Happy Halloween Grade Ones!

Halloween Graphics

Halloween Celebration

Excitement filled our classroom first thing this morning. We had a visitor in the classroom, my sister a.k.a "other Ms. Mortenson." Thanks for your help! Every one was so excited to put their costumes on. We went to Mr. Bellamy's class to have lunch with our Grade 8 buddies. It turned out very well. In the afternoon, we finally got to put our costumes on. Our classroom looked GREAT! The parade was short and sweet. We got back to our classroom and played a couple of games. It was lots of fun! Grade one's get a good rest so you are ready for Halloween on Sunday! Happy Halloween!
*Thanks parents and guardians for helping make this day special :)

Carving Pumpkins

The Grade one's want to thank the Grade 8's for helping them carve pumpkins today. The Grade 8's carved the pumpkins and the Grade 1's had to clean the insides of the pumpkins. A lot of the grade 1's did not like getting their hands "yucky". I hope all of the pumpkins made it home safely!
*Tomorrow is the Halloween Party!
*No lunch, no show and tell, but bring library books!

No Buses Running Today!

Today, the buses were not running because of this weather. Only 13 students were able to make it to school today. Our day was a little bit different. Today, we got to together with the Kindergartens for activity time. We also got with Class 1.1 to learn about Halloween safety. Thank-you Mrs. Ivanochko and Mrs. Landstand! I hope to see everyone tomorrow :)

Making Potion or Glippity Gloppity Glue

Today, we read a poem called "Potion Chant". After reading the poem we made our own potion.  Our potion ingredients included: mustard, ketchup, apple juice, pretzels, cheezies, chocolate chips and marshmallows. Every time we added a new ingredient the Grade One's had to sound out and spell the word on their own potion recipe card!  It was pretty gross but a lot of fun!
We also had a birthday in our classroom today. The cupcakes were delicious!
*Retakes tomorrow October 27th

Monster Mash Dance

Today, we learned a simple dance to the song "Monster Mash". We had pictures on the smartboard that represented a dance move. For an example, a picture of a bat cued to fly like a bat.  The Grade one's have great dance moves!

Making Mini Pumpkins

Today, the children had fun making mini pumpkins. We have some sad, happy and spooky pumpkins. The Grade one's learned the sign language for "Happy Halloween" today. I sent home a letter regarding our Halloween Celebration on Friday. If you have any questions, please call me.
*Grade one's need to bring another non-perishable food item to receive a pumpkin to carve with the Grade 8 buddies. Have a great weekend!

Numbers 0-10

In Math, the Grade one's are starting a new unit. This unit will focus on deepening your child's understanding of number relationships. Today, we were focusing on the learning goal: read and print numbers and number words to 20. The Grade one's really enjoyed using their own whiteboard to copy down their answers.
*Show and tell tomorrow!

Dress Up As Your Favorite Book Character

Our classroom was filled with excitement today. The costumes were very unique. Today, we had Woody in our class and even Julie from the book "Makeup Mess" by Robert Munsch.
Reminder* Library day tomorrow!

Guided Reading

Every day 2, 4 and 5 our class has guided reading. Guided reading provides students time to read at their instructional level. This is where students learn self-help strategies and independence. This is one of the groups I worked with today. We were brainstorming what "we love" in the classroom.
Reminders: *Book Fair Tuesday and Wednesday
**Dress up as your favourite book character on Wednesday!

Library Day

Today was library day! We took back our old library books and picked out two new books. The Grade One's really enjoy going to the library to choose their favorite books. Every day 1 is library day.
Reminders:
*Early dismissal tomorrow October 14
*Bring a non-perishable food item for World Hunger Day!

Class 1.2 is thankful for...

This is a video of the Grade one's sharing what they are thankful for. I hope you have a great weekend.  Happy Thanksgiving! 

Mmmmm Muffins!

We had a busy day making pumpkin muffins! Class 1.1 came to our classroom and we shared a great morning together. Each student was responsible for making their own muffin. Each student had to put two tablespoons of milk and pumpkin mix, three tablespoons of flour, two teaspoons of oil, and 6 chocolate chips into their cup. They mixed the ingredients and finally had to put their muffin mix into their muffin liner. The muffins tasted delicious! The Grade One's are great bakers!

Read to Self

The Grade One's have been building their reading stamina.  We model the appropriate and inappropriate behaviours before each student finds a quiet and comfortable spot in the classroom.  What does "Read to Self "look " and "sound" like?  Students read quietly, pick a good spot, stay in one spot, start right away and read the whole time.  We also have learned the "3 ways to read a book".  Each students has a book box with a few books to read.  We read for 4 minutes today!  Great Job!!!

"ap" "at" and "an" Smartboard Lesson

This is a picture of the Smartboard Lesson I did with the Grade One's today.  We had to sort the images into the correct word family.  The students were asked to come up to the Smartboard and drag the image to the correct circle.  The students really enjoyed this activity. 

I can go in a....

On Wednesday September 29th, the grade one's wrote in their journals.  They had to write one or two sentences.  I had them all start with "I can go in" then I had them finish the sentence.  We had some of the students going into schools and even igloos.  Very creative!