8 Days of School in 2014 so far!

Hello Everyone!

Unfortunately I was unable to post my usual weekly posts last week, so this week, there are lots and lots of pictures and information that you may already have.

It has been wonderful to have all our students back with us and I have loved hearing about your winter holidays. Everyone is excited about being back in school have the kids have come back refreshed and ready to take on more learning.

FIRST DAY BACK AT SCHOOL PICTURES

We did not waste anytime when we got back and went straight to work. It is amazing how each child is ready for the challenge and is working harder. My favourite part of this term is January and February because this is when we as teachers can see how much each child has learned and assimilated. It is amazing to watch each child move from a concrete concept and apply it to an abstract concept. Students are reading more, writing more and are beginning to become more confident when asking for clarifications.

In Language Arts, we have begun working on Recounts- what recounts are the the special ways we write recounts. We are also focusing on Capital Letters, Full Stops/ Periods at the end of a sentence, adding details and our feelings. We are writing a small paragraph everyday about the book we read, this will become a longer piece as students become more confident. We will also be working of word choice and how to choose the right word to express exactly what we mean.

In Maths, we are reviewing number, and this week and the past week we have been working on number patterns, and skip counting. Students are getting the hang of it and are finally beginning to see patterns in numbers :-)

In Science, we have had wonderful discussions about trees and plants, the differences and similarities and how they help us. We learnt about PHOTOSYNTHESIS and I am sure most students have gone home and sung the PHOTOSYNTHESIS song, we have also learned about what it means, as well as been introduced to the word CHLOROPHYLL! Big words for Grade 1, however, they love the challenge and are excited to learn more and more.

In Social Studies, we have been discussing our families, the jobs Moms and Dads do as well as how we help our families. Please watch out for a letter towards the end of next week about personal stories- a little homework not just for your child :-)

We have begun our BUG CLUB reading program and so far I have heard that the kids love to read online. If you cannot get into your account, try adding a space after your child's name and before the number, that usually does the trick. I can now track what students are reading and how they are comprehending not just at school, but at home.

We have had an assembly and we have a cross country run where we all did very well.

I hope you have a wonderful week ahead and as always if you have concerns and questions please let me know via the homework diary or email.

Happy Saturday to all of you and I look forward to seeing your children on Monday! 

Grade One A- All Dressed up and Ready for Diwali!

Happy Diwali!

Oh what a week! A little crazy but lots of fun none-the-less. Everyone had a wonderful time participating in Spirit Week and getting ready for the Diwali performance. Thank you for all the hard work Grade 1! Even though we had all this fun stuff going on at school, we still managed to get work done. We learned about the Diwali Story and wrote our reflections about it, we are getting better and better at organizing ourselves and working on putting our thoughts on paper so they make sense. We worked on learning about our body and loved watching the Digestive system from the Magic School Bus. We loved getting messy painting our Diyas and gearing up for our performances. We celebrated the end of October and we welcome November with a long deserved break.

We were sad to say goodbye to one of our students this week, but wish her and her family all the very best as they move to another country and move school. Good luck and we hope you will come back and visit us at CIS!

Here are pictures that says more than the words I can every write to show you all the things we have accomplished in Grade 1A.

Class Pictures for October!

Hello everyone!
Last post for today - I think! I may add a few more before the day is done.. but for now this is it!
Every month we will take a class photograph so that we can see how much each child is grown. I take lots of pictures so instead of only one photograph in this post you will see lots with different expressions! Enjoy!
Have a great Dussera break and I am already looking forward to having the kids back in school with me.
Samanthea

First day of school

And we have been busy- we walked around the school, played in class and got to know our classmates. We had a great day. We will have an awesome year with lots of fun and learning.

Here are a few pictures!