Skip Counting!

In math, the Grade 1's are learning how to skip count by 2's to 20 and 5's to 50! Keep practicing Grade 1.

Carnival!

This afternoon the Grade 1's had a blast at the carnival. There was a variety of activities to participate in. Some of the favourites were: pillow fight, face painting, tattoo parlor, hockey shoot. All proceeds go to the relief efforts in Japan.
Happy Easter Everyone!!!

Decorating Eggs!

This morning, the Grade 1's went to Mr. Bellamy's classroom to meet their Grade 8 buddies to decorate Easter eggs. The classroom was filled with excitement! The Grade 1's are getting very excited for the Easter break!

Fun with Sidewalk Chalk!

This morning 5 new sight words were introduce: please, only, saw, orange and know. The students went outside to practice spelling the sight words on the pavement using sidewalk chalk.

Day of Pink

It was the celebration of diversity at Yorkdale. The students wore pink to support diversity. There were a lot of Grade one's wearing pink today. The students also got their pink shirts signed!

Painting Spring Flowers!

The Grade 1's joined the other grade one class to paint spring flowers today. The flowers turned out beautiful!

New Station Games

Today, we learned how to play new language arts games! I taught a few students a game then they were the "experts" and had to teach the game to the other classmates! It worked well!