What does peace feel like?

**There is no school on Monday November 11

**Book Orders were sent home today. They are due on Friday November 15

Our poem this week was all about poppies. We learned a lot about Remembrance Day and why we honor this very special occasion. This week, some of us attended our very first Remembrance Day Assembly. Ask me to tell you about it.

We have been talking about what peace is: what it sounds like, tastes like, feels like, smells like and what it looks like. We made poppies using potatoes! Ask me to tell you how I created my poppies. I cannot wait to share these with you as well as my writing at Parent Teacher Conferences in a couple of weeks.

In Science, we continue to take a closer look at animal behvaiors and what they do in the fall. We learned a big science word "adaptation" and "camouflage". Ask me to tell you what this means and how snowshoe hares adapt to the changing seasons. We did some art to represent our learning.

This week was Cade's 7th birthday and Mrs. Ly delievered our special cards to him at his birthday party. We were very excited to see his photos and that we were able to connect to Cade this way and make him feel extra special on his birthday. His most recent card number update is 930 cards! Wow!

Have a great long weekend everyone!

What is perseverance?

Here is our first 5 words from our new sight word list! This week's words are: do all under on at This is our poem of the week: This week we are talking all about perseverance. Our poem says "I think I can"! This is a positive mindset that we are trying learn to say to ourselves even when things are hard. We listened to a story called "How to catch a star" which is about a boy who loved stars and wished he could catch his own. We counted that he tried at least 5 different ways to catch a star and did not give up until one of his ways worked! We brained stormed what perseverance is and made a list. Then, we drew pictures of a time that we thought something was hard but had to persevere to accomplish it. We drew before and after pictures of what it looks and feels like to persevere! Some of us drew about learning how to ride a bike, swim, skate, climb monkey bars, and play hockey. REMINDERS: We seem to have a fruit fly problem ...

Welcome!

Welcome to Grade 1! We are so excited to meet you all on our first day of school! Below is our Grade 1 welcome letter that can hopefully answer any questions you may have, along with a link for important forms to be filled out for our school. See you all on Tuesday! Ms. Granger & Mrs. Ly :) Welcome Letter First Day Forms

Little Elf

It is the final week before the Winter Break. Wow! We have been counting the days and today is day 69. That means we have been in grade one for 69 days of learning, fun and growing. This week, our new sight words are: who went what but so Our poem is: Our teachers are very proud of us and all the work we have been doing around our reading skills. We have been really good sight word detectives and finding them hidden in other words. Please click on the poem above and ask me to find the sight words this wee: but, so, went. I am also using the strategy Eagle Eye (looking at pictures for clues) to decode words. Ask me to tell you which word says "Christmas Tree, Reindeer, Santa, Candy Cane." We enjoyed some Festive Singing in the gym today and are working on a story map for the story "The Gingerbread Man". Today we learned what the word characters mean. There are 7 characters in the story we listened to today. Ask me to tell yo...

Mrs. Ly and Ms. Granger's Grade Ones

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