Friday, March 29, 2013

Happy Easter

Have a Safe and Happy Easter Holiday!  - Miss. C...

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Shape puzzles with tangrams

As we have been exploring shapes and their attributes we created tangram puzzles. Using the outline of larger 2-dimensional figures students had to fill them in using smaller shapes. I tried to encourage students to see if they can come up with various combinations by not using the same shape as the outline. For example, if the outline was a triangle I asked students if they could fill it with squares or another shape.  Using...

Hunting for Prepositions

A fun and popular activity to do with kids during spring time is always an Easter Egg hunt! This is a great game to review or practice prepositions such as: over, under, above, below, in front of, behind, inside, outside, beside, between, along etc. If you are in Ontario this meets the grade 1 curriculum expectations for math under: Location and Movement.   First have the students practice the prepositions by repeating the word after the...

Friday, March 15, 2013

Fun with Geometry websites

Hello Grade 1's!  Today we will be reviewing some of the things we have been learning about Geometry by exploring some websites.  Click on the image above to link to si...