Word of the Month - CARING and EMPATHY

Our words of the month for December are CARING and EMPATHY. 

As a class, we brainstormed the answers to 'How can I be CARING?' and 'How can I show EMPATHY?'  Below are some of the ideas that the students came up with.

We watched a few short videos about empathy - and how it is important to understand how other people feel. It is important to be kind to others, especially other students.

To practice at home: Ask your child to tell you the ways that they can show empathy and be caring in their lives.

Spelling Words - This Week

Due to the short week before the holiday (school ends at 9:30 on Wednesday for all students in Grade 1) there will be NO sight words for this week.

The spelling test will be done on Monday, January 11th - once the students come back from Winter Break.

Spelling Words
bad, can, hat, bat, ran, yam, back, sack, pass, add

To practice at home: Please study with your children!     

Marks in Homework Diary

Parents, I wanted to share some of the students most recent grades with you.

Today the students wrote their English exam for this semester (it was a test on grammar - nouns, verbs and adjectives). Since we do not send the exams home with the students, I wrote their mark in the Homework Diaries. The exam was out of 20. You will find it on the most recent page of the Homework Diary, written in red pen.

I also included another mark in the Homework Diaries. This is the mark from the comprehension quizzes that students do on each of the books that we read. This lesson has been about 'Gus Takes the Train'. This is a mark out of 15 and has also been written in the Homework Diaries, on the same page as the English exam mark.

Please check the Homework Diaries for more information. Just wanting to keep you all informed!

Library Tomorrow

Remember that tomorrow is Library Day for both 1C and 1N.

Students need to bring their English and their Arabic books to school so that they can return them and get new ones.

Please send your child's books to school in their bag tomorrow!

Spelling and Sight Words - This Week

Spelling Words - the test will be on Sunday, December 13th
dug, jug, mug, rug, tug, gut, bun, sub, yum, hut

Sight Words - the quiz will be on Thursday, December 10th
only, day, zoo, luggage, give, window, into, just, new, train                   

To practice at home: Please study with your children!     

Bulletin Boards - Second Quarter

Outside our classroom is our bulletin  boards where 1C and 1N can share their learning. The boards highlight a theme/topic that covered in class.

Our theme for the second quarter was based on UN Week that we had at school. In Grade 1 week focused on looking at the 'Rights of the Child'. Each student had to pick which Right of the Child (food, water, shelter, family, school) that they thought was most important. They made a small poster which shared their ideas, and they drew a picture to illustrate their choice. All of their interpretations are celebrated on the walls outside our class.

Students also worked on a writing activity about the Rights of the Child. They wrote out sentences about the things they need (food, water, shelter, family, school) to survive and how lucky they are to have all of these things.

If you did not get to see the art work and writing samples in person during GBS Parent-Teacher Conferences - then please take a look at the photos below. The boards will be changing after the winter break.

Word of the Month - RESPECT

Our word of the month for November is RESPECT.

As a class, we brainstormed the answers to 'What is Respect?', 'How can I be respectful at school?' and 'How can I show respect to others?' Below are some of the ideas that the students came up with.

To practice at home: Ask your child to tell you the ways that they can show respect.