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