Welcome to our last week in Grade One for 2019!

Highlights of Our Learning:

-We read a great new book today called "Breath Up, Wonder Pup". Please ask your child to tell you all about the important message in this book.

-We worked on preparing the characters for our storytelling of "The Mitten". 

-We had gym and music today.

-We went to the gym and enjoyed listening to the school choir and then got to join in and sing several carols.

F.Y.I.

-Thank you for the donations that have been sent in for the Food Bank and also for the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). We will continue to collect items until Thursday.
Items we will be collecting for the CMHA include:

Toiletries: Soap, shampoo, conditioner, other bath items, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, feminine hygiene products, shaving cream and razors, manicure and pedicure nail sets, Chapstick, comb, hairbrush, Kleenex, deodorant and hair elastics

Clothing: All sizes men and women. Items do not have to be new, but in good to excellent and clean condition. Winter jackets, winter boots, snow pants, scarves, winter hats, mittens, gloves, thermal socks (must be new), thermal underwear, underwear (must be new), sweatpants, sweatshirts, plain t-shirts, jeans and wallets

-Thursday, December 19th is a half day and there is no school for students on Friday, December 20th.

-Thursday, December 19th is PJ Day at Bridlewood School.

Who will be in your version of the story "The Mitten"?

Highlights Of Our Learning
-Yesterday we started exploring different versions of the story The Mitten. We started with the version that was written and illustrated by Jan Brett and then read a second version. We compared and contrasted the two stories and discussed how "storytellers" can add the details that they think makes the best story. Today the students drew and large mitten in their Visual Journals and in the days ahead they will select five animal characters to write about and they will then begin working on their own oral version of the story.
-Today students found many sight words in a new song that we are learning called "I Am I" and highlighted them by colouring a neat box around each word.
-We worked on the ____ed family and printed words such as red, bed, sled, few, led, shed, bled etc. Please review this words family with your child at home and remind them that the sight word SAID is a tricky one to spell.
-We are working on printing subtraction equations. Yesterday, our focus was on printing and solving "-1" questions. Today the children rolled two six-sided dice and used the quantities rolled to print equations.
-All grade one classes went to gym today and ran sprints with a partner.
-We had a great recess playing outside in the snow.


F.Y.I.
-Bridlewood School is collecting items for those who are in need to get through the cold winter. This initiative is in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CHMA) work to help people in the Calgary community.

Items we will be collecting include:
Toiletries: Soap, shampoo, conditioner, other bath items, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, feminine hygiene products, shaving cream and razors, manicure and pedicure nail sets, Chapstick, comb, hairbrush, Kleenex, deodorant and hair elastics

Clothing: All sizes men and women. Items do not have to be new, but in good to excellent and clean condition. Winter jackets, winter boots, snow pants, scarves, winter hats, mittens, gloves, thermal socks (must be new), thermal underwear, underwear (must be new), sweatpants, sweatshirts, plain t-shirts, jeans and wallets

Your generous donation will assist CMHA Calgary is supporting others through shared understanding, hope and increase community resiliency. Thank you!

-Thursday, December 19th is a half day and there is no school for students on Friday, December 20th.

-Thursday, December 19th is PJ Day at Bridlewood School.

We had a great recess in the snow and sunshine!

Highlights of Our Learning:
-Today we worked on the "___ay" family and found about 20 words that fit this spelling pattern. Please have your child show you what words they can print and read from this word family.
-We had Literacy Centres. We are all working hard to master more and more sight words and practice reading strategies every day.
-We continued to review the important facts about each group of animals that we have been learning to classify. We practiced printing our own clues to answer the question "What animal group am I?"
-We had music and gym.

F.Y.I.
-Please remember to book a Parent-Teacher Conference time through your MyCBE account. Please note that there are two "Aeblis" on staff, so be sure to book with me and not our Kindergarten teacher.
-There is no school for students this Thursday afternoon or Friday as teachers will be involved with conferences.
-Bridlewood School is collecting non-perishable items for the Mayor's Food Drive. Collection boxes are in the gathering area and we welcome your donations.

Have a good evening!