Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!!

Hello Parents & Guardians!

Thank you for every gift and wonderful note and card! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas Break!

• Students brought home 2 handmade ornaments today
• Ask your child about our paper chain challenge!
• Here is the digital link to the name project: My Name Project
• If you have any extra cardboard boxes (cereal, shoe boxes, small toy) and you don't mind hanging onto them until the new year, please send them to school with your child the week of January 4 - we have a secret Social Studies project planned (building a community!) Stay tuned for more details in the new year!

See you in 2022!

Sincerely, 

Miss Boettcher 

Monday December 13

 Reminders:

Please see Mrs. Taylor's email about each day's dress-up themes! 

Homework has been posted - you have several weeks to complete the tasks - homework is due Friday January 7, 2022

Weekly Wrap-Up: December 10

 Reminders:

Please see Mrs. Taylor's email with all details for next week's fun festivities! 

Thank you for your generous donations to the food bank! So far, Room 20 students have brought in 71 items! Wow!! Amazing!

Our Learning This Week:

• We finished representing numbers up to 20! Ask your child to show you! 
• We discussed 2D shapes, how we could sort them, learned the new word "vertice" and played dice roll addition games with partners! We also made 2D Shape pizzas!
• We made our own 1-100 number lines and then circled the 2s to 20, 5s to 100 and 10s to 100! 
• In Social, students started to create their own dream community maps, complete with 10+ landmarks, green spaces and more! Be on the look out for more information in January about when we start building a community! 
• Students continue to experiment with beginning story writing and using different sentence starters 
• We had an amazing Virtual Assembly with Earth Rangers! You can download the app for free and use the code "LYNX" for 25 points and the code "BELUGA" for a free shirt for your avatar! 
• In Art, we created an oil pastel winter sunrise art piece! 

 Weekly Wrap-Up: November 29 - December 3

Wow! Welcome to December! Time is just flying by! 

Reminders:

• Please ensure students have winter boots and all winter gear with them everyday for the winter season.  
• Please ensure students bring at least 2 clean masks with them each day.
• Fun Lunch Orders due soon
• Virtual Assembly with Earth Rangers next week on Dec 9!
• Donations to the Calgary Food Bank can be brought in at any time! We have a friendly challenge set up between the Grade 1 classes to see which class can bring in the most non-perishable food items! 

We Are Learning About...

Science

• Animal Senses and Changes during Autumn and Fall 

English Language Arts 

• Walking Stories about ourselves - I am strong when..., I can show respect when...
• Winter Story Prompts - can you use the sight word of the week "SNOW" to create a story? 

Math 

• Representing numbers, addition facts to 10, using a number line and manipulatives to solve addition problems, number bonds and number facts to 18 
• Practice skip counting by 2s to 20, 5s to 100 and 10s to 100 
• Doubles practice (1 + 1 = 2 all the way to 10 + 10 = 20) 

Social

• Final review of rights and responsibilities before we move into our community landmark project! Stay tuned for details! 

REMINDERS

 Hello Parents!

I hope you are having a good week so far! 

Please do not send your child to school if they are sick, even with mild symptoms of a cold.  We are doing our best as a school community to limit transmission of any viruses or sicknesses.   

 Reminders for the Week

• Parent-Teacher Conferences Thursday and Friday 
• No School Friday
• Taste Test Wednesday/Thursday afternoon
• Book Fair - Wednesday morning - check it out, Thursday morning, bring money to purchase books
• Food Drive - we are collecting non-perishable food for the Food Bank.  You can send in donations at any time! 

 Friday Wrap Up 

Reminders:

• Please book a parent-teacher conference if you have not already.  There are several openings on Friday morning.  
• Fun Lunch - November 24
• No School Friday November 26 due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 
• Hip-Hop Residency - look for video link to be sent out shortly from the school 

We had a special zoom meeting story time with a host from CBC Kids, Tony!  - We played a funny game and read us "Paddington the Magician" 

English Language Arts

• Focus on explicit practice and learning of weekly sight words 
• Picture prompts and sentence starters anchor chart - we are going to be starting simple story writing 

Math 

• Representing double digit numbers multiple ways
• Open-ended word problems 
• Addition with sums up to 10, bridging into sums up to 20 

Science

• Review of our five senses
• Introduction to animal senses and how animals change their appearance/prepare for seasonal changes

Social 

• Rights and Responsibilities - introduction - what are my rights as a child? What are my responsibilities

 Monday November 14 Reminders

• Have you booked a Parent-Teacher Conference yet? 
• Winter Gear - please ensure all of your students items are labelled with their name if possible! 
• Virtual School Meeting - Wednesday November 17 @ 6:30pm
• Fun Lunch orders due by November 20
• We need Casino Volunteers - please see Mrs. Taylor's email 
• Hip Hop Residency this week - wear casual clothes on Friday for special videotaping! 
• On Wednesday, we will have a virtual Zoom meeting with a host from CBC Kids, Janaye! She will read us a story! 

 Friday Wrap Up - November 5

Hello Families! What a wonderful week! I hope you have a fabulous weekend! See you Monday boys and girls! 

Reminders:

• We only have school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week 
• Parent-Teacher Conferences will be November 25/26 - booking information coming soon 
• Label if possible all hats/gloves/outdoor gear with your child's name in case they are misplaced or left outside 
• Please ensure you send at least two (2) fresh clean masks in your childs backpack each day. 
• Homework - will be posted this weekend and due to the upcoming short school week, it will be due the following Friday, November 19. 

This Week... We Are Learning About...

• Zones of Regulation - green, red, blue, yellow - ask me about this ! My goal is to be in the green zone during classroom learning time! Yellow zone is a great zone for gym and recess! 
• Math
• patterning, extending a pattern, making our own pattern with 2-4 elements, what is a pattern core, number bonds for 6, 7, 8
• Solving beginner addition word problems 
• Skip counting by 5s and 10s 
• Social
• What groups do I belong to? (cultural, religious, extra-curricular/sports, family, etc)
• Where is my family from? 
• English Language Arts 
• Practicing writing and reading our weekly sight words 
• Engaging in Literacy Centers
• Using picture prompts to write at least 3 sentences independently. 
• Remembrance Day reflections and class discussions 

 Friday October 29 

Weekly Wrap Up 

What a wonderful week we had! It was full of learning and fun experiences!

• In Science, we learned and focused on our sense of smell! 
• We discussed what we thought some examples of good versus bad smells are and drew them
• Students participated in a mystery smell experiment! We smelled: vinegar, toothpaste, garlic, cinnamon, coffee and curry powder
• Social Studies
• Students carefully  decorated their special rocks with acrylic paint pens 
• We went outside with our rocks and sat in our special sit spot, in the front of the school, among the rocks and trees.  
• Math
• We used number lines and talked about number bonds! 
• We used number line and numbers bonds to solve simple addition problems with sums up to 10! 
• We learned about sorting rules and attributes.  We sorted a variety of buttons, shells, beads and ribbons!
• We created pumpkin patterns and learned about pattern rule and pattern core! 
• English Language Arts
• We focused on completing centers that helped us practice our sight words of the week
• We completed some jack o lantern art and wrote about our jack o lanterns using our five senses! 
• We coloured a fall picture prompt and challenged ourselves to write at least three sentences independently about the picture. 

It's hard to believe but it's going to be November next week! Wow! We have already completed 2 months of Grade One! 

Have a great weekend!

Miss Boettcher 

 Monday October 25 

We had a Fire Drill today and students did very well following expected behaviour!

Reminders:

Friday is Halloween Dress Up Day - please see email from Mrs. Hoye about expectations/outline for the day 

Have you logged into Raz Kids and Mathletics recently? Check them out! 

 Friday October 22 Wrap-Up

Reminders:

• Photo Retake Day - October 25
• Fun Lunch - October 27 
• Halloween Dress Up Day - October 29 
• We need volunteers for our Casino - see the email from Mrs. Hoye! 
• Please send your child to school dressed appropriately for the weather (warm jackets, mitts/gloves, hats) 

We Are Learning To:

• Students were introduced to the concept of a number line and started using them to solve simple addition questions up to a sum of 10. 
• Adventure Running was an exciting experience! Students walked together to Flint Park, which is about 15 minutes from our school and challenged themselves to follow a colour coded mapping course! 
• We looked closely at and observed and sketched a variety of pumpkins and gourds.  We learned about the different parts of a pumpkin and its life cycle.  
• We reflected on our time learning about Andy Goldsworthy
• We used leaves to create a variety of leaf prints 

Have a great weekend!

Miss Boettcher 

 Friday October 15 - Week Wrap-Up

Reminders:

Please send a couple "soft" (if possible) leaves with your child on Tuesday.  Students will be making leaf prints and painting patterns on leaves next week.  

• PD Day - No School - October 18 
• Adventure Running Residency - October 19 and 20 
• School Council Meeting  - October 20
• Edo Fun Lunch - October 27 
• Halloween Celebration - October 29 

We Are Learning To....

We went outside this morning and students created some beautiful art pieces with our natural materials! Check out the photos below! Have your child show you their creation! 

• English Language Arts
• Printing practice: OoPpQqRrSsTtUuVv
• Story Writing using picture prompts
• Sight Word focus: the am see we like and 
• Social Studies: We looked at maps of Canada, Alberta and Calgary.  We learned about which First Nations and Metis settlements are around us, on Treaty 7 land.  This includes the Tsuu T'ina, Siksika and Stoney Nations.  We found where our home community is and coloured in a map as well! Students were introduced to what landmarks are (such as natural and man-made!) 
• Science: We made predictions about mystery sounds, such as a lawn mower, electric drill, birds, wind, bowling alley and more! Ask your student about the mystery sounds! Mystery Sounds Video
• Math: students learned about addition sentences, and the vocabulary: part/part/whole, sum, addition sign + and equals sign =.  ____ + _____ = _______. We worked on sums from 2-10.  We also discussed and practised using the strategy, counting on! 
• Character Education & Health: We continue to focus on making expected choices and reflecting on how our choices impact our classrooms, families and friends.  Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Hoye had an important discussion with all Grade 1 students about expected behaviour, especially when we are outside at morning recess and lunch recess. 

SCHOLASTIC CLASS CODE UPDATE

 Dear Parents, 

Thank you for your emails about the incorrect Scholastic Class Code! I sincerely appreciate it and apologize for the error!  Please use this class code to order books.    RC173088   Scholastic Canada

You should see my name pop up when you input the code.  If you see another teacher's name, please do not proceed with the order.  Please let me know if you have any further questions!

Ms. Boettcher 

 Thursday Weekly Wrap Up

Wow! We've had an incredible 4-day week full of all sorts of fabulous learnings and explorations! Scholastic Book order flyers were sent home today.  We also had our first visit to the Learning Commons & Library.  Your child brought home one (1) book to read at home.  Our library exchange day is Thursdays.  Please ensure your child brings their book back next Thursday so they can check out a new book! I hope you and your family have a fabulous Thanksgiving long weekend! 

Thank you for sending in natural materials! They have inspired us to create fall art pieces and we are starting a cross-curricular unit inspired by a Scottish land-based artist named Andy Goldsworthy! We are using natural materials to create patterns, explore our senses and create sketches, rubbings and art! 

• We discussed what we are thankful for! 
• We used our natural materials to create patterns! 
• We focused on completing patterned sentences independently using Fall picture prompts 
• Printing practice: KkLlMmNn
• We went on a fall community/senses/signs of seasonal change walk on Tuesday afternoon and we collected even more natural materials! 
• We continued to learn about our sense of touch and started talking about our sense of sight. We learned about Louis Braille and how he invented the Braille system.  We created our names in braille using the 6 dot grid and sticker gems! 
• We created a t-shirt design using symbols about us (our age, number of people in our family, favourite foods, colour(s), animal, season and sport) 

Here is a snapshot of our learning this week!