Hello families,
We hope you have a wonderful weekend! Here are some reminders and highlights of grade one this week!
Field trip forms went home last week! Please ensure that your child returns their form as quickly as they can. If you have contacted us about volunteering (and you are cleared to volunteer) and you received a volunteer form, please send it back as well! (If you are in the process of getting your police clearance in order to come with us, please let us and Mrs. Brinson know when your police clearance has been completed and we will send home a volunteer field trip for for you to complete.)
*Due to the field trip taking place on May 9th, any Cobb's orders made for that day will be given out and sent home with your child at the end of the day.
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Next week is Literacy week! There are a few SPIRIT DAYS that your child can participate in. For additional info about these days please refer to Mrs. Brinson's weekly email.
Monday, April 22 - Read My Shirt Day
Tuesday, April 23 - Dress Like Your Favourite Books Character
Thursday, April 25 - Stop, Drop and Read Day (Students can bring their favourite book to school. Please make sure their name is written inside)
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The high frequency words we studied this week:
gym
giant
right
people
This week we:
- learned when we put a 'c' or a 'k' at the beginning of words that start with a /c/ sound (in words like 'cat' or 'cop' or 'kite')
- learned why the letter 'y' sometimes says the long e sound at the end of a word (in words like 'funny' and 'goofy')
- worked on writing our first how-to writing of our own where we got to choose what we taught to someone else! Ask your child what they wrote to teach someone how to do!
- sorted pictures of a variety of objects that were 3D shapes. Ask your child how they sorted the 3D shape pictures
- looked at groups of different 3D shapes/objects and decided which one of the group did not belong! Ask your child which one doesn't belong for the group of pictures below:
- tested the eggs we had put into vinegar last week to see if they would bounce. Ask your child what happened to the eggs!
- learned that animals, objects and people can move in different speeds. Ask your child what speeds they and different objects/animals can move at!
- learned about the importance and role of wheels! We did an experiment to see how wheels help things move!
- finished up our last week of Drum Fit in gym. Ask you child about some of the things they had to do with the ball and their drum sticks!