Happy first day of Fall. Do you know what time Fall arrived? Post your answers on the blog.
We continue to work on our Daily 5 jobs. We now have 3 jobs to choose from and tomorrow I will introduce writing as a choice.
We have a Mount Royal University volunteer, Ms. Dawes, who will be in our classroom every Wednesday morning. She will be working with individual students and small groups.
This morning during writing, we finished our Peace writing project before we headed off to music.
Today was FUN LUNCH!!!
After lunch we read a story about the first day of fall and then we worked on calendar activities.
After this we worked on math. The grade ones continue to use the double ten frames to represent addition and the grade twos are working on representing double digit numbers in their math journals. Any extra practice at home with these skills would be greatly appreciated. Your child will be able to show you what we are doing at school. Ten frames can be printed off of google images.
After math we had dance and then we played a senses games. It is your child's job to play this game with their family over the next week or so.
At the end of the day we talked about Terry Fox and came up with some What if questions.
Also, student demographic and a Terry Fox fundraising sheet have been sent home.
Question of the day? Please post answers.
Do you think it is easier to hear with one or two ears? Why do you think that?
We are having some issues in the classroom with our water bottles. We have a spill every half hour or so. If possible, please please send your child to school with a leak proof water bottle.
Have a wonderful evening!
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Monday, 21 September 2015
September 21
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We did not get a chance to talk about our weekends as we were working with our Grade 3/4 buddies this morning. To celebrate International Peace Day we read a book called What does Peace Look Like. Then as a group we brainstormed all of our ideas about what peace is using our 5 senses. Then we worked with our buddies and started writing our own piece of writing about peace. At 10:30 we went outside with our pinwheels and sang some songs.
This morning we also had one round of Daily 5. This all we had time for in the morning. It was busy.
As a result of our Pinwheel Assembly we did not have music.
After lunch we worked on Calendar activities. We have also started to talk about patterning and using actions to make different patterns.
Mr. Southworth came to our class to read us a book called What If. Please ask your child what is the one thing they said about What If.... please post your answers on the blog. An example would be What if everyone in the world had enough food?
During math the grade ones are working on adding 2 numbers together using 10 frames. They are to make the first number on the top ten frame, the second number on the bottom ten frame and then move the bottom number up to the top. This helps create the concept of putting 2 groups together.
The grade 2s are working on representing double digit numbers using base 10 blocks.
At the end of the day we played a senses game caller It Looks Like.... Please ask your child about this game. After this game we did a guided drawing activity in our visual journals. We drew an eye.
We had a fire drill around 9:10 this morning. We got out quickly and did a great job even though we were in Miss Handelsman's classroom.
We have a Terry Fox Assembly tomorrow at 2:20. We will have our run on October 2.
Milk forms due on Wednesday the 23rd.
Have a wonderful evening.
This morning we also had one round of Daily 5. This all we had time for in the morning. It was busy.
As a result of our Pinwheel Assembly we did not have music.
After lunch we worked on Calendar activities. We have also started to talk about patterning and using actions to make different patterns.
Mr. Southworth came to our class to read us a book called What If. Please ask your child what is the one thing they said about What If.... please post your answers on the blog. An example would be What if everyone in the world had enough food?
During math the grade ones are working on adding 2 numbers together using 10 frames. They are to make the first number on the top ten frame, the second number on the bottom ten frame and then move the bottom number up to the top. This helps create the concept of putting 2 groups together.
The grade 2s are working on representing double digit numbers using base 10 blocks.
At the end of the day we played a senses game caller It Looks Like.... Please ask your child about this game. After this game we did a guided drawing activity in our visual journals. We drew an eye.
We had a fire drill around 9:10 this morning. We got out quickly and did a great job even though we were in Miss Handelsman's classroom.
We have a Terry Fox Assembly tomorrow at 2:20. We will have our run on October 2.
Milk forms due on Wednesday the 23rd.
Have a wonderful evening.
Thursday, 17 September 2015
September 17
Tomorrow during Daily 5 I am going to introduce another job: Listening to Reading. The kids will now have 3 jobs to choose from. I have a chart that keeps track of what everyone is doing to ensure no one is continually doing the same job over and over.
I worked with a group of grade ones today. I introduced the reading strategy "look for the parts you know". We also talked about /ing/.
On Thursday mornings we will be having music with Mrs. Jones. We usually have music on Mondays and Wednesdays with Mrs. McBride but now we have it on Thursdays too. This is awesome.
In math we are moving on to addition. Grade ones will be working on addition to 18 and the grade twos to 100. I teach math in a spiraling format which means I am constantly re-visiting the same math outcomes throughout the year. I do not just teach addition and subtraction at the beginning of the year and then never again. We re-visit these skills on many occasions throughout the year.
Monday is Pinwheels for Peace Day. We started creating our pinwheels with our grade 3/4 buddies.
Today in gym we played with an omnikin ball. Please ask your child what this is.
Running Club started today. Sounds like it was a lot of hard work. Way to go team. See you all tomorrow. Friday is a half day!
p.s. Please see previous post about the Fall Fair coming up :)
I worked with a group of grade ones today. I introduced the reading strategy "look for the parts you know". We also talked about /ing/.
On Thursday mornings we will be having music with Mrs. Jones. We usually have music on Mondays and Wednesdays with Mrs. McBride but now we have it on Thursdays too. This is awesome.
In math we are moving on to addition. Grade ones will be working on addition to 18 and the grade twos to 100. I teach math in a spiraling format which means I am constantly re-visiting the same math outcomes throughout the year. I do not just teach addition and subtraction at the beginning of the year and then never again. We re-visit these skills on many occasions throughout the year.
Monday is Pinwheels for Peace Day. We started creating our pinwheels with our grade 3/4 buddies.
Today in gym we played with an omnikin ball. Please ask your child what this is.
Running Club started today. Sounds like it was a lot of hard work. Way to go team. See you all tomorrow. Friday is a half day!
p.s. Please see previous post about the Fall Fair coming up :)
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Today we continued practicing how to Read to Someone. We had 2 rounds of Daily 5 where everyone got to choose their job. We did amazing.
Grade one reading strategies include: looking at the pictures for clues, look at the beginning sound and point to each word as you read it. Grade 2's are working on comprehension strategies beginning with making predictions about a book.
Here is the story we wrote during Writer's Workshop. We started with the first two sentences and then used our senses to add more details.
Grade one reading strategies include: looking at the pictures for clues, look at the beginning sound and point to each word as you read it. Grade 2's are working on comprehension strategies beginning with making predictions about a book.
Here is the story we wrote during Writer's Workshop. We started with the first two sentences and then used our senses to add more details.
I love
going to the beach. It is hot. I see people swimming. I hear the waves crashing against the sand. Crash!
This is my favorite place on earth! I
smell the seaweed laying on the sand and it smells sour just like rotten
milk. I taste the wind as the breeze
lands on my tongue. I feel the sand
blowing onto my toes as I walk into the water.
I am happy!
Today we also talked about the letter w in handwriting without tears. We are working on making skinnier w's and not ones that spread across the page.
In math we also practiced our Skip Counting Stomp Game. Tomorrow we will be moving on to learn another game.
At the end of the day we celebrated Rosh Hashanah with Ms. Handelsman. We learned about this holiday and everyone got to taste apples dipped in honey. This tasted so good. Please ask your child what Rosh Hashanah is.
We will most likely being having a practice fire drill on Monday. I have spoken with the class about expecations for this event and which doors we must exit through.
Book orders arrived today and have been sent home.
I think there may have been a mix up with the scholastic book orders at the end of the day. If you did not get your books or if you got books that are not yours can you pleas email me. Thank you.
Have a wonderful evening!
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
September 15
Another wonderful day.
This morning we learned about our second Daily 5 job called Read to Someone. Together we made a list of expectations which include: 2 people together, sit elbow to elbow and knee to knee, quiet voices, eyes on book, stay in one spot, choose a good learning spot and choose enough books. We did amazing. We will continue to practice tomorrow .
Today during Writer's Workshop we practiced adding details to a story using our 5 senses. We talked about what is the job of a writer: to catch a reader's attention and help create a picture in the reader's mind. We learned that we do this by adding details.
During our printing practice we worked on the letter t. We talked about how letters always start at the top and move down just like rain falling from the sky.
After lunch we continued on with calendar activities. During Math we learned a game called Skip Count Stomp. This game helps us with our skip counting by 5s and 10s. The tricky thing about this game is that we do not always start at 5 or 10. We will continue to practice this skill.
We had gym today and played a super fun game of tag.
At the end of the day we created a wonderful senses page on touch. I have attached a picture.
Milk forms went home yesterday.
Have a wonderful evening!
P.S. I just realized that I accidentally deleted yesterday's post. Oops I hope everyone had a change to read it.
This morning we learned about our second Daily 5 job called Read to Someone. Together we made a list of expectations which include: 2 people together, sit elbow to elbow and knee to knee, quiet voices, eyes on book, stay in one spot, choose a good learning spot and choose enough books. We did amazing. We will continue to practice tomorrow .
Today during Writer's Workshop we practiced adding details to a story using our 5 senses. We talked about what is the job of a writer: to catch a reader's attention and help create a picture in the reader's mind. We learned that we do this by adding details.
During our printing practice we worked on the letter t. We talked about how letters always start at the top and move down just like rain falling from the sky.
After lunch we continued on with calendar activities. During Math we learned a game called Skip Count Stomp. This game helps us with our skip counting by 5s and 10s. The tricky thing about this game is that we do not always start at 5 or 10. We will continue to practice this skill.
We had gym today and played a super fun game of tag.
At the end of the day we created a wonderful senses page on touch. I have attached a picture.
Milk forms went home yesterday.
Have a wonderful evening!
P.S. I just realized that I accidentally deleted yesterday's post. Oops I hope everyone had a change to read it.
Friday, 11 September 2015
Happy Friday Families. We had a great day. This morning we read a very funny story about A Very Cranky Bear who did not want to get out of bed. Some of the kids said they felt like this this morning as well.
After this we had quiet reading and I worked with a group of grade 2's for guided reading. We are at the very beginning stages of literature circles. Today we talked about writing down our questions as we are reading. We also talked about what a morale/value is.
Today during Writer's Workshop many kids chose to write a story on a topic that was listed on our "We are Experts" poster. Please ask your child what they chose to write about today. Many of the grade ones are drawing a picture about something they are an expert on and then writing a sentence starting with "This is.....".
During math today the grade ones worked on representing numbers to 10 on the 10 frames. We talked about a few double digit numbers including 11, 12 and 13. The challenge was to figure out how to represent each double digit number using 2 ten frames. The grade 2's worked on a game that helped them identify double digit numbers up to 100. Please ask your child how to play this game.
After math we finished up our senses page in our visual journal and then it was time to go home. What a quick morning.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Meet the Teacher Evening will be open to parents to book session on Wednesday, September 16th at 7pm. Please explain in your blogs, that this evening is for teachers to introduce themselves and provide an overview of the school year. The first 15 minutes parents are to meet in the gym then followed by meet the teacher and explore our school for 40 minutes.
September 21 is Pinwheels for Peace Day
All prizes for Entertainment books should be handed out by early next week. Thank you for your continued support with this.
Have a wonderful weekend!
After this we had quiet reading and I worked with a group of grade 2's for guided reading. We are at the very beginning stages of literature circles. Today we talked about writing down our questions as we are reading. We also talked about what a morale/value is.
Today during Writer's Workshop many kids chose to write a story on a topic that was listed on our "We are Experts" poster. Please ask your child what they chose to write about today. Many of the grade ones are drawing a picture about something they are an expert on and then writing a sentence starting with "This is.....".
During math today the grade ones worked on representing numbers to 10 on the 10 frames. We talked about a few double digit numbers including 11, 12 and 13. The challenge was to figure out how to represent each double digit number using 2 ten frames. The grade 2's worked on a game that helped them identify double digit numbers up to 100. Please ask your child how to play this game.
After math we finished up our senses page in our visual journal and then it was time to go home. What a quick morning.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Meet the Teacher Evening will be open to parents to book session on Wednesday, September 16th at 7pm. Please explain in your blogs, that this evening is for teachers to introduce themselves and provide an overview of the school year. The first 15 minutes parents are to meet in the gym then followed by meet the teacher and explore our school for 40 minutes.
September 21 is Pinwheels for Peace Day
All prizes for Entertainment books should be handed out by early next week. Thank you for your continued support with this.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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