MrscarterMTS

 Week of May 19-22 From the Classroom It has been another busy week in our classroom!  In Literacy, we continued building confidence with heart word, spelling pattern, and letter team review during daily phonics instruction. Students have been applying their understanding of heart words and spelling patterns during independent, shared, and choral reading and writing tasks. We have also been focusing on story writing through some very imaginative adventures featuring Daisy and Lily — two curious black Labs! Students have been creating and sharing stories about Daisy and Lily’s adventures in baking, on the farm, and even space travel! Ask your child to tell you about Daisy and Lily and some of their adventures — there have been many creative ideas and lots of wonderful shared storytelling based on these characters! In Math, students have continued working on fact families, number sense, and solving a variety of problem-solving tasks. We have also explored estimation activities t...

 Week of May 10-14 From the Classroom First, my apologies that there was no classroom blog update posted last week. Unfortunately, the post did not update properly and I only just noticed the issue. Thank you for your understanding! Over the past two weeks, students have continued building important literacy, numeracy, inquiry, and wellness skills through a variety of engaging learning experiences connected to the Alberta curriculum. In literacy, students continued reviewing heart words , letter teams, and spelling patterns while applying this understanding during both reading and writing activities. Our focus has been on strengthening decoding skills, recognizing familiar word patterns, and using sounding-out strategies when reading unfamiliar words. Students have also been encouraged to apply these strategies independently during daily reading and writing tasks to build confidence and fluency. In math, students have been working on fact families to deepen their understanding of ...

 Week of April 27-May 1 Information From the Classroom This week in Grade 1, students continued building their literacy skills through ongoing work with letter teams and heart word review . As students become more confident recognizing spelling patterns and high-frequency words, they are beginning to apply this understanding more independently during both reading and writing activities. Throughout the week, students participated in independent reading, choral reading, and collaborative shared reading activities with classmates. It has been wonderful to see students growing not only in their reading confidence, but also in their ability to work together and support one another as readers. We also connected our literacy learning to science in a very meaningful way! Over the course of the week, students carefully observed the prairie dogs outside our classroom window and recorded their observations in the form of “field notes.” Students practiced looking closely, noticing details, an...