Celebration of Learning

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Thank you for attending Grade 1F’s Celebration of Learning. It is truly a time to celebrate all the learning that has taken place so far in the first 3 months of Grade One. You and your child will be looking at completed assignments and will also participate in a few activities. I hope you enjoy the Celebration of Learning. Your time spent in the classroom should be no more than 30 minutes.


LANGUAGE ARTS

WRITING - JOURNALS

A Journal is the best documentation of how your child is progressing with writing. Please note the progress your child is making and areas to work on.

My child:

1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Can write very few words by him/herself. Letter formation is poor. / Uses some sight words and sounds out some parts of words. Letter formation is fair. / Uses many sight words and sounds outmost parts of unknown words. Letter formation is good. / Uses many sight words. Unknown words look similar to conventionally spelled words. Sentences begin with capitals and end with periods. Letter formation is excellent.

READING - WHITE BINDER –in child’s desk.

Ask your child to read one or two of the poems from their binder.

READING - READ AROUND THE ROOM (Word Wall)

Take five minutes and have your child read.

My child:

1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Read only a few words correctly. 1:1 matching was not always correct. Was unsure what to do when the words got tricky. / Is able to read some words with correct 1:1 matching. When words were tricky, my child looked at the pictures and attempted to make the first sounds. / Read most words confidently with correct 1:1 matching. When words were tricky, my child attempted to sound out parts of the word. / Reading was fast, phased, fluent and expressive. My child understood the story.


MATHEMATICS

PATTERNS

Look at the patterns on the chart paper. Have your child tell you about the patterns. What kind of pattern are they? ABAB, ABB,ABB, or AABB,AABB?

NUMBER

Use the interlocking cube-a-links. Have your child count out 13 cube-a-links. Make two groups. How many in one group? How many in the other? Write a number sentence.

Using the same 13 blocks, make another number sentence.

Ask:

In the number 23, what does the 2 mean? What does the 3 mean? (two groups of ten and three ones or three more)

What number comes before 7?

What number comes after 15?

What number is more 17 or 13?

SUBITIZING

Have your child show you the subitizing cards. Flash them to your child and see if they can tell you the number. They are learning to recognize patterns in numbers when displayed this way. Example: 2 rows of 3 is 6; 5 and 1 more is 6.

CALENDAR MATH

GATHERING TIME – Carpet Area

If time allows, please visit the Gathering Time area and have your child go through the calendar, weather, number, days of the week, months of the year, and prayer. How did he/she do?

SOCIAL STUDIES

Have your child take you to our big book “BELONGING”. Talk about the various groups that children and adults belong to. Each group is unique. What makes each group unique?

SCIENCE

We have been working on mixing colours. Is your child able to tell you the 3 primary colours? What colours are needed to make green, orange and purple?

ART/SCIENCE/LANGUAGE ARTS ACTIVITIES

Hats/ / Cats/ Gingerbread

Please view your child’s artwork around the room and in the hallway. The crosses and monkeys (in ART FOLDERS) were an application of our Colour Unit in Science. The hats were extensions of Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, our author of the month during November. Our Gingerbread writing and picture were an extension of our Language Arts.

Is your child proud of his/her artwork?