Wednesday, June 28, 2017
THANK YOU!!!!
Thank you so much to all my students and their families for the thoughtful cards and gifts...I felt very loved today! :) Have a safe and happy summer and I will see you next year!
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Canada Day!
Dear Parents/Guardians:
On Wednesday, June 28th, our last student school day (reminder: Early Dissmissal), we will celebrate our Ken Taylor version of Canada Day :)
Students are encouraged to wear red & white in recognistion of Canada's 150th birthday!
Thank you,
David
Monday, June 26, 2017
Yearbooks!
Dear Parents/Guardians:
Just a friendly reminder that there are only a few more days left to order a yearbook! This will capture all the highlights of our first year of learning and building a school culture.
Currently we have 44 orders and we require a total of 176 orders before we can go to print.
Please see the information on how to order here: yearbook2017.pdf
Any additional funds collected will be donated to our playground fund.
Cheers,
David
Friday, June 23, 2017
Guided Acrylic Painting
Here are a few pics of our guided acrylic paintings that we did today!
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend; we have only 2 and 1/2 days of classes left!
:)
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend; we have only 2 and 1/2 days of classes left!
:)
Thursday, June 22, 2017
End of Year Updates
Here are some important dates as we wind down for the end of the year!
Wednesday, June 28th is the LAST DAY of classes for students. We will be having the final, year end assembly at 8:30 that morning and the dance club will be performing! It is also early dismissal, so the students will be done at 11:35 am.
Thursday, June 29th is appeals day and teachers will be in school the regular hours.
Tomorrow, June 23 is a regular, full day of classes and the students will be dismissed at 2:30 as usual.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Swimming Update!
Swimming has been successful for our grade 1s overall and I would like to say THANK YOU to all my volunteers who came out to help!
Just a reminder that there is NO swimming tomorrow, June 16th! It will, however, commence on Monday, June 19th and Tuesday, June 20th.
Also, Friday, June 16th is early dismissal AND beach day! Wear your sunnies, flippy-flops and colourful leis to school!
Just a reminder that there is NO swimming tomorrow, June 16th! It will, however, commence on Monday, June 19th and Tuesday, June 20th.
Also, Friday, June 16th is early dismissal AND beach day! Wear your sunnies, flippy-flops and colourful leis to school!
Monday, June 12, 2017
IMPORTANT Report Card Information
Dear Parents/Guardians,
The end of the year is fast approaching and your childrens' report cards will be coming home soon! I wanted to post some information and examples of the expectations for the students for the end of grade 1. This is standard across all the grade 1 rooms.
For reading; based on our Fountas and Pinnell assessment system, your child should be reading at a level H/I at the end of grade 1. The assessment is based on decoding (sounding out the words), fluency (expression and pace) and comprehension (does the student understand what they have read and some of the underlying meanings of the text?). They need to be proficient in all 3 areas to be considered 'at' this level. Here is an example of the text you would find in an I level book:
Students may need help with one or two words and their meaning but overall they should be able to read this smoothly and be able to re-tell the important information.
For writing, the students are expected to express ideas and information in a way that is legible and have sentences that make sense. Here is an example of a basic grade-level writing sample (2):
The child uses capitals at the beginning of sentences, periods at the end and spells most common sight words correctly. There are some spelling mistakes but it is easily understood by the reader. The picture matches the writing.
The next sample is a child who would receive a 3 at the end of grade 1. In addition to the expectations above, this child added some more interesting details, started sentences in different ways and used alternate words for descriptive or action words. Notice the use of 'snap' and 'tuck':
Finally here is an example of a 4. The student came up with a story that follows a logical sequence, used interesting vocabulary and started the sentences in different and interesting ways. There is appropriate punctuation and spelling.
To achieve a basic, grade-level mark for math in Number Sense, the student must be able to independently do the following things:
The end of the year is fast approaching and your childrens' report cards will be coming home soon! I wanted to post some information and examples of the expectations for the students for the end of grade 1. This is standard across all the grade 1 rooms.
For reading; based on our Fountas and Pinnell assessment system, your child should be reading at a level H/I at the end of grade 1. The assessment is based on decoding (sounding out the words), fluency (expression and pace) and comprehension (does the student understand what they have read and some of the underlying meanings of the text?). They need to be proficient in all 3 areas to be considered 'at' this level. Here is an example of the text you would find in an I level book:
Students may need help with one or two words and their meaning but overall they should be able to read this smoothly and be able to re-tell the important information.
For writing, the students are expected to express ideas and information in a way that is legible and have sentences that make sense. Here is an example of a basic grade-level writing sample (2):
The child uses capitals at the beginning of sentences, periods at the end and spells most common sight words correctly. There are some spelling mistakes but it is easily understood by the reader. The picture matches the writing.
The next sample is a child who would receive a 3 at the end of grade 1. In addition to the expectations above, this child added some more interesting details, started sentences in different ways and used alternate words for descriptive or action words. Notice the use of 'snap' and 'tuck':
Finally here is an example of a 4. The student came up with a story that follows a logical sequence, used interesting vocabulary and started the sentences in different and interesting ways. There is appropriate punctuation and spelling.
To achieve a basic, grade-level mark for math in Number Sense, the student must be able to independently do the following things:
Say the number sequence 0 to 100 by:
- 1s forward between any two given numbers
- 1s backward from 20 to 0
- 2s forward from 0 to 20
- 5s and 10s forward from 0 to 10
- Represent and describe numbers to 20
- Identify the number, up to 20, that is:
- one more
- two more
- one less
- two less
- Describe and use mental mathematics strategies for basic addition facts and related subtraction facts to 18
If your child does not receive a 2 on their report card in an area, we use the language that they are not yet achieving the skill at grade level, because they are working towards it! It does not mean they are 'failing'.
Please, as always, email, call or stop by the classroom if you have any questions regarding the information above or any other concerns or questions and I would be happy to help in any way I can!
Looking forward to a wonderful week!
-Ms. Carstairs
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