BOOK FAIR VISIT & PURCHASING ON TUESDAY!

Just a reminder to everyone, that our grade 1 class will be visiting the Book Fair on Tuesday April 17th in the morning.  If you are sending in money for your child to spend at the book fair, please make sure it is in a resealable bag or change purse, etc., and is clearly marked with their name. Thank-you!

The EGGS are arriving on Monday!

The children will be discovering how this happens. Already, they have so many amazing wonderings! We are all so excited here in Grade 1!

In Math, we have learning about fractions and equal parts or shares. Today, the students made jam and/or WOW butter (peanut-free) sandwiches with a partner. They then had to cut them in HALF, into 2 equal parts. We had so much fun! Here are a few snapshots:

REMINDERS:

It is the wet and muddy season. Please make sure your child comes to school with rubber boots, splash pants and jackets. They want to play on the field and sandbox and need this clothing so that they do not come into class soaking wet with muddy clothes.  Thank you!

BOOK FAIR!

BUYING day is Monday, April 16th! The students will be going to view the books tomorrow and will write a list of their wishes to show you.

HOT DOG LUNCH IS TOMORROW APRIL 13TH!

ATTENTION! EGGS ARRIVING SOON!

Attention!

Deep Learning is happening in Grade 1!

We Are Hatching Eggs!

Dear Parents,

On Monday, April 16th, chicken eggs will be delivered to our Grade One classes.  As you can well imagine, the children are very excited about this very special hatching experience.  Over the next 21 days, the children will be participating in a number of egg and chicken related rich tasks including:

• The Life Cycle of the Chicken
• Egg Candling
• Development of the Growing Chick
• Parts of the Egg and Chicken
• Egg Experiments
• Story Writing
• Non-fiction Reading and Writing
• Reading fictional Chicken stories

The chicks will be hatching during Education Week, giving the children the opportunity to experience firsthand the lifecycle of the chicken and share their experiences with their families.

Over the next 3 weeks the children will become familiar with the following words.  There will be no Word Wall Words for the next 3 weeks.  Instead, the children can review the following Chicken themed words:

body bird beak baby brooder crack

chicken dry egg feather food fluffy

fly grow hen hatch lay nest

peck quickly rooster ready rest shell

wet incubator heat warm

Yours in Catholic Education,

The Grade One Team

Today we welcomed a special guest at Georges Vanier. Daphne Sandre is the 'First Nations, Metis and Inuit Learning Partner' with the OCSB. In her presentaion, she taught us all about the 'Seven Grandfather Teachings' of our Indigenous People/First Nations People of Canada. She explained each of the seven teachings and the animal symbol for each teaching. The 'Seven Grandfather Teachings' and sacred animal symbols are: Love (Eagle), Wisdom (Beaver), Respect (Buffalo) Truth (Turtle),

Humility (Wolf), Honesty (Sabe or Big Foot), Courage (Bear). 

Hoppy Easter!

We used watercolours to paint a horizontally striped background. Then we created bunnies and placed them at the bottom of the picture so it looks like they are popping up in the foreground of the picture!

Today's Special Visitor!

Today we were lucky enough to have another visit from Mrs. Fields and baby Thomas.  Their visit coincides nicely with our current 'Family Life' unit where we have been learning all about the miracle of new life through the story of Dominic, Sarah and their newborn son, Alexander. It's been one month exactly since we have visited with Thomas and he has changed so much!  Last month Thomas only had 1 tooth and now he has 3!  There are a bunch of new foods that he loves to eat (carrots, cheerios, bananas) and a few that he no longer enjoys (chicken, avocado).  We learned that while he still cannot crawl, he is now able to roll over and move himself in a backwards direction. We sang Thomas some songs which he loved and after we were done, he had a lot to say back to us!!  Mrs. Fields told us that while he can still only say the words Mama and Dada, he loves to sing and chatter to himself when he is laying in his crib.  Just like before, Thomas' needs continue to be food, love and care!

Spring Updates

We hope all of you had a wonderful March Break. It is great to have so much light now! The yard is becoming a little muddy so an extra set of clothes and socks would be a great idea!

Language:

We read a book this week called "A Day in March..." that shows what March looks like in various cities all over the world. We pulled out the world map to help us locate each place.

We learned a new reading strategy called "Try'in Lion" which involves thinking of which word makes the most sense by going back and re-reading the whole sentence. We practiced that with partners this week.

We are also learning about non-fiction text features such as Table of Contents, Glossary, Caption and bold print. Our students will be looking for these features in easy to read non-fiction books and marking them with a sticky note next week. Then they will be selecting an animal to read about with a partner, finding 3 facts to write about.

Mathematics:

In Math, we are finishing our Money unit and moving onto Time. We are also learning about Area. We read a story called "It Looked Like Spilt Milk". Each student got a piece of yarn which they could make into whatever shape they chose. They had to estimate how many cotton balls it would take to cover the area of the "spilt milk", and then cover the space by gluing them down. Fun! Today we also covered blocks of wood with non-standard measurement tools, determining area. Students discovered that the smaller the measurement tool, the more of them was needed. Here are a few pictures:

Remember that next week is Holy Week. Georges Vanier will be doing the Stations of the Cross on Thursday at 11:00 am. You are welcome to join.

We are still collecting toiletries for our Lenten project.

Thank you for your continued support. We hope you have a wonderful first weekend of Spring!