Room 4 ~ Grade 1

Welcome to Room 4

Grades 1 - 6 2023 School Supply List.pdf

Welcome back!! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing Spring Break. Student-led conferences were a success. Everyone did a great job showing their work to their families and all the progress they have made since the beginning of school. I am so proud of all the learning they have done throughout the year.

We are growing our reading stamina and reading longer books. We will be focusing on our reading comprehension for the next few months. Students are working on retelling the story in their own words and sharing a personal connection they may have with books. Students are working hard in small literacy groups and we are targeting specific phonics skills. We will start our Opinion Writing Unit in April. Students will be writing letters about their favourite books, authors and characters.

In mathematicians, we have been working hard this month on learning how to represent number and do addition using cuisenaire rods. Students are working on showing their learning in many different ways, for example: using a number line, drawing a picture or part/part/whole boxes.

We were successful candidates for a Roots and Shoots grant and received $1000.00 towards our classroom project called: Protect the Pollinators. We will be using this grant money towards a field trip, supplies to make bee hotels, purchase native plants, and other supplies. We will work hard to spread awareness, educate others and learn more about why pollinators are an important part of our community and environment.

We will be continuing to go on our Elmwood Community walks now that it’s warmer out, please come dressed for the weather. Please bring an extra pair of socks to change into if they get wet.