Mme Varughese's Grade 1/2 Blog

  In FLA, have been working on writing about what we did on the weekend. I gave sentence starters of on the weekend (pendant la fin de semaine) I went or did, and then brainstormed a list of activities. They then wrote 'C'était' (it was) _____. I also gave them a checklist to glue into their books to look for capitals, period, spacing, etc!  In math,  we worked on filling in the 100s chart by counting by 2s, 5s, 3s, etc! We also practiced a word problems such as there are chickens and cows on the farm. I see 24 legs, how many chickens and cows could there be?  In science, we have worked on identifying temperature on thermometers created our own thermometers! We have also been graphing the temperature in Calgary, Iqaluit, and Meteghan.   Looking ahead... Dec 6, 7, 8 Saa’Kokoto & Karen back at Tuscany – dress for the Coulee Dec 10 Fun Snack Dec 16 Fun Lunch and Kinder Treat (wear spirit wear) Dec 17 Last Day of classes – pajama day (keep in mind we still ...

 This week in FLA, students have been working hard on writing an entry to share for our celebration of learning! Students put in lots of effort looking at rubrics and checklists to make their writing the best it can be! They are so proud! In Art, we practice focused on land-based art with Na'a. Students found ways to showcase their art in nature to practice for celebration of learning activity.  In math, students worked on numeracy through place value blocks, word problems, subitizing games, counting, and identifying numbers in the 100s chart.  In science, we explore differences between hot and cold, and created a collage for both using magazines.  In social studies, we brainstormed a symbol to represent our classroom community!  In PE, we work on ball handling skills through dribbling, kicking, and shooting.  Looking ahead...  Nov 24 -Book Fair Purchasing. Students can bring in money to purchase items at school or they can be purchased online.  N...

This week we shared in remembering our indigenous and non-indigenous veterans who served for our country. Here is a video we created as a school to honour them.  For this video, we practiced the poem 'Brave Soldat' as a class and prepared poppy art to show alongside the verses. We then recorded ourselves reciting the poem alongside Mme. Pelletier's class. See our video here.  To honour our indigenous veteran's day, we talked about indigenous people's role in serving our country, with specific attention to the cree code talkers.  In math this week, we continued to practice counting to 100, and started working on counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s!  We also looked at sorting objects based on their attributes, and practiced counting groups of numbers.  In social studies, we are talking about belonging with a focus on logos and symbols.  For example, what does a poppy symbolize? What do logo's tell us? What is the purpose of a logo? Students then worked on creating th...

This week we had a wonderful opportunity to visit with an author, Lois Brandt, who wrote the book "Maddi's Fridge", who offers to meet with classes who are supporting families in need by holding a food bank drive. She told the students about her experiences as a writer, gave examples of how she uses her experiences and turns them into made up stories, and answered our questions about her work. It was a very rich experiences for all of our grade one/two friends. In addition to meeting with us, she also gave each student a signed book mark with a recipe on the back which we have laminated and sent home with your child. Please ask you student about this visit and feel free to follow up by listening to the read aloud here or visiting her website. In math we have been practicing sorting using different attributes like colour, shape, size, etc! It has been lots of hands-on fun! We are continuing to work on counting and identifying all numbers to 100!  In writing, we worked ...