Today was our 100th day in grade one!

We celebrated the milestone of 100 days in grade one by:
-Watching the story "Emily's First 100 Days of School".
-Singing songs that focused on counting to 100 in different ways.
-Completing a page in our Visual Journals by printing and illustrating, "I would like to have 100 _____." and "I would not like to have 100 ___."
-Printing all of the numbers from 1-100 on a Hundreds Chart and using it to play "Race to 100".
-Using the numerals 1 and 0 and 0 (100) to create a cool and creative picture. Please ask you child about the picture that they made.

Have a 100% great evening!

Kindness in Grade One Continues!

Yesterday we started our day with students sharing with a peer what they did over the long weekend. Students wrote about their weekend with the following sentence starters:

On the weekend I _____.
I went ______.
I saw ______.
I liked _____.


This week we are focusing on the _ink family. Students brainstormed words yesterday and today they recorded words in their Word Work book. Please see how many __ink words your child can print and read for you.

We started to gather words for a KINDNESS Acrostic poem. Students came up with such words as:

K kind
I I message
N Nice
D doing
N nature
E everyone
S smile
S sharing

Students have been learning and practicing new card games to practice making 10. Ask your child to share the 2 games with you they have been playing individually or with a peer.

We have also started our exploration into how animals survive in the winter. Students shared an "I wonder..." statement about animals in winter and today we explored and learned about how some animals survive the winter.

Students exchanged their learning commons books yesterday or today if they returned their books.

In gym, students are learning some basic hockey skills.

In music, students are learning songs about friendship.

F.Y.I.

Save the Dates!

The grade one students would like you to make note of some upcoming special events. We will require volunteers for these activities. All volunteers MUST have a current CBE police clearance in order to volunteer, and therefore we strongly recommend that you complete the paperwork for this A.S.A.P. Please drop by the school office with picture ID to complete this application. If you already have clearance and would like to volunteer, please let you child’s teacher know.

Please note the following dates. Times have yet to be confirmed.

Wet Felting (In-school activity) – April 8^th and 9^th.

Morning Swimming Lessons (Bus to Canyon Meadows Pool) – May 4^th-8^th.

What does it mean to be KIND?

We are focussing on kindness this week!

Highlights Of Our Learning:
-Students explored the "__ind" family today. Please see how many words your child can create and spell from this word family. (ie. kind, wind, mind, behind, rind, rewind, bund etc.)
-We continued practising our addition and subtraction skills during math centre time.
-Students had music and gym this afternoon.
-We read several stories about kindness and love and then brainstormed how we show these qualities through our daily actions. Students finished the sentence "Love is..." by sharing ideas in their visual journal. Some ideas included reading together, giving a hug, taking care of the earth, planting flowers for the bees, helping a friend who is hurt, saying please and thank you, playing a board game with your family etc.

F.Y.I.
-We plan on going on a Winter Walk tomorrow, so please ensure that your child is dressed for the weather.
-Last week, your child brought home a list of student names to help them if they are choosing to write Valentine's cards. Cards can also be completed with just the card giver's name.
-Valentine's exchange is on Wednesday.
-There is no school for students on Thursday, Friday or Monday.

Have a great evening!

We are looking forward to seeing you tonight at our Learning Celebration!

Please arrive at the school promptly at 5:00pm tonight for our Learning Celebration.

Also please remember to have your child dressed in blue and/or white.

See you tonight!

Welcome to February!

Highlights Of Our Learning:
-Today we looked at the February calendar and talked about some important dates this month. Please see the FYI's for more information. We also talked about the fact that this year, February is a Leap Year!
-Students worked with the "---ing" family today. We created and practiced reading numerous words including: sing, king, wing, sting, spring, bling, sling, fling, thing etc. Please review this word family with your child at home and see how many words they can share with you.
-We played a new math game called "Totally Ten Snakes". The object of this game is to cover two numbers at a time that make "Friends of Ten". Students are getting faster at recognizing these combinations.
-We practiced reading poems from our Poetry books.
-We had music and gym. Please ask your child to tell you the exciting things they did in those classes today.
-We finished the day by working on a special artistic endeavour that we will be sharing with you on Thursday evening at our Learning Celebration.

F.Y.I.
-This Thursday is our Grade One Learning Celebration. Please have your child at school promptly at 5:00pm. Please remember that students are being asked to wear blue and/or white for the evening.
-Thursday, February 13th and Friday, February 14th is Teacher's Convention and there is no school. Monday, February 17th is Family Day.
-We will recognize Valentine's Day on Wednesday, February 12th. Please stay tuned for more information.
-Scholastic Book orders are due this Friday.

Have a great evening!

Two Reminders

Two reminders for you...

1.) Tomorrow is "Bell Let's Talk Day" and students are being encouraged to wear a hat to school in recognition of "hats on for mental health".

2.) Students are being asked to dress in blue and/or white clothes for our Learning Celebration next Thursday evening.

Have a good night!

Happy Family Literacy Day

Highlights of Our Learning:
-We learned many new facts about snowflakes today. Please have your child share their new learning with you.
-In math, we reviewed "Friends of Ten" and then used ten-side dice to practice subtracting from ten. For example, if  an 8 was rolled, the equation that would be printed and solved was 10-8=2. If a 3 was rolled, the equation was 10-3=7 etc.
-Students went to Gym and Music.
-Students went to a grade 2/3 classroom so Mrs. Olijnyk could share a new story for Literacy Day.

F.Y.I.
-Please return your child's report card envelope if you have not already don so.
-There is no school for students on Friday, January 31st, as it is a PD Day.

Have a great evening!

We had a lovely recess outside in the fresh air!! Finally!

Our Learning:

• Today, we continued our writing about winter by exploring what we "FEEL" in the winter. We are working to make our writing more descriptive by adding juicy words. Together, we built on our first idea and made our writing more interesting by comparing these three sentences: "In the winter I feel snow." "In the winter I feel cold snow." "In the winter I feel cold snow that falls on my nose."
• In math, we looked at the strategies "subtracting zero" and "subtracting one". We noted that when we subtract zero the answer does not change and when we subtract one it is like counting backwards by one or thinking about the number that comes right before. Students practiced rolling a 12 or 20 sided dice and then printing corresponding -0 and -1 equations.
• We started to compile a list of words that express how we are unique. By reading the story "Cookies", we were able to list positive qualities such as responsible, respectful, helpful, proud, trustworthy, compassionate, generous, fair etc.
• We had music and gym this afternoon.

F.Y.I.

• We hope you saved the date for our "Celebration of Learning" on February 6th!
• Please return your child's report card envelope to school. The papers that were contained inside are your copies to keep at home.
• There is no school for students on Friday, January 31st as it is a PD Day.

Have a great evening!

Yearbook Information

BWS Yearbooks

Bridlewood School is very fortunate this year as one of our parents, who is a photographer and graphic artist/web designer,

has generously volunteered her talent and time to create our yearbook. So many thanks to Melinda Gombert for this.

Melinda has just finished designing the cover for the yearbook. 

If you haven’t purchased a yearbook yet and would like to do so, you can do through accessing your fees online

(MyCBE/PowerSchool account).  You will need to go to the Goods/Services tab to locate the optional fees,

double click the yearbook line, the fee will then attach to your account, or return this invoice indicating

that you wish to purchase the year book and the fee will be added to your account from the school office.

Deadline for purchase is February 28, 2020.

Please have your child dressed warmly to travel to and from school this week.

Highlights of Our Learning:
-Today the students found out the date for our Grade One Celebration of Learning. We talked about the important information that needs to be included on an invitation and then we created a "Save the Date" page that is coming home in folders today. Please note the date and plan to join us on February 6th as your child will be sharing and celebrating some of their grade one work with you.
-Students enjoyed an inside energy break and danced and moved with the other students during our regular recess time.
-We used pattern block shapes (hexagons, triangles, squares, diamonds and trapezoids) to create beautiful snowflakes. Each snowflake had six identical branches. Please ask your child what they have learned about snowflakes so far.
-Students learned one way to illustrated snowflakes and practiced in their sketchbooks.
-We had music and gym in the afternoon.

F.Y.I.
-Please sign and return your child's report card envelope. All papers that were contained in the envelope that went home on Friday are yours to keep.
-Please check your child's Back and Forth folder for your "Save The Date" invitation for our Celebration.
-Please ensure that your child's Learning Commons book is returned by tomorrow so that a new book can be signed out.
-Scholastic Book orders are due by Friday, January 17th.

Have a good evening and stay warm!!

Happy New Year!!

Welcome back to grade one! It is hard to believe that we are no in our fifth month of school.

Highlights of Our Learning:
-Today the children had lots of time to "pair and share" and tell a partner about their holiday happenings. Then the students used the following sentence starters to write in their literacy books:
"On the winter break I...", "I saw..." and "I went...".
-We used two six-sided dice and learned a new math game called "Double Dicers" to help us practice creating and answering addition and subtraction equations. Please have your child tell you how this game is played.
-We visited the Learning Commons to sign out new books.
-Students had a lovely time playing outside in the snow.
-We practiced reading a poem called "New Year" and highlighted a few sight words in it.
-How many words do you think you can find using the letters in the word SNOWFLAKES? We tried this today and found a lot! Some have two, three, four, five, six (and even more) letters.

F.Y.I.
-Report cards come home on Friday.
-Scholastic Book orders were sent home today. If you would like any items, orders are due by Friday, January 17th.
-There is no school for students on January 31st.
-Today, your child is bringing home a beautiful card that was created by their grade six buddy.

Have a great evening!