October 21 to October 25

Here Comes Another Great Week In Grade One

Monday October 21st  Library.      (Library Day will be on Mondays for a while.)


     This week we will be looking closely at informational (non-fiction) books.  Informational  books are written to give information or explain things.  They have special features besides writing to help the reader understand the information. 

 

Features You May Find in Informational Books	Purpose of the Feature
Table of Contents	Is right at the front of the book.  It helps you find the chapters.
Photographs	Help the reader understand exactly what something looks like.
Captions	Notes that tell you what is going on in the photograph.
Headings	The large bold word at the top of the page.  They tell you what the page is going to be about.
Glossary	Located at the back of the book. Explains the meaning of important words from the book.
Maps	Help the reader understand where things are in the world.
Different types of print (Bold or Italics)	Help the reader by signaling, “Look at me!  I’m important!”
Close-Ups	Help the reader see details in something small.
Index	Located at the back of the book.  An alphabetical list of almost everything covered in the book, with page numbers.
Labels	Help the reader identify a picture or photograph and/or its parts.
Diagrams     Charts	Pictures with labels that point to different parts of the picture.   Compares things.

At home read some informational books together and see if you can find some of these features.

 

 

Happy reading!!!!!

 

Last Week in Grade One

 

We enjoyed our pizza party on Friday. Thank you to the Town of Collingwood.

We had 2 children finish their reading logs this week. Well done!

Keep reading at home!

Our Newstelling was a HUGE success. The children did a great job using their plans to present. We loved the photos and articles that were shared to go along with the Newstelling. We saw deer antler, teddy bears, and we even had a chance to eat some rice pudding. I will send home the results by the end of the week. How wonderful to have such great home support!!!!

In Math we have been working on patterning.  The students really enjoyed this game.

Super Hero Patterning Game