Hello Parents;

Thank you for checking in. This is just a quick post as I've added a few extra details to the calendar below.

So far, I have 4 drivers for our field trip to the Helen Schuler Nature Center on Tuesday April 30th.  If you are able to help us out even by just doing pick- ups and drop- offs, that would be wonderful.  We are scheduled to leave the school by about 8:45, and then leave the nature center at about 10:45.  Send me an email if you can help out.

Just a reminder that our Grade 1 students will be performing at the Family Assembly on May 7th at 12:30.  The Grade 1 team is in the process of planning out the details of this assembly so we will keep you updated.

Special Requests:

We need egg carton containers (just the lid) to help with a project in our upcoming unit on The Needs of Plants and Animals.  The plastic (see-through) ones are ideal but the Styrofoam ones also work well. 

In addition to this we are collecting nylon stockings for the same project.  If you have any to donate please send them to school.

Important dates

Monday April 22nd- Earth Day

Tuesday April 23^rd- May Scholastic order due back

Thursday April 25^th- Spirit Assembly @ 8:30- Crazy Hat / Hair Day

Friday April 26th- Professional Learning Day no school

Tuesday April 30^th- Helen Schuler field trip 8:45 am

Wednesday May 1^st- Math-a-thon Test Day!

May 5th- May 11th: Education Week!

Tuesday May 7^th- Family Assembly Grade 1s perform @12:30

Wednesday May 8th- Hot Lunch

Friday May 10^th- PD Day No School

Monday May 20^th- Victoria Day no school

Thursday May 23^rd- Spirit Assembly @1230

Wednesday May 22^nd - Galt Museum Field Trip (bus provided)

Parents are welcome to come along on the bus with us.  Bus leaves at 9 am.

Hi Everyone!
I hope that you enjoyed your spring break! I sure did! We are now on the home stretch with 12 weeks left of Grade One! WOW! Time really does go by so fast! Now that our major holidays are over, we can get back to regular routines. New spelling went home yesterday as well as five new sight words.

Math
We just wrapped up our unit on Geometry: 2D Shapes and 3D Objects and have started our unit on Measurement! For this unit we will be working on comparing objects by length, mass, volume and area. We will be using measurement words, such as longest, shortest, heaviest, lightest, most, greatest and least. This should be a fairly quick unit and then we will work on Representing Numbers to 100. We will then wrap up the year with our addition and subtraction facts! Even though we aren't doing a unit on addition and subtraction right now, it is still very important that you practice these skills with your child whenever you get the chance.

Language Arts
We continue to work on our reading and writing skills every day! Thank you for the extra support at home!

Science
We are still working on our Building Things unit, but should wrap that up in the next week or two! We have a couple more projects to build and then we will move on to our Plants and Animals unit. One thing that we will be building is a boat from a plastic lid. So, if you have one or two can you please send them with your child for our boats! Thanks!

Social
Earth Day is fast approaching so we will be starting a unit on our Environment and what we can do to take care of it!

Well that covers most of what we will be working on the next little bit in class! Only a couple units left in each subject and that wraps up Grade One!

Field Trip
We will be heading to the Helen Schuler Centre on April 30th! Thank you to the parents who have already volunteered to drive and supervise! We couldn't go without you!! We are still in need of a couple more drivers.

Autism Day
On Thursday, April 11th we will be celebrating World Autism Day at our school! Please have your child wear blue on this day!

Here are some important dates:

Thursday, April 11th: Character Education Assembly

Thursday, April 11th- World Autism Day- Wear Blue

Monday, April 22nd- Earth Day

Thursday, April 25th- Spirit Assembly at 12:30

Friday, April 26th- Professional Learning Day- No school!

Tuesday, April 30th- Helen Schuler Field Trip at 8:40

Tuesday, May 7th- Family Assembly - Grade Ones perform!!

Thursday, May 23rd- Spirit Assembly at 12:30