Kenneth D. Taylor - Grade 1 - Ms. Moore

Dear Parents and Guardians, Unfortunately I am away for the time being due to an injury coupled with illness. I am hoping to be back within the next couple of days however I am not certain of my exact date of return. I am checking my email regularly still so if there is anything I need to know in the time being, please email me and I will pass it on to Mrs. Witczak. Here is the blog post from Friday.   Wow! Mrs. Witczak and I are extremely impressed and proud of our students! They were amazing at our assembly today😀😍   Below are some of the learning activities we completed this week. During literacy centres, we started a new and exciting research project! The students are using PebbleGo to learn about Painted Lady Butterflies. Through their research, they are learning to categorize information and create "jot notes." Ask your child to tell you why we picked Painted Lady Butterflies to study.  We also learned about the sound that "ai" and "ay...

Dear parents and guardians, Sorry for the long delay in putting up a new post. This time of year is very busy! As always, our students have had many awesome learning experiences in the last couple of weeks. In language arts, we... - worked on our journals (students should be able to ... write 8-10 sentences, edit for proper use of periods and capitals, spell their sight words correctly, add description instead of just listing events, and use juicy descriptive words). - continued our literacy centres (read with me, buddy read, phonics books, reading comprehension pages, iPads and writing). The students are always excited for literacy centres and are showing a love of reading already. A love for reading is SO important! - wrote our letters to home. At this point in time, you should be seeing your child attempt all of the things that are listed under expectations for journal writing. - finished our second class chapter book called "Tigers at Twilight". Ask your child abo...

Dear parents and guardians, Another busy week of learning! On Monday we wrote in our journals. We continue to focus on spelling sight words correctly, adding details to our sentences, using punctuation, capitals and lowercase letter correctly, and using juicy descriptive words. The students are also expected to edit their work for the above things before showing a teacher. We continued to discuss the book "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" and even created our own stories! The students were challenged to be creative with their stories and use animals, items and events that were not used in the original story. Ask your child what their story was about! We have continued to work on our sight words. It is so exciting to see the students learning so many words and moving onto the second hundred list of words! Please continue to ask comprehension questions when doing home reading with your child to ensure their understanding of the story. Have the children tell you in their ...