Fun With Fractions in Grade 1

We have been learning about sharing by making the fractions: halves and quarters. The children loved eating a quarter of an orange. They worked out that we needed 4 oranges cut into quarters for all 16 children to get an equal piece. It was also fun to make a paper...

Week 11 “Being creative with rocks and stones.”

Grade 1 is observing rocks. We notice that they look and feel different, and we wonder why. This week, we used our creative thinking and created sculptures, pictures, and stories with rocks and stones. Students are using their creative thinking as we observe rocks....

G1 AW- Belonging To School Houses

It was exciting to talk about our different house colours. The children loved being inquirers and communicators as they did research and wrote about their house animal. Dads and Mums look out for this piece of work in our portfolios at the conferences next week. It...

Week 10 “Starting a new inguiry path.”

This week we started a new Unit of Inquiry:”How the world works.” We learned that rocks tell us the story of our earth. We made observations and described our collection of rocks. It’s great to see the students’ enthusiasm when they explore! Grade 1 also had a...