Thursday, June 20, 2019

Party Day!

First, parents, thank you for entrusting your child with me this year. It has been incredibly fun, fast, and memorable. I hope I created a firm, wonderful foundation for their future education.

We finished our last Calendar Wall template and took home the book. We also did our last Minute Math and that came home as well. Then more paperwork was given, the afternoon packages the students worked on after agendas. 

Thank you, everyone, for the food and accessory contributions to the party. Everything was delicious and appreciated.

Tomorrow - full uniform and school is done at noon, but feel free to take your child home after the awards and getting report cards.

Happy Summer

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Track and Field Day

Today, 4 of our students represented our school at the Dufferin Track Meet. We will get updates tomorrow.

We cleaned out folders today, a year's worth of work across the curriculum. The students sat with very wide eyes at the pile of paperwork they did over the year. Yes, we have been busy, busy busy.

Tomorrow, we will clean out the bins and hand back even more work so be ready for lots of stuff.

Don't forget the party from 1:30-2:30. 

Have a great evening.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Greetings:

Today, the students started bringing home notebooks and spelling packages that were used throughout the year. 

We had fun playing headbands with animals. This was a great way to ask questions and sum up our unit of biomes. 

During Gym, we played at the playground because the gym is off limits for the graduation ceremony. 

We also shared our biome flip-books with each other. 

Be ready for more paperwork tomorrow. We have been very, very busy this year. 

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Monday, June 17, 2019

Another Fantastic Day in Grade One

Go Raptors!!! We the North!!

I live streamed the Raptors Celebration so the students could see the massive crowd cheering our team. 

We played subtraction Bingo again. The students really love this game. 

We learned about scripts today and read 4 scripts in groups. The students chose which one they would read and two presented today. Two more will present tomorrow. Now that it's the end of Grade One, most students should have confidence in their reading skills. 

We watched a Bill Nye video about vertebrates. It was cool. 

Have a super evening.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Friday, June 14, 2019

Kiki's Kitty

Today, we worked with the sentence 'Kiki's kitty is a(n) ________________ kitty.' The students were tasked with filling in the blank with adjectives from A to Z. This took two days and then we read the responses. Fun times.

We played subtraction Bingo. This makes the students pay attention and look for the answer. 

Later, we read and sang our poems we have collected over the year. Lastly, we celebrated July and August Birthdays, including Elizabeth, Hailey and Hollie. 

Have a super weekend.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Rain, rain, and more rain.

Today, we played addition bingo, the students were so thrilled. 

We played a different game in the gym. Let the students share this game and it's details.

Later, we worked on Biome flip-books. They are due Tuesday.

That's it for today.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

BBQ Day

Thank you, PTA, for a lovely BBQ today after school. The weather added to the atmosphere allowing many of the children to enjoy water activities courtesy of Mr. Hunt.

Today, we shared one fact for a creature and plant from our Biome research. Some of our flip-books are not finished. Hopefully by Friday.

We looked at adjectives from A-Z. This was fun but still a hard lesson to learn. Why aren't they called adnouns, like adverbs for verbs?

We also had some time at the park after last recess.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Monkey Movers:

First, I must credit Miss Cranfield for booking this event for today. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. Hopefully I did the fun and laughter justice. 

Monday, June 10, 2019

GO RAPTORS!

Today, we started to look at adjectives. This is not easy. Sometimes they are beside the word, sometimes not. 

We also started our final Math Assessment. We read the whole package, highlighting words. 

Later, we wrote letters to Senior Kindergarten students letting them know some of the highlights of Grade One. 

We also watched the video about invertebrates and vertebrates because this is connected to Biomes.

We really anticipate fun with Monkey Movers tomorrow 2:35-3:15.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Friday, June 7, 2019

Secret Life of Pets Part 2

The school body enjoyed the movie along with treats. It was a lovely way to end a busy week. 

Today, we celebrated June birthdays, including Elizabeth's. 

We counted coins to prepare for the final Math assessment next week. We also made a card for someone special.

Have a lovely, sunny weekend.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Good day!

We had our usual day of Calendar Wall, Math, Gym, Art, and Biome Study. We watched a video about vertebrates and invertebrates before working on our biome flip-books. 

We are excited for movie day tomorrow. Please ensure your child wears their uniform as they are representing the school. Every child is picked up at the theatre by family or friends. 

Have a super evening counting coins.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Eye of the Tiger

Thank you, parents, guardians, and friends of Grade One for attending our Spring Concert and supporting our kiddies. They worked very hard memorizing the moves for the song and were so excited to share their hard work.

Today, we worked with coins, adding quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. 

Later, we looked at habitats of wild animals and our own habitats. Our flip-books are slowly coming together.

Have a lovely evening.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

IB Assembly

Today, we reflected upon our year at school and showed appreciation for all the activities in which we participated. What a busy school!

We also had our last team activity. These have been organized by Miss Cranfield who never disappoints with exciting community building ideas.

Today, we looked at past, present, and future verbs. This is not easy. Verbs change spelling all the time. 

We also worked on our flip books for Biomes.  They are almost complete. The pictures are beautiful and the facts extremely interesting.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Monday, June 3, 2019

Welcome to June!

Today, we continued to work with fractions. We also studied verbs, writing poems of actions we use for sports, crafts, with animals, and life. 

We spent the afternoon listening to the other grade's presentations for the concert and did ours as well.

Have fun researching Savannah creatures and plants.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Friday, May 31, 2019

Track and Field Day

We had the most perfect weather for the Maples/St. Jude's T&F Day. Kudos go out to Miss Cranfield for organizing both days. Those who participated shone. We cheered and thoroughly enjoyed the time out of class. We also had Birthday Circle.

We did get to look at fractions again. The students are learning they are part of the whole.

We look forward to finishing our video about Biomes next week and researching about the Savannah.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Parent Appreciation Day

Thank you, parents, for calling The Maples home. Thank you for entrusting your children to our care to educate in a safe environment.

Today, we started fractions. This is not an easy concept. We looked at parts of the whole and how to write the numbers. 

Later, we looked at a Dr. Seuss Book, courtesy of a student in class, about whales. It was chock full of facts.

Have a lovely evening.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Pizza and Casual Day!

Today, we finished our subtraction word problems. We also finished the second page of our spelling word exercises.

We wrote our opinion of a season and drew pictures for them. This is our last assessment of the year.

Later, we listened to our Biome video and learned about the Desert. Tonight, the students choose a creature and plant and three facts for each for their flip book.

We used the stage to practice for the concert which is next week.

Have a lovely evening.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Good evening:

Today, we continued to work with subtraction word problems, using pictures, numbers and words. This can be a challenge as there are three ways to show answers.

Later, we met our new words of the week after a two-week break because of the Spelling Bee.

Cream – long song gong along belong strong thongs tongs – wrong, among, tongue, sponge

Blue - Sort fort sport torn corn born horn cork pork fork – form, short

Still later, we worked with our Biome Flip books. The students need to have pictures of creatures and plants from Ocean, Freshwater, Polar, and Rainforest Regions along with 3 facts for each. We are learning lots of facts.

Have a super evening.

Mrs. Autio

Grade One