Room 5 Grade One

Monday, May 18th

Good Morning!

I hope you had a great weekend! Please remember to let me know if your child will be returning to school on June 1st. Children will be placed, with their siblings, in either the M/W group or the T/Th group for full school days. Online learning will look different in June and we are just waiting on instruction to see how that will proceed. Please note that the Math and Writing pages have been updated to include Week 8, but we are on Week 7.

Our Wednesday class Zoom is at 1pm!

Don't forget to take a look at the Morning Routine and Online Resources!

WEEK SEVEN

Sight Words over, again, every, live, then

Print or make your own sight word flashcards. Post them on the fridge, a door, or somewhere your child will see them. The key is repetition through the week.

Reading

This month our focus is Elements of a Story, which ties in to the Grade One Writing curriculum. Please see right sidebar with reading group names. Your child will know their reading group. You should spend about 20 minutes per day on a lesson, in addition to the 20 minutes per day that your child reads independently.

Writing

This week, I would like students to practice opinion writing again. The layout of the page should look like this:

Would you rather explore the moon or the ocean?

I would rather explore the _______.

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

Reason 3:

I think the moon/ocean is___________.

I would also encourage looking up pictures of either the moon or ocean to learn, to print and add to writing, or to use as an example so that students can draw a picture to go with their drawing.

Math

I have set up a class account for IXL Math. You can use this program at home for additional math practice. As of now, I only have a one month trial and I'm not sure if we will continue through June. Your login information has been emailed to you.

Please remember the most valuable part of your teaching will be the discussion and hands on practice with your child.

JUMP Math

Monday: 105-107

Tuesday: 108

Wednesday: 113-114

Thursday: 115

Friday: review, complete unfinished pages, work on the beginning of the book.

Mindfulness

Mindful Safari
Go outside and ask your child to remain quiet, calm their thoughts and move slowly while on safari.
Ask them to turn their sense of sight, touch and sound onto high.

Search for beautiful natural objects to explore.

– What does it look like?
– What colour is it?
– What does it smell like?
– Can I touch it?
– What does it feel like?

Search for creatures that move.

When they find a creature, encourage students to watch the creature in silence for as long as they would like to.

– What does it look like?
– How does it move?
– What colours can you see on its body?

Author of the Month

Our Author for the month of May is Drew Daywalt. Here is a reading of his story, The Day the Crayons Came Home.

Art Project

Crazy Crayon Craft - this project was based on Drew Daywalt's crayons!

Fun Activities

1. Make your own wrapping paper. You may have been receiving packages, packed with brown kraft paper. This is perfect to reuse as wrapping paper, after your children decorate it for you! Stamping with various objects around your house (including apples and potatoes) creates beautiful paper!
2. Make a guitar with a box and rubber bands! Link

Friday May 15th

Hello everyone!

I want to start off by saying that it has been so nice Zooming with people. This week on the one-on-one Zooms, we have read David’s Father. It’s one of my favourite books. :-) If you would like to set up one-on-one Zooms for your child, email me at jessilee.schaff@sd78.bc.ca or jschaff@agassizsecondary.com.

Poetry

Today we are going to practice making a rhyming poem and I’d like you to do it about your chosen animal for our science animal projects. 3-5 lines please and if you want to make a longer one, go for it. :)

Racoons

Racoons, racoons, are very clean with a big bushy tail
When they walk silently, you won’t see their trail.

They live in trees, hollow logs and roofs,
They walk on paws not big clunky hoofs.

They always wash their hands and wear a mask all day
If your really lucky, you might see a raccoon one day!

Science

Please list 3-5 interesting facts about your animal that you haven’t mentioned before. Here are mine!
1. Raccoons wash their food before they eat it. They will find a puddle and dunk it in.
2. Racoons eat carefully. If you give them an egg, they will carefully crack it and drink out the insides.
3. You cannot have a raccoon as a pet, even through they are very cute. They are too wild to tame.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Kindest regards,

Miss Schaff

Monday, May 11th

Good Morning!

I hope that you enjoyed your sunny Mother's Day weekend! If you haven't checked out IXL Math yet, try it out this week! Please send me a message if you are having trouble getting started.

Our weekly Zoom meetings will now be every Wednesday at 1pm. The link that I've sent will work for every week! This week students will need to collect three rocks, a pile of twigs, liquid glue (a glue gun would work too), and paper (heavier the better - could also use cardboard or a cereal box). See you then!

Don't forget to take a look at the Morning Routine and Online Resources!

WEEK SIX

Sight Words could, let, them, after, has

Print or make your own sight word flashcards. Post them on the fridge, a door, or somewhere your child will see them. The key is repetition through the week.

Reading

Writing

This week, I would like students to practice opinion writing. The layout of the page should look like this:

My Opinion About Bugs
I do/do not like bugs. Let me tell you why.
Reason 1:
Reason 2:
Reason 3:
I think bugs are___________.

Math

Please remember the most valuable part of your teaching will be the discussion and hands on practice with your child.

JUMP Math
Monday: 94
Tuesday: 95-97
Wednesday: 98-102
Thursday: 103-104
Friday: review, complete unfinished pages, work on the beginning of the book.

Mindfulness
Mindful Steps
This activity is best completed outdoors and if suitable, you may like to walk barefoot.
Give your child a clear boundary for where they can walk during this activity.
Your child will select a small area where they can walk in a line for about 5 or 6 steps and back then back to where they started without getting into another person’s way.
Begin this practice with three deep breaths.
Take 5 or 6 steps in one direction, turn slowly and then take 5 or 6 steps back to where you started.
While walking, bring their awareness to their breath and their body.
– What does the ground feel like under your feet?
– Which part of your foot touches the ground first when you take a step?
– Does your body feel heavy or light today?
– Are you slouching when you walk?
– Or, is your back up quite straight?
– Try not to change the way you walk, but instead just notice how your body naturally moves.

Author of the Month
Our Author for the month of May is Drew Daywalt. Here is the author reading his own book, The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors!

Art Project

Make a house collage for your weekly art project. Recycled materials would work very well for this!

Fun Activities
1. Do some fun movement outside! When your child practices skipping, hopping, galloping and side-stepping, he or she will be building coordination and endurance skills.

2. Does it sink or float? Grab a bucket of water and ask your child to make predictions about what objects will sink or float. Have them test the objects and then classify them on paper.

Friday, May 8th

Hello everyone!

Wow, it was so great to see all of your faces on Wednesday. Wasn’t that fun? I sure thought so! If you would like to set up a one-on-one Zoom session with moi, and haven’t already, feel free to do so! My availability is Tu/Wed/Th 9-1. :) Email me at jschaff@agassizsecondary.com or jessilee.schaff@sd78.bc.ca.

This week, our poetry lesson is all about making someone in your life feel special. When has someone made you feel special before? How did they show you that you meant something to them?

Do you remember the acrostic poem we made a few weeks ago? We are going to make another one, but this time, we are going to choose someone’s name! It could be a family member, sibling or friend. I chose to do one for my mother, because Sunday is Mother’s Day and I can’t actually see her, so this is the next best thing!! I might even make one for my best friend, Taraleigh. Maybe Mrs. Babcock would like one too? I bet that would make them feel special too. :) Who do you want to make feel special?

M-Makes new fun memories.
O - Overflowing with love.
T - The best at making cookies.
H - Her hair smells nice.
E - Every time I am sad, she makes me happy.
R - Really kind and helpful.

T - The funniest friend I know.
A - Always up for a new adventure.
R - Really good at being a friend.
A - Asks how I am doing.
L - Lends a hand to anyone who needs it.
E - Everyone likes her because she is so nice.
I - Interesting, witty and smart.
G - Goes the extra mile for everyone.
H - Has a heart of gold.

M - Makes learning fun!
R - Reads the BEST books.
S - She is smart and kind.

B - Believes in her students.
A - Always is prepared with fun lessons.
B - Beautiful blue eyes.
C - Caring and cool.
O - Outstanding teacher (and colleague)
C - Class is always interesting.
K - Knows how to inspire kids.

Have fun with this idea kids! It could be a picture, card or even a brochure. Feel free to send me pictures!

Science
How are your Moon Cycle books coming along? I’d be curious to see what you have been doing.

This week in Science, you will be thinking about what your animal eats. Please write 3-5 sentences (with the help of an adult or older sibling.) Can you see how your project is building? It’s pretty neat, isn’t it? So far, you have what your animal looks like, where it lives, what it eats and can you guess what next week might be? Stay tuned!

See you next Wednesday.

Love,

Miss Schaff

Student Pictures

Declan working hard on his math!

Kayci in her Earth Day crown! Nice work, Kayci!

Myla working and building with her little brother. Cool cats, Myla!

Wednesday’s Zoom Meeting Outline

Dear Families,

This Wednesday at 10:30 is our next class Zoom session. I’m thrilled to get the chance to run the meeting. Please find below the flow of the session.

Kindest regards,

Jessilee

1. Using our mute button and raising our hands.
Yes, there are buttons for that! What really works is when everyone is muted unless it’s your turn to speak. That way everyone can hear the speaker. There is a way to ‘raise your hand’ by pressing the ‘raise your hand’ button. That way I get a notification that you wish to share something with the class. When you’re called upon, you would then unmute your microphone to share. It’s just like being at school! Please practice a bit ahead of time and if you need help feel free to get in touch.
2. Share time!
Kids will have the chance to share something interesting that happened, an appropriate joke, a picture or show something. Max 1 min each. Please review with your child ahead of time. :)
3. Review of our Animal Project.
I will be reviewing the expectations for the project and students will be invited to share their chosen animal if they are completing it.
4. Story Time!
I will be reading a short story. :)
5. Goodbye and see you next week!

I’m looking forward to seeing you all!!

Monday, May 4th

Good Morning!

I hope you had a great weekend! I am making a few blog changes this month. I will be posting the lessons and information for the week every Monday, and Miss. Schaff will continue to post on Fridays. I am also going to set Wednesday as our weekly Zoom day. Watch your email for your next invitation!

Don't forget to take a look at the Morning Routine and Online Resources!

WEEK FIVE

Sight Words take, know, by, just, thank

Print or make your own sight word flashcards. Post them on the fridge, a door, or somewhere your child will see them. The key is repetition through the week.

Reading

Writing

This week I have assigned Goldilocks and the Three Bears on Raz-Kids. Students will be able to listen to the story, but it will be too difficult to read independently. Once they have listened to the story, they will be ready to try these writing activities!

Writing 1 - use key words to create sentences

Writing 2 - use the picture as a writing prompt

Math
I have set up a class account for IXL Math. You can use this program at home for additional math practice. As of now, I only have a one month trial and I'm not sure if we will continue through June.

Please remember the most valuable part of your teaching will be the discussion and hands on practice with your child.

JUMP Math

Monday: 83-84

Tuesday: 85

Wednesday: 86-92

Thursday: 93

Friday: review, complete unfinished pages, work on the beginning of the book.

Mindfulness

Breathing Colours

This activity is similar to the first mindful breathing activity, however it uses visualising colours as a means to increase focus and awareness.

Ask students to think of a relaxing colour. It can be any colour they like, as long as it is one that makes them think of relaxation.

Ask students to think of a colour that represents stress, sadness or anger. Whichever of those emotions is most relevant or suitable for your child to explore.

Students imagine breathing in the relaxing colour and visualise it filling their lungs.

Students then imagine breathing out the stress, sadness or anger colour.

Your spoken instructions may be along these lines:

Imagine you are surrounded by the relaxing colour. No longer is the air clear, it is the relaxing colour.

You can still make out shapes, but your world is now a different colour.

Imagine that as you breathe in, you breathe in this colour too.

See the colour filling up your lungs.

Imagine as you breathe out, that your breath is the colour of stress.

See the stress colour mix into the relaxing colour around you. Watch the stress colour slowly disappear.

Breath in your relaxing colour.

Breath out your stress colour.

Author of the Month

Our Author for the month of May is Drew Daywalt. You may have read one of his books already!

Art Project
Try out these adorable birds, inspired by Salvador Dali.

Fun Activities

1. Make your own calming jar! You can add small objects, glitter, the possibilities are endless!
2. Blow some bubbles! If you don't have any at home, you can make some using dish soap! Here is how to make a DIY bubble wand....if you do not have a pipe cleaner, what else could you twist to make a bubble wand?

Robot Art

Student drawings from our last Zoom!

Friday, May 1st

Dear Class,

How are you? I hope you got off to a good start with your new poetry books and are feeling good about starting your animal projects! Thanks Ray for sending in pictures of your hard work. I absolutely loved seeing what you have been up to!

Today we are continuing the theme of poetry for Language Arts and we are moving onto the next step for your animal projects!

Poetry: One thing you might know, is some poems rhyme. What is rhyming? Well, it’s when two words have a similar ending so they sound the same. Coat, boat - cake, bake - ring, sing - dog, log- cat, hat and so on.

Your mission this week is to make a short rhyming poem about a topic of your choosing. Candy, chocolate, soccer, trees, someone you love, Barbies...you name it, you can write a poem about it. I did several examples for you! Can you tell, I love poems! Check it out!

Candy

Candy, candy it’s incredibly sweet
If you eat too much it’ll rot your teeth
Halloween, Easter or really anytime
I will always give you some of mine
Chewy, crunchy, soft or sticky
When it comes to candy, I am never very picky!

Here is another example!

Nana and Papa

When I see your smiling faces
When you help me tie up my shoe laces
When you talk and sing you make me calm,
Nana and Papa, you’re ‘Da Bomb!’

Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad, you’re pretty rad
I love you even when I’m mad
Kisses, hugs and snuggles too
Every single day, I love you

And another one!

School

Teachers, principals, learning with friends
Can’t wait until we can hug each other again!
Singing songs, writing and art
School helps us learn and to become very smart!
Videos, Zoom Chats and projects sent
Learning online is really fun at Kent!

Little brother

Little brother, little brother, you’re really quite loud
No one could ever lose YOU in a crowd
Little brother, little brother, you’re really quite gross
Everyone has seen YOU pick your nose
Little brother, little brother, do you know
I really do love you so.

Don’t forget to ask for help from an adult or an older sibling on this! Do your best and have fun with it. Send me your poems to jessilee.schaff@sd78.bc.ca or jschaff@agassizsecondary.com. Also, feel free to read your poem and make a video of it! I’d love to see.

Science: This week we are learning a new word. That word is habitat. An animal’s habitat describes where they live. This week, your mission is to write 3-5 sentences that describe your animals habitat. Do you remember that my animal is a raccoon? Well, here are my facts about their habitat!

Habitat
1. Raccoons live in British Columbia and raccoons can be found living in Agassiz.
2. Raccoons live in all sorts of different climates such as warm, cold, snowy, rainy and sunny.
3. Raccoons live in trees or dens. Their favourite place to sleep is in holes in trees.
4. Sometimes raccoons live in unusual places like old abandoned cars, attics or crawl spaces under houses.
5. Raccoons live in cities and in the forest.

Let’s make a connection! In a way, you’re a type of animal. A human! What habitat do you live in? Are you in a city? On a farm? In an apartment? Do you have your own room, or do you share? Do you even go camping sometimes and change your habitat? Have a talk with an adult or older sibling about your habitat!

Stay tuned for more learning about poems and the next step for your animal projects!

Love,

Miss Schaff.