Full week!

Happy Monday everyone!
We have a busy little week this week. I will get all the important info out of the way... Year book orders are due April 13th. I believe you can order them online, look at the schools webpage for more information. Jump rope for heart pledges are due Tuesday. Please be sure to send in any forms and donations. Scholastic book orders are also due back on Tuesday April 12. Friday the school we be having another sandwich day. We got third place last time! Bravo to you in helping support a good cause! If you are able to send in sandwich please do so. We are looking good for parent volunteers on Friday April 15th for Scientist in the classroom. We are still in need of newspapers, if you see a metro bin grab a couple lol and send them in!

The students are so interested in learning about life on the farm. We have started our farm animal books where they get to chose 5 animals of their choice. They are to include male, female, babies and where the animals live. Once finished, they will share them with their friends. We have also started our free writing in class. Students are becoming their own authors and illustrators of their own books. They are so into this that you can hear a pin drop. I teach them how to put their ideas together, pay attention to punctuation, penmanship and spelling. It is also a great way for them to work on beginning, middle and end of stories.

This week in Math we will start geometry. The students note different characteristics of shapes and start to classify them based on these. We will continue to skip count by 2, 5 and 10's. Please keep working on simple addition and subtraction at home. You can also start to point out 2D and 3D shapes, to better prepare them for what they are about to learn.

Science this week the students are learning about building materials and why we use certain materials for certain objects or buildings. They will also have the opportunity to build towers using different objects in class.

In social studies, the students will have a quiz to finish up the last unit and we will start to learn about out beautiful country and the provinces that it is made up of. If you have the chance you could chat about the different provinces you have visited, what you saw there and where would you like to go and why. Naming the provinces in French will also be a benefit to them.

In English, we continue to look at vowel combinations, consonant blends and word families. You will notice that some students will come home with Explore the code 1. They should be done of this by now. Can you please help them catch up? We have already started another work book, so I don't want them falling behind in that as well.

We have started an in class reading challenge. I signed up in September for the Calgary Flames reading challenge and it finally arrived. The students will be rewarded with hockey cards during silent reading time. They must read quietly, read the whole time, and find a quiet place to read. Often times we can get distracted by sitting close to our friends. The boys are pumped.....the girls not so much. We will also do an at home reading challenge in May and June that the grade one class puts on every year. The ice cream reading challenge is a hit but it does take some effort on your part. I will send home the information in the next couple of weeks.

That's it for now. Have a great week and chat soon.
LA

Reminders:
Volunteers needed for ....
May 17th- All day butterfield Acres
May 27th 8:45-12:15 ( French Play)
Library day- Friday April 15th

Welcome back!

Hi everyone,
Welcome back from March break. I hope wherever you were, you were able to spend some quality time with your family. I headed back east to see my dad and all my friends. The weather however was not in my favor so visiting was a little tricky! I am glad to be back though!

We are all back, refreshed and ready to keep learning. This is one of my favorite themes this month in French. The students will be learning about life on the farm. They will learn all the proper names for the animals. In French, the babies, mothers and fathers all have different names. For example the horse family, (femelle) the mom is une jument, (male) the dad is un cheval and the baby is un poulain. I will send home a sheet with all the names to help your child practice. We will also start to write our own stories in class, which the students love. We will take a closer look at syllables, singular and plural words as well as proper punctuation.

In Math, we continue to look at numbers 1-100 and skip counting by 2,5 and 10. We will finish hopefully by next week and start to look at geometry. The students will be looking at 2d and 3d shapes. I will try and tie this in with our Science unit on building.

In health, we will be wrapping up the 4 food groups and starting to learn about our emotions both positive and negative.

We will be finishing up the 4 seasons in science and be moving onto building. Its a very short unit but the students love it. We will look at the different building materials that can be used. If possible could you send in your old egg cartons for a future project.

Our class will be needing 5 volunteers on April 15th for an in class fieldtrip in the afternoon (12:45 start). We do need newspaper for the activity that day so could you please save your newspapers and send it in. Also just a heads up, we have another fieldtrip on May 17th at Butterfield acres. It will be all day. I am looking for 6 parents to join us all day at the farm.

Wednesday April 6th, is student faith day. There will be activities in the morning and in the afternoon for the students. Wednesday is also special lunch.
Library will be on Thursday April 7th. Please be sure to send in your child's book.

I think that's it for now. Keep reading at home and practicing the sight words. I am so proud of all their efforts and yours! Have a great week.
Laurie Anne