Wednesday October 14th

 Another whacky switch day...even though it's Wednesday, we'll follow a Friday Schedule.

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop - staying engaged in our reading by using stickies.

Period 2 -Writer's workshop.  Today we'll be using Google drive to set up 'writing folders' and sharing that folder with me...I'm also hoping to show them about the red squiggly line and how to self correct. 

Period 3 is math.  We've pretty much mastered organizing data into Carroll and Venn Diagrams.  Today we'll look at Tally marks, and frequency tables and the difference between quantitative and qualitative data.  

Period 4 we'll play a gameshow on Knowledgehook and practice those skills.

Period 5 is gym (Friday Schedule).

Period 6 hopefully we can do the Norval Morrisseau art from last week we never got to!

Tuesday October 13th

 I hope everyone had a relaxing long weekend.  I spent most of mine recovering from my cold...happy to say I'm on the mend!

Here is the plan for today...which is a switch day (which I forgot)....Monday Schedule

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, weekend round Up.

Period 2 -reader's/writer's workshop -continue to focus on being engaged reader's and or writers.

Period 3 and 4 is math. We'll review our Carroll and Venn diagrams.  Looking at the differences between the 2.  

Period 4 is Knowledgehook questions (6) all about those ways to sort data.

Period 5 we'll do a little bit of science...or maybe just mindfulness/free time...we'll see what kind of shape we're in. 

Period 6 is Gym with Mr. D. 

NOTE:  tomorrow is a 'Friday Schedule/switch day'. 

Wednesday October 7th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud. Reader's workshop:  focus on yesterday keeping ourselves engaged in our reading!

Period 2 -Writer's workshop:  We'll discuss why writers write.  This is an attempt to keep us engaged.  

Period 3 is math.  We'll do a little review from yesterday on 'Venn Diagrams and Carroll grids' to sort data.

Period 4 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 and 6 is Library and Art.  We'll do a book exchange, then come back to class and look at the indigenous artist: Norval Morrisseau. We'll attempt to use pastels to create artwork in his style.

Tuesday October 6th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Redlight, read aloud, class discussion about making everyone feel like they belong.  

Period 2 -French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We're going to move on from Place Value and start looking at Data Management.  Today we'll look at ways we can sort data...using Carroll grids and Venn Diagrams.  I've got some work plus a few questions on Knowledgehook.

Period 5 and 6 is science.  We'll review the parts of a plant and their function.  Then we'll look at the life cycle of a plant.  We'll even try a small little experiment with lima beans. 

Monday October 5th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light (we'll make my daughter birthday cards for fun).  Then we'll do our weekend round up and read aloud.

Period 2 - Is student choice, they can read, or write, or both.  

Period 3 and 4 is Math.  We'll do a little 'show me what you know so far' work.  After they complete the worksheet. I've got some missions set up on Knowledgehook.

Period 5 is a little mindfulness, calming our bodies then - free time

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.

Friday October 2nd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, discussion celebrating such a great day yesterday...what worked?  And reader's workshop - reading with a friend.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We're going to try a 'story chain' as a class.  One person writes a sentence, then another person writes the next one...and so on. (focusing on engagement)

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll play race to 50 again, and introduce race to 100 for those kids that are ready to step it up (and regroup 3 digit numbers).

We'll also try a couple of gameshows in Knowledgehook..I'm still trying to learn to use the program myself.

Period 5 is gym/Terry Fox Run

Period 6 is Free time!

Thursday October 1st

October already?  Wow, that went fast.

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -seating swap, I change the desks every month...so everyone will have a chance to work with everyone.   Then we'll do reader's workshop, continuing to focus on building stamina.

Period 2 -writer's workshop, we'll come up as a class with a character we invent that could be in wayside. 

Period 3 is math.  We're going to scratch the surface on regrouping when adding...also called 'carrying'.  We'll play a game called race to 50 to get started.

Period 4 is music.

Period 5 and 6 is Science.  We'll look a little closer at the parts of a plant (stem, root, flower, leaves) and what they do (e.g., roots collect nutrients from the soil, stem carries nutrients and water to the rest of the plant, the leaves catch the sun and turn sunlight into food)

If there's any time, we may have some free time!