Thursday October 9th

Happy 'Meet the Teacher' night.  I'll apologize in advance for smelling like BBQ'd meat.  I'll be working the grill for 2 hours before we meet. 

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop.  Mini lesson to focus on:  Does this engage me?  (finding the right book)

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  Mini lesson to focus on 'observing closely' the details in everyday object that might open a story idea.

Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit.  When we come in we'll continue to work on some addition with regrouping.  I'll show them how to use an open number line to help solve problems (as well as review expanded form to help us add). 

Period 4 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 is Science-y/Art - we'll be making some art ripping paper to replicate the different layers/horizons of soil (e.g. top soil, bedrock, organic ).

Period 6 we'll clean up our work areas (to get ready for tonight) and we'll have some time on the computers...hopefully.

Wednesday October 8th

 Happy Cross Country day!

According to my math, we have 13, maybe 14 kids participating...which means we'll have 5, maybe 6 kids here (if everyone shows up).  I don't think I'll press forward with any new content....we'll spend this day working on some math, practicing our addition.  We'll do some art, maybe watch some Scooby Doo (my personal favourite) and having some fun.  I won't even bother posting the schedule as I'm sure we'll be moving things around all day.  

Good luck cross country runners!

Tuesday October 7th

 Happy rainy Tuesday.  Looks like indoor recess both breaks?

Here is the plan:

Period 1 -Junglesport (amazing)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lUOzum0-Hif9LWKEJpzQgZqb71fJ-asn?usp=drive_link

Period 2 -French

Period 3-I'll do my read aloud and reader's workshop.  Mini lesson will focus on Mind over Matter -choosing to stay engaged in our books.

Period 4 -we'll do writer's workshop: mini lesson, focusing on emotions (a time you were angry, scared) and using those to help us generate ideas.

Period 5 -we'll do math here, and we'll play 'Place Value War' using decks of cards to make 2 digit numbers and practice our adding. 

Period 6 -whatever time we have left we'll use for some 'unplugged' relaxation time...maybe even squeeze in an episode of Wayside.  

Monday October 6th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, weekend round up, and some wordle.

Period 2- I'm going to play a 'word detective' game with the class.  Then we'll have some time to read or write with a friend or alone.

Period 3 and 4 -we'll stay outside (if it's not too hot...in OCTOBER!).  When we come in, we'll continue to work on adding using expanded form (e.g., 324 = 300 + 20 + 4).  I have a worksheet and then some questions on prodigy. Here is a video that shows addition using expanded form:

Adding 3-Digit Numbers Using Expanded Form (Without Regrouping) | Elementary Math with Mr. J

Period 5 -is gym with Mr. D....very exciting that today is also Junglesport.

Period 6 -we'll unwind with some unplugged mindfulness time.  

Friday October 3rd

 TGIF!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, and I introduced 'wordle'.  Liam and Avery figured out my science wordles.

Period 2 was library -game time.  Lots of Uno and Rubric's cubes in the library..

Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit.  Come in and learn about expanded form.

Period 4 -we'll use the chromebooks to do some expanded form addition on Math Prodigy.

Period 5 -Mindfulness

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D

Thursday October 2nd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop: mini lesson is waking up our brains by asking questions when reading.

Period 2 -Writer's workshop.  Mini lesson focuses on generating ideas by thinking of important people in our lives and writing stories about them (memories)

Period 3 -outside for a bit - more addition with regrouping.

Period 4 - music -Haynes

Period 5 is Science, we're learning about how to take care of soil.

Period 6 we'll finish up any unfinished work and hopefully enjoy a bit of free time!

Wednesday October 1st

 What?  October already?  Crazy!

Since it's the first of the month, we did our monthly seating swap.  I went with a giant box around the carpet and alternated between boy and girl...the class took it like a bunch of champs...  

Period 1 was read aloud, and reading.  Our mini lesson was all about staying engaged in your book...then we had Charlie, Beatrix and Big Mac all demonstrated what both those scenarios would look like.  

Period 2 was writer's workshop.  The mini lesson today was all about fighting the 'writer's block' voice in our head.   I shared some fun / gross recipes I made (trying to tap into some of my reluctant writer's).  I had the Big Mac, the Mav-dog, Charlie-tatoes, Zoe Smoothie and Gorilla Pie.  Each recipe was grosser than the last.

Period 3 we stayed outside for a bit, then we came in and practice doing some 2 digit addition with Re-grouping. We're starting to get it.  

Period 4 (now) they're in music class with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 is art...we'll be doing some 'leaf rubbings'.  

Period 6 we'll finish off our art and hopefully move into some free time.