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!

Wednesday September 30th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud (Every Child Matters) and a discussion about Orange shirt day.  Then independent reading.

Period 2 Writer's workshop.  We'll still working on developing stamina.  I'm going to put up some writing prompts to do with Orange shirt day to hopefully spark some ideas.

Period 3 is math.  We're going to roll dice, make numbers and put them into expanded form: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d91EjAsU1j4-pnwcUcsFWQf6iVjq-k5O/view?usp=sharing

Period 4 is music.

Period 5 is art.  We'll decorate our own orange shirts, cut them out and hopefully hang them on a clothes line.

Period 6 when they're finished their orange shirt, I'll have the chromebooks available to play some fun games on cbckids.ca...where hopefully they can learn a little more about indigenous cultures. 

Tuesday September 28th

 Here is plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, Read aloud, class discussion about gym class yesterday, independent reading to build stamina.

Period 2 - French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll continue on our 'Terry Fox inspired math', take a bit of a body break, then come in and do some knowledgehook.

Period 5 and 6 is our first Science lesson.  We'll be learning about plants.  Today we'll look first at different types of plants and then we'll do little 'lima bean' dissection. If we're lucky...maybe even some free time?