Week of Feb. 6 in Grade 1

2022-02-06T20:07:35-04:00February 6th, 2022|

Dear Parents, It was wonderful to be together in class again last week. Students will do last week's spelling test tomorrow. The will come home with a new list today and we will have that test on Monday, Feb. 14 to allow student adequate time to prepare (this does not apply to ESL students). [...]

Week of Jan. 31 in Grade 1

2022-01-30T14:12:59-04:00January 30th, 2022|

Dear Parents, Thank you again for your commitment and flexibility with online learning. I am so excited to be heading back to school with our sweet class. Your children are such a joy. Students can view a video post in Seesaw made on Friday to see how the class is set up and get [...]

Week of Jan. 24 in Grade 1 online.

2022-01-23T14:58:44-04:00January 23rd, 2022|

Dear Parents, Thank you for another great week. Please note the following for the week ahead: Zoom Calls We will have 2 zoom calls this week. One on Tuesday at 1:00 and one on Thursday at 1:00. These are optional as we realize some parents can't fit this in to their work schedule. Wellness [...]

Online Learning in Grade 1, Week of Jan. 17

2022-01-14T14:59:47-04:00January 14th, 2022|

Dear Parents, Thank you for another successful week of online learning. The perseverance, grit, and determination  shown by our students and parents is amazing. Zoom call: This week we will have a class zoom call to give us a chance to see our classmates and hear what they have been doing. This is an [...]

Grade 1 Online Learning for the week of Jan. 10, 2022

2022-01-09T15:07:51-04:00January 9th, 2022|

Dear Parents, Thank you so much for your hard work helping students adjust to online learning. I realize it is challenging for many families. I appreciate you! We've had excellent student participation. I've worked hard to try and make activities as student-friendly as possible in the hopes that they can complete most of it [...]

Last School Week of 2021 in Grade 1

2021-12-10T20:17:37-04:00December 10th, 2021|

Dear Parents, It’s been another busy and wonderful week. This week there are a lot of fun theme days and activities going on as we celebrate Christmas. Please see the list of theme days below. These are just optional fun days and are not meant to add to the financial pressure that this season [...]

Week of Dec. 6th in Grade 1

2021-12-05T18:34:15-04:00December 5th, 2021|

Dear Parents, We are down to two weeks of school left until Christmas break! You can feel student’s excitement in our halls as Christmas draws nearer. Our class had a blast last week as we learned about hockey as one of the symbols we celebrate in Canada. We watched some game highlights from a [...]

Week of Nov. 29 in Grade 1

2021-11-28T18:59:53-04:00November 28th, 2021|

Dear Parents, This week we will be learning about the 8-addition family, place value concepts, cutting shapes into fractions, telling time to the hour, identifying root words and suffixes, many new phonics special sounds, and one of Canada’s national sports: hockey. Homework: Students were sent home with a penmanship page, sight words page, and [...]

Week of Nov. 22 in Grade 1

2021-11-21T16:02:07-04:00November 21st, 2021|

Dear Parents, Thank you very much for helping with our Christmas concert by providing black clothes for your children. We look forward to seeing it online in the future. A huge thank you for all the shoe boxes brought in with supplies for children in need. Thanks to the generosity of GCS families, we [...]

Week of Nov. 16 in Grade 1

2021-11-14T15:12:00-04:00November 14th, 2021|

November is flying by! This week student will be practicing and recording their online Christmas Concert. Please take note of many important dates and events below. Homework: the homework your child received last week is due this Monday. Students will be sent home with one sight words page and one penmanship page to complete [...]

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