I am slowly posting content on google classroom. At this point in time I have posted all activities for Monday. My hope is to always have at least the next day’s activities posted by the end of each day."
a"Alberta Education has set the guidelines for students in grade 1 to complete 5 hours of learning a week with a focus on literacy and numeracy. My goal is to provide an hour a day of learning activities related to literacy and numeracy.
I have tried to create routine in our daily lessons to support learning at home. Everyday students will work on sight words, one-minute activities (to support phonological awareness), and number of the day. Each day there will also be specific lessons in literacy and numeracy. In the classwork section of the google classroom I have grouped all assignments according to day and will post a message on the top of each day outlining what students can do that day. I am trying to include an audio clip on every message of me reading the instructions for the students so that they can try to work independently. I will start off small with only a few activities as we are all learning at this time.
If you get stuck, can’t access something, or are confused please send me an email so I can support you. I will either respond through an email or I will call you and try to work through the problem. I have included a few videos to support navigating through google classroom. Thank you for your patience. I know this is a learning curve for everyone. I am here to support learning at home, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
How to log in to your google learn account
https://youtu.be/tRzvURa2Pcw
How to access google classroom
https://youtu.be/WwVtmSb3C-k
How to access classwork on google classroom.
https://youtu.be/xR9MaJNOXNM
March 18, 2020
Thank you so much parents and guardians for being so patient while we take the necessary time to set up distance learning. Yesterday I emailed all parents with login information for zorbits, raz-kids, and google classroom. If you did not receive this email please let me know so we can update contact information. Also, yesterday an email was sent out from the school about picking up materials from the school. Our class is scheduled to pick up materials tomorrow (March 19th) from 8:30-11:00. I will be sending home student's journals, language arts notebook, printing practice and a reference sheet for writing. Please remember to return library books, home reading folders, and home math folders.
February 5, 2020
January was a very busy month in grade 1. We started building any chance we could. Students have been spending their library classes working on maker space challenges and working in small groups during science class building different things. We even were able to build a log cabin on our Field trip to Fort CALGARY. In LA we are starting to learn about long vowels and the different letter combinations that make a vowel long. Finally in math we are playing a lot of games to practice 1 more and 1 less. We also are practicing patterns and sorting. I am currently looking for volunteers to come in Monday’s, Wednesday’s, and Fridays to read with the students. If you could come in for just an hour on any of those days please contact me.
January 14, 2020
We are back into routine after our Christmas break. This past week I have met with students individually to assess their reading. Students will be put into similar reading level groups and we will meet in small reading groups to support their current reading level. To support reading at home please continue to practice sight words at home on a daily basis. Knowledge of these words is imperative to reading beginner level books. We have also begun to learn some important digraphs. Students have already learned the sh sound and the th sound. In math we are continuing to develop number sense on a daily basis through our calendar activities but in class we are focusing on patterns. Students are creating, continuing, and identifying the rule to various patterns. In social we are starting to discuss belonging to a community. Recently we discussed being a good citizen and in the upcoming week we will be discussing what we can do to take care of our community. In science we have begun a hands on unit called Building Things. Students will have many opportunities to build in class with a variety of students. This unit is not only going to teach students the foundational knowledge needed to build simple structures but it will also develop group work skills and communication skills. Please remember that on Jan 16th we will be going to Fort Calgary for our first field trip. Please be on time and dress for the weather.
December 13, 2019
One week left before Christmas holidays. We have a very busy gingerbread theme week planned with many activities that should be fun but also linked to curriculum. We will be doing a buddy activity with the grade 3 class next week, fixing Santa's sleigh. Our big activity is building gingerbread houses. Thank you for all of your support with this project. There will be no home reading sent next week after Wednesday. Enjoy your Christmas break and I look forward to working with you in the new year.
November 25, 2019
This month has been busy in grade 1. We have focussed on the short vowel sounds and are sounding out simple words. Students have been reading stories with repeating sentences and focussing on learning important sight words. In math we have explored numbers in the teens. We are using different math manipulatives to represent the numbers. We are going to continue to play with numbers in the teens and then focus on making ten. Students have spent time focussing on rights and responsibilities in social studies. In science we have a week filled with different science experiments to conclude our unit on colours. Our next science unit will be on building things. Please continue to practice the sight words at home. Also if you are able to volunteer on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday we would love to have someone come and do home reading with us.
October 25, 2019
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and are ready for the excitement of Halloween. We will celebrate Halloween on Wednesday, October 30th since there is no school on October 31st. Students are allowed to wear their costumes to school but please keep in mind we will be learning that day so they should be comfortable, able to sit both at their table and on the floor, be able to take it off to go to the washroom independently, no masks, and no weapons. We are very close to finishing our focus on the individual letters and sounds. Please continue to practice this at home as knowing this is essential to reading. In math we have been focussing on comparing numbers and discussing not only which numbers are greater than or less than but also putting numbers in order from least to greatest. Next week we will change our focus to 2D shapes. Today we celebrated belonging day. Thank you for helping your child to bring something to school to show that they belonged to a group. Everyone created a belonging page that will be used in our class We Belong book. We are starting to apply our knowledge of colour and shades in our most recent art project. Today students mixed paint colours together and painted paper in different shades for the first step of our Autumn art project. Please remember that next week is a very short week. There will be an important letter that goes home next week introducing our Star Student activities that will begin in November and carry through the entire year. If you would like to volunteer please sign up through the volunteer tab. The students love having loved ones come in to volunteer and I always have many activities that need volunteer support. Enjoy your weekend!
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