Procedural Writing: How to Make a Cootie Catcher

We launched our Procedural Writing unit through following a written procedure on "How to make a Cootie Catcher". After completing our cootie catchers using the written procedure, we rewrote the steps using easy to follow, step by step instructions and photographs of the process.

Today we used our written procedure to teach Ms. Zarina's Grade 1 class how to make their own cootie catchers! 

Follow our steps to try to make your own! 

How to Make a Cootie Catcher

By: Room 109

Step 1  If it's a rectangle paper, fold it until the two sides meet and cut the remaining rectangle off.

Step 2 Colour your square only on one side with pencil crayon or crayon.

Step 3 Fold the paper in half with the coloured side in.

Step 4

Open your paper and fold it in the other direction. You should see an x on your paper.

Step 5

Fold the four corners into the middle of the paper. You will make a small square.

Step 6

You will flip it over and fold the four corners into the middle again.

Step 7

Fold it in half one way and then fold it in half the other way again.

Step 8

You can write the colours on the four squares on one side of the square.

You can write numbers on the triangles on the other side of the square.

Step 9

Write fortunes on the inside of the flaps.

Step 10

Put your finger and thumb in the bottom holes of the square.

You are done your cootie catcher!

Liquids and Solids Scavenger Hunt

We have begun our unit on Liquids and Solids in Science. Today we went on a scavenger hunt outside and around our classroom to look for solids and liquids.

Click the link below to see what we discovered.

January Learning Goals

January Learning Goals

Language:

• identify several reading comprehension strategies and use them before, during, and after reading to understand texts (e.g., activate prior knowledge to ask questions or make predictions about the topic or story)
• sort ideas and information for their writing in a variety of ways, with support and direction (e.g., by using simple graphic organizers such as webs or a Venn diagram)
• sort ideas and information for their writing in a variety of ways, with support and direction
• gather information to support ideas for writing in a variety of ways and/or from a variety of sources
• write short texts using a few simple forms

Please click below to read the rest of our learning goals this month!