Feb 10, 2012

The Elf on the shelf sent us a valentine message today and attached the following video:

In Social Studies today we read the story "David's Father" by Robert Munsch.  The story is all about a boy named David who moved into a new house.  We then made a bar graph showing all the houses our class has lived in.

In Math today we played some fun math games and we worked with Mrs. Easton on place value.

Have a great weekend!

Feb 9, 2012

First off, just a reminder that there is school tomorrow.

For tonight's writing homework please play the game "The Patchworker" by clicking on the following link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/patch_game.shtml

Tomorrow will be our No Excuse Word Spelling Test.  The words are:

1. it
2. he
3. for
4. orange
5. three

In Language Arts today we continued with our Nursery Rhyme Unit.  Today we focussed on the rhyme; "Old Mother Hubbard."  After reading the rhyme we decided to do a little Mad-Libs as a class which you can also try at home.

Our Apple Schools Campaign this month is Active Living.  You can check out the website by clicking on the link: https://sites.google.com/a/fmcsd.ab.ca/st-annes-apple-schools/monthly-campaigns/active-living-campaigns.  Here are some ideas the students came up with when we brainstormed ways to stay active:

1. Gymnastics
2. Hockey
3. Figure Skating
4. Biking
5. Soccer
6. Skateboarding
7. Skiing
8. Football
9. Basketball
10. Swimming

Kids aged 6-11 need to do 60 minutes of physical activity a day.

For Art today we learned about Analogous Colours.  These are the colours that are closest to each other on the colour wheel.  We used the red colours on the colour wheel below for a Valentine project that you will get to see on Tuesday.

Feb 8, 2012

Today we did cloze sentences for our No Excuse Words Activity.

In computers today we played a couple of fun measurement games; "Can You Fill It" and "Poodle Weigh In".  You can check them out at the following link:  https://sites.google.com/a/fmcsd.ab.ca/grade-1/computer-class

This afternoon we went on our Winter Walk as a school.  Check out some pics of the kids below:

Feb 7, 2012

In music this week we have been watching the classic Disney movie "Fantasia".  It is a wonderful way for students to experience orchestra music.

For No Excuse Words today we did a spelling scramble.  This is when the students are broken into small groups and each group is given a set of floor size alphabet tiles.  I call out a word and the students work together to spell the word on the floor.

During centres this week one of the centres is how many words can you spell with the letters in 

VALENTINE.

Here are a couple of the girls working together to figure it out:

Feb 6, 2012

Our No Excuse Words for this week are:

1. it
2. he
3. for
4. orange
5. three

In LA today we worked on re-writing the story "The Three Little Pigs".  We are really working on writing neatly on the line and using uppercase letters at the beginning of sentences and punctuation at the end.

In Math we learned about the concept of mass.  We used balance scales to see if items were heavy or light.  A great iPad game you can play at home is Measurement HD.  Here is a screen clip of all the different measurement games you can play:

Feb 2, 2012

Happy Groundhog's Day!

Have you read Deuteronomy 32:11?  We did today!  We learned that God is like an eagle.  He protects us with his wings.








In LA today we wrote descriptive paragraphs about our special objects.  We then made little videos on the iPad app Videolicious.  Check out the couple below and in the next couple of days expect an email with your child's video attached.

In art today we learned all about the artist Kadinsky.

We then made our own versions of Kadinsky's Circles.  Here are a few pics of the kids hard at work and I will post a picture of them all when they are done next week.

Feb 1, 2012

Wow, the second month of 2012 already.  Tomorrow is wear your favourite outfit day.  Also, we will be having our No Excuse Words spelling test tomorrow and the words are:

1. green
2. is
3. that
4. two
5. you

In computers today the students made a planning web about their special object in Microsoft Word.  If you would like to make one at home download the document at the following page:

https://sites.google.com/a/fmcsd.ab.ca/grade-1/computer-class

In math today we worked on the concept of volume and capacity.  We compared the volume of different containers by filling them with rice.  We also watched the movie Peep and The Big World: There's No Place Like Home, where Peep and his friends try to measure how much water is in Quacks pond.