Feb 9-11

 Dear Parents

I hope that you all have had a restful long weekend and spent time with your family doing what you love.

Reminders:

• Please remember to book your conference to discuss your child's learning.  Conferences will be held Feb 26 and 27.
• It looks like we will be having a change in the weather. Please remember to send your child with all the winter gear needed to be outside for recess and lunch break.  

We had a great week in grade 1, celebrating friendship and the things we love! We read a variety of texts like the Book of Maps, The Kissing Hand, and of course the adventures of the Love Monster.  Some activities included: students made love heart chains and then compared lengths, created a heart map showing important people, places, and things they love, wrote sentences about things they love and why, and enjoyed creating their own Love Monster before distributing their Valentines.

Learning Outcomes

• Generate ideas about familiar experiences and personal interests.

• Use drawing and writing to share personal thoughts and feelings.

• Create short written texts about familiar topics

• Use descriptive words to add details to their ideas.

• Form simple complete sentences.

• Use spaces between words and basic punctuation (periods, capital letters).

• Share their writing orally with peers.

• Identify people and groups who are important to them.

• Recognize how relationships contribute to a sense of belonging.

• Use shape, colour, and space to represent personal ideas visually.

• Share ideas respectfully during class discussions.

• Listen to others and respond appropriately.

• Demonstrate ways to build positive relationships.

• Show respect and kindness within a classroom community.

• Recognize that belonging is strengthened through shared experiences

                                

Literacy 

This week, we focused on S says Z.  This is a tricky one.  Take a look below if you are interested in some homepractice.