Track & Field Week!

This week in Math we have been talking about doubles! Doubles are any time you add a number to itself! When we know our doubles really quick it can help us to solve similar math problems. (4 + 4 = 8, so 4 + 5 = 4 + 4 + 1  = 9!).  We also had some time in math centers to practice our doubling skills, addition skills in some games and activities.

Doubles + 1 Stamping

Roll & Colour the sum

On Tuesday we had the chance to play Doubles Mash Up! We mashed some dice and tallied out sets of doubles. Try testing your child at home on their doubles facts!

Doubles Mash Up 

In Language Arts we have been talking about Long I's i_e pattern and how we can read long i patterns in shared reading activities. This week we read a story together, highlighted the words with long i sounds and answered comprehension questions about the story. 

In phonics we have also begun to talk about consonant blends and the sounds they make. We did a sorting activity to identify blends in the beginning, middle and end of words. Next week we will be looking at blends and the long i pattern "-y" at the end of words. 

Track and Field was on Thursday! Our Grade 1's were awesome! It was a long and hot day and they ran their very best! I sure you saw a lot of tired faces on Thursday night! We will hear some results in a little over a week. Here are some snaps from the day! I was in the marshaling field so I was only able to catch a few of the boys races. 

Some of the girls cheering and stretching. 

Tagging up in the relay!

This week we had a special guest, Mr. Maltais! He came and taught us how to log on to our chromebooks, practice typing in a google document and even some fun typing games! Look at the Learning Links at the right of this blog to try out some games and links! 

In Science we started talking about our new unit Building Things. As a class we came up with a list of things that we could build and what materials we use to build things. Soon we will be testing materials for specific purposes and begin to build our own creations! Keep sending in your recyclables!