Fabulous First Graders

 This week was so much fun!  We are having a lot of fun getting to know the students and building our communities.   We have been exploring the idea of community and how we fit in our own worlds.  We talked about how communities can look different, and that they can be all sizes as well.  This week we have started looking at ourselves, and what is important about us.  Next we will move to looking at our families. In math we have been looking at patterns using colours and shapes.  We have also been looking at different ways of representing a number, such as drawing a picture, tally marks, writing the number, and some students have even been able to write an addition sentence.  We have used finger painting to represent numbers up to ten. This week we traced our bodies on a large piece of paper, and learned how to cut out a heart to glue into the center of our traced bodies.  We are using these masterpieces to explore different things about ourselves and who we are. For Literacy we have b

 Hello Fabulous First Graders and families, welcome to our blog! This is a space that we will share what we are doing in class, as well as some fun pictures from our learning adventure. Here is the grade 1 teaching team, Ms. McGill and Ms. Secord. Please read below to learn a little more about us! Ms. McGill: Hello!  My name is Ms. McGill and I am so excited for everything that is to come this year.  It might look a little different from Kindergarten, but that is okay!  A little bit about me: I am an auntie to a super cute baby, and have a fluffy white dog named Kasper.  I look forward to learning with and from all of you and your curious, hard working minds.  Here's to a year of adventure and discovery! Ms. Secord: Hi, My name is Ms. Secord.  I have been working as a teacher with the Calgary Board of Education for 9 years.  I have taught grade 1, 2, 3, and 4, and I love working with kids of all ages.  I have a daughter who is 14, and 2 dogs that I talk about all the time!  I love