Student Led Conferences, Expressing Ourselves with Poetry, Sharing the Planet, and Flags!

In Unit this week, we finished our acrostic poems for our How We Express Ourselves unit, choosing words that tell what makes us special. 

We sorted our Sharing the Planet questions on the Wonder Wall to see which have been answered during our inquiries and which are still unanswered. Then we combined related questions with resources to help us answer them and worked in groups to do the research and share what we found with the class. We answered most of our questions! We finally did a check-in to see what we know with a scavenger hunt. In pairs, we found questions, read and answered them, then checked our answers and moved on. We really were impressed with all we knew!

While all of this learning was happening, students were sharing their learning with their parents with our first onsite/online student-led conferences! 

We had a lot of fun sharing our learning!

In maths we thought more about partitioning shapes into equal parts with tangrams and then through the lens of flags.

We then created our own flags.

In literacy, we talked about the story elements: setting, characters and events (beginning, middle, end) and used our writing skills to compose a thank you to the speaker from last week. 

In computers, we tried an app called Padlet where we could all add messages at the same time. 

A busy and fun week of learning as usual in Grade 1!

Upcoming:

Monday: 

• Turn in Word Study books (remember to not only sort and paste, but practice writing/using your words!)
• Reading Log check

Tuesdays:

• Library

PE Wednesdays and Fridays

Outdoor recess can get quite hot now, so please make sure students have dressed appropriately and have hats.

June 10th-15th: Teacher For The Day!

June 11th: Report Cards

**Please bring a bag large enough to fit your child's artwork to bring home from school**

June 16th: Last day of Grade 1! 😱