Thursday, January 17, 2019

Greetings:

We worked with spinners in Math for probability, choosing whether red, green or blue - with two quarters of the spinner - would win. This was interesting. 

Later, we finished our recount writing about our Skating Trip last Friday. Finally, we worked on our Food Posters. Some are done while others need to catch up.

We look forward to another Skating Expedition tomorrow. 

Mrs. Autio
Grade One.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Probability and Data Management

Today, we held a car race. I will let your child describe the details. It is good practice for sequencing.

We continue to work on our meal posters. We need to have this done by next week because we start our next Unit of Inventions. Please, start having your child collect cereal, cracker, kleenex boxes as well as toilet and paper towel rolls, wool, etc. They will have to create an invention. It will be a challenge. 

Also, we have two packages of pom poms for 100's day so we don't need more. But we do need mini straws, googlie eyes, popsicle sticks, play coins, letter tiles, etc. The dollar store is a great place to get these things. That will be worked on the first week of February. Thanks

We look forward to Skating on Friday. Please help your child with their speeches. I hope the template helped to organize their thoughts. I apologize if I gave the wrong dates - grade 1 is the Monday and grades 2/3 is the Friday. 

Thanks

Mrs. Autio

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

What a Fun Filled Day:

We worked with our weekly words. We did our Term 2 assessment. Later, we wrote about our Friday Skating expedition. The students had a period to work on their 4 menus. They have maybe 3-4 days left then we move on to inventions. 

Talking about inventions, please start keeping empty cereal, kleenex, cracker, etc. boxes, toilet and paper towel rolls, etc. The students will be building a creation that does a specific function. 

Speeches:

January 28, 9-10 - grade 1 speeches
February 1 - 9-10 grade 2/3 speeches

Parents are more than welcome to come and listen. Please, stay for the hour and give the other students an audience. They need encouragement. Thanks

Mrs. Autio
Grade One 

Monday, January 14, 2019

Good day.

Today, we previewed the Term 2 Math Assessment. Tomorrow and possibly Wednesday we will complete the assessment.

We also were introduced to our new words of the week:

sad, sat, set, sit, six, sun, sap, sip, sum, sob, bonus - sag, sub

weed, feed, meet, seen, weep, peep, deep, keep, sleep, tree, sheep, green - because this list is already 12 words long, no bonus words.

After the test, we looked at a template that lists the 5 w's for the speeches.

MY SPEECH

Hello, my name is _______________________________________

Today, I will be talking about

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Here are the reasons why I am talking about this Event/Activity/story.

Who __________________________________________________________________

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Where

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When

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Why

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What Happened  - first, then, next, after that, finally

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How

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 I am aware 3 minutes is long but this is one of the rules of the competition. Please help your child review these aspects of the speech. Thank you for your assistance.

We continued to work on our menus, ensuring 3 of the 5 food groups are on each plate.

Thanks

Mrs. Autio

Thursday, January 11, 2019

Good day!

Today, we worked with Probability. We repeated the activity from Monday using black and white cubes in paper bags. This time, students wrote their predictions of what they will pull out of the bag the most, black or white, then record the results with marker on their worksheets. They thoroughly enjoyed this activity. It showed that you don't always get the results you expect.

During our Unit period, we continued to work on our menus. We need to finish choosing food items for each meal. Some have started with their posters, printing 'My Menu' at the top.

We are enjoying the posters provided us by a parent. The students coloured the pictures.

Have a lovely evening.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One