Monday, April 1, 2019

Celebrate Art

Thank you, parents, for helping your child research artists from your heritage. It was fun to see the different forms of art used to express life and imagination. 

Today, we used base ten cubes, paper clips and connecting cubes to measure assorted objects in the room. This was run and many of the students worked in partners. 

We are learning letter format and how to write a proper letter. Today we brainstormed why Mr. Playford should let recess be longer. 

Have a good evening. 

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Friday, March 29, 2019

Hello there!

Today, our class presented a dance to the 2/3 class. It was well done. The students should be very proud of themselves.

We worked with inches today measuring an assortment of items in the class including a stapler, chalk, scissors, pencils, cubes, etc. We continue to work on regrouping for addition. This is a tough concept for some students. 

Please help your child research an artist from your family lineage. They have been assigned a country. They need the artist's name, a picture of their work and three facts about that person. Enjoy the challenge. 

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Casual Day

It is always so much fun seeing everyone's idea of casual clothes.

As noted in each agenda, our class is presenting a dance they rehearsed in Gym on Friday. It is fun. Don't forget they need a hat of some sort and either a necklace, scarf or bandanna. Thanks

Today, we used regular and jumbo paperclips to measure pencil crayons, crayons, scissors, the long side of our Math books, length of our hands, and the width of the tables.

Later, we finished our nine faces using various lines.

Friday is our Birthday Circle.

Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Greetings!

Today, we measured various objects around the classroom using our hands in a linear fashion. First, the students needed to estimate then do the actual. They surprised themselves by being fairly accurate.

Later, we reviewed the seasons and listed the reasons for liking one particular season. Our challenge seems to be taking these reasons and writing sentences about them. 

We traced facial features and hair with thin and thick black markers on 9 faces using a variety of lines.

Have a super evening.

Tomorrow is casual day. Woohoo!!!


Mrs. Autio
Grade One

Monday, March 25, 2019

Welcome Back!

We are so happy to see Hollie in the class again. 

Today, we looked at Linear Measure - standard, non-standard and what these mean. They are a lot to take in but we will start using them tomorrow. 

We had two new spelling lists and were using the words in various challenges during Literacy block. 

Later, we started our Art Attack unit - we used a variety of lines to complete faces with hair, eyes, ears, hoses, mouths, and glasses maybe. Tomorrow, we will trace our drawings with black marker. 

Tonight, can you assist your child with the family tree? They need to know the country of origin and birth for family members going back 4 generations. Thanks

Mrs. Autio
Grade One