Thursday March 31, 2016

Today's Learning:
- Independent silent reading
- Gym: Warmup: 3 or 5 running laps, 'Rainbow Road'
- Music: pls see music blog
- Math: Place Value Collage Reflection
- Health: Safety Posters (Fire Safety/Prevention, Sun Safety, First Aid, Pedestrian Safety, Bicycle Safety)
- Body break: Jumpstart dance-play
- Math: pre-assessment for 2, 3, 4 digit addition "Show what you know"

Ask me:
- did I participate in the lunch hour club 'Digital Champions'?  If so, what is the virtue I will be representing? What technology will I be using to represent my understanding?

Reminders:
- School newsletter in backpack of youngest or only child

Wednesday March 30, 2016

Today's Learning:
- Independent silent reading
- Gym: Students learned another GPS warm-up: ‘Jumpstart’.   https://vimeo.com/user23434351/review/155326426/4a876be2ca
This ‘dance-play'’ addresses various locomotor movements: jumping, hopping and leaping while working cooperatively with others
- Learning Commons Book exchange
Science: "Day 17 Bean Growth Observations" - sketch and descriptive sentences
Music - pls see music blog
Body break - Just Dance 'I get a good feeling', introduction to children's concentration/meditation
Math - adding 2 digit numbers

Ask me:
- to show you how I can add the following:  22+47    41+32    64+23
- what library books I chose today.  Can we sit down and I can read one to you?
- to upload the fun 'JumpStart' dance-play I learned today
- ask me how to concentrate on a cat, dog, family member

Reminders:
- 'Digital Champions Club' begins on tomorrow!  Those who normally go home to eat lunch are reminded to bring lunch on tomorrow!

Tuesday March 29, 2016

WELCOME BACK!!!

Today's Learning:
Independent silent reading
Gym: GPS (General Play Skills) *new gym program: 'Rainbow Road' students explore travel in various ways around the gym racetrack, i.e: crawl, skip, crawl, run, jump, bear walk, penguin walk using various levels: high/low and various speeds: fast/slow. Students touch beanbag coulour pattern that the teacher/leader calls out.  Locomotor skills used to raise the heartbeat
Science: "Day 16 Bean Growth Observations"
Science/S.S. - laptops - typing of animal research in SMART notebook file
Music - pls see music blog
Body break - 'Wake and Shake'
extra music/small group of students to Mrs. Brar for math

Ask me:
- what happened in our 'Earth Box' over the break?
- how we play the 'Rainbow Road'?

Reminders:
- 'Digital Champions Club' begins on Thursday!  those who normally go home to eat lunch are reminded to bring lunch on Thursday
- Book Exchange tomorrow - pls bring all library books for renewal or exchange

Thursday March 17, 2016

Today's Learning:

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Math: 'Hide and Seek' place value game - find the corresponding number
Class Story: Irish - 'Fiona's Luck'
Learning Commons - book exchange
Individual, silent reading
Class meeting - several students celebrating/sharing their reading progress
Whole school assembly
Reward time - CONGRATULATIONS ROOM 1 FOR FILLING THE POM POM JAR - your reward is 15 minutes of an activity of choice (students chose from: iPad, iPod, puzzle, cards, coloring, or reading)
Science - plant growth documentation: picture, sketch and written description
Math: place value reflection and post assessment

Ask me:

- about the assembly today - what was the theme? what was my favorite part
- how I model superior 'digital citizenship'

Reminders:

- 'Digital Champions Club' notice for all students - due March 31 if your child would like to participate

- no school tomorrow on Friday due to PD Day!

- Spring break - enjoy some time off, see you on *TUESDAY March 29!

Wednesday March 16, 2016

Today's Learning:

Music - pls see music blog
Class meeting
Science - typing up animal research using the SMART Notebook application
Class Story: 'Arthur and the Minimoys'
Science - plant growth documentation: picture, sketching and written description
Math - spelling my large number with words and self-reflection

Ask me:

- to write my large number
- how our science experiment is changing

Reminders:

- 'Digital Champions Club' notice for all students - due March 31 if your child would like to participate
- St. Patrick's Day tomorrow - wear green!

- no school tomorrow on Friday due to PD Day!

- Spring break coming up!

Tuesday March 15, 2016

Today's Learning:

- Gym - gymnastics: Exploration of new obstacle course. working with a partner, objective is to NOT touch any of the distractions (rubber chickens, balls, pylons, stuffies, skipping ropes, noodles, etc and to go throughout the course in absolute silence for concentration :)
Music - pls see music blog
Science - laptops to write up our SMART Board notebook pages for our animal research
Science - Plant Growth experiment - making a prediction, documenting growth with the camera, recording any changes
Math - writing large numbers, using a hyphen

Ask me:

- what the best part of my day was?  Ask me why.
- how I am practicing this month's virtue 'cleanliness'
- how to write these numbers: eight, seventy-eight, ninety-four, thirty-seven, thousand, three hundred, twenty-two, sixty-five, eighty-nine and CHALLENGE ME WITH OTHER NUMBERS!!!

Reminders:

- PIZZA lunch tomorrow
- Digital Champions Club' notice for all students - due March 31 if your child would like to participate

- no school tomorrow on Friday due to PD Day!

- Spring break coming up!

Monday March 14, 2016

Today's Learning:

- Gym - gymnastics: *set up of new obstacle course. working with a partner, objective is to NOT touch any of the distractions (rubber chickens, balls, pylons, stuffies, skipping ropes, noodles, etc).
Science - laptops to write up our SMART Board notebook pages for our animal research
Science - Plant Growth experiment - setting up our Earth Box

Ask me:

- what we planted in our science experiment (red beans, black beans, Great Northern Beans)
- what we put in each side of our Earth Box (peat moss, fertilizer, and soil)
- what our Science experiment inquiry is ("Do worm castings help to make beans grow?")

- what a 'worm casting' is.

Reminders:
- some students saw the dental hygienist this morning.  *Pls check your child's backpack for any correspondence
- 'Digital Champions Club' notice for all students - due March 31 if your child would like to participate

- no school tomorrow on Friday due to PD Day!

- Spring break coming up!