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!

Please be prepared for colder weather tomorrow!

Highlights of Our Learning
-Today we explored the "____ap Family". Please see how many words your child can spell and read from this family of words. As a class, we found 14 words including cap, tap, slap, map, clap, nap, map, lap, rap, gap, trap etc.
-We all had time on Raz Kids and were able to read books together with Miss Rinaldi's students.
-We learned a new way to play "Face Off" with playing cards. By using the 1(Ace) to 10 we turn over two cards at a time from our pile and add them together. Then a partner does the same. Whoever has the highest total (sum) wins that round a gets to keep all of the cards. We also tried playing with the low sum as the winner. Whoever has the most cards at the end of the game is the overall winner. This an easy game to play at home. See what addition strategies your child is using as they play (adding one, counting on, using doubles etc.)
-We reviewed the characteristics of the animal group "Reptiles" and tried drawing a snake, lizard and turtle in our Visual Journals. Tomorrow we will print some facts about reptiles too. Please ask your child to tell you what they have learned about reptiles (ie. cold blooded, dry scaly skin, hatch from eggs, vertebrates, lungs, can live on land or in the water etc.).

F.Y.I.
-Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on December 5th and 6th. Online bookings will open this Friday.

Have a good evening!

This week we continued to learn about animal groups. Ask your child what makes a fish a fish and what makes an insect an insect.  "They have ____." Children were given the opportunity to learn about each animal group and print 3 facts about each group in their visual journal. They also added an illustration of that animal group.

In literacy centers, students continued to practice their reading skills with a teacher in a small group, on Raz kids, poetry with a group of peers, reading to animals in the forest or reading books at their level.

During word work we have been practicing our sight words, making words and today we did a word detective in book from the classroom to add to our word lists in our word work book.

In math we continued to finish up our math centers. Children practiced the skills of adding 1, adding 2, adding 2 numbers on a domino, adding 2 numbers on a dice and making 10 with the power of ten cards with a partner.

We learned a new poems about birds.

F.Y.I.

There is no school tomorrow as it is a PD day for teachers.

Parent teacher conference bookings on MyCBE/PowerSchool opens on Friday November 29th at 6pm. Please ensure you sign up for a time to come and meet with your child's teacher to discuss their learning so far in grade 1. 

Please send in a pair of earbuds or headphones that your child can use when they are listening to books on RazKids. Since students are working on their individual levels and book choices, it is quite distracting if headphones are not used. Please label the headphones with your child's name. If you do not have an extra pair at home, they are readily available at dollar stores, Walmart etc.

Have a great weekend!!

Insects are EVERYWHERE!!

Highlights of Our Learning
-We worked on the "___ab family" today. See if your child can share some of the words that we brainstormed together. The following words were printed in our Word Work books: tab, dab, jab, nab, cab, fab, lab, crab, stab, scab.
-Please ask your child to tell you what Literacy Centre they worked at today. Students have been trying to build their sight word vocabulary and reading skills during this time.
-Students were given another picture prompt for writing. It was a scene with many signs of fall. After sharing our thoughts and ideas, students were given three sentence starters to try to complete. They were, "I can see...", "I like..." and "I wonder...". Please have your child tell you about their responses.
-We had music and gym in the afternoon.
-We have now learned about three ways to classify animals...mammals, birds and insects. Today the students completed a page in their visual journals to capture the important features of insects. What is the same about all insects? What insects did your child draw?

F.Y.I.
- Friday, November 22nd is a PD Day and there is no school for students.

Have a good evening!

We have been learning about animal groups.

Highlights of Our Learning:

-Please ask your child to tell you what they have learned about the animal groups MAMMALS and BIRDS. Information that might be shared could include:

Mammals:
-warm blooded
-have hair or fur
-drink milk from their mother
-skeleton inside their body
-can be big or small
-breathe with lungs

Birds:
-have feathers (four types of feathers)
-have beaks or bills
-bones are hollow
-can usually fly (but not always)
-found all over the world
-make nests


-We did a new math activity today called "Double Dicers".

-We practiced moving in different ways in the gym.

F.Y.I.
-Scholastic Book orders are due this Friday.
-Friday, November 22nd is a PD Day and there is no school for students.

Have a great evening.

Tomorrow is our Remembrance Day Assembly

Highlights of Our Learning:
-Finding out what to expect during our Remembrance Day Assembly tomorrow (ie. no clapping, respectful behaviour, two minutes of silence, seeing lots of beautiful artwork, learning about the importance of our Veterans etc.)
-Problem Solving: Demonstrating an understanding of how the feet belonging to the characters in the story "The Gigantic Turnip" can be grouped to equal TEN feet. See if your child can tell you all of the characters in the story, how many feet they each have and what combinations could be created to equal ten feet. Here is the link to the story to help you remember. Please cut and paste:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTfhCpCnGX4&list=PLrIehpScGi74-VEG9nrlo1AHyQX9qUn1Q
-Adding black paint to orange paint to create different shades.
-"Reading and Writing the Room!! Please have your child tell you about this fun activity that we did today.


F.Y.I.
-Please send in a pair of earbuds or headphones that your child can use when they are listening to books on RazKids. Since students are working on their individual levels and book choices, it is quite distracting if headphones are not used. Please label the headphones with your child's name. If you do not have an extra pair at home, they are readily available at dollar stores, Walmart etc.
-Students will be attending a whole school Remembrance Day assembly on Friday morning, beginning at 10:45am. If parents would like to join us for this assembly, you are invited to do so.
-There is no school on Monday, November 11th as it is Remembrance Day.
-Scholastic Book orders are due by Friday, November 15th. Thanks!

We learned about the "___at" family today.

Highlights of Our Learning:
-We learned about the "___at" family. Please ask your child to spell and print some of these ___at words for you to determine their understanding of this word family. (ie. cat, hat, mat, rat, bat, pat, flat, that, chat etc.)
-Today we started new Literacy Centres. Students are grouped to match their independent reading levels. Each day, students will work on a different activity such as Guided Reading, Poetry Performance, Reading Classroom Books, Reading from Leveled Book and Reading on RazKids. Please ask your child what activity they participated in today.
-In math we learned how to print an addition equation using the symbols "+" to mean "plus" or "and". We used the symbol "=" to mean "in all", "all together" or "equals". Our focus today was adding one to a number. Students rolled a 10 sided dice and then printed an equation to match the rolled number plus one. For example, is 6 was rolled, the students printed 6+1=7 in their math notebooks.
-We had music and gym.
-We finished the day working on tissue paper poppies that we are creating for Remembrance Day.


F.Y.I.
-Please send in a pair of earbuds or headphones that your child can use when they are listening to books on RazKids. Since students are working on their individual levels and book choices, it is quite distracting if headphones are not used. Please label the headphones with your child's name. If you do not have an extra pair at home, they are readily available at dollar stores, Walmart etc.
-Students will be attending a whole school Remembrance Day assembly on Friday morning, beginning at 10:45am. If parents would like to join us for this assembly, you are invited to do so.
-There is no school on Monday, November 11th as it is Remembrance Day.
-Scholastic Book orders were sent home today. If you would like to purchase any items as gifts for Christmas or another occasion, please let me know and I will deliver the order to you directly and not send items home with your child. Orders are due by Friday, November 15th. Thanks!

Have a good evening!

We used all of our senses to explore our pumpkin!

Our Learning:
-Today we drew a cross-section of a pumpkin and labeled six important parts (seeds, stem, skin, flesh, pulp and leaf). Please have your child tell you all about this. You can use the link below as a reminder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I884JkS_aFg
-We cut open our biggest pumpkin and took turns cleaning out the seeds and pulp. We combined our seeds with Miss Rinaldi's pumpkin seeds and placed them on a giant hundreds chart in croups of ten. We discovered that our pumpkins had a total of 1158 seeds. Miss Lana roasted the seeds for us and we got to sample sweet and salty seeds at the end of the day.
-We listened to our sight word song and practiced printing some of our sight words. See if you child is able to read, spell and print the following words: an, at, be, we, to, the, is, it, in, are, and, you, see, I, a, can.
-We added one dab of white paint to orange paint to create a new tint. Then we added another dab, and another dab, and another dab! At the end, we had five different samples of the colour orange on our page.

F.Y.I.
-Tomorrow is Orange and Black Day. Children are encouraged to wear these colours to school, but no costumes please.
-There is no school for students on Friday, November 1st as it is a PD Day.

Have a great evening!

This is Pumpkin Week in Grade One!

Highlights of Our Learning
-This week we are learning about pumpkins. Please have your child tell you the six stages of the life cycle of a pumpkin. Also please have them tell you some interesting facts that they learned about pumpkins through the books we read together today. Maybe your child can even sing you the song that we learned today. Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU-GwFHQZI8
-During our math time we sorted our classroom pumpkins and gourds and then we had math centres.
-Children had music class and gym in the afternoon.

F.Y.I.
-Please be sure to have your Learning Commons book returned for tomorrow.
-There is no school for students on Friday, November 1st as it is a PD Day.
-Thursday, October 31st is ORANGE AND BLACK DAY and students are encouraged to wear these colours. We will not be wearing costumes at school on this day.
-School pictures were sent home in folders today.

Have a great evening!