by ABIS | Nov 2, 2011 | Grade 1, The Grades
Since the beginning of school, grade 1 students have been studying authors such as Audrey Penn, Dav Pilkey, and Donald Crews. One thing these authors have in common is they take small moments from their lives and turn them into stories. This is exactly what grade 1...
by ABIS | Oct 29, 2011 | Grade 1
Book week was a great success. The kids really enjoyed the fun activities; drop everything and read; write around the world, where we wrote a story about a dragon on a quest to find his lost fire; exchanging books; and reading our poems to everyone. I think the climax...
by ABIS | Oct 23, 2011 | Grade 1
That grade 1 had their first Authors celebration? We have been reading and learning from authors such as Vera Williams, Don Freeman, Dav Pilkey and Ezra Jack Keats, who take small moments in their lives and stretch them out across pages. These writers write just like...
by ABIS | Oct 14, 2011 | Grade 1, The Grades
Homework is an important part of our school work and should be given a high priority with your child. It helps to reinforce what we are working on at school and allows your child to show you what they know and get a little extra one on one help on anything that is...
by ABIS | Oct 14, 2011 | Grade 1, The Grades
We are continuing our study of number concepts in Math and are learning how to read an analog clock to the nearest hour. We have also discussed the concept of a.m. and p.m., minute hand and hour hand and have learned how to estimate the time to the nearest hour. In...
