Fri Feb 19, 2016

Today's learning:
Gym: warmup: 3+ running laps, gymnastics - balance, travel and partner work
L.A. - Literacy Centres:
Science - Learning Commons computers completing "I wonder...." research questions
Class novel: Arthur and the Minimoys
Class meeting
ASSEMBLY
Body break
Math: Today's number is 75 - draw the number in base 10 blocks; the number just before is....; the number just after is....; 10 more than the number is.....; 10 less than the number is?; written in expanded notation is; odd/even?; written in words is; this number is a multiple of?; 25 more than the number is?; 3 other ways to make the number is?

Ask me:

- about today's number

- how I improved my sportsmanship skills today.

- if I demonstrated good group work habits during literacy centers

Reminders:

Swimming all next week, during the afternoons. Pls pack swimsuit, water bottle, towel and hair brush, if needed

Thurs Feb 18, 2016

Today's learning:
Gym - 3+ running laps, then gymnastics - balance and travel
Music - pls see music blog
Health - February's virtue: SPORTSMANSHIP.  Self-reflection - 2*s and a wish How do I demonstrate good sportsmanship skills?
Science - laptops for continued animal research *"I wonder....." questions
Class novel: Arthur & the Minimoys
L.A. - Literacy Centres: word families with magnets; alphabetization, science classification; Nouns/Pronouns/adjectives/verbs; letter formation.  'Bull's Eye Target' elf-assessment regarding my group work habits
Body Break
Math: Warmup: "I'm thinking of a number" game, expand notation. Today's number: 25. group description - draw the number in base 10 blocks; the number just before is....; the number just after is....; 10 more than the number is.....; 10 less than the number is?; written in expanded notation is; odd/even?; written in words is; this number is a multiple of?; 25 more than the number is?; 3 other ways to make the number is?

Ask me:
- how I demonstrated good sportsmanship skills?
- what does 'expanded notation mean'?

Reminders: swimming next week!  YAY!

Wed Feb 17, 2016

Today's learning:
Class meeting
Gym - gymnastics - balance and travel
Learning Commons Book Exchange
Science: animal research - sharing of highlights and writing 3 new "I wonder....." questions to guide research tomorrow and Friday
Music - pls see Music blog
Math: "I'm thinking of a number" game with partner
Extra music class

Ask me:
In a book, where is an 'index' located? What kind of order is it in? How can looking in an index help me when I gather research?
Where is a 'table of contents' located?

Reminders:
Swimming next week

Tues Feb 16, 2016

Today's learning:
Gym - 3 or 5 running lap warmup, gymnastics: individual stations focusing on balance and travel
L.A. - Literacy Centres - alphabetization, science and social studies academic vocabulary, word families, letter formation/shapes
Science - animal research - how to download pictures to student account, choosing 3 different and appropriate pictures for project
Music - pls see Music blog
Math - place value task


Ask me:
- how many laps I ran during our gym warmup - did I demonstrate perseverance?
- to play the "I'm thinking of a number" game.  Can you choose a number that will 'stump' me?
- can I correctly spell the following math words: hundred, thousand, eight, eighty, ninety
- when a 'hyphen' or 'dash' is used
- to tell you what the following science words mean: hemisphere, region, equator, citizen, culture, gills, metamorphosis, warm-blooded, habitat, cold-blooded, life-cycle, lungs
- to say these numbers: 402, 689, 19, 8009, 999, 1234
- to write these numbers in words: 613, 4609, 32, 9999
- represent these numbers in base ten blocks (draw) - 10, 312, 6978, 1023

Reminders:
- swimming next week

Wed Feb 10, 2016

Today's learning:
Class meeting
Learning Commons Book Exchange
Math - place value with base ten block manipulatives
Music - pls see blog
Valentine's story
visit from new principal Ms. Harvey

Ask me:
- to show you the one, tens, hundreds and thousands
- let's play "guess my number"

Reminders: no school Thurs and Friday due to Teachers' Convention and no school on Monday (Family Holiday)

Enjoy the extra long weekend, see you on Tuesday!

Tues Feb 9, 2016

Hellllllo all!

It sure is nice to be back. Apologies about yesterday's blog - I was unable to access my account.

Today's learning:
Gym - relay games (ask me about these crazy games and why "I love chicken"?  HA!
Language Arts - "Literacy Centres" (word families, adjectives, nouns, verbs and proper nouns, alphabetization, letter formation, sounds, shapes, high frequency words, animal classification)
Science - Animal research projects - 2 new facts re: habitat, classification, interesting facts, camouflage, classification and hibernation)
Music - pls see Music blog
Body Break - today we needed a "mind break" to relax, and re-focus
Math - Place Value Pre-test

Ask me:
 - can I tell you about our learning vocabulary? (camouflage, classification, habitat, hibernation, migration, vertebrate, invertebrate, amphibian, reptile, bird, mammal, fish, insect, verb, adjective, noun, proper noun, alphabetize)?

Students wishing to participate in a valentines exchange tomorrow afternoon, are welcome to bring valentines for their classmates. I hope that all students will be included and receive valentines cards. For security reasons, only first names will be shared: Rylan, Azaria, Maryam, Edmar, Kyley, Salah, Madina, Aquila, Aaron, Sammy, Julie, Takoda, Saad, Callie, Jared, Adina, Ben, Omaira. *and Mrs. Turk LOVES valentines also!! :)

February newsletter and calendar

Today, the February newsletter and calendar was sent home with the students.  For an on-line link, click here http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b239/

Language Arts
Your child may also have been sent home with their writing journal in order to complete the rough draft of the their story board for their narrative writing. They are to return their writing journals to school tomorrow, in order to continue working on the 2nd draft of their storyboard.

Math
Today the students discussed strategies used in their math problem from last Friday, and started working on a new math question:
How many numbers can you make with an 8 in the hundreds place?

We will continue to work on this question tomorrow in math.

Science
The students spent some time in the library researching their animal for the Room 1 Geographic magazine.  They need to research their animal's classification, life cycle, habitat, as well as 5 interesting facts.  They also need to include any information on camouflage, hibernation, migration, and adaptations their animal may have.