Grade 1 – Sharing stories from our lives

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We have been working on finding and sharing stories from our lives. We have been focusing on:

  • Finding a story in our lives
  • Starting with a title to tell our reader what our story is about
  • Making all sentences belong
  • Zooming in on a moment (Who? Where? How? What) to stretch a small event into a story
  • Showing our feelings by using talking, !, or feeling words, to show the reader how you are feeling through actions

We have also been focusing on experimenting with punctuation and using upper and lowercase letters in our writing.

Below, Ewan has chosen a story from his journal that he is most proud of.

Ewan’s Reflection:

I am proud of my drawings because they are good. I did good writing.

I want to get better at writing words. I am good at reading words, I am not good at writing words.

Grade 1 – I can create a math story for others to explore

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We have been exploring different ways to model mathematical stories. Using different objects, students have explored strategies to make sense of, represent, and solve various problems. We have also been practicing documenting our thinking on paper and sharing our thinking with one another to help build on each others understandings. As part of our exploration of math stories, students came up with a story of their own to share with peers. Below, is the math story that Ewan created.

Grade 1 – School Wide Write – What makes a good friend?

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We recently took part in a school wide write. Through story and discussion, we explored the questions what makes a good friend? Students then engaged in the writing process, including planning and writing to share their ideas around friendship.