Exploring with the Math Manipulatives

Greetings,

Last week students had an opportunity to "dump" our math kit and explore the various manipulatives in the kit. It was a great opportunity for students to work together collaboratively as a table team.

Enjoy the show.

Lise Fellbaum

Exploring with the Math Kit Manipulatives on PhotoPeach

Pete the Cat

Greetings,

1F students have really enjoyed this live telling of Pete the Cat - I Love My White Shoes performed by the books' author Eric Litwin. They were humming the tune all day long.

Enjoy!

Lise Fellbaum

What's happening this week September 19th - 23rd

Greetings,

We are quickly settling into our grade one routines & our timetable has been finalized. I will be posting it to our class website soon. Please note the following to assist your child in being prepared for these subject areas.
Gym - Day 1 & Day 5 Students should be prepared to participate in physical activity in the gym and should have a pair of indoor shoes that are kept at school.
Library - Day 4 Students are allowed to take home a library book each week provided they return their old book. Please take good care of these books so they can continue to be enjoyed by students for years to come.

This week during our literacy block we are continuing to learn our colour songs and will be focusing on short "a" word families. We are learning that there are three ways that we can read a book; read the words, read the pictures and retell the story. Using these strategies we will work on slowly increasing our independent reading time.

In numeracy we are continuing to sort things by looking at different attributes such as size, colour and shape. We have established some basic routines during Marvelous Math Minutes that allows us an opportunity to review basic numeracy concepts daily.
I have included a couple of screen capture pictures for you to see.



We will also be talking about rules and responsibilities and the importance of following these rules. Students will be asked to record some rules that they have in their home later this week.

Don't forget that this Wednesday is Meet the Teacher Night. Teachers will be in their classrooms from 5-6:30. Food and beverages will be sold by the Rotary Club as well.

Thanks for your continued support

Lise Fellbaum

What's Happening this week September 12th - 16th

Greetings,

1F students enjoyed a very successful start to the school year as they experienced coming to school, every day, for the first time. It was a busy week meeting new friends & learning new routines. By the time Friday rolled around we were ALL looking a little tired, teacher included:}

I am so excited for the year ahead and the learning adventures we will have. We have already formed a welcoming and accepting community of learners and will continue with more community building activities this week. Our "Me" bag presentations will give us a perfect opportunity to learn more about each other.

During our numeracy block we will be "dumping" our math kit to explore its' contents and will begin our first unit called "Patterning and Sorting."

During our literacy block we have been learning to make predictions while we are reading a story. This strategy encourages students to think about reading, and to develop that "I can´t wait to find out what happens" feeling. Predicting involves more than trying to figure out what happens next in a story. As students find evidence to form hunches, they also ask questions, recall facts, reread, skim, infer, draw conclusions, and, ultimately, comprehend the text more fully. When reading with your child at home stop periodically throughout the story and discuss what your child thinks will happen next, and what happened in the story to give them that idea.

In Science this week we are going to begin our first unit called Daily and Seasonal Cycles. As the fall season quickly approaches please take the time to discuss the changes happening all around us.


Thanks for your continued support
Lise Fellbaum

Welcome Grade 1F 2011

Greetings,

I am very excited to see everyone tomorrow for our first day of school. We will have so much fun greeting old friends, meeting new friends and learning about each other.

This is going to be a fantastic year!

Lise Fellbaum

Guess Who?

Greetings,

Our final show-n-share topic was great fun. We shared many giggles looking at pics of when we were little. I have put the pics together in a slide show so we could see if we could figure out who each picture belongs to.

As we wrap up our last month of show-n-share I wanted to take this opportunity to once again thank you for assisting your child each month in preparing for their special day. It is very important that students get many opportunities to develop their oral language skills. Speaking in front of others is not a skill that comes easily for everyone and for some requires great courage so meaningful opportunities for students to develop this skill are of great value.

Enjoy!

Lise Fellbaum

Glogging with Glogster

Greetings,
1F friends have been working really hard on a new Web 2.0 tool that was introduced to us by our friend, Mrs. Lachine. This program allows students to make online, interactive posters. 1F students worked with a partner to create a poster entitled "How To Be A Good Friend!" Students are welcome to use Glogster at home and require a password to get into their accounts. They have written their password in their agendas.

http://edu.glogster.com/
Enjoy!
Lise Fellbaum

Glog 1 AM & CH
http://smhc8wv.edu.glogster.com/glog-3600-6867/

Glog 2 KC & DQ
http://sads4oj.edu.glogster.com/glog-5847-2556/

Glog 3 CG & AMc
http://st82qw6.edu.glogster.com/glog-945/

Glog 4 MA & TN
http://s64tur7.edu.glogster.com/glog-281-8298/

Glog 5 LP & MF
http://soka9yy.edu.glogster.com/marshall-lucas/

Glog 6 LI & RQ
http://shrz9eb.edu.glogster.com/loganryan/

Glog 7 KT & CF
http://sqmpjhu.edu.glogster.com/kt-cf/

Glog 8 MD & AP
http://spwfd3p.edu.glogster.com/glog-5461-4066/

Glog 9 CN & MB
http://sbv5b4u.edu.glogster.com/madelyn-and-cadance/