Grade One with Ms. Overdevest: April 2022

Friday, April 29, 2022

Good afternoon,

In literacy, we worked on the OI and OY sounds. We also did story mapping of The Three Little Pigs. In science, we needed to build a home that would be strong enough to stop the big bad wolf. Students also added neat features to their homes such as fences, slides, balconies, and even security cameras! That wolf doesn't stand a chance! In math, we explored 2D shapes and 3D objects. Students got to build models of 3D objects. We learned the words faces, edges, and vertices. We also continued working on subtraction skills using a number line.

Reminders

On Wednesday, students received a letter home with instructions to collect supplies and information for our social studies unit about the past and our families. This unit will have lots of involvement, as we are exploring our personal pasts and changes in our family. Thank you so much for taking the time to complete this with your child to support their learning! There will be more information needed as part of next week's homework assignment.
We are looking for volunteers for our field trip to Ralph Klein Park on May 16. Please email me if you are available!
We also need volunteers for Tuesday from 10:00-11:30 am! PLEASE email me!

Have a great weekend!

Ms. Overdevest

Friday, April 22, 2022

Happy Friday!

We have had a wonderful wonky week! This week was full of excitement and fun. We did lots of rehearsals and got to watch dress rehearsals. In math, we are exploring 2D and 3D shapes. Take a look at the Google Slide to see what we have been working on. In literacy, we continued to work on vowel teams.

Kid Quotes:

We did tech time. We did Scratch and Starfall. -Meredith

We made 3D objects out of PlayDoh. -Nisha

We did a Terry Fox lap in gym time. -Rakshan

We did our Willy Wonka play. We did well! -Mirza

We drew 3D objects. I like the cube. -Helena

Yesterday we went to the gym then we played fun stuff. -Jared

Today we read the Earth book. -Richard

We did some Health with Mrs. Hawkins and had a good time. -Hasset

We also did a PE chase game to make us calm down. -Olivia

We did a spelling test. -Hooman

We talked about Earth Day. -Kaira

We did Go Noodle. -Atish

We did pattern block art. We had to create an object from a picture card. -Adhyaan

Reminders:

We need volunteers for our May 16 field trip to Ralph Klein Park! PLEASE email me if you are available!
The weather continues to change its mind on an hourly basis!!! Please make sure you take a look at the forecast and send appropriate clothing with your child to school! We go outside for recess up to -20. It is always a good idea to leave gloves and hats in backpacks just in case we need them!

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

REMINDERS:

Tickets for Willy Wonka are coming home with your child today! I have placed them in their BLUE homework folders. DO NOT LOSE THEM. Bring your tickets to the Thursday night performance at FAC.
ALL students MUST be in FORMAL UNIFORM on THURSDAY (at school AND at First Alliance Church for the performance)
We currently have 2 volunteers for our May 16 trip. We need 3 more! If you are available, please email me at raoverdevest@cbe.ab.ca

Sunday April 17, 2022

Happy Sunday!

Here is what we did at school this week:

-In Science, we used all our recyclable materials to build towers. The challenge was to build the tallest tower possible. We were not allowed to use tape or glue, and we couldn't hold the tower. We worked on our teamwork and cooperation skills as well.

-In math, we drew 2D and 3D shapes! Ask your child to name a few and possibly teach you how to draw these.

-In writing, we fixed a boring story! The story was: "One day I went to school. I came home. The End." The students learned that a story must have a beginning, middle, and end. They each wrote a story. Most of us were able to write MORE than 5 sentences! AMAZING! We are working on adding details and writing more sentences to make our stories interesting.

-In literacy, we worked on the EE and EA vowel pairs. We read a poem and hunted for all the EE and EA words.

Reminders:

I am looking for volunteers for our field trip on MAY 16. Please email me if you are able to join us for the whole day!

-Homework books, spelling tests, and mad minutes will come home on Tuesday

-Our Willy Wonka performance is on THURSDAY! I am looking forward to seeing everyone there! It will be a great show! PLEASE practice the songs over the weekend. Click HERE and scroll down until you see the Oompa Loomp songs labelled Grade 1.

-NO School on MONDAY

Here are some Easter JibJabs! Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Bunny Dance

Chicken Dance

Ms. Overdevest

Friday, April 8, 2022

Good afternoon,

This week in math we focused on fact families. We did two art projects-ask your child about them! In science we started talking about materials we use to build things-asl you child what some materials are. Next week we will build!

In writing, we focused on story writing. Our goal by the end of grade 1 is to write a simple story with a beginning, middle, and end. with details. We are excited to get our creativity flowing!

On Monday, I will send home spelling tests and mad minutes from the past two weeks so that you can see where your child is at.

Kid Quotes:

I liked singing on the risers -Hasset

I liked technology in options -Mirza

We had tech time. We went to the learning commons. -Adhyaan

We did our mad minutes. -Sahini

We did flower art. -Nisha

Reminders:

FUN LUNCH is on THURSDAY

Candy Sales

We will be selling a variety of 'Willy Wonka Candy' this week for $1. If you would like to purchase, please send $1 with your child on Wednesday or Thursday. ALL candy purchased will be sent home to enjoy.

APRIL 14-Fancy Formal Easter Wear

If you celebrate Easter, please wear your fancy celebration clothes on THURSDAY, April 14.

MAY 4 CLAY FOR KIDS

On May 4, we will be having Clay for Kids come to our school as we will be working on a secret Father's Day surprise.

If your child is in Ms. Overdevest's (room 12) class we would like you to join us from 9:45 to 11:45 to help.

If your child is in Ms. Oliphant/Mrs. Porrit's (room 13) class we would like you to join us from 12:25 to 2:10 to help.

ALL volunteers must have a CBE police clearance completed in order to join us. Please call the office for details on how to do this.

MAY 16 FIELD TRIP FOR MS. OVERDEVEST AND MS. OLIPHANT/PORRIT'S CLASS

We will be going on our first field trip on May 16, 2022 to Ralph Klein Park. The students will be participating in a full-day program called Mud Between My Toes to support their learning in our Needs of Plants and Animals science unit. We are in need of 5 parent volunteers for each class to join us on our fun-filled day!

As a volunteer, you will be expected to be at the school at 8 a.m. sharp and we will arrive back at the school around 2:20 p.m. This will be a hands-on experience and we will need you to guide a small group of students during the activities. To volunteer, you must have completed your CBE police clearance. Please call the office to ask whether or not your clearance is still valid or if you need to complete one. If you are available for this date and would like to join us, please email your child's teacher.

Thank you for all of your support!

Ms. Overdevest

Volunteers Needed for Ms. Oliphant/Mrs. Porritt and Ms. Overdevest

Hello, Families of Room 12 and 13!

We have some upcoming events that we need volunteers for! Please read the messages carefully below.

MAY 4 CLAY FOR KIDS

On May 4, we will be having Clay for Kids come to our school as we will be working on a secret Father's Day surprise.

If your child is in Ms. Overdevest's (room 12) class we would like you to join us from 9:45 to 11:45 to help.

If your child is in Ms. Oliphant/Mrs. Porrit's (room 13) class we would like you to join us from 12:25 to 2:10 to help.

ALL volunteers must have a CBE police clearance completed in order to join us. Please call the office for details on how to do this.

MAY 16 FIELD TRIP FOR MS. OVERDEVEST AND MS. OLIPHANT/PORRIT'S CLASS

Thank you for all of your support!

Ms. Overdevest and Mrs. Porritt

Friday, April 1, 2022

Happy April Fool's Day!

We had an amazing first week back! This week we worked on our subtraction skills and played math games. We went outside to visit our sit spot and observe seasonal changes. See the pictures below.

In writing, we worked on answering 'Would You Rather?' quesitons. 'Would you rather be a panda or a shark?' was the question we had to answer. Talk about this with your family at home and explain your thinking.

In literacy we are working on identifying the short and long E sound. This will help us with our reading and writing!

Students took out new library books this week. If you still have an old one at home, please be sure to send it in!

We are also doing wordles! Thanks to Mrs. Porritt for teaching us how to make our own. Here is a Wordle for you! Try to solve it at home with your family.

REMINDERS

-Please send in money with ticket forms for our Willy Wonka show! Tickets are given on a first come first serve basis.

-Please make sure all homework assignments are being completed. Many of us are forgetting to do the math part of the homework.

NEW SCIENCE UNIT

In April, we will be doing our Building Things unit in Science. This is a very hands-on unit and we are in need of supplies! If you have any of the items below that you are willing to donate to our class, we would appreciate it. DO NOT buy anything, we are only asking for items that you already have at home that may be heading to your recycling bin! Please note that we will share materials brought in and build things as a class. Items sent in will not come back home.

-Cereal boxes

-Paper towel rolls

-Egg cartons

-Cleaned out yogurt/sour cream containers

-Plastic cups

-Straws

-Newspaper

-Plastic containers (like from strawberries or blueberries)

Thank you for your support!

Ms. Overdevest