Mrs.Folkerts Grade 1 Adventures in Primary 

I will introduce the new words on Monday, November 20th and test them on Friday, November 24th.  Here are the words:  was, are, of, top, cat, but, my, six

We will be having our first skating field trip tomorrow (Thursday, November 16). The bus will be leaving as close to 8:45 as possible and heading over to Prospera Centre.  Students may wear play clothes for skating. All students must bring a bike helmet and their skates if they did not pay for rentals. Hoping to see some parents there!

Due to this week being a three day week, we will not be doing a spelling list.  New double-letter phonogram sounds we will be learning are:  ay, ai, ea, or, ew, ui  (see pg 5 of multi-letter green booklet for pronunciation)  I will be testing students on all the single letter sounds and the multi-letter phonogram sounds we have learned so far this week.  (sh, th, oo, ee, er, oy, oi, ch, ow, ou)

Bible verse:  We have learned (or will continue to practise) vs. 10 But the angel said to them,”Do not be afraid.  I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. This week we add vs. 11 : Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

Home Reading:  Please continue with the home reading practise with the Reading A-Z level readers.  In addition to our weekly reading groups in class, your home support is paramount to your child’s success.  Thank you!   It is great to see that some students are already moving up one or two levels !  In this short week I will do my best to read with the students who are ready to read their book independently.

As we begin to move up Reading levels, we are also learning some reading strategies that will help us read unfamiliar words.  Here is a picture of the reading strategies we will be learning.  So far, we have practised “Eagle Eye” and “Lips the Fish” strategies.  Ask your child to tell you about these 2 reading strategies!

Also, your child brought home a small booklet “Fall”—please take a moment to have your child read this to you or with you! (no need to return the book)

Here are this week’s Spelling words:  (I will introduce today, Nov 6 and testing will be Thursday, Nov 9)  

to, he, be, for, can, you, she, that

As we have a Pro-D-Day on Friday, Nov 10, our library block will be on Wednesday this week.  Please send books back to school on Wednesday.  Thanks for accommodating!

Just a reminder that Monday, November 6th is $2 Pay to Wear Casual in support of our High School Missions Trip. Participation is voluntary and students are free to wear their uniforms.

Students who will have opportunity to read with me on Monday, Nov 6:  Hannah, Rome, Lara, Khushraaj, Meghan.  Please bring your books if you are ready to read!

Just to let you know our plans for the month of November!

Theme:  Fall and Leaves

Math: continue review with graphing and patterning, 2D/3D Shapes, addition +4, +5, counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s to 100

Language Arts: Journals, A-Z Reading groups, Novel study (Robert Munsch) , double letter phonograms, Poetry, Spelling, beginning/ending/middle sounds of words, sight word practise

Science:  Finish Fall Season,  Finish unit on “Objects in the Sky”,  Introduce properties of Matter

Socials:  Family Community:  Needs/Wants, Roles, Rules, Rights, Responsibilities all within family

Bible:  Abraham, Isaac, Jacob & Esau

Bible Memory: Grade 1: Luke 2: 10-12  (NIV version)  (vs.10) “But the angel said to them, do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. (vs. 11)  Today in the town of David, a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ, the Lord. (vs.12) This will be a sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in the manger.

PE: ball skills

Pictures of our fall leaf coloring!  The kids did a great job!

We are near finishing our unit on objects in the sky.  We have learned so much! Here is a picture of our version of the Milky Way Galaxy: