Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's/writer's workshop. Hopefully everyone can finish their persuasive paragraphs.
Period 2 is Pancake day/French.
Period 3 is Math - We'll do some more 'around the world' and play some games to strengthen our times tables.
Period 4 we'll continue Math...we'll do some more plugged in and unplugged work.
Period 5 and 6 is Science/Stem Pac-Man Maze challenge.
Happy Birthday Emmie! Happy Friday Everyone!
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1- Red light, read aloud, finish up good copies of persuasive paragraphs.
Period 2-to the library! Book exchange and we'll work on creating 'emoji stories' on the chromebooks...this will be very fun and a little chaotic (19 kids working on the same slideshow...)
Period 3 -We'll continue on with our multiplication practice. We're working on flashcards, multiplication charts and multiplication colouring sheets.
Period 4-we'll use the chromebooks and keep on practicing our times tables on multiplication.com
Period 5- We'll use this period to keep working on our magnetic Pac Man Mazes.
Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.
Remember, Monday is a PD day
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1: Red light, read aloud and mini lesson on some of Lemony Snicket's 'literary devices'...eg., dramatic irony and the red herring.
Period 2: Writer's workshop: we'll continue to work on our awesomely persuasive paragraphs...they're already better than our last ones.
Period 3: weather permitting, we'll head outside. When we come back in, we'll continue to develop proficiency in our times tables.
Period 4: is music with Mrs. Haynes.
Period 5: is our first 'Computer Buddies' session with Mrs. Ever's class...very exciting.
Period 6: I have STEM, magnetic Pac-Man games....but depending on how we're doing, we might play some 'force' games on Google Classroom.
Wow...I can't believe I forgot to post on Monday (and I was away yesterday)! My apologies.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1: Red light, read aloud (chapter 6 Bad Beginnings). Mini workshop on 'Snicket Definiitions'....we'll look at Lemony Snicket's cool writing style.
Period 2: Now that we're done our first Persuasive paragraphs, we'll write another, on our own! Implementing everything we've learned so far.
Period 3: weather permitting, we'll stay outside for a bit. Come back in for some Math - Review all the times tables we've covered so far.
Period 4: Music with Mrs. Haynes.
Period 5: We'll do a bit more math.
Period 6: We'll continue to work on our magnetic 'Pac Man' Mazes.
Happy Friday..and the day after the snow day!
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, we'll talk about 'defining objects', a tool Lemony Snickett uses well. We'll also talk about Martin Luther King, and the Holiday happening in the States this weekend.
Period 2 is Writer's workshop. We'll look at adding transition words to our persuasive paragraphs, and hopefully finish writing them in good copy.
Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit...unless it's really cold. When we come in it's math...today's an easy one...5 times tables! I've got some work for them.
Period 4 -I've got a 'Mod Challenge' for them to tweak their 'chase pizza' coding games...
Period 5 -I'm hoping we can start work on our Pac Man Mazes....
Period 6 -Gym with Mr. D.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop
Period 2 -Writer's workshop - Using the OREO (Opinion, Reason, Example, Opinion) organizer, we're going to write persuasive paragraphs out in good copy!
Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit. When we come in, we'll keep working on our times tables...today's and easy one...the 10's times tables (so far we've covered, 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, and hopefully 10's today).
Period 4-Music with Mrs. Haynes.
Period 5 and 6 we'll be using messy charcoal to sketch a glowing moon...we'll talk about value, gradients and contrast. If we have some time at the end after clean up...maybe some free time?
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1-Red light, read aloud (new book...Bad Beginning by Lemony Snickett...A Series of Unfortunate Events). We'll also continue work on on our OREO persuasive paragraphs.
Period 2 is French with Mr. Woolley.
Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit (weather permitting).
Period 4 We'll do some math. We don't really need to learn the 8 times tables...but just for fun, I'm going to teach them the 'triple double'. 2's times table, the strategy was know your doubles. 4's was double the 2's (the double-double). 8's is the triple double!
Period 5 and 6 is Science. I'm hoping to look at contact forces vs. non - contact forces (e.g., gravity, magnetism, static electricity). Provided I can find enough cardboard, we'll begin a STEAM challenge where we build our own 'magnetic pac man' mazes. I might have to wait until Thursday (pizza day) to do this....we shall see.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud, weekend Round Up
Period 2 -Writer's workshop - Goal is to finish our persuasive writing organizers.
Period 3 we'll head outside for some extra outdoor time.
Period 4 is Math - We'll review the two's strategy (doubles) and we we'll look at the 4's and try doubling our doubles.
Period 5 is Gym with Mr. D.
Period 6 we'll take it easy after gym, do a little mindfulness activity and enjoy some free time.
Bonus: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YAdbFlJdPwKeX1j7ZHP3xRXecBrtMU4C2F4keKGiia4/edit?tab=t. -check out the link to the games we made on Microsoft Make Code Arcade - highly addictive!
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 - Red light and then some cursive practice...we never got to yesterday.
Period 2 -we'll head to the library, with the Chromebooks. We've got 2 jobs to do: 1-answer 3 multiplication questions on Knowledgehook. 2-share the link to our coded games on a shared document.
Periods 3 and 4 -we'll watch the One and Only Ivan Movie.
Period 5 -I have a follow up book vs movie sheet for the kids to go through. We'll talk about the some of the differences and why Disney made those choices (e.g., why use a CGI gorilla instead of a real life one?).
Period 6 -gym with Mr. D.
Have a terrific weekend everyone.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 - Red light, read aloud (I'm actually going to show them a cool website filled with videos geared towards kids, called The Kids Should See This...I'll show them a couple of videos, but this one will lead into reading and 'persuasive writing'. https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/the-science-of-storytelling-how-can-reading-books-change-our-brains
Period 2 -We'll talk about persuasive writing, and we'll look at the OREO organizer (opinon, reason, example, re-state Opinion). We'll write a paragraph together about Zoo's...are they good or bad? Then I have some topics (e.g., Tacos vs. Pizza) the kids can choose to write about.
Period 3 -Hopefully it's nice enough to go outside for a bit? If not, I'll show them how to put their coding games into a google document!
Period 4 -Music.
Period 5 -I'm going to teach the kids about 'doubles' (e.g, 4 + 4 = 8) and show them how that relates to the 2 times tables....I have a game and some work to do with that.
Period 6 -I am hoping to start cursive writing...looking at the clock climber letters (a,d,g,q,c), letter's that start at '2 o'clock'.
Here is what we did today:
Period 1-Red light a lot of digging deeper about the real Ivan (from The One and Only Ivan).
Period 2 -we had a bit of time to read and write (after all our Ivan learning)
Period 3 -we were outside
Period 4 -music
Period 5 -we'll do a little northern lights art.
Period 6 -we'll do some more coding.
Alright! I've got my phone and able to access the Halton District School Board machine!
Here it the plan for this icy Tuesday...
Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshops (how has Ivan changed from the start to the end of the story).
Period 2 French with Mr. Woolley.
Period 3 Outside to play if weather is permitting?
Period 4 -We'll start our next unit in math, multiplication.
Period 5 and 6 we'll talk a little bit about 'coding'...algorithm's and try our hand at coding on Microsoft's Make code Arcade.
Welcome back everyone!
I am not sure if your children let you know, but I forgot my phone at home and was locked out of everything Halton related today...I couldn't access anything with Halton's Multi Factor Authentication attached to my phone. No attendance, day plans, emails, anything! I didn't realize how dependent on technology I've become! New, New Year's Resolution!
We adapted and had a fun day...hopefully I will be back on track for tomorrow.
