Friday 26 April 2024
Chickie Love
Friday 19 April 2024
Identifying the Parts Of a Story
We made our own beaded story retell bracelets to help cue us to each part of the story. Each colour reminds us of a different part of the story.
We'll be using our bracelets as we read many books together. We'll be working hard to identify the beginning (characters, setting, and problem), middle, and end of each story. We're going to have so much fun!
Thursday 11 April 2024
Clucking and Candling!
Tuesday was day 7 of our hatching journey!
We learned that on the 7th day of growth, the comb begins to grow and the egg tooth starts to appear. The egg tooth is a small, hard cap on the tip of the beak that allows the chick to peck out of the egg. Isn't God amazing?We are learning about the miracle of life and have been exploring the life cycles. Ask your child to explain the life cycle of a chicken!
Wednesday 3 April 2024
Our Egg-Citing Adventure!
Let the adventure begin!
This week we carefully placed 22 beautiful eggs into a warm, humid incubator. We can't keep a hen in our room, so the incubator acts as a mama hen, turning the eggs while keeping them warm and moist. Each day we monitor and record the temperature and humidity.
These eggs didn't come from the grocery store, they came from Mrs. Junck's family farm! Mrs. Junck is guiding our learning and hatching. Each Tuesday in April, we look forward to her visit!
We noticed that the eggs in our incubator are many beautiful colours. They don't all look the same. We cracked open a brown egg and a white egg from Mrs. Beliveau's fridge, and noticed they looked the same inside. Then we had a really powerful discussion about how WE all look different on the outside, but on the inside, we all have a heart, want to be loved, and are God's creations.
We are only a few days in and have already learned so much! Who knew a 22 eggs could be so exciting? This is sure to be a wonderful journey as we experience new life first hand!
Thursday 14 March 2024
Cookie's Mischievous Week!
This past week, we read the story Cookie's Week, all about a cat who causes mischief all over his house!
To practice our ability to retell important parts of a story, we made our own "Cookie" puppets! These puppets helped us practice retelling the main parts of this story.
We brainstormed places he could make a little trouble.
Then, using sentences frames, we began writing and illustrating our own stories!
These stories will take several days of diligent writing and creative, careful illustrating. We hope to have them completed so you and your child can enjoy reading this story at our Student Led Interviews next week.
We're having so much fun imagining the mischief Cookie would cause at our school!
Monday 26 February 2024
One Hundred Days Smarter in Grade 1!
100 days of school is a big deal in Grade 1. A big part of our Math curriculum focuses on working with numbers to 100, so celebrating 100 is an opportunity to tie in several Math activities, as well as some Language Arts tasks and even the perfect Religion lesson.
(a) We hunted for numbers up and down the hallway, colouring them in on a 100s chart to reveal a mystery message!
(b) We played a partner dice game, roll to 100
(c) Using our building skills, we made creations out of 100 cups...
...and built 100 piece puzzles!
(d) We also relaxed with a 100 day count and colour challenge
We brought in collections of one hundred items. Isn't it interesting how different 100 can look?
To bring our special day to a close, we heard the story from the bible about the lost sheep. We looked at 100 cotton balls, thinking of them as 100 little sheep, and wondered Would God worry if one little sheep went missing? Wouldn't having 99 sheep be enough? No! If we stray from God, He worries and looks for us. He always welcomes the lost little sheep back.
Happy 100th Day, kiddos! Be proud of all your learning and hard work!
Friday 23 February 2024
Our Zoo School Adventures!
What an INCREDIBLE week of learning! We had demonstrations, up-close animal encounters, behind the scenes tours, and so much more! Come see our adventures!
TUESDAY
We arrived at our zoo classroom and kicked off our week with daily animal observations. Students broke into in small groups to sketch, label and observe the lynx, gibbon, meerkats, lemurs and seals!
Wednesday 14 February 2024
Our Lenten Journey has Begun
This past Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday, a day of feasting and fun! On this day, we traditionally use up the rich foods in their fridge that are often not encouraged to be eaten during Lent, such as milk, eggs and butter. Add a little flour, and you have pancakes!
Deacon Lynn from OLPH Parish even popped in for a little visit to help us understand Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and Lent:
This was our prayer table earlier this week, before Lent began:
This is our prayer table, now that it is Lent:
Why the change? Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season. Lent is a time when we look at ourselves and try and see what can change and improve so that we can be more like Jesus. We take more time to pray, to ask forgiveness of our sins, and to share with others. For forty days we prepare for the new life of Easter.
Our Lenten wreath is brown and bare, symbolizing the desert where Jesus prayed for 40 days and also the crown of thorns. Can your child explain the symbols pictured on our wreath (purple ribbon, burlap cloth with a cross)? As we journey through Lent, we will add more symbols to help us better understand this liturgical season.