Happy Easter

Many thanks to all the parents who helped organize our Easter parties. 

Some great memories were made, and lots of fun was had by all.

In 1A, Mrs. Bistriteanu taught everyone about
Easter customs and traditions in Romania.

Then Mrs. Bistriteanu and Mrs. Ogawa helped
us do some very fun Easter egg painting

Next, it was time to crack our eggs and eat them

We Did It! We Did It!

Congratulations Class 1A for finishing in first place (in Year 2) in the World Creative Writing Month competition. Your creativity, commitment and enthusiasm has been amazing. I really can not believe how much your writing has improved over the last twenty-four days. I am so proud of the way you represented Seisen and Japan. Well done, girls! Well done!

To check out all the amazing writing Grade 1 has produced this 

last month please visit our Night Zookeeper class blogs:

Class 1A

Class 1B

Elementary School Art Exhibition

All girls in Elementary contributed work for an Art Exhibition 

as part of Student-led Conference Day.

The work was displayed in the brand new Drama room above the new grade 6 classrooms by the North gate.


The Grand Finale Art Exhibition (in case you missed it) will be in the Gym on April 12 and will encompass Kindergarten through grade 12.

Learning to Count in Equal Groups

In Mathematics, we have been learning to count in equal groups.

We did this in many ways: putting ourselves into many groups, putting counters into equal groups, putting objects we found around the class into equal groups.

oops..can you spot the mistake in the photo above? :)

Then we worked on number stories like this: A farmer has six sheep with dirty feet. He needs to clean these dirty feet. How many dirty feet does he need to clean?

The girls used straws to show the legs and rubber bands to show one equal group.

Now look at these pictures below. 

Can you invent a number story that fits these equal groups?

Next we learned about arrays - a way of arranging objects into rows and columns. 

What is special is that they can be read both ways.

Here is a photo from our lesson. Did you learn multiplication in this way?

When we have 2 x 3 it means 2 groups of 3 and 3 groups of 2.

Ms Mai explained that in Japanese there is only one way to read 2 x 3! How about your childhood? How did you learn to read 2 x 3? Did you learn about equal groups and how to read arrays? Have a chat with your daughter about what is similar and different to how you learned multiplication.

To practice reading arrays, Class 1A created an Array City.

In grade 1, we need to learn the multiplication facts of 2, 5 and 10. Some of us have learned it already and some need some more time. You can play the songs on mathletics to learn them by heart!

We are moving onto exploring division next as well as the relationship between multiplication and division.

Exploring the Tokyo Toy Museum

On Friday, March 18, the Tokyo Toy Museum was abuzz with excitement and curiosity as our first graders embarked on their very first field trip. The students had an amazing time exploring both old and new toys and reflecting on how toys have changed over time.

 

Many thanks to all the moms who gave up their time to help chaperone

Student Led Conferences

Student Led Conferences are scheduled to take place on Monday, March 21, 2016. The students in Grade 1 are very excited to share their learning, and are working really hard to get ready. Below you will find letters, some of the Grade 1 students have written to invite their parents to take part in this unique learning experience. To see more letters, please check out our World Creative Writing Month blog: https://edu.nightzookeeper.com/class-blog/56cdad2e6cfe1903007db8fd 

Hope to see you on Monday!

Developing an Understanding of Time

To better understand Where We Are in Place and Time, the students in Grade 1 have been learning about different units of time and how to tell time on an analog clock.

The One Minute Challenge

To put the length of one minute in perspective, students predicted how many times they could complete different tasks in one minute. They then took turns timing each other to test their predictions.

Learning to Tell Time on an Analog Clock

Next, we learned how to tell time on an analog clock. The display outside 1B explains the most important steps in our learning journey.

Practice, Practice, Practice

Finally, to practice everything we learned, 

we completed a bunch of fun games and activities.

Unpacking our Gymnastics unit in 1A PE!

Central idea: Developing body control, balance, and spatial awareness while using creativity to express ourselves confidently in movements and gymnastics skills. 

Beginning with balance beam and forward rolls

Happy Girl's Day