We had a great morning with Teacher's Pet building and painting our birdhouses! A great time was had by all and your student should be able to tell you about the importance of the walls being 'flush'. We used glue at school to put things together but your child was sent home with nails and the dowel for the bird perch for you to help them nail in. The neighborhood will look great with all the new birdhouses!
Have a great spring break!
See you Monday April 1
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Monday, March 18, 2019
Annotation
$10.00 for Teacher's Pet is now due.
Socks Out - Wednesday wear your crazy socks
Math had us modeling equal sharing and equal grouping using pictures, blocks and symbols. The division seems to be moving along - check with your student if they know their fact families!
We each created our own annotation anchor charts for our desks. Reading is an active sport so we use stickie notes to make quick notes of:
? - I have a question
∞ - I have a connection
⚬ - I don't know this word
* - This is important
Socks Out - Wednesday wear your crazy socks
Math had us modeling equal sharing and equal grouping using pictures, blocks and symbols. The division seems to be moving along - check with your student if they know their fact families!
We each created our own annotation anchor charts for our desks. Reading is an active sport so we use stickie notes to make quick notes of:
? - I have a question
∞ - I have a connection
⚬ - I don't know this word
* - This is important
Thursday, March 14, 2019
International Question Day
Did you know it is International Question Day?
To ensure understanding we read wordless picture books with a partner, some stickie notes and our thinking paddles. As students read with their partner they wrote down questions as they went along. I am looking for the deep thinking questions - questions that go beyond the text, questions that we have to look elsewhere for the answer. Questions that matter.
In a backpack near you are some assessment papers of your students basic facts check-up and problem solving. Make sure they share them with you and that 'how do you think you are doing?' conversation is held.
Pillars of Care assembly tomorrow at 8:15
Jump Rope for Heart due tomorrow
Teacher's Pet $10.00
To ensure understanding we read wordless picture books with a partner, some stickie notes and our thinking paddles. As students read with their partner they wrote down questions as they went along. I am looking for the deep thinking questions - questions that go beyond the text, questions that we have to look elsewhere for the answer. Questions that matter.
In a backpack near you are some assessment papers of your students basic facts check-up and problem solving. Make sure they share them with you and that 'how do you think you are doing?' conversation is held.
Pillars of Care assembly tomorrow at 8:15
Jump Rope for Heart due tomorrow
Teacher's Pet $10.00
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Jump Rope for Heart
Jump Rope For Heart donation envelopes are due in Friday if you are raising money for our school goal of $7,000.
Congratulations to our March Pillars of Care winners - Seraj, Arianna, Taylor and Teya. Assembly will be on Friday March 15 at 8:15 am
$10.00 for Teacher's Pet by Thursday March 21
We read 'The Stranger' by Chris Van Allsburg today focusing on questions that have deep meaning. We know that the best questions are the ones that make us think beyond the book and look for answers else where.
Congratulations to our March Pillars of Care winners - Seraj, Arianna, Taylor and Teya. Assembly will be on Friday March 15 at 8:15 am
$10.00 for Teacher's Pet by Thursday March 21
We read 'The Stranger' by Chris Van Allsburg today focusing on questions that have deep meaning. We know that the best questions are the ones that make us think beyond the book and look for answers else where.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Teacher's Pet
There should be a notice in a backpack near you regarding our in-school field trip Thursday March 21. We are having Teacher's Pet back into our classroom because we enjoyed them so much when they were here in January. This time round they will be helping us with science. If you can help out that morning drop me an email. This project has a $10.00 price tag please.
We have started looking at the comprehension strategy of asking questions before, during and after reading. Good readers ask themselves questions as they read to understand the text and figure out the deep meaning of the book. We have brainstormed question words (who, if, what, does) and talked about THE MOST important one of all, I wonder... We already know that quick questions are easy to ask, easy to answer and are right there in the book while deep questions are the meaningful questions that make us think beyond the text and may not have an answer at all. Be prepared for some questions tonight!
Pleasant and unpleasant sounds have been our focus in science and the reason behind our thinking.
Pillars of Care assembly Friday 8:15 am
We have started looking at the comprehension strategy of asking questions before, during and after reading. Good readers ask themselves questions as they read to understand the text and figure out the deep meaning of the book. We have brainstormed question words (who, if, what, does) and talked about THE MOST important one of all, I wonder... We already know that quick questions are easy to ask, easy to answer and are right there in the book while deep questions are the meaningful questions that make us think beyond the text and may not have an answer at all. Be prepared for some questions tonight!
Pleasant and unpleasant sounds have been our focus in science and the reason behind our thinking.
Pillars of Care assembly Friday 8:15 am
Monday, March 11, 2019
Homework due
Did you know that 'springing ahead' is hard?💤
We all could have used a nap this afternoon!
Representing division using equal sharing was our math work this morning - we are learning to equally share items and the language of this new math. Division.
The Doorbell Rang homework that went home on Friday should be on my desk tomorrow-
We all could have used a nap this afternoon!
Representing division using equal sharing was our math work this morning - we are learning to equally share items and the language of this new math. Division.
The Doorbell Rang homework that went home on Friday should be on my desk tomorrow-
Friday, March 8, 2019
Weekend Homework
The Doorbell Rang
Math summary
Weekend homework
Sorry
What you will see represents about 2 hours of classroom time. Please have your student complete the task of retelling the story in pictures, numbers and words. The book is available online for those who 'can't remember' the story.
Each box will tell a story about how many children are in the kitchen and how many of the 12 cookies they will get. In box 6 grandma will come with more cookies to share among the children - now there are 30 cookies and 12 children. How many cookies will they each get? In the last two boxes they are telling their own story. Number of children and number of cookies is up to them.
Thank you for supporting your student at school!
Math summary
Weekend homework
Sorry
What you will see represents about 2 hours of classroom time. Please have your student complete the task of retelling the story in pictures, numbers and words. The book is available online for those who 'can't remember' the story.
Each box will tell a story about how many children are in the kitchen and how many of the 12 cookies they will get. In box 6 grandma will come with more cookies to share among the children - now there are 30 cookies and 12 children. How many cookies will they each get? In the last two boxes they are telling their own story. Number of children and number of cookies is up to them.
Thank you for supporting your student at school!
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Skip to my lou..
We offered our support to the kinders in the gym this afternoon. They are learning how to skip and we made fantastic instructors. Some of the little people didn't say a word to us but we fought through and got them all so they can skip. Almost.
Ask your student about their fact box about Henry Brown. They are all so proud of their boxes!
We are working through the meaning of division and the different strategies to show division. Any opportunity to share items at home, put things in equal groups or ask 'how many will each person get?' would be beneficial for your student.
Scholastic book orders due Monday March 11
Ask your student about their fact box about Henry Brown. They are all so proud of their boxes!
We are working through the meaning of division and the different strategies to show division. Any opportunity to share items at home, put things in equal groups or ask 'how many will each person get?' would be beneficial for your student.
Scholastic book orders due Monday March 11
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
March Scholastic book orders
March Scholastic book orders are in a backpack near you. If you order online this month Scholastic are offering you a free book pick. Orders due Monday March 11.
Read 20/10 tonight we all have new reading materials from the library.
We continued discussing the character Henry from "Henry's Freedom Box" today in terms of who he was and our thoughts on mailing ourselves in a box! Students then completed a sequencing activity showing they are able to recall events from a story.
We have finished watching a series of videos about going to school in India - we have noticed many things about their schools that are very different from ours.
Read 20/10 tonight we all have new reading materials from the library.
We continued discussing the character Henry from "Henry's Freedom Box" today in terms of who he was and our thoughts on mailing ourselves in a box! Students then completed a sequencing activity showing they are able to recall events from a story.
We have finished watching a series of videos about going to school in India - we have noticed many things about their schools that are very different from ours.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
FAST
Ask your student about the acronym F.A.S.T.
We had a presentation from the Heart and Stroke Foundation and students have brought home a pledge envelope to raise money in the next two weeks. We have set a school goal of $7000.00.
Recorders arrived in the classroom late this afternoon and are waiting on desks for music tomorrow.
As we continue to identify different types of literature we had a look today at historical fiction. We read "Henry's Freedom Box" discussing the time of slavery and the Underground Railroad. We then worked together to describe Henry in terms of who he was. Students felt he was brave because he put himself in a box for 27 hours and mailed himself to freedom. We thought he was a risk taker for wanting to be free at any cost. We then wrote in our reading journals about taking risks ourselves and seeking freedom.
"How does access to school affect quality of life?" is the question we are attempting to answer as we watch the video series Going to School In India. Today we saw that some girls only go to school at night because they have to work during the day for their families. This led to a discussion about the importance of an education to get a better job as an adult.
Library exchange tomorrow -
We had a presentation from the Heart and Stroke Foundation and students have brought home a pledge envelope to raise money in the next two weeks. We have set a school goal of $7000.00.
Recorders arrived in the classroom late this afternoon and are waiting on desks for music tomorrow.
As we continue to identify different types of literature we had a look today at historical fiction. We read "Henry's Freedom Box" discussing the time of slavery and the Underground Railroad. We then worked together to describe Henry in terms of who he was. Students felt he was brave because he put himself in a box for 27 hours and mailed himself to freedom. We thought he was a risk taker for wanting to be free at any cost. We then wrote in our reading journals about taking risks ourselves and seeking freedom.
"How does access to school affect quality of life?" is the question we are attempting to answer as we watch the video series Going to School In India. Today we saw that some girls only go to school at night because they have to work during the day for their families. This led to a discussion about the importance of an education to get a better job as an adult.
Library exchange tomorrow -
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