Thursday February 5th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1: Red light, read aloud, and I have a fun activity planned where the kids need to make an 'identity card' for Norbert (the Alien living in Alan's nose).

Period 2: Writer' workshop:  We're going to re-examine perspective.  I'm trying to have the kids write from an ant or alien's perspective...so a tennis ball isn't just a 'green fuzzy tennis ball', but it becomes a 'Glowing yellow hairy planet!  When it hits the ground, it screams 'boing' and tries to fly back to the stars.  It has a white mountain range that wraps around it's belly.'

Period 3 is Math.  I'm hoping to conference with everyone about multiplication and division while they work on their cootie catchers and answer questions on prodigy.

Period 4 is Music.

Period 5 is Computer buddies...we'll be playing around on Chrome's Music Lab.

Period 6 is finish up.  We'll finish up our math, conferences, writing...and maybe even enjoying a bit of free time?

Wednesday February 4th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud (new book, A Nose From Jupitar).  Mini lesson is focusing on perspective.

Period 2 -writer's workshop - mini lesson will also focus on perspective....(e.g., seeing a stapler as a metal crocodile).

Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit, before we come in and do some math, we'll look at division, with a small remainder (e.g., 15 markers shared between 2 baskets = 7 per basket with 1 left over).

Period 4 is Music.

Period 5 and 6 is art.  In honour of Black History Month, we'll look at Black artist, Alma Thomas.  We'll try to recreate some of her work...or at least in her style.

Tuesday February 3rd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, Finish up informational paragraphs

Period 2 - French

Period 3 -Outside for a bit?  Come in and do some math.  We'll continue to examine how multiplication and division are related (inverse facts: 3 x 4 = 12 so 12 / 4 = 3).  Then we'll dig into how division just means equal groups (or rows or columns...when looking at arrays).

Period 4 -I've got some old school paper work for them to do before they do some 'new school' digital questions.

Period 5 and 6 is science.  We'll be looking at contact vs non contact, specifically focusing in on Gravity (non contact) and how it essentially pulling us to the centre of the earth.  Any extra time will be for finishing up unfinished work.

Monday February 2nd

 Happy February...wow this year is flying by!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, seating swap, weekend round up.

Period 2 - I have a 'Violet Baudelaire' STEM challenge for them this morning...using some string, paper clips and some elastics to make a 'key snatcher'. 

Periods 3 and 4 we'll actually watch the NETFLIX tv series of the Bad Beginning.  It's very faithful to the book.

Period 5 is gym.

Period 6 we'll do an 'esti mystery' and use the rest of the period to finish up some unfinished work. 

Kindness Cookies & Pink Shirt information

From the office....  

Kindness Cookies will be on sale next week ONLY on School Cash Online ONLY to purchase for Pink Shirt Day (Wednesday February 25th) delivery. All proceeds will go to the Halton Learning Foundation that supports education equity and opportunities for students of the HDSB by helping to remove financial barriers.

NO SALES ON PINK SHIRT DAY!

Friday January 30th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, we'll finish our book!

Period 2 - we'll continue researching in the library on the chromebooks.  We're writing informational paragraphs on animals we've researched.

Period 3 - is math.  We'll continue to look at arrays, and see how division and multiplication are related...specifically we'll look at related facts.

Period 4 -I have some questions on Knowledgehook the kids will answer and some more time to pracitce our times tables.

Period 5- is a finish up period. 

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.  

Stay warm everyone.

Thursday January 29th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop:  Violet, the main character in our class novel is an expert inventor and knot tie-er?  I'm going to teach them how to tie a tie....maybe it will be a useful skill for someone down the line?

Period 2 -Writer's workshop:  We'll continue one with our expert burger paragraphs.  We have to do a little debrief on fact vs. opinion.  

Period 3 is math.  We'll continue to look at division with arrays and how it's related to multiplication.

Period 4 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 is computer buddies...we'll show them a super cool website called weave. They'll create symmetrical artwork.

Period 6 is going to be a free time/finish up period.