International Dot Day

We made our own mark.

 

Rockets Away!

We will have a blast of a year! It was super fun to take our rockets out to fly on the first day of school.

September 22-26, 2014 A New Week

Our focus this week will be the season of fall.  We will go on a fall leaf hunt and after we sort our leaves, we will create leaf pictures.  We will take part in the Terry Fox Walk on Wednesday morning.  Orange, blue and pink are the colour words we will focus on.  We will concentrate on the number words and numbers to 9 (nine) also this week. We will go to the elementary computer lab and start our keyboarding practice typing the alphabet letters in order.  We will continue to work on our fine motor printing skills and will use our mini-whiteboards.  It will be another busy week!  (Hmmm, what will Miss Johnson make out of that huge empty box in our classroom? Stay tuned to find out!)

A Busy Week

We are learning about jobs and how they meet our needs and wants, and how food gets to our table.  We will go on a tour of the Co-op store on Thursday.  We are also learning about fall and will go on a fall nature hike on Tuesday.  The walk will give us the opportunity to practice our pedestrian safety rules.  We will be continuing our study of the colour words red, green, black and brown this week.  In math we are continuing our study of patterns and the numbers 0-4, making sets, counting, and printing the numerals.  On Wednesday we are going to an assembly where we will learn about our hero, Terry Fox.  Wow, it's going to be a busy week!

Back At It!

What's New in Grade 1J

We have had a busy couple of weeks since coming back from our Christmas holiday.  The flu has hit our classroom and we've had 4-6 students absent every day since we came back. 

Almost Christmas

Where does the time go?  This past fall has absolutely flown by!  It's hard to believe that Christmas is almost upon us.  The Grade 1J's are getting into the holiday spirit:  making crafts... writing their letter to Santa... decorating a tree for the Community Festival of Trees fund raiser... practicing for the Christmas concert... and counting down to Christmas.  It's an exciting time of year.  The Grade 1J's and I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!