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!

Library Day

The second last period on Day 1 we go to the library. The students are encouraged to choose one book they can read and one book that can be read to them. The Grade one's enjoy their library trips! Books are always fun!

Car Ramp Measurement

This morning the kids built ramps and measured the distance of three cars. They are starting to use words (farthest, farther, short, shortest, longer, longest) to compare lengths.

If you could have any animal for a pet, what would it be?

I had the students answer this question in their writing journal. We then shared our writing. Grade 1's you are really creative!

Gym with Ms. Mortenson

I enjoyed teaching Phys.ed today. We participated in creative movements and played a new cooperative game. We also started a new unit in math on measurement.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

It was an enjoyable day for the Grade 1's. In the morning, we finger painted with green pudding and made rainbow toast. In the afternoon the kids went tobogganing and had a good time!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Fun Fun!

Today, we went into the extra PA room and did some drama activities! The kids really enjoyed it!

Subtraction!

Hello! The Grade 1's have been working hard on subtraction! We are learning the "counting back" strategy. For an example, 12 - 5 = We put the big number in our head (we actually touch our head), we use our fingers to represent the low number then we count backwards. As the student counts backwards they need to touch their five fingers. 11,10,9,8,7
Keep trying this strategy Grade 1!

Jellybean Subtraction

Today, we experimented with jelly beans to help us understand subtraction. We are starting to learn different strategies to use when we adding or subtracting.

Learning Subtraction!

Welcome Back Grade 1!!!
The Grade 1's participated in stations today. At each station, the students were practicing subtraction.
**Reports are coming up so we will be working hard to "show what we know"**

Subtraction Stories

Ms. Mortenson used some bus students for creating a subtraction story.  The Grade 1's had to figure out all the different combinations for subtracting 8.     

Sask Express

We really enjoyed watching Sask Express today! They were awesome dancers and singers.

Mrs.Robertson Visits!

Thank you Mrs. Robertson for coming to our classroom and teaching a guided reading lesson!

Magic E

The Grade One's learned the long a sounds this week.(ai, ay, magic e)

Double Facts Video

Check out the video and learn more about doubles facts!

100 Day Party!

We had soooo much fun today! We did many activities that joined us in celebrating the 100th day of school. Thank you to Miss MacNeil (my cousin) for helping with all of the activities!

Stations with Mrs. Michalishen and Mrs. Jones!

The Grade 1's had the opportunity to work with Mrs. Michalishen and Mrs. Jones in stations today. The kids worked on segmenting words, making words, singing, reading on the computer and playing bingo. Great work Grade 1's!
*2 more days till 100 day party

Gotta Keep Reading!

We went to the library to find new books to read!
The Grade 1's then watched the video "Gotta Keep Reading" and then read at their desk before going home today!
Check this video out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmrruNIYSJ4

Double Facts

Today, we learned the double facts to 9. Each group had to make a picture that represented double facts. We also sang a couple of songs!

Field Hockey

In Phys.ed, the Grade One's learned how to play field hockey. It looks like a fun sport!

Class 1.2 Presents Feed Speedy

In Guided Reading, our class practiced the reader's theater "Feed Speedy".   Check out the video! 

The Hockey Game

Last week, during Guided Reading this group practiced reading and acting. 
Bravo Grade 1!

Different Emotions

In Health, Mr. Baron came into our classroom to teach us about emotions. We had to draw different faces. We had fun making faces :)

Learning More About the 5 Senses

The 5 senses are: see, touch, hear, taste and smell. We cut and pasted pictures from newspapers and magazines and we glued them on our posters.

Using Shaving Cream to Print Numbers

Today, we played with shaving cream. Every grade one got shaving cream. We then printed numbers 1-10. This helps us learn how to print our numbers!

"Why?" by Class 1.2

In this guided reading group we practiced a readers theater. We present you with the story "Why?".
Enjoy the video!

Writing Exemplars!!!

Mrs. Ruf and I worked with each student one on one to help them decide what level of writing they are at. The Grade One's took their very first journal entry to see where they started at the beginning of Grade One. We then showed the students where they are now! There has been so much growth! Grade one's keep up your wonderful writing.

Thank you Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Michalishen

Mrs. Michalishen (speech pathologist) and Mrs. Jones (assistant speech pathologist) taught a lesson on the sounds /s/,/sh/, and /l/. The Grade one's really enjoyed their enthusiastic lesson. Thank you again!

Counting Words

Today, we worked on building sentences. We counted the amount of words in each sentence. This helped the students understand the concept of a word! I am seeing so much improvement in their writing! It's awesome!

Writing Buddies

The Grade One's chose partners and wrote a Christmas story today!
Keep up your great writing!

New Year's Promise

Listen to everyone's New Year's promise!
I wish you all a Happy New Year!