by Brett FERGUSON | Mar 15, 2018 | Grade 1, The Grades
At the beginning of the week we finished our communication unit with a team scavenger hunt. We got to see the students’ teamwork in action, and one group made it all the way through and solved all the clues in time. We also published some stories, countiued...
by Marie USHER | Mar 14, 2018 | Grade 1, The Grades
This week we had a trip to the Sultan Qaboos Mosque in Sohar. The students took a tour and were shown around each of the areas. In English we were learning about persuasive writing and in maths we have been working on fractions of numbers.
by Marie USHER | Mar 8, 2018 | Grade 1, The Grades
This week we looked at semi fore as a non verbal form of communicating. The students spelled out their names using flags. In maths we started working on fractions, first looking at equal and unequal parts then at dividing shapes into halves and quarters.
by Brett FERGUSON | Mar 8, 2018 | Grade 1, The Grades
This week students worked at the ‘fraction factory’ where they had to create shapes and divide them into 1/2s, 1/4s and 1/8s. The students really enjoyed it and gained a better understanding of how fractions work.
by Brett FERGUSON | Mar 1, 2018 | Grade 1, The Grades
I was proud of grade 1 for stepping up on stage and giving their awesome performances. We worked hard to prepare and it was nice to see that hard work pay off. This week I was also happy working on problem solving in math. The problems took grit to solve, but first...
by Marie USHER | Feb 15, 2018 | Grade 1, The Grades, Uncategorized
This week we have been learning about probability. We played a number of games relying on chance and made predictions of the outcome based on what we know about probability. In English we have been learning about the use of speech marks in writing and writing stories...
