Les aventures des jeunes

Making hearts Making hearts 100 Days of School  We have spent over 100 days together at school! If you are counting there are approximately 80 days left. We spent some time talking about the things that we can do now that we couldn't do at the beginning of the year. Reading, math baskets, writing and counting were some of the ideas mentioned. We counted 100 several times throughout the day. We decorated our hats with 100 drawings. The hats were to be interesting and colourful, not just dots or tally marks. We counted toys in the class to see how many, how long a 100 things stretch and how tall a tower with 100 things can be.  We compared the baggies of 100 things to see which ones appeared more full.  We highlighted a grade 1 word list to see how many of 100 words we can read. It was a fun day filled with hands on activities! Winter Olympics We are enjoying watching some of the Olympics at school during lunch and centre time. It is a great way to see d...

  Fort Day We had a fabulous celebration day to end our unit on snow and winter. The children worked well to make forts in the class. It was amazing to watch. As each child began to lay out the sheet that they brought, they began to talk and then plan and then work together. As a result we had some pretty spectacular forts! They did all their work in the forts, ate lunch and played in the forts.  In the afternoon, they did a science challenge. They were given wooden blocks, wax paper, plastic wrap and sandpaper and were asked to build a hill that an ice cube could slide down. There were so many creative ideas. Some students used the sandpaper to stop the ice cube at the bottom of the hill! They had a great day!   The Virtues We are beginning a unit on Career Education which sounds very lofty for grade 1. In our class we will be focusing on our attributes, skills and interests and what each of us can contribute at home and in the class community. Also...