Grade 1 - How the world works

Hello!

We had a lot of fun in this unit. We started from looking back at old technology and even trying to use it in the classroom such as old phones compared to our new shiny ones. 

We had a lot of fun during this theme, learning how technology impacts our society and digging in what would happen in a world without technology? We also connected this theme with various feelings and focused mainly on our worries. We also learned that we all have different feelings. We expressed those feelings on paper, shared them with friends, and then came up with a solution to that certain problem. We also worked together and became a stronger and more mindful grade 1. We started having great days almost everyday!  

UOI - Unit of Inquiry

Last week we worked on our summative assessment for the unit. We planned and designed our inventions by using a variety of materials from home. We had a lot of fun researching and learning what would work best and spent lots of time thinking which invention would help people the most. To do so we need to learn how our learning cycle works. This week we practiced our presentations and tried to explained the cycle to you during our conferences. They practiced so hard and even made memos to remember what to say. Hope you enjoyed it!

Part 1 - Beginning and planning

Part 2 - Execution and collaboration

Part 3 - Getting things together and practice our presentation

Math

In math, we learned how to collect data and how to represent it. We had a lot of fun doing this since we were able to go home and collect data on things that we own. We had the opportunity to not only use what we have learned during our math lessons but also become risk-takers and talk with our friends and graph our collected data in our notebooks.

English

In English, we read familiar stories and worked in pairs to carry out a role play based on our perceptions of the story. We came up with our own ending, and inserted a few characters we thought would make the story more interesting. We made original stories and shared them with the entire class.

Japanese day

We also had a very special day during our Japanese day. We started the day dancing Soran Bushi and then later on we went to the 10F to enjoy some Japanese games and even a traditional Japanese dance!