Mrs.Folkerts Grade 1 Adventures in Primary 

A snippet of art from our learning about the forest/rainforest:

Every morning we do Calendar time.  At the beginning of the year I lead this activity, and now the students have taken on the role of being Calendar person in charge.  Just a couple of pictures of brave volunteers:

After lunch we spend 10 minutes in quiet reading time.  It is a nice calming time before we take on our afternoon work.  Here are a few pictures:

We are celebrating the last day before Spring Break on Friday and having a fun afternoon of games and a movie.  Still hoping for some parent volunteers to bring in some treats for us.  If you are able, please e-mail me.  It will be greatly appreciated!

Last week was a great week with the Grade 1’s.  We finished off our Science Unit on Habitats (completing 4 habitats: Polar, Ocean, Desert and Forest) Lots of good learning and fun art projects.  In Socials we completed our study of Community Helpers and learned how we too can be a community helper by obeying the law, picking up trash, and cleaning up after ourselves.  We continue to work on Home Reading, and I encourage parents to continue to read throughout the Spring Break holiday.  I will send some extra books home.  In Math, we continue to work on our unit in Measurement and have begun to learn subtraction. So far, we can do -0, -1, -2, -3.  We are going into our final week before Spring Break, and what a well-deserved holiday that will be for all of us.  I pray that you will have a safe, relaxing time together as a family! And hopefully we will enjoy some nice weather!

Reminders:

• Please bring in Bowling permission slip if you have not already done so

Thurs. Mar. 17: Green dress up for St. Patrick’s Day

Fri. Mar. 18: Donut Fundraiser for Guatemala – bring $2

Fri. Mar. 18: Knight Day

Fri. Mar. 18:  Fun Afternoon of games and a movie.  (I am wondering if anyone would be willing to send in a pre-packaged treat for the kids to enjoy? If you are able to send in a treat, feel free to email me!)

Bible verse for March:

Philippians 4:6

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all that he has done.

Spelling:  No words this week, we spend time reviewing words learned so far!

Upcoming Field Trips: (Just a heads-up and more information to follow after Spring Break)

April 8 and 22 – Bowling

May 6, 27 – Gymnastics

May 13 – Blue Heron Reserve – picnic, pond prowl, Art class

 

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Here is a picture of our native art:

These spelling words will be introduced on Mar 7 and testing will be Mar 11. Here are the words:  yard, low, other, men, apple, well, late, that, them, forest, ocean, desert, polar, March, next

The Elementary department is doing $2 donut fundraiser for the school in Guatemala. On Friday, March 18, students can bring $2 to their teacher and at lunch they will receive a glazed donut from Safeway bakery. We have ordered enough for each student to have one donut if they wish.

We will be having class photos taken on Monday, March 7.  Let’s hope for sunny weather to make a good backdrop for our photos.

We have been given the go- ahead to book field trips for after Spring Break! I have lots of plans that I am working through. I hope the last third of the year is full of fun! Stay tuned for details and lots of permission slips to fill out!