Report Cards Are Coming!

Report cards will be coming home on Friday November 14th. There are some big changes you will notice between a Kindergarten report card and a Grade One report card. If you haven’t seen a Grade 1 report card, they are divided into sections. The first being Personal Growth, and then into separate subject areas. The grading scheme is different than kindergarten, and is as follows:

For Personal Growth & Effort:

V- Very Good

A- Acceptable

N- Needs improvement

For Subject Areas:

4 Excellent achievement of grade level expectations

3  Meeting grade level expectations

2 Approaching grade level expectations

1 Not meeting grade level expectations

You’ll notice that the two major areas on the report card are Language Arts and Math strands. Please keep in mind that the expectations in these subject areas change throughout the year- for example the reading level goal for June is much higher than the reading level goal in November. In Science and Social, we focus on different units throughout all reporting periods.  You will also notice the term N/A on  report cards which simply means not assessed at this time.  This is because we are still too early in the year to assess some skills.

 It’s quite the step up from half day to full day school, and each and every day we focus on things like  how to be part of our classroom "team" and  work together! All kids are learning how to be friends that support one another and solve problems.  We are helping them develop into responsible students who can make good choices for themselves in years to come.  Thanks for all you do at home to reinforce these skills!

Hi everyone!

Thanks for checking the blog on this beautiful Autumn day!  Our school calendar is starting to fill up so please make sure that if you have any questions about what’s going on, just ask your Grade 1 Teacher!

Here’s the news for the next few weeks:

The Grade 1 team is looking for donations of a few pairs of pants!  If you have any stretchy/ elastic waist sweat pants that your child doesn’t wear anymore, we would be happy to take them off your hands! This is in case students have accidents at school, and they need a change of clothes. 

We have been doing sight word check ins and wow!  They are really coming along!  Keep up the great work with practicing at home! Many students have shared how they have flashcards at home, and are playing memory or match games which is AWESOME!  We will continue to add new sight words per week, and will practice with them in class.  Thank you for your help with this!

A reminder that next week the students will be dismissed at 11:45 on Thursday, October 23^rd, and that there is no school on Friday October 24^th.  Please make sure you have arrangements for your students, especially on the Thursday as it’s an irregular dismissal time!

The Grade 1 Book Mobile club is meeting on Mondays right after school.  In the past, some students have kept their library card in a freezer sized Ziplock bag, and then they can use that bag for their book mobile books as well.  Please email Nicole.baker@lethsd.ab.ca if you have any questions about this club!

It has been so impressive seeing the boxes and boxes of food being donated to the Lethbridge Food Bank for our Feed the Bug Campaign!  The discussions that we’ve been having in class are so valuable, and it’s wonderful to see so many students being involved in such an important service project.  We are overwhelmed with the support we have received from families in donations-  Thank you thank you! Let’s keep Feeding The Bug up until the 22^nd of October! We will have a spirit assembly in the courtyard at 12:30 on that day, and all the students are invited to wear Blue and Gold for this day.

Well, the most exciting day of the October calendar is coming up- Halloween! Students have been counting down for a long time, and we will be starting to prepare them with some Halloween activities in class.  On Friday, October 31^st, students are invited to wear their costumes for our School Parade, which will begin around 8:45am.  Parents are invited to line the halls if they wish to come and watch as we parade around the school. 

As this day often brings lots of excitement (and in order for it to run smoothly), please have your student already wearing their costume when they get to school, as teachers won’t have time before the parade to help everyone.  As per usual school policy, we ask that any weapons or full-faced masks not be worn to school. If your child’s costume is particularly gory or scary, we ask that they not wear it to school.  If you signed up at the beginning of the year to bring snacks for Halloween, your classroom teacher will be contacting you. 

I think that’s it for now! Have a wonderful weekend

Your Grade 1 Teachers

Here  are some dates to mark your calendars with:

Tuesday October 21^st- Picture Retake Day and Grade 1-3 Hot lunch

Wednesday October 22^nd- Grades 4-5 Hot Lunch and Spirit Assembly @ 12:30, wear blue and gold!

Thursday October 23^rd- Students dismissed at 11:45

Friday October 24^th- PL Day

Friday October 31^st- Halloween celebrations

Monday November 10^th- Remembrance Day Break, no school

Tuesday November 11^th- Remembrance Day

Friday November 14^th- Report Cards sent home

Thursday November 20^th and 21^st- Parent/ Teacher interviews

Bookmobile Club for Grade 1s

Please keep an eye out for a permission form coming home regarding the Book Mobile Club!  If you have any questions after reading the form, please contact Mrs. Baker at nicole.baker@lethsd.ab.ca

This club is starting at perfect timing as the Grade 1s are heading to the Crossings Branch Library soon!  Please make sure your child is dressed properly for the weather for the field trip.

Thank you!