Thursday March 26th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1: Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop.  Mini lesson to focus on perspective lens.....we'll look at how Despereaux and his brother Furlough both see the world.  Despereaux is a dreamer and Furlough is a Rule-follower.  

Period 2: Writer's workshop.  We're going to polish our 'Stories of (You)'.  Make them even better.

Period 3: we'll stay outside for a bit, then come in and do some math.  I have some more 'drawing fractions' work plus we still need to find some of the hidden 'fractions questions' our co-op student Oliver hid around the school.

Period 4 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 is computer buddies....the plan today is to review games off the PBS website and decide up the 'target age group'.  

Period 6 we'll enjoy a bit of finish up/free time. 

Wednesday March 25th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop.  We'll look specifically at character traits vs character feelings...zeroing in on Despereaux.  The kids will then hopefully look for a trait or feeling from the main character in their books.

Period 2 -Writer's workshop.  Mini lesson is going to lean into Kate DiCamillo's style in The Tale of Despereaux...the kids are going to write their own 'serious' book of 'You'. 

Period 3 if it's nice we'll stay outside for a bit.  When we come in we'll work on fractions...trying our best to divide both circles and rectangles into various fractions (it's one thing to identify a fraction...it's another to draw it).

Period 4 Music with Mrs. Haynes (she's back).

Period 5 we'll do a 'fraction scavenger hunt' around the school.  

Period 6 we'll do some 'spring chicken art' where we investigate different kinds of lines.

Tuesday March 24th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud (I found the novel that went missing yesterday).  And quick activity where we dive deep into the main character (Despereaux)

Period 2 -French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 -Outside for a bit...when we come in, more Faction work...just working on naming and identifying fractions.

Period 4 -I've put 10 questions on Prodigy...same thing, identifying and representing fractions.

Period 5 and 6 is social studies.  The big idea today will be about the mutual benefit of the indigenous and settlers early trade.   We're going to set up a little 'trading post' and the kids will attempt to trade with the 'other side' for things they'll need.  I hope it works out.  

Monday March 23rd

I hope everyone had a great March Break. 

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, Weekend Round Up, new read aloud (The Tale of Desperaux).

Period 2 - I've got a quick activity for the kids to do about the main character, Desperaux, how he feels on the inside, and how he's perceived on the outside. 

Period 3 -if it's nice we'll stay outside for a bit and then come in and talk a little more about Fractions, specifically the numerator and denominator...I've got some worksheets that they should be able to do easily.

Period 4 -we'll use the chromebooks to practice our fraction skills.  

Period 5 -is gym with Mr. D.

Period 6 - I know they'll come back wired...so we'll do some 'calm colouring' and maybe finish watching the pilot episode of Little House On the Prairie.   

Friday March 13th

 Phew....we made it (almost).

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud - First Chapter Friday. Then we'll play my new favourite board game, Wavelength as a class.  

Period 2 - We'll use the chromebooks to explore First Nations history and culture in a fun game off the TVO website called, Raven's Quest.  

Period 3 and 4 is board game day!  Mr. Z and I will open up our classes to let the kids play board games.

Period 5 we'll attempt to make some butter and try it out.  I also have a peaceful POV canoeing video to put on the big screen and some colouring sheets to do to keep us calm before...

Period 6 -Gym with Mr. D.

Thursday March 12th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud (tongue twisters) we'll specifically look at alliterations.

Period 2- Writer's workshop: We're going to use our alliteration knowledge to make our own tongue twisters about animals in a zoo.

Period 3 is math...we'll start our first lesson on Fractions...just planting the seed before March Break.

Period 4 is Music

Period 5 is computer buddies...we'll finish our Venn Diagrams from last week and then help the Grade 1's learn to count money.

Period 6 will be some free time after working so hard all day.

Wednesday March 11th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop: focus in on alliterations.

Period 2 - Writer's workshop - try our good copy 'shape poems'.

Period 3 - More area and Perimeter Math, plus 6 questions on Knowledgehook.

Period 4 - Music

Period 5 and 6 is art/social studies.  We'll compare a job for us today (as kids) to a job for us from 1800.  After that we'll use some leftover 'squares' to make 'quilts' on paper...with the focus being on symmetry.