We are nearly through our first full week of May! There are only 5 weeks left of first grade learning. With that said, we will continue to plough on with our rigorous curriculum, and I am confident that all of our learners will leave this class in June ready for second grade!
I am so proud of the massive amount of growth we have seen in our little learners, and was happy to see that the MAP tests confirmed what we already knew about the improvement level of our students. In Math this week, we have been solving word problems, and looking at parts of a whole, writing down fractions. We had our unit 8 assessment today. You will be contacted if your child received a perfect score, or if there is a need for remedial support at home. As always, if you would like to see your child's Math assessments, please make an appointment to come in and go over them with me. We have also been working on mental recall of basic addition and subtraction facts. We have been completing 'Math Minutes' daily and are trying to get 14 questions correct in one minute. Please continue to drill and practice this skill at home through tablet apps, flash cards and games. Today we learned how to play a game called hop to help us recall these facts. It was a great way to get some fresh air, move our bodies, and work on Math fluency. In Language Arts, we have been learning about the writing trait of voice. This week, we read the book 'ish' and discussed things that we are learning, or have learned to do. We then wrote freely (...kind of like a poem) as the boy in the story did to discuss things we are good-ish at. I have provided Kevin and Zara's excellent examples below. We also focused on the voice trait by reading the book "Voices in the Park'. This book looks at the 4 different points of view of people in a park. We then began to write recounts of an event in our school community from 4 different perspectives. It is amazing to see how our little ones capture the voices of their characters - Especially when their character is Mr. Mason. During our unit of inquiry time this week, we took a walk though the school learning about many of the helpers we didn't know existed. We learned what their jobs are, how they help us. Next week each student will be paired up with a school helper and required to do a research project on their job. We are all very excited. Tomorrow we have Matthieu Crette visiting us to discuss his important role as a community helper. We have very excited!
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