Math Fun!

What a great week! I can't believe its already June next week!

In Math this week we started talking about adding 10 to a number. We looked at how a number changes when we add 10 and played some math games to practice our addition skills! We're going to continue to work on our basic math facts with addition and subtraction through to the end of the year. 

If you would like to practice some Math addiction and subtraction skills at home there are some options online! 

Math IXL - Skill practice Grade 1

Sumdog - Please email me for the username and password! 

Syxton was our Library Guest Reader!

In Language Arts we have been working on extending our sentences to create EPIC sentences. We talked about how we first tell who our sentence is about, what they are doing, when and where and their FAVOURITE question, WHY? They worked on creative writing about ducks! They named them and wrote great sentences about them. 

In Social we completed and hung our mural in the hall. We revisited 1885 and talked about what life was like, and what our day would be like if we lived in 1885. Lots of students talked about how their toys were different, they would have lots of hard jobs to do and school was way different! 

In Science this week we're wrapping up talking about seasonal changes in spring and summer. We are creating some beautiful art to show the 4 seasons! 

Fort Edmonton was a Blast!

Our week started off excellent with our full day field trip to Fort Edmonton Park! Thank you to those parents who were able to volunteer, I hope you enjoyed the day! We were so lucky to have amazing weather and the kiddos loved it! They were so well behaved and got a real look on what things were like in the past!

Here are some photos we snapped!

Examining Beaver Pelts in the Fort!

Cookie, the Mother Goat!

Learning games from the past!
Jump over the River!

A child's room in 1885! 

"Where's the TV?"

Tying up some crazy horses!

Penny Arcade Shooting Range 

A classroom in 1905!

Fire Engines in 1905!

Riding the town trolley!

We had our measurement test this week! We're going to move onto addition and subtraction facts next week!

In Science were discussing the changes in season from Winter to Spring to Summer! Can you believe its already summer? We're working on using our senses to describe the seasons, what types of animals we see (lots of young animals are born in spring!) and what clothes and activities we wear in each season.

Wrapping up Measurement!

What a busy week! We are wrapping up a few units and can you believe its already half way through MAY? Where does the time go!

This week in Math we talked about our last two section in measurement, are and volume. Using different sized blankets, flags and towels we used filling and covering to compare their area. Then we practiced our filling skills to measure out the area of paper and puzzle pieces.

Looking at objects and through centers we have learned how to compare objects by filling them with non-standard units to see which has the bigger area or volume. We have also worked with covering objects on top of one another to find out which has the larger area!

Measuring Volume with Water

Creating different areas with playdough!

 We had a big focus on the long A vowel sound this week. We talked about all our long vowel sounds and the patterns we see. This week we worked with words that follow the a_e pattern, such as, make, cake, name and tape.

To wrap up our dinosaur unit we talked about the difference between Facts and Opinions. We know that facts are something we learn that is proven and opinions are what we think about a topic. The students had to sort out things about our topic of dinosaurs into fact or opinion.

 

In Social we looked at murals all over Canada! There are so many close by small towns that are covered with murals! We discussed that murals show the history, lineage and symbols the are represented in the town. We have already started our own Leduc mural!

In Science we wrapped up plants by finishing our All About Plants book and a quiz! We started to discuss spring time changes we see compared to the other three seasons.



Important reminders:
Track and Field Forms must be in by Tuesday May 19th!!!!!
No school Friday May 15th & Monday May 18th. 
Field Trip Day! Tuesday May 19th to Fort Edmonton Park

Just a few reminders about our trip!

1. Please bring a disposable lunch! We will not have somewhere to store lunch bag and will be walking around all day so everything should be able to be thrown away (including water bottles).

2. Pack a hat and sunscreen! It looks like it will be hot and we are outdoors all day!

3. Send your child with an extra snack we can leave on our desks for our return, we always seem to be hungry!
4. Wear comfy shoes! We will be walking all day!

Education Week!

This week is Education Week! We had a few guests come in to show us some fun ways to keep fit!
On Monday Drum Fit was in for our gym class! Everyone got their own exercise ball and drumsticks and moved their bodies and drummed to the beat.

On Thursday we participated in Zumba class! These kids LOVED it! Everyone was moving and grooving to some quick beat and did an awesome job participating. Thanks to our awesome instructor Jennifer Micku!

Zumba Fitness!

Our first guest reader in library!

EJH was our guest reader in library this week! She read a book to the entire class! Great job EJH! A new student will be selected to read to the class every library!

In Math this week we have been talking about Measuring Weight and the language we use. We thought about which items in our class, school, outside and home are heavy and light. As a group we checked out various items that were big, small, heavy and light. We looked at objects that may be the same thing (paper plates and ceramic plates) and discussed their weight and what makes their weight different (materials!).

In centers they had the chance to use the scaled to weigh objects you can find in the classroom with cubes. As well as Mystery Bags Comparisons! Each bag was filled with unknown objects and the students compared them against each other to find the heaviest and the lightest out of the 4 bags.

In Social we finished up sharing our grandparent stories! Thank you for sending those in! There was lots of different stories from Grandpas, Grandmas and Aunts! To see how our community has changed over time we compared images of Leduc in the early 1900's to now. Wow! Our community has changed! Ask you child what they saw in 1900 that we don't have anymore, or what amazing changes have happened! There are even some things that have stayed the same!

In Science we are finishing up our Plants unit by creating a non-fiction book about plants! Each student is creating their own page and we will bind the pages and create a book for them to read from in our reading corner.

Have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!

End of April Already?

Wow what a quick month! It has been awesome getting into this class and working with these little kiddos! 

In Language arts were practicing fact writing! As a shared reading activity we read informational text about triceratops. In partners the students completed a triceratops fact sheet, recalling 3 facts they had read about triceratops. 

Triceratops Facts!

Comparing Yarn length

Using the actual dimension of a T-Rex foot we measured in's length and width using blocks, glue sticks, jumbo playing cards and shoes! Then we took it to the halls to measure the distance of a T-Rex's stride! It worked out to exactly 4 kids! After each student picked their most shocking measurement and took home a "Did You Know?" strips. 

Then we practiced our math vocabulary by comparing some teddies and yarn according to Height(who's taller or shorter?), Length( who's longer or shorter?) and Width(who's wider or narrow?)

Ordering Teddies!

 In centers we explored measuring our friends, our names, our feet and some creepy crawlies! 

We are continuing to work on measurement this week and will start discussing measuring weight next week! 

In Social we have started sharing some of our grandparent stories! It is so neat to hear about everyone's different family background. We will continue to accept grandparents stories until we have everyone share! 

In Science our bean plants are really coming along! We have finished up our bean observation and will continue to let our beans grow!  Some of the beans have really sprouted and we are all pretty good at knowing what a plant needs to survive and how seeds grow. We also did a hunt around the school to find what could come from plants! We put items from plants into 3 categories: Things we Eat, Things we Wear, Things we Use. The students completed a little craftivity to show their knowledge!

Next week is Education Week and we have lots of in class activities coming up! Monday it Drum Fit, Hats On for Mental Health Wednesday and Zumba on Thursday.

Enjoy your weekend!!