Mrs. Burguete's Grade One Class Blog

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Headphones

We are starting to use our classroom iPads and listening centre on a regular basis. If each child could bring in a labelled pair of headphones (nothing fancy) for classroom use in the next few weeks, it would be greatly appreciated!

Grade 1 Homework

Our Grade 1 homework was sent home today (Wednesday). Attached to the duotang are student passwords and login information for Google Drive, RAZ Kids and Dreambox. If you're having trouble logging on or locating any of these programs, please let me know and I'd be happy to send home more detailed instructions.

Monday, September 25, 2017

Terry Fox Walk/Run

Our annual Terry Fox Walk/Run is this Friday. Please make sure students are dressed to participate and have a labelled water bottle. The event will take place block 4 (2:50 - 3:30). This will also be our first school spirit day. Students are encouraged to dress in our school colours!

Friday, September 22, 2017

Alphabet and Number Review

We have been busy these past few weeks reviewing letter names and sounds. Here are a few favourite videos we've been using:

We have also been counting to 100 by 1s

Patterns Everywhere!

This week, the grade ones started exploring patterns! We are working on creating a pattern with one changing attribute and describing the pattern rule. Here are a few we came up with...

A pattern with SIZE changing:

A pattern with COLOUR changing:

A pattern with SHAPE changing:

Can you find the pattern rules?

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Signs of Summer

With all of the beautiful weather we've been having, some special grade one scientists headed outside for a walk to look for signs of summer. Here are a few of the signs we found. What signs can you find at home in your own yard?

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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