Any guess what skill my daughter is learning at school?? GECDSB PR Teachers are helping even our youngest students to succeed Ecole Bellewood Wow! This continued for our entire bedtime story! #proudmama

Our student teacher Ms A will be missed! She is hard to spot as students rushed to say “See you again soon!”. Ford City Falcons we welcome and cherish everyone who steps through our doors!

When you receive a new book stand and load it with decodables, you spark interest and curiosity. Make it accessible, attainable and interesting…and they will come! Ford City Falcons GECDSB PR

This is what your reading centre looks like when you add new, more challenging, decodable books! Engaged students testing their new learned skills. I took a moment and enjoyed the view 🎉 Ford City Falcons GECDSB PR

Today 1D played Mystery Sentence using only letter sounds to guess. If the sound is not in the word I added a part to a snowman. They had to guess the sentence before I built the snowman! Great twist on an old classic! GECDSB PR Ford City Falcons

Ready to start our new Science/Literacy unit after March Break. Guiding questions, key science words and new vibrant words to be explored! Thanks to Yvette Lehman & cindy loop snyder Stay tuned to see where the Grade 1s Ford City Falcons take their learning. GECDSB PR

1D is loving UFLI and the new skills they are learning. This week we are focussing on the double letter rule after a short vowel. Our word work had students encoding words like sniff, fizz and loss. GECDSB PR Ford City Falcons

Word Mapping Tool - Possibly the best thing ‘borrowed’ online! ⁦GECDSB PR⁩ ⁦Ford City Falcons⁩ Don’t know how to map it? Search it! phonicsandstuff.com/word-mapping

1 D has been learning about different types of energy - wind, electrical, gas etc. Today we built paper boats and sailed them in puddles with a little help from the wind! GECDSB PR Ford City Falcons

My heart ❤️ smiled today when a student made her classmates each a gift to celebrate her own birthday! A small cup of wildflowers to help our bees. “From seeds of kindness love grows.” GECDSB PR Ford City Falcons

How are we successful in 1D? Support, support, support. Three small groups running and so much learning happening! GECDSB PR Ford City Falcons

These faces say it all - pride, excitement, confidence and pure joy! This is what staff do for kiddos during their breaks. Thank you Ford City Falcons for lighting a spark in our students with extracurriculars like choir. This made my heart sing!! GECDSB PR @mrsbrittnguyen

What a WONDERFUL time spent at STEAM night Ecole Bellewood . From robots to slime, painting to bubbles…oh and some cotton candy to keep us moving and grooving!

Grade 1s loving Camp Day! Songs, s’mores, flashlight reading by the campfire! GECDSB PR Ford City Falcons @mrsbrittnguyen

We start every day with our mantra. We do this to help students gain confidence, build a growth mindset and truly believe in themselves. Our words echoed louder in the halls on Orange Shirt Day #everychildmatters Ford City Falcons GECDSB PR

Teamwork makes the dream work. They love their jobs and they take pride in keeping our classroom clean and ready for learning. GECDSB PR Ford City Falcons

Happy 50th Day of school! GECDSB PR Ford City Falcons

These grade 1s are rocking their writing thanks to UFlI and their love of learning. 🥰 Ford City Falcons GECDSB PR

We have been trying out some new ways to practice our new skills every week. We loved the online UFLI games and adding cars to our Roll and Read! Small group fun. Ford City Falcons GECDSB PR

When it’s your first time rocking your UFLI encoding test, you get a visit to the office to celebrate! Ford City Falcons GECDSB PR @MelindaHinch