Ms. Gandy's Grade 1 Class

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Day 21

FrenchWe started the day with Mlle Jessica. Please see her blog at http://mllehousja.blogspot.com

Math:In math we were learning how to create addition and subtraction number sentences. We focused on our fact families, which is a group of numbers that you add and subtract with. When we add and subtract, we use three numbers and we get four answers.

For example: 10+2= 12, 2+10= 12 and 12-10=2 and 12-2= 10.

We looked at different tricks we can use for adding and subtracting using our fact families!

To finish our math lesson we practiced counting in 2’s, 3’s and 5’s. Continue practicing at home because I am seeing a great improvement already

Library:Next we had library where Ms. Hayward read us a Thanksgiving story and we got to sign out a book! Please make sure they are returned when they are finished reading it.

Gym: Please see Ms. Yustin’s blog at https://sjaayustin.blogspot.com

After gym we did our 5-minute daily mediation. We thought about how we are feeling? What is making us feel either sad or happy? What can we change about today to make it better?

Inquiry into Language:We reviewed our different sentence starters we went over yesterday! Children recalled sentence starters such as First, After, Then, Next and Finally. We looked at where these sentence starters should go in our journal writing.

Then we tried to remember what we did this past weekend; some children were unable to remember so they wrote their journal about what they did last night. In the journal they were required to include a beginning, middle and end. The events that happened on the weekend or last night had to be in order.

Many interesting journals using a variety of sentence starters!

Agenda:

International day tomorrow (parent visit 2:30-3:15)

Spelling test tomorrow

Spelling sentences due tomorrow

Spanish food for tomorrow

PD Day Friday and Thanksgiving Monday

WEAR YELLOW AND RED TOMORROW

Unit of Inquiry: In the children’s agenda bag will be the summative expectation for our first unit. Please take a look at the requirements for this project! They are to use what they have learnt in our unit about rules, relationships and responsibilities. We are asking this to be a child project with little assistance from the parents PLEASE!

I discussed with the students that they are being asked to create a game with their own set of rules and name. We brainstormed different games such as trivia, tag or Uno. We can use the idea of Uno but we need to come up with our own set of rules.

Tomorrow children will have a brief chance to brainstorm and think about a game they would like to create.

After we finished our discussion children decorated our classroom with Spanish art and listened to music!

Today my teacher helper was Nimrata, thank you for being such as great help J

Have a wonderful evening and look forward to seeing some parents tomorrow at International Day

Miss Gandy

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What is Action?

Many people think that action is easy to define. It is something you do right? But action is much more than that. Action is a part of who we are. If we want to change the world we need to start with changing ourselves. But sometimes change is hard. How do we make changes to the way we think so we can help the world? If we want children to make a difference in the world we need to help them personalize the action they take, and understand that it is not just a mandate from their teachers and parents, but a life long mindset they develop. Taking action can happen at any age. Support children and youth as they begin the learning journey towards becoming adults that are change agents! I’d love to hear about the action your child takes part in at home and in the greater community. Please send me a quick email or agenda note to let me know so we can celebrate together.

Lunch Menu

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Mon. - Penne with sauce or butter OR Grilled Cheese on white bread

Tues.- Chicken fingers (2 or 3) OR Chicken Tacos (2 or 3)

Weds. - Cheese OR Pepperoni Pizza

Thurs.- Hotdog (beef or chicken) OR Hamburger (beef or veggie) OR Veggie Pasta

Fri. - Mac and cheese OR Cheese Quesadillas (2 or 3) OR Special of the Month

Everyday items

Side of rice

Side of fries (cooked in an air fryer)

Veggies and dip

Crackers and cheese

Cheese sandwich on white bread or whole wheat

Jam sandwich on white bread or whole wheat

Veggie Wrap

Turkey Wrap

Bagel and cream cheese

Soup (tomato or chicken noodle)

Chocolate or white milk

Apple or orange juice

Yogurt tube

Healthy choice cookie (Halal)

Units of Inquiry

Unit 1 - Rules, Relationships and Responsibilities

Central Idea: People living around the world all have relationships, rules, and responsibilities.

Lines of Inquiry:

- Important relationships within the community

- The importance of home, school and community rules

- The changes of rules and relationships over time

Key Concepts

Change,Responsibility, Connection

Unit 2 - We are going Prehistoric

Central Idea: Animals can change and adapt over time

Lines of Inquiry:

- Ways we gather information to tell us about Dinosaurs.

- Animals that lived on Earth during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

- How animals and plants survived or became extinct in the prehistoric period.

Key Concepts

- Causation, Connection, Change

Unit 3 - Outrageously Organized

Central Idea: People often use organization as a system to establish order.

Lines of Inquiry:

- Reasons why people use systems of organization.

- Strategies to organize ourselves at home, school, and in our community.

- Consequences of a presence or absence of organization.

Key Concepts

- Causation, Connection, Change

Unit 4 - Inventions, Innovations and Discovery

Central Idea: Inventions are a response to challenges and opportunities, and impact our daily lives.

Lines of Inquiry:

- The origins of different inventions and how they have changed over time.

- Events that lead to the creation of important inventions.

- Significant inventions and their inventors

Key Concepts

- Causation, Function, Form

Unit 5 - Art Attack

Central Idea: People use art forms to express their culture.

Lines of Inquiry:

- The art forms of local and international cultures both past and present.

- How art is used for expression and communication.

- How art can demonstrate various cultural experiences (e.g. language, beliefs)

Key Concepts

- Perspective, Form

Unit 6 – Animal Kingdom

Central Idea: Diverse habitats support unique communities of living things

Lines of Inquiry:

- Needs of plants and animals within various ecosystems.

- The characteristics that define habitats around the world.

- The ways human actions can affect ecosystems.

Key Concepts

- Change, Responsibility, Form