We recently reached the 100th Day of School in Grade one. We are practicing counting objects accurately by putting them in groups of ten. Understanding and using base ten blocks helps us learn to count more accurately. Check out these math games. They will help you. Have fun!
Entries from February 22, 2011
Mo Willems Author Study
February 17, 2011 · 19 Comments · Uncategorized
Grade One has been reading Mo Willems’ books. We love all his characters -but our favorites are Pigeon, Piggy, Elephant, Knuffle Bunny, and Cat the Cat. We love how Mo Willems uses speech bubbles to give his characters their voice. His stories are great to practice our fluency and expression when we read aloud. After [...]
Tags: Drawing·Media Literacy·Reading
The 100th Day of School
February 15, 2011 · 13 Comments · Uncategorized
We’ve been doing a lot of counting in Room 102. We’ve been counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s and 20s to 100. We celebrated the 100th Day of School today. Each student brought in a collection of 100 things. We’ve been learning that it is easier to count objects if we group them in 5s, [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day
February 12, 2011 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
We made Valentine cards yesterday for our Moms and Dads. We used Sam McBratney’s story “Guess How Much I Love You” as inspiration for our cards. If you know this story you will recognize the rabbit in our cards. I hope all our families have a great weekend and fun Valentine’s Day. Don’t forget to [...]
How To Get Ready for Recess Faster
February 10, 2011 · 8 Comments · Uncategorized
Winter has its challenges (here in Quebec) when we have to get dressed and undressed with all our snow clothes. It was taking 10 to 15 minutes for some of the students to get ready to go outside for recess or when coming in to get back into the classroom ready to get back to [...]
Tags: Fun
Fun in the Snow
February 3, 2011 · 15 Comments · Uncategorized
We had a snow day yesterday. Yeah! With all the snowstorms all over the U.S. and Canada – this was our first snow day this winter. The children were so excited to talk about their snow day today and to see the huge mountains in the school’s backyard. The snow plows come in to clear [...]
Reading Buddies
February 1, 2011 · 13 Comments · Uncategorized
We are very lucky in Grade 1 to have Reading Buddies from Grade 4 to visit us each week in our class. Grade One has a great classroom library and we choose books to put into our “book bags”. When Grade 4 comes to our class we connect with our buddy and find a place [...]
Tags: Reading
