Grade 1 Mrs Fell/Mrs Watson MTS

Feb. 23-26 Looking Back: In UFLI this week, we began talking about consonant digraphs. These are when two consonants come together to make one sound. We learned two digraphs this week: /-th/ voiced (as in this) and unvoiced (as in thumb and bath). We practiced reading and writing words containing these new sounds. We also learned 3 new heart words this week: they, their, and were. Check your child’s UFLI folder for the two new decodable passages and some practice sentences with our new sounds!  On Wednesday this week, it was Pink Shirt Day! We talked about different ways we could be kind to ourselves, to others, and to our land. In Math, students continued to gain familiarity with adding 2 numbers together through modelled practice, lessons, games, and seatwork.  We also celebrated day 90, and Zero the Hero visited us for a special activity. Looking Ahead: 100th Day Celebration - Beginning the week of March 9th In Math, we have been counting down to the 100th day of school!...

  Feb.17th - 20th Looking Back: Happy Lunar New Year Feb.17th was the first day of Lunar New Year! We learned about some of the traditions connected to this celebration, such as passing out red envelopes, cleaning your house, eating lucky foods (such as oranges) and watching dragon dances. We learned that the animal for 2026 is a fire horse. We did a fun directed drawing for Lunar New Year!  In UFLI this week we began talking about consonant digraphs. These are when two consonants come together to make one sound. We learned two digraphs this week: /-ck/ and /sh/. We learned that /-ck/ comes at the end of a word (ex. duck, quack etc.) but /sh/ can be at the beginning or end of a word. (Ex. brush, shell). We practiced reading and writing words containing these new sounds. We also learned 4 new heart words this week: says, goes, she, we. Check your child’s UFLI folder for the two new decodable passages and some practice sentences with our new sounds!  *Students have brought ...

  February. 2nd - 6th  Looking Back: Happy February  Our first day back this week was Groundhog Day! We made some predictions about the groundhog and wrote a sentence to guess if he would see his shadow! Turns out Balzac Billy calls for 6 more weeks of winter!  This week in our UFLI lessons we did a short vowel review. We practiced reading longer words with blends at the beginning and at the end!  We also learned about the FLSZ spelling rule, which we also call the “floss rule”. This is a rule that applies to one syllable words, where if the last sound is a F, L, S, or Z, and the vowel that comes before it has a short vowel sound, then the last letter is doubled. (ie. Je ff wi ll pa ss Bu zz .) Students have brought home two new decodables and a Roll & Read game to practice our new rule. *Students in Mrs. Fell’s class will get their Roll & Read next week.  In math we reviewed and practiced different strategies for adding numbers together. We learned...