Monday September 28th

 Mr. Cross is back!  

It sounds like Mrs. Sylvester loved her week with the class...which is nice to hear.

Here is the plan for today:

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

Period 2- We'll brainstorm stuff to write about (possibly our weekends?) and do some writing.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll walk a kilometer as a class and compare that to what Terry Fox ran each day (42 km) and how much he ran all together (over 5000 km).

Period 5 we'll do a little mindfulness activity. Learning we can do hard things and when we're stressed or anxious just take it one step at a time.

Period 6 is Gym with Mr. D.

Terry Fox information

 This is from Mrs. Inouye, our teacher organizer:

Making a Donation. Please Share with parents.

1. Donate a Toonie for 'Toonie for Terry Tuesday': Through School Cash Online we are asking each student to donate a Toonie for Terry to kick off our fundraising. NO CASH.

2. Donate Online: You can make a secure donation directly to our school's Fundraising Page (tax receipts are issued immediately by email for online gifts). Please indicate your child's name and classroom teacher in the comment box.

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Marathon Monday - Mapping Terry’s "Marathon of Hope" 

- track distances on a map

- get outside and walk a kilometer

Toonie for Terry Tuesday

- collection is done through School Cash Online

- celebrate Terry’s character & courage 

- Who was Terry?

Willpower Wednesday 

- What is willpower & perseverance? 

- What obstacles did Terry overcome? 

- What is something that you had to overcome?

Together Thursday 

- emphasize teamwork & community 

- Who supported Terry? 

- team building activity

Finish-Line Friday 

- Run Day!

- freezies on the black top when they're done

- SWBEC students along the course to cheer on and direct students

  P.3 - Gr. 1 & 2

  P.4 - Kindergarten

  NB

  P.5 - 3 & 4

  P.6 - 4/5, 5 & 6

Friday September 18th

 I can't believe I forgot to post yesterday...my apologies...we did stuff!

Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop shop.  We'll talk about what good 'partner reading' looks and sounds like.

Period 2 is Writer's workshop.  The other day we struggled to write for 5 whole minutes...we're going to continue to build stamina and do it again today!

Period 3 is math.  We're going to review 'expanded form' and use base ten blocks to make creations and count them.  

Period 4 we'll try logging into Knowledge hook again to do a game show and activity.

Period 5 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 6 we'll watch the pilot episode of the Wayside cartoon!

Just a quick reminder, I will be away all of next week, I will check my emails when I return.  Mrs. Sylvester will be filling in for me...so no blog posts next week!

Wednesday September 16th

 Here is how today is 'supposed to go'.

Period 1- Red light, Class Discussion - being responsible and kind, independent reading

Period 2 -writer's workshop - brainstorming things we love

Period 3 - Math -we'll try to log on to Knowledgehook and familiarize ourselves with this Board supported math program.

Period 4 - Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 -We'll do the mindfulness origami from yesterday I didn't get to, and then try and figure out our friends math 'Figure Me Out' Sheets.

Period 6 - I'm hoping we earn free time...We're really pushing responsibility, inclusion and kindness

Tuesday September 15th

 Here is plan for today:

Period 1: Red light, read aloud, finish up all about me page -'My family'.

Period 2: First french period with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 - We'll start by trying to solve the 'skyscraper' puzzle from yesterday...then I'm hoping to take the kids outside for an 'outdoor math' activity.  We may stay out there for a few minutes too.

Period 4 -when we come back in, I've got another math game called 'sum it up'.  We'll try learning and playing that one to build our basic math facts.

Period 5 I'm going to try the mindfulness activity from yesterday that I didn't get around to.  We'll be folding an origami dog and then trying to do it independently before asking for help (or giving up!!). Mr. Cross will be trying it too.

Period 6 I'm hoping we keep up the awesome work and earn a bit of free time? 

Monday September 14th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - We'll do our first 'weekend round up' where we share highlights from our weekends.  We'll do this every Monday.  Today we'll talk about attentive listening.  We'll also talk about the proper procedure for a fire drill.

Period 2 is our first Fire drill.  Any extra time we'll spend working on the next page of our About Me Books.

Period 3 and 4 are Math. We'll continue to build some resiliency and independence and I'm going to show them a couple of games hopefully.  

Period 5 is a mindfulness period.  We'll do a little origami and practice the power of 'Yet'.  

Period 6 is gym.

Friday September 11th

 First week of Grade 3, (almost) complete.

A good one too!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light (quiet activity), read aloud, independent reading (I'll be doing a quick phonics-screener with all the kids).  I also want to review our class motto and rules and go over the success (and failures) of yesterday's team building activity (cup stacking).

Period 2 -Writer's workshop- continue working on our All About Me Books...focusing on trying our best and being proud of our work!

Period 3 -Is math, we're going to do a little 'Figure Me Out' math sheet.  

Period 4 -Our first assembly of the year.

Period 5 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 6 I'm hoping to get the kids to log into the chromebooks for the first time...there will be hiccups!