Mrs.Folkerts Grade 1 Adventures in Primary 

Just a reminder that Wednesday, October 11th is our Fall colour day. Students are invited to wear casual bottoms and Fall colours on the top.

Wishing all of you a happy Thanksgiving weekend! Here is our Thanksgiving artwork!

Theme: pumpkins

Language Arts: Beginning Reading  A-Z groups, Journal writing (personal narrative), Author study: Franklin the Turtle, Poetry (focussing on sight words, Grammar lessons

Spelling:  Begin Spelling lists on Oct 16 (5 words)  Begin learning double letter phonograms (oral)  Oct 10  (ee, th,sh, er, oo)—booklet will be sent home for review/support.

Math: addition facts +2, +3; continuing with patterns. We can identify patterns, extend patterns and will be looking at describing the pattern rules next.  After that we will be moving onto 2D shapes. (Followed by 3D shapes as we move into November).

Science – Continue with Objects in the Sky (Sun, Stars, Galaxy, Moon, Planets), Fall seasonal changes

Socials – Continue to study about our families and and our  unique roles, rights and responsibilities within our families.  (graphs about our families, looking at numbers of siblings, pets, and ages about our families, looking at numbers of siblings, pets, and ages)

Bible –Thanksgiving, Cain/Abel, Noah, Tower of Babel.

Bible Memory – Grade 1 – Psalm 23:1-4,

PE – relays

Art – pumpkin theme

Dates to Remember:

Monday, October 9th – Thanksgiving, no school

Wednesday, October 11th – Fall Colours Day

Friday, October 20th – Pro-D day, no school

Monday, October 30th – Photo Retakes (let the office know if you need them)

Tuesday, October 31st – Crazy Hair Day

Parents:   Today your child took home a color booklet we have been working on for the month of September.  Please take some time and have your child “touch-read” each word (pointing to each word) .  They have worked hard and now know how to read the following color words/sight words: red, yellow, blue, green, orange, pink, purple, brown, gray, black,white——I, a, and, the, see.  Check to see if your child can read these words!

These are due on Oct 6.  I am still awaiting kits for:  Hannah, Emilian, Cormac, and Caleb.  Let me know, please.

For the month of September we were doing classroom pickup at the end of the day.  For October and on, I will be dismissing the children to the playground at the time of the ending school day bell (3:45p.m.)  You may pick up your child from the playground.  (There will be duty personnel on the playground until 3 pm.)

Here are some pictures of our Quiet Reading time.  After lunch, we take some time to rest and quietly enjoy reading some books.

We will be learning Psalm 23: 1-4.   “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want. (vs.1)  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, (vs.2)  he restores my soul.  He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. (vs.3)  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me. (vs.4)

In addition to class practise, extra home practise would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you for your support.

Reading charts for September (see attachment to my first week of school newsletter) can be submitted for a prize from the prize box. I will send October’s Reading Chart home this week.