a look at a few of our activities from the day...

Sparty Pizza Party

What a week we had! Wednesday we had Sparty visit to congratulate the grade ones for all of their hard work reading so far this year.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Nouns, Adjectives and Verbs

The grade ones have learning more about nouns, adjectives and verbs to help strengthen their writing. They are learning to use juicy words to help paint a clear picture when they write sentences with detail. Here are a few videos we have been using the learn more about the parts of speech.

Grade 1 Problem Solving

The students have been busy applying their understanding of addition to help them solve problems. They've been choosing a strategy that helps make their thinking visible!

Materials, Fasteners and Structures!

The grade 1s have been busy exploring different materials, fasteners and structures! They are learning about the different properties and purposes for each.

Monday, February 5, 2018

Sparty Pizza Party THIS Wednesday

The grade ones won a Sparty Pizza Party for all of their hard work reading. Sparty will be visiting This Wednesday February 7th to congratulate the students for all of their hard work and to drop off some pizza! Pizza Pizza pepperoni and cheese pizza will be provided for lunch.

Keep up the great reading!

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