Writing our own stories!

 Friday, Jan 26, 2024


Looking back


This week in our UFLI lesson we reviewed the digraphs /ck/ and /sh/. Once again we have brought home some decodable passages and a roll and read game to practice! We also practiced the high frequency words goes and says. Thanks for your continued support in practicing these concepts at home. 


After all the activities we did with “The Mitten” story we are looking forward to writing our own version of the story. This week, we created a story plan using drawings and labels. We chose 3 animals for our story,  an item that the animals will crawl into and thought about how our story would end. We started the first page of our books and are looking forward to continuing on with them next week. 


In math we continued our introduction to addition by using 10 frames to practice. 


In science we revisitd the story "Over and Under the Snow". We drew a winter scene in our visual journals showing all the places animals might go for the winter. We then sorted some animal pictures into the correct places.


We were introduced to our next grandfather teaching of ‘honesty’. We learned that when we have nothing to hide,  we feel as big as a giant which is the animal that symbolizes honesty. 


Looking Forward


Valentine’s Day - Students are welcome to bring Valentines to distribute to the class on Wednesday, February 14th. If your child chooses to bring Valentines, please send one for every student (Both classes have 24 students). Please only have your child write their name on the Valentine rather than putting the names of friends (Leave the 'to' part blank). This makes distribution much easier in the classroom. We ask that you please do not attach candy to the valentines as per CBE policy. 


Please return all library books to be exchanged on Tuesday.

Report cards can be viewed through your PowerSchool account starting on January 30.


Here is the curriculum newsletter for the first half of Grade 1!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k8eGINSM7zkgqPX30QE31_0CKjO5UdqA/view?usp=sharing



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