Welcome to Ms. Carstairs' grade 1 classroom Blog!
Welcome to Ms. Carstairs' blog! This is your source of information on what we are working on in class and any important upcoming school events or dates.
The first two weeks of grade 1 went very well, and we have been spending time getting to know the class and school rules and to know our classmates and teachers. My class has settled in well with the rules and routines and we have dove right into our learning.
We have been reviewing our alphabet and letter sounds using this fun video! It helps our brains to remember things when we pair the letter or sound with a movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59u6KaluscI
We have also started to work with the most common 13 words that appear in early literature. They are:
a, and, he/she, in, is, it, that, the, to, I, of, was
We sing songs about these words, find them in text and hi-lite them, spell them, and read them on our story wall.
For math we have started with a review of the numbers 1-10. We will continue with this unit as well as the unit on patterns and relationships.
For science we have started our unit on Mixing Colours! We read the story 'Mix it up!' By Herve Tullet and did our own 'magic' wth painting. We also experimented with mixing clay. Ask me what the three primary colours are!
Just a reminder that parent/teacher conferences starts this Thursday at 3:30 until 7:30 and on Friday from 8:00-1:00. Please call Barb Rocca in the office if you are having difficulty booking your conference. There is also no school on Friday due to conferences.
I look forward to a fun week of learning!
-Ms. Carstairs
The first two weeks of grade 1 went very well, and we have been spending time getting to know the class and school rules and to know our classmates and teachers. My class has settled in well with the rules and routines and we have dove right into our learning.
We have been reviewing our alphabet and letter sounds using this fun video! It helps our brains to remember things when we pair the letter or sound with a movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59u6KaluscI
We have also started to work with the most common 13 words that appear in early literature. They are:
a, and, he/she, in, is, it, that, the, to, I, of, was
We sing songs about these words, find them in text and hi-lite them, spell them, and read them on our story wall.
For math we have started with a review of the numbers 1-10. We will continue with this unit as well as the unit on patterns and relationships.
For science we have started our unit on Mixing Colours! We read the story 'Mix it up!' By Herve Tullet and did our own 'magic' wth painting. We also experimented with mixing clay. Ask me what the three primary colours are!
Just a reminder that parent/teacher conferences starts this Thursday at 3:30 until 7:30 and on Friday from 8:00-1:00. Please call Barb Rocca in the office if you are having difficulty booking your conference. There is also no school on Friday due to conferences.
I look forward to a fun week of learning!
-Ms. Carstairs
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