Feb 16-19

We were all very happy to see our friends after the extra long weekend and were eager to dive into our work. Here is what we got up to this week: 

In Language Arts, we have been working on assessing our writing so that we can see what our next steps will be. Students enjoyed journaling about their weekend and practiced responding to a storytelling video that Mrs. Batchelor made. They will be able to demonstrate what they know during the Celebration of Learning. This is now posted on the google classroom. We hope that everyone will have time to participate in this activity some time in the coming week and please remember to complete the exit survey.

In Science we are looking closely at the signs of winter. We have had lots to notice these past few weeks. Students are working in their visual journals to record what they know in pictures and in words about what is happening to the plants, what people do for activities and need in terms of clothing during our winter.  

In our Math, we have been working on strategies for adding numbers. This week we have been working on using a number line or a number path to "count on". Students look at equation and decide which is the higher number. They then start at that number and "count up" with the other number to get to a solution. In grade one, students are expected to be able to add numbers for values from 0 to 20. Of course, I am also extending this work for students who have already mastered working with these values. They are working with the numbers from 0 to 100 with the same strategy. 

Of course our big Math event this week was today, our 100th Day of School! We made groups of 10 paper chains and then added them together.  We made one complete chain of 100 and will finish this work on Monday.We had a great time counting everyone's collections that they brought in. I will quarantine these items over the weekend and return them on Monday. We also did an amazing art project. We drew ourselves as we are today and we drew ourselves how we thought we would look at age 100. The kids had a great time looking at images of seniors and trying to envision what they would look like when they got to be 100. We have a little left to finish for this art project.  I will post a separate blog later this week for the photos of our bulletin boards.



Thank you for helping your child share an activity they completed from the blog last week.  It was neat to see what they did to celebrate 100 at home.

As a school community we have noticed, that some of our students are having some issues with friends and have been dealing more with students who say "He is being mean" or "My friend isn't playing with me" or "She is not being fair'.  I believe that a part of this, is the limitations that we have put in place due to COVID and how we had to make changes in how we normally interact with each other.  I will be focusing on social interactions more intentionally in the coming weeks and will post the area of focus on the blog so that you can discus them with your child at home. This week we talked about how to make sure that others are included in the games that we play as well as how to play while remembering our COVID protocols. The building of friendship skills goes hand in hand with empathy and I plan to do a number of activities around these concepts in the coming weeks, so stay tuned. 

As a staff, we have revisited our protocols for student items that remain in the coat hook area.  If your child doesn't have a large reusable bag at school to keep on their coat hook, please send one in, on Monday.  Last week, I showed students how to roll up their snow pants, and fold their coat to keep the inside dry, and so that everything would fit in their bag.  This is a new routine that we will continue to work toward mastering and I appreciate your support as we continue to move forward in our learning!

Upcoming 

February 19 - 26 - Celebration of Learning available in the google classroom 

Monday February 22 - Home Reading Exchange 

Tuesday February 23 - Neighbourhood walk in the afternoon 

Thursday February 25 - Home Reading Exchange and Pink Shirt Day Friday 

February 26 - Library Exchange

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