Catch Me if You Can, I am the Gingerbread man!

We had a great day today. We started the day with all the grade 1 students listening to the story the Gingerbread Man. After, all the students were sent on a scavenger hunt around the school with some grade 6 students to find clues to find the gingerbread man.  The Gingerbread was in the grade 1 class and we all enjoyed a gingerbread cookie together and some dancing.

In Math we learned a new math game called Making 10 Go Fish with Power of Ten Cards.

After lunch the students had music and finished up their Mitten for storytelling. All students had a chance to practice and some students told their story to the whole class.

We ended the day will poem reading with all the grade 1 students.

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"?

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 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.

Highlights from our learning

This week we are continuing to learn about animal groups. We have learned about reptiles and started to learn about amphibians. Ask your child what the difference is in these 2 animal groups. They have illustrated and written 3 sentences for what makes a reptile and tomorrow they will write about amphibians and that they have.

Today students buddied up with a student from Mrs. Swanson's class this morning and went on Raz Kids together, participated in Literacy centers and math games.

This afternoon the students had music and despite the weather, we had an indoor recess.

We also exchanged learning commons books this afternoon.

Have a great evening and stay warm out there!

F.Y.I.

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

Highlights from our learning

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 around 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 few poems this week. We learned a poem about insects and 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!!

Highlights of Our Learning 

-We worked on the "___ab family" 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 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!

Highlights from our Learning

Today we started with Literacy Centers. The students rotated to a new station where they had a chance to practice reading through a variety of Media. Students continued to work in their independent reading levels. Students worked on their reading skills at Guided Reading, Poetry Performance, Reading Classroom Books, Reading from Leveled Book or Reading on RazKids. Please ask your child what activity they participated in today.

We also worked on the _an word family. Ask your child what words we came up with today that are in the "_an" family. 

In Math we worked on representing numbers. We took the number 8 and illustrated how many ways you could make the number 8. Ask your child some of the ways they represented the number 8 in their math books. 

This week we are learning about the 6 different animal group classifications. Today we learned all about mammals. Ask your child what all mammals have and how we know an animal is a mammal. 

We also went to music and the learning commons this afternoon. 

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.

Scholastic Book orders are due by Friday, November 15th. Thanks!

There is no school next Friday, November 22. This is a PD day for teachers. 

Highlights of Our Learning:

This week we started a new round of Literacy Centers!

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.

We did some writing today. We had a fall scene and printed sentences with the sentence starter "I can see _______." Children were encouraged to use color words and sound out new words.

-We learned about the "___at" family yesterday. 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.)

-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 today.
-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 yesterday. 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 pumpkins this week!

We used all of our senses to explore pumpkins this week!

Ask your child all about their learning today! Hint: Baking, painting, buddies, black, orange and green pattern building, pumpkins and all the other fun we had on orange and black day!

Our Learning:
-Yesterday 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

- Yesterday we cut open our biggest pumpkin and took turns cleaning out the seeds and pulp. We combined our seeds with Mrs. Aebli'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.

-Yesterday 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. 

Today we added one dab of black paint to orange paint to create a new shade. 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.

-There is no school tomorrow Friday, November 1st as it is a PD Day.

Have a great evening! Have fun and be safe!

This is Pumpkin Week in Grade One!

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.
-We cut pumpkins (orange) and leaves/vines (green) from the painted papers that we created by mixing primary colours a few weeks ago.
-Children had 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.

Have a great evening!

Highlights of Our Learning:

-We practiced printing some new letters today.  

Please have your child demonstrate how they can properly form the following letters:

The "Curvers"

m - dive down, swim up and over, and up and

        over, down

n - dive down, swim up, over, and down 

u – straight line down, curve up, down

h – dive down, swim half way up, over, and down

b – dive down, swim half way up, over and around

r – dive down, swim up, and over

-We started new math centres. Please ask your child which activities they have worked on today.

-In Science we learned about shades and the colour wheel.

Your child is bringing home a new books from the Learning Commons today. 

Home Reading is coming home today.  Please read with your child every night.  At the beginning we suggest keeping the book for a couple of nights.  Please fill out the log book with your child and return the bag with the book to get a new book the next day.  Thank you for keeping everything together and sealed in the home reading bag. 

F.Y.I.

-Tomorrow is "Take Me Outside Day' and we will be having some of our learning outside. Please have your child dressed for the weather.

-The Halloween Family Dance at school is this Thursday, October 24th. Tickets were sent home for those families that have ordered so far. Costumes are encouraged for the dance, but no masks please.  Tickets are on sale until tomorrow.  Just a friendly reminder, they will not be selling tickets at the door. 

-Thursday, October 31st is Black and Orange Day at Bridlewood School. Children are invited to wear these colours that day, but will not be dressing in costumes.

-Friday, November 1st is a PD Day and there is no school for students.

We saw our Buddies today.

We saw our Buddies today.

Highlights of Our Learning:
-We practiced printing some new letters today...the "Curvers". Please have your child demonstrate how they can properly form the following letters:

m - dive down, swim up and over, and up and

        over, down

n - dive down, swim up, over, and down 

u – straight line down, curve up, down

h – dive down, swim half way up, over, and down

b – dive down, swim half way up, over and around

r – dive down, swim up, and over

-We met with our Buddies in the AM and they helped us get logged onto computers and set up to use the reading program Raz Kids at school. Please check your child's folder to see how you can log in at home and use the program on your own time.

- We finished up our colour posters for display in the classroom.
F.Y.I.

-Wednesday, October 23rd is "Take Me Outside Day' and we will be having some of our learning outside that day. Please have your child dressed for the weather.
-There is a Halloween Family Dance at school this Thursday. Tickets will be sent home tomorrow for those families that have ordered so far. Costumes are encouraged for the dance, but no masks please.
-Thursday, October 31st is Black and Orange Day at Bridlewood School. Children are invited to wear these colours that day, but will not be dressing in costumes.
-Friday, November 1st is a PD Day and there is no school for students.

Have a great evening!

Highlights of Our Learning

-We had a school-wide lock down practice today, we demonstrated amazing expected behaviours. We sat in our lock down location for about five minutes, and the students were very responsible and did a great job.

-This week we have been practicing correct letter formation. Yesterday we practiced a group of letters known as the "downers". These letters are lowercase l, t, f, i and k and these letters are formed by making top-down strokes. Today we practiced the “magic c” lowercase  c, o, a, d, s, and e. These letters are made with using a magic c.  See if your child can recall the chant that accompanies each letter to ensure they are printing accurately. Also, have them show you some of their best printing at home.

-We have been working on skip counting by 2's to 20 and yesterday we started skip counting by 5's. We sang a number of songs to help us remember the numbers and we also looked at the patterns (visual and numeric) that exist when counting by 5's. All children cut out the numbers 0, 5, 10, 15...50 and we will be working on ordering and naming these at a later date.

We also practiced rolling dice and printing our numbers from 1 – 10.  Again, we are encouraging the students to start at the top and work their way down.

-We are working on creating colour posters. Please ask your child what colour they are working on and who their partner is.

-We have been learning a lot about the "Zones of Regulation" and trying to demonstrate behaviour in the "Green Zone" has been a target for the students (focused, ready to learn, listening, right level of energy etc.). 

Please have your child tell you about all of the zones...green, yellow, red and blue.

F.Y.I.
-Our BWS Parent Council will be hosting a school dance on Thursday, October 24th.  The form is in your child’s folder if you wish to purchase a ticket. Return ASAP as tickets are limited.

-October 31st will be "Orange and Black Day". Students are welcome to dress in these colours, but costumes are not to be worn to school.

-Please return Learning Commons books every by Tuesday as this is our exchange day.

Have a great evening!

Highlights of our Learning

Yesterday we had a fun filled day with Apple tasting! Ask your child what kind of apples they tasted and which one was their favourite.

Today we worked hard in our new math centers practicing one more, one less, skip counting by 2's, writing numerals, power of 10 and Race to 20. Children will rotate to a new center every day.

Everyone has been working hard in their literacy center practicing letters, sounds and words.

Today we mixed Red and Yellow and made Orange.

In gym we have been practicing dribbling a soccer ball.

We also did our last scent in our fall book: "in the Fall I Smell..."

F.Y.I.

Grade 1 is in need of some old magazines to cut up for a project. If you could please send in child friendly magazines with your child, that would be appreciated. 

Grade 1 is also collecting a variety of small gourds and small mini pumpkins. Please send in withe your child if possible. Thanks you support.

No school on Friday October 11th and Monday October 14th. 

Have a great evening!

Miss Rinaldi

Highlights of Our Learning

WELCOME OCTOBER!

-We recognized Orang Shirt Day today and talked about the importance of how all children matter and being kind to others.

-Even though there is a LOT of snow on the ground, it is still Fall and we talked about what we smell in the fall. Students brainstormed ideas and then copied the sentence started "In the fall I smell..." and completed it with a thought of their choice. Some ideas included "In the fall I can smell apples in the orchard." "In the fall I can smell delicious pumpkin pie." "In the fall I can smell yummy hot chocolate." "In the fall I can smell the wood burning in the fireplace."

-We practiced rolling a dice and subitizing (recognizing at a glance) the quantity that was seen. 
Students then played a game and covered the numeral that is one more or one less than the rolled number.

-We began to skip count forward by 2's to 20

-We had an active and fun recess outside where we were able to enjoy the snow. Thank you for having your child dressed for the weather.

-Children were assessed on their memorized knowledge of letters of the alphabet and were asked to print all of the letters of the alphabet in uppercase and lowercase


F.Y.I.

Grade 1 is in need of some old magazines to cut up for a project. If you could please send in child friendly magazines with your child, that would be appreciated. 

Grade 1 is also collecting a variety of small gourds and small mini pumpkins. Please send in withe your child if possible. Thanks you support.

Have a great evening!

Miss Rinaldi

Highlights from Our Learning

We have had a busy week so far!

Fall arrived yesterday and students have been using their senses for signs of how we know it is fall. The children started a “fall book” and copied sentences such as “In the fall I see red, orange, yellow and brown leaves” and “In the fall I hear birds honking.” Children drew pictures to match their sentence of choice.

We have also been learning about the legacy of our Canadian Hero Terry Fox.

Today we exchanged Learning Commons books. Please return books by next Tuesday.

In math the children have been working on a pattern with the letters in their names and matching a colour to the letter to make a repeating pattern.

The children have been sharing their Rooster is Off to See the World story with various classmates in grade 1.

F.Y.I.

Terry Fox Run, Thursday, Sept. 26 at 1:15pm
Families are invited to join us for our school assembly and run which will be held on the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 26 at approximately 1:15 PM. Students can bring a Toonie for Terry to school to support the fundraising efforts. Our fundraising goal this year is $800. 

-Orange Shirt Day is observed on September 30th, but because our grade six students are involved in other activities on that day, BWS will observe Orange Shirt Day on Tuesday, October 1st instead. More information about this day will be forthcoming.

Volunteer Opportunities
Bridlewood School relies on volunteers to help us with fields trips, special lunches and Scholastic Book Fairs, just to name a few examples. We are currently putting together a list of people who may be able to give us the gift of some of their time for these occasions. If you are interested in supporting our school in this way, please email us at Bridlewood@cbe.ab.ca. Please remember that all volunteers must have a current security clearance and have completed a yearly volunteer form. If you need to begin this process, please visit our school office during regular office hours.