A Look at January

JANUARY AT A GLANCE
Grade 1
LANGUAGE
Reading: Students will work on comprehension strategies, text patterns (eg. numbered steps or set of instructions), and the important ideas of texts

Writing: Students will continue writing proper sentences while writing short texts in their journals; students will also continue to proofread, revise, produce drafts and then publish their works

Grammar: Students will use all of the grammatical conventions learned in this term (eg. verbs, nouns, personal pronouns)

MATH
Geometry: Students will learn to identify and describe 3D Shapes

Number Sense: Students will work in their math centers to represent, compare, and order whole numbers to 50 using a variety of tools and contexts

SCIENCE
Energy: Students will finish their Science unit on Energy, where they will investigate how different types of energy are used in their daily lives

SOCIAL STUDIES
We will be discussing respectful behaviour that they can practice in their everyday lives and/or that other people practice.

Grade 2
LANGUAGE
Reading: Students will learn to identify and describe the characteristics of a few simple text forms (eg. plot, setting, etc.)

Writing: Students will continue writing short narratives in their journals; students will also determine the purpose and audience of their writing, and continue working on proofreading/revising/producing drafts/publishing their works

Grammar: Students will learn about simple prepositions of place and time (eg. under, with, before, after, etc.)

MATH
Place Value: We will continue working on place value, and representing 2 digit numbers using base 10 blocks

Addition and Subtraction WITHOUT and WITH Regrouping: We will continue subtraction of double digit numbers without regrouping, and introduce RE-GROUPING as well.

Math Centers: We will continue working on areas of DATA MANAGEMENT (Graphing), Symmetry, and Measurement, as well as other Number Sense activities in our new math centers starting this week.

SCIENCE
Matter: We will finish up our unit on matter, where we are learning about solids, liquids, and gasses.
Structures: We will begin our unit on structures, where we will design, build, and test a structure.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Students will learn about the world, and how it is made up of countries, continents, and regions.  They will also learn about how communities meet their needs, and the needs of others who live in different climates.