Grade 1 

Teachers

Grade One Teachers for 2021 are:
1C - Paris Craig; ​1OD - Karlee O'Donnell; 1P - Brett Pattison; ​1G/N - Mandy Gladman & Zoe Needham 

Welcome to Term 3!

Disco

Fairy Tale Parade

Mothers Day Morning 

Remote Learning - Term 3  Week 2

Remote Learning - Term 3 Week 3

Reading

Along with student independent reading goals that will be stapled into student diaries, we will be focussing on the following  reading strategies in Grade 1:
  • Skippy the Frog
  • Iggy the Iguana
  • Pinky the Flamingo
  • Scoop the Pelican
  • Chunky Monkey
  • Flippy Dolphin
  • Digger the Dog
  • Fix Up Bear
  • Skippy Frog
  • Auto the Octopus

The ARROW Program will be running three days a week offering further support to our reading program.

Daily Home reading

Students are required to read 5 times a week at home and parents need to sign their yellow reader diaries each night. To support you child's reading goal you can ask them questions about their book - who, what, when, where, why, and how?

Writing

In Writing we will continue to teach the students to write on dotted thirds. Any practise with writing on dotted thirds focussing on correct letter formation would be great. We will continue to send home some practice sheets for students that need additional support with letters on which they have already focussed.
We will also learn to write information reports about Australian animals and mini beasts.

Numeracy 

We will be learning about:
  • addition and subtraction
  • representing data
  • skip counting
  • comparing mass and capacity
  • classifying 3D shapes
  • sharing
At home:
Continue to work on number facts to 10.
Identify number patterns in everyday life e.g. counting different objects by 2s, 5s & 10s.
If you are shopping talking about money. Recognising the value of coins and notes especially the difference between dollars and cents.
Any measuring activities that are happening e.g. when at the sandpit, how many spoons to fill a cup or how many cups to fill the bucket?
Estimating- counting and length.
Talk about the time shown on analogue and digital clocks.
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Some awesome sites that provide interactive learning games that children can use to practise their basic number facts are:
Smash Maths -  https://www.smashmaths.com.au/  
abcya -  https://www.abcya.com/grades/1 
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Topic Studies

Share Time 
We will be briefly studying the Olympic Games during weeks 1 to 4.
This will be followed by a unit on Push and Pull, which includes an excursion to Earth Ed in Ballarat during Week 7.
 Share time is the chance for students to show or tell about special topics. 

Spelling

Communication
Students are able to log onto Sound Waves http://www.soundwaveskids.com.au/ with the password mess585 and practise their weekly lists.
​Spelling booklets for Group A, B & C students are attached below. These booklets include additional spelling activities that students might like to do when practising their weekly spelling words . 
Class Dojo​ is one of our major communication methods  between Teachers and parent/carers. Please check your child’s Class Dojo page regularly for any updates. Other updates can be found in our weekly school newsletter, specifically in our Junior Jargon section. 
Group A
GROUP B
GROUP C