We have been really busy working with time and money in Math. We learned how to use dollar bills and talked about the notes we use in Madagascar. We have also been learning about how the minute hand moves around the clock, counting by 5s on each of the numbers. We were delighted on Friday to have Thierry Ramaroson (Tiago's Father) come in and speak to us about his role in the community. He owns and operates a soap factory, and employs over 700 local employees. He talked about the soap making process, and the importance of buying local in order to support your community. Our little learners were so fascinated by the process, that we are making a plan to visit the factory and see how soap is made. We loved feeling and smelling the different soaps too! In English Language Arts, we continued to look at text-to-text connections. I could tell that all of our little ones are reading and being read to at home. They made some awesome connections to stories I have never heard; many of them in your native languages. During our UOI time, we talked about the differences between our home, school, neighbourhood, city, country and global communities. We watched videos and discussed how we can be a good citizen in all of them.
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ASA First GradersWe are caring, balanced , reflective, openminded, risk-taking, knowledgeable, principled, thinkers, communicators, inquirers, explorers and learners. Mr. Mason McCormickI am: a husband, teacher, friend, researcher, grad student, mulitliteracies specialist, designer, social media fanatic, lover of all things tech, creative, and progressive. I am an energetic, life-loving, no-nonsense person; passionate about respectful, rigorous, and relevant teaching and learning in the 21st century.
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