We have already started taking our learning outside and on to the land. This week we had the opportunity to use nature's loose parts to demonstrate some of the numeracy and counting skills we already have. We used found sticks to create written numbers and found materials to represent the quantity of the numbers we made. Going outside in all weather is something we will continue to throughout the school year and all students are encouraged to come to school ready to go outside, no matter the weather, everyday.
We of course will also have learning opportunities within the classroom. This week we used the school's ipads to take pictures of the patterns we had made with loose parts and then used digital tools to label them using letters.
Literacy:
Over the past two weeks we have worked with these letters and sounds: a /ǎ/, m /m/, and s /s/
We have learned two "heart words" or irregularly spelled words that grade 1 students will learn to recognize by sight and not by sounding out. These words are: the, I
We have also used word work opportunities to read and spell words: am, sam
Numeracy:
We are currently working on building, describing, transcribing, and creating patterns. We have learned that patterns repeat, sometimes in cycles, and can use colour, shape, direction, action, or sounds.
We have also been working on building student fluency for five pairs (numbers that add up to five). This skill and instant recall will help students as we move to solving addition and subtraction using larger numbers later in the year.
Reminders:
Thursday, September 17 - Terry Fox Run at 10:30am. Students will be running outside.
Thursday, September 24 - Drop-in Open House between 5:00pm to 6:30pm.
Friday, September 25 - Non-Instructional Day: NO SCHOOL for students
