Five Full Days!

Meeting our Big Buddies in grade 4 and enjoying a Smile Cookie. 

Dot Day!

Book Sorting.

Sorting objects.

It was our first 5 day week in grade1! We continue to review expectations to be safe, responsible and respectful in all areas of our school and playground. We are settling in to the new routines in grade 1. As we are getting used to our classroom environment, students have come up with classroom jobs that will give everyone responsibility each day. These jobs may change throughout the year as we see fit. It is wonderful to see the kids getting involved in  helping our classroom run smoothly.

We read the book, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. This book is one of my favourites. The students "made their mark" by creating Kandinsky circles. We also coloured a dot and used the Quiver app to bring our dots to life. We've been sorting objects in math and that led nicely into sorting our classroom library books. This is such a huge job that requires us all to work together. By having the students involved, they know what books we have in our classroom and where to find them. It's a fantastic process.

Here are our thoughts:
I liked making the Kandinsky circles. They were fun. -Bianca
I enjoyed reading because it is fun. -Tyson
I liked using pastels for art. -Ava
I played in the sandbox at recess. -Desi.
I like my teacher because she shows kindness to us and we show kindness to her. -Brooke
I liked making the Kandinsky circles. I worked hard. -Jack
I liked the Kandinsky circles because they were fun to make. -Blake
I liked making the circles. I liked all the colours. -Theo
It was fun doing sorting. We sorted books for our class library. - Marshall
I loved using the pastels. -Ben
I liked colouring with the pastels and colouring the dots and stuff. -Arianna
I liked seeing the dots come to life. It was cool. -Charlotte
I enjoyed my class job. I am super straightener. -Brody
I like my teacher because she is kind and does good stuff. -Adria
I liked seeing the dots move around. We had fun all these days. -Chase
I like being Lamp Lady. I turn off all the lights. -Lily
I liked doing the Kandinsky circles. -Andrew
I liked making the circles. They are pretty. -Stacey
I liked colouring the circles. -Dominic

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We were lucky to have the rain hold off today so we could be outside to get some fresh air and exercise. Enjoy the weekend everyone! Fingers crossed that the sunshine will be out!
- Mrs. T :)

Challenge: Get yourselves in order by height. 

All lined up and set for our first choir class!

First Days in Grade 1

Moving as we learn.

At BHS the Kindergarten students come to school all day so being here for a full day is not something new, but being at school each day is a bit of a change. Starting the year off with a three day week is a nice way to get back into the school routine. I was glad to see that we still had energy as our Friday was winding down. Perhaps my energy was not quite as high as the kids, but I gave it my best shot!

Students will be sharing their voice with you as we reflect on our learning and express ourselves throughout the year. I asked them to think about their first few days as official Grade 1ers . . .

Some sorting and number work.

It was fun seeing all my friends again. -Landyn
My classroom looks really nice. -Zachary
I liked playing with new toys. -Cody
I liked drawing pictures. -Russell L.
I liked seeing my friends. -Levi
I like our classroom. It has nice colours. -Anna
There is cool stuff on our boards. -Makhaila
I liked making new friends. -Russell A.
There are nice toys and storage in our room. -Josh
I like reading and writing. -Naomi
I met new friends. -Ethan
I like watching things on the projector. -Sasha
I like playing with my friends. -Callum
At recess I play with my friends. -Eliza
I really liked meeting the class and all the kids here. -Cady
I liked playing in the sand with the seashells. -Sierra
I liked the rice station and meeting new friends. -Brady
I play hockey with a boy in my class. -Jake
I liked playing with my friends. I liked meeting everyone. -Gavin

I loved meeting my new kids. I look forward to our daily conversations as we get to know each other better.

Enjoy the weekend everyone. The sun will be shining and it will feel like the middle of summer again. I hope the beautiful weather continues for a bit. I'm not ready for heavy sweaters yet.
-Mrs. T :)

Measurement Rules!

We have been doing some measurement work this week. We read the book, How Big is a Foot to get us thinking about what measurement is. The students had fun tracing and designing their own foot. Our Big Buddies helped us to compare our feet to objects in the room. What is longer and shorter than your foot?

Here are our thoughts:
A ruler is handy if you are building something. -Kyla
I learned how to measure stuff with my Big Buddy. It was fabulous. -Andrew
My foot was longer than my Big Buddy's foot. -Ashton
My foot is longer than an eraser. -Kayden
I learned how to measure with a ruler. I start at 0 and keep on counting on and I know what size something is. -Hunter
My foot is shorter than the whiteboard. -Shelby
My foot is longer than my pencil. -Ashley
I noticed the table number stands are longer than my foot. -Saydee
My foot is shorter than the globe. -Brianna
I learned about why measurement was invented. -Diamond
I liked when I coloured in my foot. I compared my foot to my book box. -Brayden
My foot is shorter than my t-shirt. -Kingston
I noticed that the King's foot was bigger than the apprentice's foot in the story. -Kody
I never knew that my foot was longer than my face. -Reese
My foot is really growing. I will use the foot that I traced to measure my foot each year. -Rylee
I noticed that my foot was longer than I thought. It was fun to see what is longer and shorter than my foot. -Xoie
We measured our feet and mine was 24 centimetres long. -Ezra

These Grade Ones really measure up! Thanks to our Big Buddies for helping us with this activity.

Have a great weekend everyone. Don't forget it's Spirit Week next week!
Wear red and white on Monday.
-Mrs. T:)

Shape Creatures

To help us learn about 2 dimensional shapes we created some Shape Creatures. Students picked a shape and added details to make their shapes come to life. We even named them!

Here are our thoughts:
It was easy to make the creature. I put the feet on after. -Kayden
It was easy to glue on the legs and arms on my creature. -Brianna
It was hard for me to make six eyes on my creature. -Saydee
I liked making my shape and adding details. -Diamond
I liked cutting out my shape. It was a trapezoid. -Andrew
It was easy to cut out the pentagon shape. -Hunter
I liked making the names up. My shape creature is named Oliver Octagon. -Kyla
It was easy to put the eyes on my creature. -Brayden
It was fun because I liked folding the legs and arms. -Ashley
It was easy to cut the eyes out for my creature. It's name is Ocky Octagon. -Ashton
I loved making them. I liked cutting out the triangle shape. -Ezra
My creature is orange. I put yellow hair to show and it is a girl. -Xoie
I made one eye. He is an oval and he has a pirate hat. His name is Pirate Pete the Oval. -Reese
I liked my creature because it had buck teeth. It made me laugh a lot. -Shelby
I made a yellow triangle creature. He is smiling. -Kingston
I liked cutting out all the eyes and stuff, but it was kind of hard to cut it out. -Rylee
I added arms and legs and a green eye to my creature. He looks like a ninja. -Kody

We've received lots of comments about our super duper shape creatures. Awesome job Grade 1s!
-Mrs. Tresoor :)

Counting to 100! Readable Shirt Day!

We used our 100 collections to do some counting. Students even enjoyed eating their edible collections that some brought in. It was Readable shirt day today as part of our I Love to Read month. There were many staff and students wearing shirts with lots of words on them. Do you know what book character you will be next Friday?

Here are our thoughts . . .
I liked when we went in a circle and saw everybody's shirts. We got to read what it said. -Andrew
I liked how all the shirts were really cool and they said some stuff on it. -Ezra
I liked Mrs. Tresoor's We Day shirt. It was very cool. -Kyla
Everybody was wearing a readable shirt and mine was the best. -Hunter
I like my shirt because it says, "When all else fails I blame my sister". It is funny. -Xoie
I liked counting my 100 hockey cards, but it was hard. I counted by 10s.I helped my friend count too. -Reese
I counted by 10s. I had 10 groups of 10 buttons. -Kody
My shirt says, "To know me is to love me." It is colourful with blue, pink, yellow and black. -Diamond
I like my shirt because it says, "Daddy's little girl just kicked your butt." It means that you are racing against your daughter and she got first place. -Shelby
I counted by 10s and 5s. I used to not know how to count by 10s and 5s. I counted q-tips. -Ashley
I had 100 jelly beans. I counted by 10s and 5s. I ate some and shared some with my friends. Saydee

I counted 100 toothpicks by 10s. It was sort of hard because they spilled a little bit. -Isla
I had pennies to count. I counted by 10s using an egg carton. -Brianna
I counted cheerios. It was exhausting because I had to count by 10s. -Ashton.

Thanks for being part of a super week. Rest up over the weekend. We hope our friends who are not feeling well get better soon!
-Mrs. T :)

Readable Shirt Day!

Math Games

We have been learning some new math games to help us with number sense. We learned a card game called More than One or Less than One. We also learned a game called Domino Top-It using sets of dominoes. The students are having a great time while developing their math skills.

Here are our thoughts:
It is fun to do the math games. -Rylee
I'm having fun playing with cards and dominoes. -Brianna
I learned how to play Domino Top-It. -Ashton
More than One and Less than One is fun. I like to flip over the cards. -Hunter
I learned how to add my numbers when I played Domino Top-It. -Kyla
I liked that we had to play with dominoes and cards. -Andrew
I had fun playing with Kyla. -Ezra
I liked playing Domino Top-It because I played with Hunter and we were laughing a lot while playing the game. -Diamond
I was playing the card game with Ezra. We played fair. -Ashley
Reese won the game but it was still fun. -Kody
I am fast at the More than One Less than One card game. -Reese
We borrowed the dominoes from Mrs. Starodub's class. I liked the domino game. -Xoie
I liked playing Domino Top-It. I was adding the dots. -Brayden

You can teach your families these games at home!

- Mrs. T :)