October 20

Another fabulous day with the leaders of team 73.  This morning we had 2 rounds of Daily 5.  After Daily 5 we moved onto Writer's Workshop.  We finished up our poems that we will have out for display at the Student Led Learning Walks. Here is some important information about the SLLW.

Student Led Learning Walks offer you and your child(ren) an opportunity to glimpse a snapshot of what “writing to communicate and represent” looks like at every grade level across Cranston School with your child as the guide.

 

Families whose last names begin with A – L  attend on Wed. Oct. 21/15

Families whose last names begin with M – Z attend on  Thu. Oct. 22/15

*While there will be teachers from every grade level present both evenings, not every teacher will be present both evenings. All student work will be on display both evenings.

 

**If there are families who are getting family photos done on Thursday whose last name begins with A-L, you can choose to come whichever night works best 

This morning we also did our making words activity and we focused on the following word families: as, ash and ark.

After lunch we did calendar activities.  We are really working on understanding how a calendar works.  We are identifying days that are a week from now or were a week ago.  Any extra help at home would be greatly appreciated. 

Today we reviewed all the math games we have learned since the beginning of the year.  Tomorrow we will be talking about strategies for adding one and two more.

We had a visit from Constable Mattice this afternoon. She talked about emotions and strategies for staying safe and calm.  

I am hoping to have Hawk the Calgary Police therapy dog come to our classroom.  I am going to write a proposal as to why I think this is a good idea.  We are super excited or this possibility.  How doesn't love this dog???

We went to gym and we played Evolution Tag.  It sounds like they had a lot of fun.

At the end of the day I had out school pictures.  Orders are due October 28 if you are interested.

Tomorrow is Fun Lunch from Boston Pizza.

Question of the day:  What is one strategy you think would be helpful when someone needs to calm their body?