Mrs. Malik Grade 1 Agenda: April 2014

Wednesday 30 April 2014

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Insects
Review insects! We learned that insects have three parts. The head, thorax, and abdomen. The head has the eyes, mouth and antennae, the legs are attached to the thorax, and the abdomen is where the insect digests its food.

Many insect use their antennae for three main things: please ask your child what they're used for!

Please ask your child: What are the three body parts of an insect? How many legs do insects have? What kind of eyes do insects have? Here is a hint

Students are encouraged to research insects and bugs over the next few weeks to assist them in our learning at school! Here are some resources students can access.

www.brainpopjr.com (vistaheights, brainpop)

https://www.albertacore.ca

www.learnalberta.ca (la05, 4106)

Vocabulary Words

Please ask your child to use the following words in a sentence. If you feel that your child has already mastered these words, have them write out as many sentences as they can using each of the vocabulary words! Students have been told if they should use either list 1 or 2 based on their learning level (and grade).

List 1

1. what

2. all

3. were

4. we

5. hot

6. pot

7. not

8. lot

List 2

1. name

2. good

3. sentence

4. man

5. think

6. right

7. might

8. high

9. thigh

10. flight

11. bright

Newsletter and calendar came home today. Please visit the VHS website for the full version. Please note the important dates for May:

May 6 - First day to order Pizza fun lunch (May 30th)

May 9 - Snack Sale - 50cents per tube

May 13 - School Council Meeting at 6:30 - all parents welcome!

May 15 - Family Move and Groove 630-730

May 16 - PD day no school for students

May 19 - Victoria Day - no school for students and staff

May 22 - Kindergarten assembly at 2:15

May 29 - Volunteer Celebration 2-3

May 30 - Pizza Fun Lunch

Thanks,

Mrs. Malik

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

We have been doing our "Nature Walks" to explore the signs of Spring and collecting twigs and bark for our Spring Tree. We try and make our space, "A place of wonder," where curiosity, creativity, exploration is encouraged and we celebrate our learning with excitement !

Today we went to explore our natural space around our school. Ms.Toor's class joined us and the students were excited, screaming, full of life just seeing insects, bugs and
signs of nature!.

A few pictures for you to imagine the place and go for a walk with us through our pics!