Saturday, March 14, 2020

Welcome Back 1B and At Home Learning




Dear Parents,

Please find your child’s work for tomorrow. Kindly check your child has:
ü Recorded and submitted their second reading of the Raz-Kid book and that they also listened, read and answered the quiz.
ü They typed the three sentences from the word list in the comment box below.
ü They completed their writing.
ü They completed their IXL work.
ü They completed the math work.

In addition:
ü Kindly print off the writing page. We estimate each story should take 4 sides of the picture/writing pages. Kindly staple them together so that we can all read each other’s stories when school resumes.
ü Please ask us when you have any query from the math. Perhaps you could photo and email the question you have a query about.
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Today you will:
1)   Listen to, read and answer the question for one Raz-Kids book. Record as you read the book the second time.

2)  Write one sentence, question or exclamation for each of the following words in the comment box below. Today’s words are: do, are, there
       Example: can
       You can do it!
       Can I do my work now? Or
       You can always improve.

3)  Writing: Create a new character. Say what they look like, their personality and what they like to do.
You can access some sparkle words here:

   4) Do the following IXL language arts:
       Y1 Choose the synonyms
              Do the following IXL for math:
       A25 Ordinal numbers
              Go to Abcya (press grade 1 number games and then go to comparing number    values.)





Counseling, a message from Ms. Suad












Friday, March 6, 2020

What an exciting week we had in 1B! Realistic fiction, butterflies and concert practice to name a few.


Our writing muscles are growing bigger and bigger. We took our pretend characters on adventures and gave them problems to solve. Finally, there was a happy ending after all.





                  Sharing our stories was a proud moment...





In math; we measured using a long, used shapes to show fractions and solved "What's my rule" problems...


   




  
STEM was about the water cycle and the life cycle of a butterfly.
We observed a real caterpillar in class going through the stages.
What a treat to see it break the pupa open and fly away.





More fun in Mandarin.... and by the way our song is coming along nicely!




Social Studies and Peace, how can we sow the seeds to grow peace around the world? What will it take?





Thursday, February 27, 2020


All preparations are under way for the big day! Students in grade 1B are practicing to be their best on stage. Meanwhile, it's back to working on a new sort in Words Their Way.



In Math, we learned about the relationship between addition and subtraction. Three numbers can be associated with any domino-the number of dots on each half of the domino and the total number of dots. These three numbers in turn are used to generate a fact family, consisting of two addition and two subtraction facts.





In STEM, we explored the phases of the moon and learned that the new moon is not visible and dark, whereas the full moon shines like a globe and is big and round! 





Friday, February 7, 2020

Amazing Fitness Week !


The past week at MLS was all about healthy bodies and healthy minds. We started each day with a special activity that set the tone for the whole day.









 We practiced our poem for the big day!

                                         

We started a new sort and completed all the activities that go with it.....


                                

In Math, we compared weight of different animal and learned to use relation symbols, < > =
                               

                                   




Finally, some quiet reading time in the library....
                                        

Friday, January 31, 2020

Writing Reviews

Review writers have a big job to do. They go watch movies, eat at restaurants, play games and read books too. After that they write their opinion about them and even try to convince us.
Students in 1B are learning how to write reviews. They plan, write, give reasons and examples to be more convincing. 

I look forward to their completed pieces reviewing; a hotel in Paris, a trip to the Maldives, best pizza in Riyadh, a motorcycle show in Dubai, also comparing two fast food restaurants to name a few!!





In Words Their Way, we started a new sort and recognized the spelling pattern.





In Math, we explored balance using a pan balance..





In STEM, we learned that a parachute uses air resistance and wrote about it.




Ms. Cherry taught us a Mandarin song, it was not EASY!!!



Friday, January 24, 2020

Welcome Back

A big welcome back to all parents and students. We had an exciting first week sharing highlights of our winter break and also catching up on skills taught in Literacy, Math, STEM and Social studies.



We have missed reading independently...



As partners......



Also in threes.....




We learned a new skill! How to find answers to the comprehension questions by searching and finding evidence in the text.




In STEM, we learned that soap bubbles helps use determine the direction of the wind now that we know the four cardinal directions!



In social studies, maps help us locate things and places. We started 
drawing a map of our playground adding a KEY.