Week of January 20th

HEALTH AND DRAMA

Students worked in partners to create a radio ad selling a specific food product (i.e. granola bars, crackers, cereal). They chose a target audience for their product and convinced them why someone should buy their product. These presentations were very entertaining to watch as students were engaged and energetic. One group even tried to sell their coffee flavouring to tired teachers and moms!! 

 Art: Geometric Octagons

Combining Art with our 2D Geometry unit, the class was challenged to create unique octagonal tiles, including as many 2D shapes and angles as possible. The class created a set of 2 tiles, one showing their 2D Geometry knowledge and the other displaying their art skills. Students took their time to make sure their shapes and colours were symmetrical.

MATH: Perimeter and Area

This week students reviewed their previous knowledge of perimeter and area. As a whole group, in partners and independently students used a variety of strategies to calculate perimeter and area of different shapes. They were challenged to find the perimeter of shapes that were missing the length of some sides. They used their problem solving skills to determine what the missing lengths were. 

End of 2019 and Start of 2020

ART: Snowmen At Play

Students used a "Roll a Snowman" template to determine which kind of arms, scarf, hat, buttons etc. to use for each snowman. We discussed the perspective of the snowmen and how it looked as if we were drawing the snowmen from below them looking down. 

ART: Learning Buddy Holiday Card

In December, we shared some holiday cheer with our Grade 1 Learning Buddies! Students used paint and Q-Tips to create "dot art" of snowmen. After, they wrote a special note to their buddies.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Provinces/Territories of Canada Posters

Students first began this project by independently researching a Province or Territory of Canada. They took notes by using a graphic organizer and researched topics such as location, climate, population, major cities and natural resources. After completing their own research, they collaborated with a peer, shared their learning and displayed the information by creating a poster. 

MATH: Measurement

We began our measurement unit by discussing different units of measure for length, height and distance (mm, cm, dm, m and km). We brainstormed which unit would be most appropriate for different objects. For example we would use centimeters to measure a sour key, meters to measure the carpet, and kilometers to measure the distance from school to Best Buy. Students went on a measurement hunt around the classroom and estimated the length or height of different objects. Next, we discussed how to convert between different units. 

Here are 2 visuals we have been using to help us convert units of measure: