Another week of building relationships, learning through play, and exploring numbers through hands-on activities and games! Students also explored our new Flyleaf text, Ann Can, learned new high-frequency words, and strengthened their phonological and phonemic awareness skills.

Outdoor learning, literacy centers, exploring patterns, and engaging in lots of authentic writing! We captured so many special moments of our friends challenging themselves last week. Well done! @StIsabelOCSB

Today we collaborated with Mrs. Egan’s class and explored different literacy centers together. In the afternoon we had lots of fun playing with our friends during our free choice Friday block! Have a wonderful long weekend everyone! @StIsabelOCSB

Today we collaborated with Ms. Egan’s class for our first Flyleaf lesson! We explored the number 5 by showing what we know in a variety of ways, and discovered early signs of fall during our outdoor Science exploration. 🍁🍂@StIsabelOCSB

Today we began Grade 1 by focusing on what matters most-building relationships and a caring classroom community. Through play and hands-on exploration, we got to know one another & make connections. We also wrote about our favourite summer highlights! @StIsabelOCSB #ocsbFirstDay

And a new chapter begins!✨ I’m so excited to welcome my Grade 1 learners and reconnect with the wonderful St. Isabel community. Here’s to a year of curiosity, growth, kindness, and lots of smiles! @StIsabelOCSB #ocsbFirstDay

This afternoon we went outside and used our creativity skills to make our own nature potions! Ask your child what kind of potion they decided to make. @mrgrisongrade1 @StIsabelOCSB 🍂🍁

A big thank you to @MrsDorsey_ocsb for helping our friends create their first @BookCreatorApp with their peers today! @StIsabelOCSB @mrgrisongrade1

A beautiful day for gym outdoors! 🍁☀️ Thanks @mrgrisongrade1 for organizing such a fun game outside today! @StIsabelOCSB

We love literacy centers! Ss had fun challenging themselves to make @FlyleafLiteracy words w/ letter tiles & Lego. At another center, friends also worked on writing sentences using our success criteria & took turns reading familiar books to one another. Well done! @StIsabelOCSB

We are critical thinkers! Our friends love collaborating with their peers and sharing their mathematical thinking during Math centers. Ask your child which activities they like the best! @mrgrisongrade1 @StIsabelOCSB 🤍

Mrs. Ryan’s new puppy was our write on inspiration today. Check out the amazing writing our Grade 1 friends did during this activity! I wonder what they will write about “little” Wrigley next! @MeaghanRyan5 @mrgrisongrade1 @StIsabelOCSB 🐾

A beautiful morning for our Terry Fox run! @StIsabelOCSB 🤍☀️

Today we enjoyed going on a nature walk using our five senses. Ss documented their findings and collaborated together to create and extend patterns outdoors. In the afternoon, our classes enjoyed playing a round of wheel of knowledge with Mr. G!

Today we began our literacy centers! Our friends had lots of fun rotating to different learning activities. Later in the afternoon, we created our own hopscotch designs/number patterns & had a beautiful discussion about God’s creations. 🌍 @mrgrisongrade1 @StIsabelOCSB

Calming in Time. Our friends are doing a wonderful job getting calm and ready to learn! Ask your child what their favourite calming activity is! @StIsabelOCSB 🤍

We began our Math centers today! Students used their collaboration, communication and critical thinking skills to work together and share their thinking and learning with one another. Well done! @mrgrisongrade1 @StIsabelOCSB 👏🏻

Our Grade 1 friends are learning all about patterns! Today they practised making growing patterns using a variety of materials. Ss later extended their learning outdoors by drawing and creating patterns with their peers. Well done! @mrgrisongrade1 @StIsabelOCSB 🤍

Our Gr. 1 friends have been using their collaboration & critical thinking skills to create, label & extend patterns! They have also been learning about hibernation, how to write simple procedures & love having some special play time during our calming in routine! @mrgrisongrade1

We started our @FlyleafLiteracy book “I am Sam” & learned some new words together. Later in the day, we played some balancing, throwing & catching games in the gym, participated in some numeracy activities & wrote about ways we can be Good Samaritans in our learning journals. 🤍