Dear Parents,
Welcome to our first week of grade 1! We have been very busy learning daily routines and expectations of our classroom. Throughout the year we will be creating a community with the underlying theme of kindness and taking care of ourselves, each other, and our place.
Please remember that being with other children all day, interacting, playing, and learning all day every day is exhausting. Your child may be more hungry or tired than usual at the end of the day. Please remember to pack a sizable snack for our morning snack time and lunch as well. All this learning makes us hungry!
I look forward to getting to know your child, working with them, and watching them grow! Grade one is an exciting year!
Found Art Museum
This week, we took our learning outside and enjoyed some treed spaces surrounding our school playground. After viewing a few short videos about the artist Andy Goldworthy, students set out to find, gather, and create with natural materials. Many creations contained patterns using sticks, leaves, and pinecones, while other creations illustrated images. Students viewed each other's creations and shared their own creations.
Learning Intentions
Share experiences, ideas, and information
Contribute to discussions as a listener and speaker
Art takes different forms depending on the materials
Make two- and three-dimensional assemblages from found materials
Guiding Inquiry
This year our grade classes have the opportunity to attend City Hall School for a week-long immersive experience in downtown Calgary in May. More information about this experience will follow soon. This week we began our year-long inquiry by looking at the question, “How do the stories of the Blackfoot People influence our community identity?” Students viewed and participated in a land acknowledgment thanking the original caregivers of the land in and around Calgary. Students had the opportunity to express their understanding through discussion and create an illustrated reflection of where they feel connected to the land or what gifts they appreciate the most that the land gives us.
Learning Intention
Respond orally to questions during discussions.
Contribute to discussions as a listener and speaker.
Listen to and follow two-step instructions.
What connections do we have to the Aboriginal, cultures found in our communities?
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