Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Groundhog Day Predictions
Greetings,
We started our graphing unit and have been discussing how to look at data when it is displayed in a bar graph. Today we each made a prediction about whether we think Wiarton Willy will see his shadow tomorrow on Groundhog's Day. Then we graphed our predictions in a bar graph. If Wiarton Willy does see his shadow tomorrow then there will be six weeks left of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow spring is on the way. As can be seen in the graph below many students in 1F are anxiously awaiting spring.
Lise Fellbaum
We started our graphing unit and have been discussing how to look at data when it is displayed in a bar graph. Today we each made a prediction about whether we think Wiarton Willy will see his shadow tomorrow on Groundhog's Day. Then we graphed our predictions in a bar graph. If Wiarton Willy does see his shadow tomorrow then there will be six weeks left of winter. If he doesn't see his shadow spring is on the way. As can be seen in the graph below many students in 1F are anxiously awaiting spring.
Lise Fellbaum
My Mystery Project
My Mystery Object - EET
Green Group - What group does it belong to?
It is a kitchen tool.
Blue Group - What do you do with it? What does it do?
You can use it to poke and pick up food.
Eye - What does it look like?
It is long and thin. It is pink.
Brown - What is it made of?
It is made of plastic.
Pink - What are it's parts?
It has a handle and a sharp end.
White - Where do you find it?
You can find it in a kitchen or in my lunch pail.
Orange - What else do I know?
You can buy it in many different colours.
Green Group - What group does it belong to?
It is a kitchen tool.
Blue Group - What do you do with it? What does it do?
You can use it to poke and pick up food.
Eye - What does it look like?
It is long and thin. It is pink.
Brown - What is it made of?
It is made of plastic.
Pink - What are it's parts?
It has a handle and a sharp end.
White - Where do you find it?
You can find it in a kitchen or in my lunch pail.
Orange - What else do I know?
You can buy it in many different colours.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
P-Jam-A Day
Greetings,
During the past two weeks 1F students were able to help the Essex Food Bank restock their shelves with a wide variety of items that were in need. Thank you so much for your generous contributions throughout the past two weeks. When the Essex Food Bank came to pick up all of the collected items on Friday they too were overwhelmed with our generosity.
Friday's P-Jam-A Day was a great way to end our week. The Hospice Hot Chocolate & Cookie Fundraiser was a yummy treat and our Leadership students raised $280.00 for Hospice. Thanks again for your assistance.
Lise Fellbaum
Monday, January 24, 2011
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Happy New Year!
Welcome Back to 2011!
We are quickly getting back into our routines after our two week vacation. It sounds like everyone had a great holiday! Please continue to check our blog often for updates and a virtual glimpse of our classroom.
Writing will be a major focus for us during the next month as we perfect our skills and focus on developing sentences that make sense and are interesting to the reader. We will continue with our word study focus and will begin List #6 next week. I am pleased to see that students are transferring their knowledge of these basic sight words to their daily writing.
This week we have been counting using dimes, nickels and pennies in math. A firm grasp of rote counting by fives and tens makes this job much easier. Next week we will move on to time to the hour, and then to the half hour.
Please keep sending in the shoe boxes. We will begin our project with them in a couple of weeks.
Thanks for your continued support or our program. If you have a minute please comment on the blog. We love reading the comments.
Lise Fellbaum
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