Be safe...Happy Holidays!

 Hey everyone,

I just want to wish everyone a happy holiday!  I hope you all find some time to relax with family and friends.  Happy New Year! 

See you in 2024!

Thursday...

I just realized I didn't post on the blog today or yesterday...gulp!  Both of my dedicated readers are probably devastated and concerned.  I'm sorry...the days sort of got away from me.

Well it was the last full day before the Holiday Break.  I worked them super hard.  Lots of tests, quizzes and exams today.  Really a punishingly brutal work day.  

We were able to squeeze in 3 minutes of fun between math and language...but that was about all.  

Tomorrow we'll do lots more hard work...I may even forget to post.  If that's the case, be safe, have fun and Happy New Year!

Tuesday December 19th

 Here is the plan for today (I wasn't here yesterday, but Mrs. Sylvester said she had a wonderful day).

Period 1 -Reader's workshop/read aloud.

Period 2 -the Child and Youth Councillor for our school will be coming in to do a small presentation on 'personal space'.  

Period 3 we'll finish up some 'tree diagram' work from last week on how to organize and sort data.

Period 4 we'll use the chromebooks to do some work on Math prodigy and hopefully some coding.

Period 5 we'll use to work on Holiday gifts and free time.

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Friday December 15th

 Happy Friday!

Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 and 2 is reader's/writer's workshop - student choice.  On Fridays the students get the choice to work with a partner if they wish (to read and/or write).

Period 3 is math.  We'll look at organizing data into 'tree diagrams'.  

Period 4 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 is art.  We'll do some Optical Illusion art today in the style of Bridgit Riley.  

Have a terrific weekend everyone.

Thursday December 14th

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Reader's workshop - Mini lesson will focus on 'reading fluently in an interesting voice'...specifically non fiction.

Period 2 is writer's workshop - we'll look at word choice and really examine the verbs we choose.

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 4 is math.  We'll review carroll charts and then look at Venn Diagrams.  We'll play these games as a class then do some work: 

https://math4childrenplus.com/sets-and-venn-diagrams-rally-game/

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/ShapeSorter/

Period 5 is buddies with Mrs. Ever's class.  We'll do some 'word ladders' and some Santa Tracker.

Period 6 is library book exchange.

Wednesday December 13th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 reader's workshop: Mini lesson focusing on fluency.  Just going back to re-read words more smoothly.

Period 2 is writer's workshop:  We'll share some of our 'strong voice' writing from yesterday and keep it rolling!

Period 3 and 4 is math and coding.  We'll construct our 3D shapes and keep on coding 'the artist'...it's hard work but we're really working on perseverance.

Period 5 is music.

Period 6 I am hoping to do a little 'printing practice' and maybe some free time!

Tuesday December 12th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 is reader's workshop:  We'll look at reading words across a break line (e.g., power-ful...and 'ful' is on the next line).

Period 2 is writer's workshop:  We'll continue using our strong writing voice to write about topics that we're passionate about.

Period 3 and 4 is math/coding.  I have a quick math activity where the students need to build any 3D shape they want and count the Edges, faces and vertices.  After that we'll jump on to code.org to work on developing our 'artist skills'.  

Period 5 we'll use for finish up/mindfulness.

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Monday December 11th

 2 more weeks of school until the Holiday Break!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 is red light, read aloud and weekend round up.

Period 2 is reader's/writer's workshop - independent student choice.

Period 3 and 4 is Math.  We'll work on drawing 3D shapes and pick a shape to make ourselves.

Period 5 is French with Mme. O'Neil.

Period 6 is we'll work on coding our own geometric stars.

Friday December 8th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 and 2 -reader's/writer's workshop - student choice and they can work with a partner.  I've also have a multi-stepped art project that I'd like to get step one completed this morning.

Period 3 is Math...we're going to watch a video about how to draw 3D shapes and do a little practise. 

Period 4 is Gym/Health with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 I'm hoping to finish there rest of the Art (we'll start period 1/2) and maybe for a change, we'll watch the movie first for the book we're about to begin (Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh)?  

Thursday December 7th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Reader's workshop - mini lesson focuses on what it really means to by 'does it sound right'?  Using parts of speech to help us guess words (eg. is it a noun, adjective or verb).

Period 2 is writer's workshop - We'll continue working on developing our writing 'voice'.

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 4 is math.  We'll look a little closer at the 2D shapes that make up 3D shapes and we'll talk about 'nets' (the unfolded representation of 3D shapes).  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAOQcPYI_4E (video)

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/nets-of-3d-shapes.html (game)

Period 5 is buddies with Mrs. Ever's class.  We'll do some fun word searches with our buddies and then hopefully go on 'Santa Tracker' by Google.

Period 6 is Library (and hopefully time to finish our interactive book covers).

Wednesday December 6th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop: Mini lesson on using the vowel combinations we know to solve words

Period 2 is writer's workshop: We'll continue to work on developing our 'writing voice'.  

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll continue looking at edges, faces and vertices when naming 3D solids. I'm hoping the students can use different materials to make their own 3D solids today (e.g., lego, straws, plasticine etc...)

Period 5 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 I'm hoping we can continue working on our interactive book covers. 

Tuesday December 5th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Reader's workshop.  Mini lesson focuses on 'skipping the word' and returning, when we're having trouble decoding.

Period 2 is writer's workshop. We'll continue to focus on 'voice'.  We'll read 3 samples and choose our favourites...then we'll rewrite one of the weaker samples to 'strengthen' the voice.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll continue working on 3D shapes....how to name and identify them.  I'm hoping to conference with every student...to see what they know.  When they finish their work they'll be able to continue to play some 3D shape games...on Prodigy or knowledgehook.  

Period 5 we'll do some coding.  We'll continue to work on our 'interactive book covers'.  We'll also go over the success criteria on what makes an effectively coded interactive book cover.  

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Monday December 4th

 Happy Monday...

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Read aloud and weekend round up.

Period 2 -student choice -reader's/writer's workshop.

Period 3 we'll review what we know about 3D solids.  We've got some work to do:

 https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/math/grade-2-geometry-faces-edges-vertices-a.pdf

https://www.math-salamanders.com/image-files/3d-shapes-worksheets-properties-6.gif

Period 4 I'm hoping to use the chromebooks to do a blooket and play some prodigy (all to do with 3D solids)

Period 5 is French with Mme. O'Neil.

Period 6 I'm hoping to continue coding our 'interactive book covers'.  If we don't get the computers we'll finish our Art from Friday.

Friday December 1st

 December!  I can't believe it.

Here is the plan on this rainy Friday.

Period 1 -Reader's workshop - Student choice to read or write with a friend on Fridays.

Period 2 - I want to start the next part of coding our own 'interactive book covers'.  We're at the 'planning stage'.  

Period 3 is math.  We'll look a little closer at how to name and identify 3D solids...maybe even squeeze in a blooket. 

Period 4 is gym/health with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 is art.  We'll look at some of Optical illusions and hopefully create our own...

Have a safe weekend.

Thursday November 30th

 Last day of November...that's insane!

Here is the plan today:

Period 1 -Reader's workshop- I'm hoping everyone who didn't finish the first step of our coding from yesterday can finish up.

Period 2 is writer's workshop - We'll focus on 'matching the right writer's voice to the right purpose.

Period 3 is Gym with Mr. D

Period 4 is Math- we'll begin work on 3D solids....naming and identifying them all. 

Work:

https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/math/grade-2-geometry-faces-edges-vertices-a.pdf

https://www.math-salamanders.com/image-files/3d-shapes-worksheets-properties-6.gif

Period 5 is buddies with Mrs. Ever's class -we'll finish our interviews and continue searching the hidden pictures. 

Period 6 is a finish up period...we have math, coding and some language to finish up on.

Wednesday November 29th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -reader's workshop: Mini lesson will focus on breaking words apart and putting them back together again.

Period 2 is writer's workshop:  Mini lesson will continue to focus on removing 'trash' details from our writing.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll finish up the symmetry and quadrilateral work from yesterday.  We'll do some questions on prodigy and I'll show them some fun symmetry websites.

Period 5 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 we'll dig a little deeper into coding and begin work on 'coding an interactive book cover'.  It's an intense course, but I think we'll have some fun with it.

Tuesday November 28th

 Here is the plan for this cold Tuesday.

Period 1 -Reader's workshop.  Mini lesson will focus on 'flexible sounds', we'll talk about how vowels make both long and short sounds and how we should try both figure out words.

Period 2 -writer's workshop.  Mini lesson will focus on 'trash or treasure' details.  We'll discuss which details about T-Rex's are trash or treasure...and focus only the most important/interesting details in our writing.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll finish up 2D shapes today looking at 'symmetry' and the different types of quadrilaterals.  We'll play these games and do some work to consolidate our learning.  

https://www.abcya.com/games/symmetree-symmetry

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/geometry/quadrilateral-game/

Period 5 will be some printing practice....letters C, O, G, Q and S.

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Monday November 27th

 I can't believe it's the last week of November!

Here is the plan for toay:

Period 1 -Red light (set game), Read aloud, Weekend Round Up.

Period 2 -student choice -reader's writer's workshop.

Period 3 we'll look a little closer at 2D shapes...specifically the difference between similar and congruent. 

we'll do this work:

https://www.math-salamanders.com/image-files/3rd-grade-math-practice-2d-shape-properties-1.gif 

Period 4 I have a lot of questions on prodigy set up...hopefully we'll have some time for a blooket too.

Period 5 is French with Mme. O'Neil

Period 6 I'm going to leave for free time.  

Thursday November 23rd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 and 2 is reader's/writer's workshop - student choice (treating today like a Friday).  We also have to do our book fair shopping first period.

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D...hopefully they can get to the church for gym class...dependent on whether the path is accessible or not.

Period 4 is math.  We'll review 2D shapes and look at 3D shapes.

Period 5 is computer buddies with Mrs. Ever's class.  We'll be interviewing our buddies to get to know them a little better.

Period 6 we'll cruise into the long weekend (and my long night) with a little free time.  

Reminder - Tomorrow is a PD day (no school for kids)

Wednesday November 22nd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Read aloud, reader's workshop.  Mini lesson will be about 'running into a the first part of a word' to help us solve.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We'll work on choosing topics to write about.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll review the names of 2D shapes and their attributes (e.g., a square has 4 sides and 4 vertices).  I have an assignment on google classroom as well as a blooket planned.

Period 5 is Music/Drama with Mrs. Haynes.  

Period 6 is Science.  We'll look at our levitating magnets STEM challenge...check out what some of us have done so far: levitating magnets.  If there's time we'll look at Friction...what it is and how it affects us.  

Tuesday November 21st

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 is our turn to tour the book fair and make our wish lists (we shop on Thursday)

Period 2 is reader's/writer's workshop.  We'll continue on with our 'main idea' paragraphs.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  I'm hoping to do a 'time scavenger hunt' around the school.  Any extra time we have we'll jump on to knowledgehook or prodigy.

Period 5 we'll continue our 'STEM' magnet challenge from yesterday.

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Monday November 20th

 Happy Monday!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 weekend round up, read aloud and finish up our progress report reflections.

Period 2 is reader's/writer's workshop.  I'm hoping to finish working on our paragraphs from last week and give the students the rest of the time to read or write.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  I've got a worksheet and a 'I Have, Who Has' activity to do.  I'm hoping to jump onto Knowledgehook too today to practise our time skills.

Period 5 is French with Mme. O'Neil.

Period 6 we'll try our luck at building our own 'levitation device' for a STEM challenge.

Friday November 17th

 Happy Friday!

Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 -We'll finish up the students self-reflection on their learning skills and hopefully start our next read aloud, The Nose From Jupiter.

Period 2 is reader's/writer's workshop -The students will get the chance to work with a partner, or use the computers to read on epic or play English prodigy.  

Period 3 is math....since it was so nice out yesterday, we never actually got to math.  So we'll continue to look at telling the time on an analogue clock.  

Period 4 is Mr. D for gym.

Period 5 and 6 we'll be doing art...working on blending chalk and oil pastels.  

Have a great weekend everyone. 

Thursday November 16th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -reader's workshop - we'll work on our learning skills reflection sheets first thing.  Then we'll have some independent reading time.

Period 2 is writer's workshop - in an attempt to move away from comics and try to focus on writing a bit more, we'll try using word webs to help us write down ideas...and focus on writing about a 'main idea'.  

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 4 is math.  We'll continue to work on telling time and we'll play a game of 'I Have, Who Has...'.

Period 5 we have our computer buddies.  We'll play Interland for the last time with our buddies....really focussing on 'reading' some of the internet safety rules...not just clicking buttons.

Period 6 we'll do our book exchange and hopefully enjoy a little free time.   

Wednesday November 15th

 I'm back!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Reader's workshop.  We'll look at letters that go together, diagraphs and blends. 

Period 2 -writer's workshop.  We'll look at proper letter formation in our handwriting books.

Period 3 and 4 is math. We'll practise reading and telling time.  Hopefully after the work we'll be able to practise on Math prodigy.  We'll be doing this sort of work:

https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/time/timeclocks-nearest5_TZTRN.pdf

https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/time/time-drawhands-nearest5_TZTRT.pdf

https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/time/telling-time-nearest-five-minutes_GGATS.pdf

Period 5 is Drama and Dance with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 is Science, we'll dig into magnetism a little more

Monday November 13th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1- red light / weekend round up.

Period 2 - reader's/writer's workshop - student choice.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We're going to start our next unit on 'time'.  We'll start with looking at the calendar...days, months and year.  We'll do some work then practise on prodigy.

Period 5 is French with Mme. O'Neil.

Period 6 we'll look at the force of magnetism in Science

Friday November 10th

 Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 is reserved for some Remembrance Day learning.  We'll talk about Remembrance day, why we celebrate it, it's history and why we wear poppies.  

Period 2 is Reader's/writer's workshop - students may with with a friend on Friday to read or write.

Period 3 We'll try our hand at some oil pastel poppy art.

Period 4 is Gym with Mr. D

Period 5 and 6 we'll watch the movie, The Tale of Despereaux to complete the book we just finished...maybe continue working on our art if we're not finished.

Thursday November 9th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -reader's workshop and we'll finish Tale of Despereaux.  Our mini lesson will be looking at Diagraphs and Blends to help us solve words.

Period 2 Mrs. Haynes is going to take them for an extra period to practice their plays in drama while I go to an in-school meeting.

Period 3 is normally health with Mr. D, but we have our special author visit with Melanie Florence: https://www.melanieflorence.com/my-story

Period 4 we'll look at pattern rules and finish up our unit on patterning. 

Period 5 we have our buddies...we'll play Interland (internet safety) one last time with the task of the buddies coming up with a comic about being kind online.

Period 6 we'll do book exchange and hopefully work on our coding the oceans for a bit.  

Wednesday November 8th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 reader's workshop - mini lesson focuses on using what we know about words to help us solve unfamiliar words.

Period 2 writer's workshop - Comic's have invaded our 'writing time'...but there is very little writing happening in many of the comics.  So we'll go over how to 'write' and do comics (I don't want to squash their 'writing enthusiasm' but I need a little more writing.)

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll looks specifically at 'pattern rules' and how to use them to create patterns.  I have a couple of worksheets for them to practise and show their knowledge of patterns and pattern rules.

Period 5 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 we'll either work on proper letter formation and hopefully have some time to practise coding AI to clean up the ocean on code.org.

Tuesday November 7th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -reader's workshop - mini lesson -juggling 3 balls when reading (seeing, hearing, thinking).

Period 2 -writer' workshop -mini lesson - thinking of an object, writing everything you can think about it.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll do some more work with patterning and using a table of values to figure out what's happening.  Hopefully some prodigy time afterwords.

Period 5 is coding.  We'll look at using 'AI' to build a game that focuses on cleaning the oceans.

Period 6 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Monday November 6th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -red light, read aloud, weekend round up and a 'lock down' drill practice.  

Period 2 -whatever is left of period 2 will be reader's/writer's workhshop -student choice. 

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll look at using a table of values to help us figure out patterns.  We'll do some partner work where we look at several different tables and try decide which 'pattern rule' belongs to each table.  Then there is a worksheet for them to do on their own.

Period 5 is French with Mme. O'Neil.

Period 6 I want to have the kids log on to blooket (to have some fun and do a quiz about some of the read alouds we've read and a quiz about Canadian Money.

Friday November 3rd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 and 2 is reader's/writer's workshop.  Today is the day the kids can choose to read or write with a partner.  I do want to do a quick 'verb' activity with the whole class before they start.

Period 3 we'll talk very briefly about growing and shrinking patterns and then I hope to start the BFG movie.  

Period 4 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 we'll finish watching the BFG and discuss the differences between the 2 movies and the book.

I hope everyone has a terrific weekend.

Thursday November 2nd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Reader's workshop - we'll do yesterday's lesson about how reading is really a juggling act (eyes, ears and brain).

Period 2 is Writer's workshop- using your senses to help you write.

Period 3 is math.  We'll look at both growing and shrinking patterns.

Period 4 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 5 is buddies with Mrs. Evers' class.  We'll show them the games we created on code.org.  Then play Interland with them to go over 'internet safety'.

Period 6 is library book exchange.  

Wednesday November 1st

 ugh...the day after Halloween...very scary.  Late nights, lots of junk food = ready to learn!  Wish me luck (and I'm feeling under the weather).

Here is the 'plan' for today.  We may have to adapt on the fly.  I've also changed the desks around (1st of the month)

Period 1 -reader's workshop - we'll talk about how reading is really a juggling act between what we see, hear, and think (then I wow them by actually juggling).

Period 2 is writer's workshop -the mini lesson is all about using our senses to help us write.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll begin our next unit on Patterning.  We will talk about what exactly a pattern is, and do a worksheet about changing attributes (e.g., shape, size, direction). I'm hoping if it's nice outside maybe we can spend some time out there.

Period 5 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 I'm going to leave open for 'free time' maybe watch an episode of Wayside and solve some rubik's cubes?

Monday October 30th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 is read aloud and weekend round up.

Period 2 is reader's/writer's workshop.  I'm hoping to teach the kids how to access Epic books (online reading website).

Period 3 and 4 is math -we're going to learn all about ratios.  I have a worksheet then a game they can play online: https://mathsnacks.com/ratio-rumble.html

Period 5 Is french with Ms. O'Neil.

Period 6 I'm hoping to get the class on code.org to do some more coding.

Friday October 27th

 Thank goodness it's Friday!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 and 2 is reader's/writer's workshop.  I like keeping Fridays fun...so the kids will have the option to read or write with a partner during this literacy block.  I also am going to teach the kids how to play Boggle...I played a few rounds with a small group last week and they liked it.  So I'll explain the rules to everyone today and we'll play a class game online:  https://wordshake.com/boggle.

Period 3 I have a math challenge for the class about how to arrange square tiles into different sized rectangles.  Then, if we have time, we'll begin to learn about ratios.  

Period 4 is gym/health with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 is Art.  I have an art activity where the kids draw their own monsters after listening to my instructions...it should be spooktacular.  https://storylineonline.net/books/how-i-met-my-monster/ (we'll listen to this book first)

Thursday October 26th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -reader's workshop - mini lesson focuses on "thinking while reading" (re-reading to ensure understanding).

Period 2 is writer's workshop -mini lesson will focus on using important people in our lives to generate ideas (same as yesterday).

Period 3 Math.  We'll look again at counting money and specifically adding and subtracting money amounts.

Period 4 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 5 we'll use the chromebooks (buddies are away on a field trip) to begin coding on Code.org.  I'm hoping the kids will code their own 'flappy bird' game.  

Period 6 we have library/book exchage.

Wednesday October 24th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 reader's workshop.  Mini lesson to focus on 'slowing down, to help us make sense'.  

Period 2 writer's workshop.  Mini lesson to focus on 'finding important people' to help us trigger memories and material for writing.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll be looking at money.  Reviewing the name of coins and their values.  We'll do some work where we count up money and compare sums.  We'll look at these games in class:

https://mrnussbaum.com/cash-out-canada

https://www.iknowit.com/lessons/a-coin-identification-and-values-canadian.html

Period 5 is Mrs. Haynes for Drama/Music.

Period 6 is Science.  We'll investigate the natural force of 'Gravity'.  

If you haven't contacted me to let me know you've picked up your pumpkin...your child is supposed to come home with a pumpkin today.

Tuesday October 24th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -reader's workshop -mini lesson is on how reader's try more than just one strategy when trying to solve unfamiliar words.

Period 2 is writer's workshop - mini lesson is about using strong emotions (happy, sad, scared) to help us generate ideas for writing.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We're still working on subtracting and with and without regrouping.  We'll do some work, then I'm going to post a few different 'subtraction games' websites on google classroom:

https://mrnussbaum.com/fun-regrouping-in-subtraction-games-from-computermice

https://www.multiplication.com/games/subtraction-games

https://www.coloringsquared.com/free-coloring-pages-math-for-kids/math-fact-coloring-pages/free-subtraction-worksheets/free-math-coloring-sheets/

Period 5 we have an assembly at the church all about bus safety.

Period 6 is drama with Mrs. Haynes.

Reminder...today is the day parents are encouraged to pick up pumpkins from outside the school to take home (instead of trying to get your child to carry their pumpkin home.  

 Today we had terrific weather for our field trip to the RBG!

When we got back, we snacked and watched a couple of episodes of Wayside.  

Check out some of our nature inspired art:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a9s4XE6sn7khmXcPh4uN1YGs8o1nNOcy?usp=sharing

Thursday October 19th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -read aloud and reader's workshop.  Mini lesson focuses on how 'to coach your partner' when reading.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  Mini lesson is about being realistic...realizing writing doesn't have to be perfect, or finished today...just get some words down on paper.  

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 4 is math.  We'll look a little closer at subtraction with borrowing/regrouping.  I think we're starting to get the hang of it.

Period 5 we're going to do our first session of 'computer buddies' with Mrs. Ever's class.  It should be fun.

Period 6 is Library book exchange...maybe a little free time after that.

I will be away tomorrow (and all weekend)...Just a reminder, Monday is our Field trip to RBG.  Check the weather.  Dress appropriately, bring a litterless lunch.  

Wednesday October 18th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Reader's workshop.  We'll look at listening to ourselves read, and asking 'does it sound like the book'...and if it doesn't, going back to re-read.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We'll look at using writing to help us vent...when we're feeling frustrated.

Period 3 we have a 'Scooby Soccer' workshop.

Period 4 is math. If we're in good shape...I might begin the process of teaching them how to subtract with 'borrowing' (the standard algorithm).

Period 5 is Drama with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 I'm hoping to get outside and create some Andy Goldsworthy inspired art using nature.  

Tuesday October 17th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -reader's workshop.  Our mini lesson will focus on using words we know to solve words we don't know

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  Mini lesson will focus on making writing a habit.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll review the counting up and counting back strategies from yesterday when subtracting.  We'll also go over the 'standard' algorithm for solving subtraction questions (no borrowing/regrouping).

We may play some subtraction games (as a class) - on this website:

https://www.multiplication.com/games/subtraction-games

Period 5 we'll hopefully do some science...talk a little about objects at rest.

Period 6 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Monday October 16th

 Happy Monday!

Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 we'll do a subtraction activity for red light.  Then we'll share the highlights of our weekends during 'Weekend Round Up'.  I would like to start our next Read aloud 'The Tale of Desperaux'. 

Period 2 is student choice (to read or write, or both).

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll be looking at some simple subtractions strategies (counting up, or counting back).  After we do some work, we'll answer some questions on math prodigy.

Here are some videos that explain the strategies.

Grade 2 Math 2.15, Counting up to subtract

Subtraction by Counting back - Grade 1

Period 5 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 I'm hoping we can finish the animated version of The BFG we started on Friday.  

Still need a few permission forms for our RBG trip next Monday!

Thursday October 12th

 Happy Thursday, but it's a Friday schedule....

Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 -reader's workshop.  We'll focus on reading slowly, to make sure we really 'hear' the story of the book we're reading.

Period 2 -writer's workshop.  We'll focus on asking our selves the question...why are we writing? who is our audience?  The idea being, when we have a purpose it will help guide our focus (we've got some writers in this class that loose focus fairly easily).

Period 3 is math.  I'm hoping to practise adding...with regrouping.  We'll go slow and attempt to do this work:

https://www.worksheetfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wfun16_graph_add_3D_1.pdf

https://www.worksheetfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wfun16_graph_add_3D_2.pdf

Period 4 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 5 I'm supposed to have a pie thrown in my face.  Then we'll review erosion and watch a few videos about landslides (natural forces causing movement).

Period 6 we'll hopefully sneak into the library (assuming picture day is done) and do a book exchange.

Picture day tomorrow...(Oct. 12th)

 Make sure you've wiped those Terry Fox tattoos off their faces...tomorrow it picture day!

Wednesday October 11th

 First off....permission forms for the RBG trip went home last night....it's coming up quite fast.

Here is the plan for today.

Period 1-Reader's workshop.  We'll talk about 'regaining' focus by setting goals when we are reading.

Period 2 -Writer's workshop.  Our focus will be on using 'partners' to help us write ...the idea is to 'phone a friend' to ask for assistance.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  Yesterday we conquered addition without regrouping.  Today we're going to use the standard algorithm (the we we learned back in the day) to add numbers and re group.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayFAh4VNMFA&t=64s -video

https://mrnussbaum.com/drag-n-drop-math-online -game

Period 5 is French with Mme. O'Neil.

Period 6 I have down for Science, but we'll see what our energy level is like at that time of the day.

Field trip...RBG!

 Hey parents...there is a field trip form coming home tonight for our upcoming trip to the RBG on October 23rd.  Please sign and return the form ASAP.

Thanks!

Tuesday October 10th

 What a nice relaxing long weekend...now back to the grind!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 we'll do a simple adding activity for Redlight.  Then we'll share highlights of our weekend during 'weekend round up'.  After that I'll read a chapter of The BFG.

Period 2 will be students choice to read or write for the reader's/writer's workshop.

Period 3 is math.  We'll be looking at adding with NO regrouping.  I've got some worksheets to do.  It should be easy.

Period 4 we'll carry that math into Math Prodigy where I've assigned 18 addition questions that involve regrouping.

Period 5 we'll look at erosion (a natural occurring force) for science. 

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.  

Thursday October 5th

Thursday!  We made it!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -We'll make birthday cards for my daughter for 'RED light' this morning (she turned 12 today).  Then we'll do reader's workshop.  Our mini lesson will focus on asking ourselves if our books 'engage us'. 

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We'll talk about keeping 'side projects' and mixing and matching ideas to help us generate new ones.

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D

Period 4 we'll do the math we never started yesterday (because Mr. Cross kept blabbing on and on). Using mental math to help us add efficiently.

Period 5 we'll use the chromebooks to practise those adding skills with some assignments I set up on Math Prodigy.

Period 6 is Library...a nice calm end to the day.

REMEMBER- tonight is the open house/BBQ.  I'll be here all night, working the BBQ and chatting with parents.  

I know it can be awkward and scary meeting your child's teacher for the first time.  I've compiled a list of some Do's and Don't so we can skip any awkwardness...

DO: start with 'Hello teacher, thank you for giving my child the gift of knowledge'.

DON'T: start with 'So...how's my child doing in Math?'

DO: say "nice shirt, it makes your arms look huge...have you been working out?'

DON'T: look directly at my braces and call me mean names like 'Brace-face'.

DO: say things like "my kids really enjoys school...all thanks to you.  I guess it's true, not all hero's wear capes"

DON'T: say "my hamburger was over cooked...I hope you teach better than you BBQ"

I look forward to seeing you tonight.

Wednesday October 4th

 Here is the plan for this Wednesday.

Period 1 and 2 we did this red light activity...the goal was just to get the whole class to 'TRY'.  It's a big thing in our classroom this year...just trying.  We have a motto...'It's okay not to know, but it's not okay not to try'. https://www.transum.org/Maths/Activity/Place_Value/

After that we had a fire drill, came in and did some reading until lunch.

Period 3 we had Blake, Catherine, Ava and Mason share some comics they've been working on...which then inspired us to do some writing.  Period 3 was writer's workshop. I"m writing my blog right now, and they're writing as well.  

Period 4 we're going to look at some more mental math strategies...including breaking numbers into place value and making doubles.  

Period 5 is Music with Mrs. Haynes

Period 6 we'll do our science experiment from yesterday that we never got around to completing.  

Tuesday October 3rd

 Today will be a bit of a different day with many kids away for cross country. 

Period 1 is reader's workshop, we'll talk a little more about 'nouns' and hopefully play a fun game I found online on the Smartboard.  We'll also do a seating swap.

Period 2 we have a fire drill, afterwards we'll do some independent reading or writing. 

Period 3 and 4 we'll play some more 'battlemath' and hopefully talk about some other 'mental math' strategies...like using doubles and breaking numbers apart into their place value.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jJ8njia2wtXf_BTWfX3fLGZGycP9GPmp?usp=drive_link

Period 5 is Science...still learning about forces.

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Monday October 2nd

 Happy October everyone.

Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 we'll do a fun red light activity.  Then we'll share the highlights of our weekends during Weekend Round Up.  After that I'll read The BFG.

Period 2 I'm going to do some work with nouns and homophones.  After, I'll have them consolidate the learning on questions I set up on English Prodigy (for the first time).

Period 3 is Math.  We'll be working with 'making 10' strategy using whiteboards to play a game I call 'Battlemath'.

Period 4 is science.  We'll look at what exactly a force is and try to do a simple force experiment that involves moving a ball with a piece of string (pushing and pulling).

Period 5 is French with Mme. O'Neil.

Period 6 is a mindfulness/finish up period.  

Friday September 28th

 Was it just me...or did this feel like a longer week than normal?

Thank goodness it's Friday.  

Here is the plan for today.  

Period 1 and 2 is Language.  We'll talk a little bit about reconciliation, watch this CBC kids video and discuss 'Orange Shirt Day'. What is Reconciliation? | CBC Kids.

Then the kids will have some time to work in partners for Reader's/writer's workshop.  I'll also introduce the kids to English Prodigy.  We'll talk a little about nouns and homophones.

Period 3 is math.  We'll play a cool dice rolling game where the kids practise making 10.  

Period 4 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 we'll discuss 'Orange Shirt Day' a little more.  Then we'll collaborate to make our own giant 'Orange Shirt' poster.  ​​What is Orange Shirt Day? | Articles | CBC Kids

We might even get to watch an episode of Wayside while we work....

Have a great weekend everyone.

Thursday September 28th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 is reader's workshop.  After we read some BFG, we'll talk about how visualizing helps us to keep focus.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We had some pretty successful writing yesterday when we set 'dot goals'. We'll keep that going with the addition of just trying to keep a pencil in our paper.

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 4 is math.  We'll be looking at Mental Math strategies for adding.  Today we'll be looking at 'counting on' and 'making 10's'. 

Counting on https://www.splashlearn.com/math-vocabulary/counting-and-comparison/count-on

Making tens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9h4skGoWJ8&themeRefresh=1

Period 5 We'll do a bit of science, learning a little more about what exactly a force is.

Period 6 is Library.  If we have some time at the end of the day we'll try and do some math prodigy problems.

Wednesday September 27th

 Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 we'll finish up our 'cubist autumn' trees for Red light.  Then we'll read some more form the BFG.   For reader's workshop we'll continue to focus on 'choosing engagement' and we'll talk about finding 'just right books'. 

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We'll set 'dot goals' and see if we can write enough to reach our goals.  

Period 3 and 4 is math .  We'll do an estimation mystery.  Then we'll talk about how we can use estimation/rounding to add approximate numbers.  The work will be sort of like this: Estimating Sums & Differences Worksheets

Period 5 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.  

Period 6 is possibly science...possibly just a finish up periods...I like to see what kind of shape the kids are in last period before I decide with how to proceed! 

Tuesday September 26th

 Happy Tuesday.

Here is what is coming up today.

Periods 1 and 2 -we spent a lot of time trying to solve this impossible magic square.   https://www.transum.org/software/SW/magic_square/magic_square.asp.  It was a great lesson in just getting the kids to 'try' instead of giving up.  Our mantra this year is 'It's okay not to know...but it's NOT okay NOT to try'.  Then we started 'The BFG' as our class read aloud (please don't (re)watch the movie until we've finished the book).  Then we did reader's workshop...focusing on consciously choosing to stay engaged in our books.  The class was so good that I took them outside for a little bit before lunch.  

Period 3 we're having our special presentation about Violence in Video games.  

Period 4 we have the chromebooks.  We'll be practising our skip counting on math prodigy.

Period 5 is Science, we'll do a little experiment about pushing and pulling.

Period 6 is 'the arts' with Mrs. Haynes.

Monday September 25th

 Happy Monday everyone!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 we have a special guest coming in...Muhammad Anwar.  He's an engineer for Canada Post.  He'll be working with our class throughout the year, talking about his experiences as an engineer and hopefully inspiring some of our kids.

Period 2 we'll do 'weekend round up' and share the highlights of our weekend, plus we'll do reader's/writer's workshop, focusing on staying quiet, and focused.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll be looking at skip counting by 50's, 100's and 200's.  

Period 5 is French with Mme. O'Neil.

Period 6 will either be Science or 'finish up' depending on our energy levels.  

Friday September 21st

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 we'll do a little Terry Fox work.  Then we'll do some prep. work for Tuesday's workshop on Violence in Video games.

Period 2 is student choice 'reader's/writer's workshop'.  They're allowed to work in partners on Friday if they wish.

Period 3 is math.  I'm hoping to finish our scavenger hunt from yesterday.  Those who are finished early will be able to play prodigy. 

Period 4 is gym, and Mr. D is taking them for the Terry Fox run.

Period 5 and 6 is art.  We'll be making 'cubist trees' in the style of Picasso.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Thursday September 21st

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 reader's workshop. Our mini lesson will focus on 'waking up our brain' by asking questions to make sure we're still engaged in our books.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We'll focus on 'silencing the "it's no good" voice in our head when we're writing.

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.  We'll continue to work with Dan from the Toronto Rock to develop our lacrosse skills.

Period 4 is math.  We're continuing to work on rounding (to the nearest 10 and 100).  I've set up a scavenger hunt around the room.

Period 5 we'll do some of the science we started earlier this week.  Looking for different uses of forces (push and pulls).

Period 6 we have library.  We'll find some books and read and relax at the end of the day.

NOTE: tomorrow is the Terry Fox run!

Wednesday September 20th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 is reader's workshop.  We'll focus building stamina and talk about when your mind begins to wander, retell what you remember and jump back into your book.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We'll talk about about picking the right tool to help us write (pen, pencil etc...)

Period 3 we have math.  A lot of us were lost with 'rounding' to the nearest 10 and 100...so we'll continue to practise that: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s83mkUrcEC1nGuVqPTAvreYdddJCQCzp/view

Period 4 we'll be working with a member of the Toronto Rock to learn some Lacrosse basics.

Period 5 we've got Mrs. Haynes for Music.

Period 6 we'll either finish up science or work on Math prodigy (more rounding)...lets see how the day goes and if there are even computers available 

Tuesday September 19th

 Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 is read aloud and reader's workshop.  Our mini lesson will focus on 'keeping your eyes and mind on your book' (building stamina).

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We'll continue focusing on building stamina...with the motto 'Keep the pencil (or pen) in your hand'.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll talk about rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.  Why it's useful.  We'll play a couple of games as a class and then do some independent work to consolidate our knowledge.

Games:

https://www.iknowit.com/lessons/c-rounding-tens-hundreds-9999.html

https://www.abcya.com/games/rounding_numbers

Period 5 I'm hoping to start our first unit of science.  Forces causing movement.  We'll talk about what a force is and examine some examples of 'push and pull'.  

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Monday September 18th

 Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 we'll finish up some art from last week during 'red light'.  Then we'll share the highlights of our weekends during 'weekend round up'.  I will also read a chapter or 2 from Sideways Stories from Wayside School.

Period 2 I'll let the students choose if they want to read or write independently.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll continue to look at Place Value.   Specifically at composing and decomposing numbers.

Period 5 is French with Miss O'Neil.

Period 6 is 'desk clean up' and some mindfulness activities. 

Friday September 15th

 Here is the plan for today.  

We'll do a red light math activity to start the day.  Then period 1 we'll do reader's workshop.  We'll talk about how partners can help us develop fluency.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We'll talk about how partners can support and encourage us with our writing.

Period 3 is math.  We'll be talking about expanded form. Then we'll do some work with expanded form. 

Expanded Form Video -

Period 4 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 we'll do a little bit of 'doodle' art...and hopefully get outside to enjoy the nice weather for a bit. 

Thursday September 14th

 Here is the plan for today:

After our 'red-light' activity, we're supposed to have our first 'practise fire drill'.  Not sure how long that will take.  After that,  I'm hoping to talk about 'break reads' (after reading for awhile, you take a break). 

For writer's workshop we talk about how we can "stay focused' when writing, and what to do when we start losing focus. 

Period 3 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 4 is math.  We'll continue to work on Place Value.  I've got some work from yesterday for us to finish.  

Period 5 I'm hoping to continue to work on Internet safety while using the chromebooks.  

Period 6 is our first library session.  We'll do a book exchange and hopefully have some free time at the end of the day. 

Wednesday September 13th

 Should be another great day today...I can feel it!

Period 1 and 2 we'll have our first assembly of the year (Grades 1-3) at the church.  The assembly will focus on diversity and equality.  

Period 3 and 4 we'll do some math.  We'll talk a little more about place value and how to read and write whole numbers.  The students will make creations out of Base Ten blocks and then count up the value of their creations. 

Take at look at some of our creations:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_3ZNbCKzfvS6UeNMjS6lGlakwspKz1j0?usp=drive_link

Period 5 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 6 I'm hoping to practise logging into the chromebooks and then learn about internet safety playing this fun interactive game made by Google called Interland. 

https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/interland

Also...please see the previous post about Terry Fox and Pizza/Sub day information is coming home today.

Tuesday September 12th

 Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 -reader's workshop.  We'll look at what sort of place we need to do our best reading (the perfect reading spot...eg, bright, quiet, sitting up etc...)

Period 2 -writer's workshop.  We'll talk about our 'dream writing space' and we'll look at some places famous authors wrote in.  Then we'll write about our own perfect writing spot.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll look at Place Value.  We'll talk about reading numbers, and representing them with Base Ten Blocks.  We'll play the place value game...feel free to play at home (a deck of cards [ace to 9] or 10 sided dice will work). 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R7UYwiR6Q5aLlkUlorLgEz5O9bEpV4qT5zTmWMICnIo/edit?usp=sharing (try and make the biggest or smallest number you can)

Period 5 I was hoping to practise fire drill routines...but depending on the weather, we may just stay inside and enjoy some quiet mindfullness time.  

Period 6 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Terry Fox information

 

#TerryFoxSchoolRun #DearTerry

Dear Terry, Thank you for dreaming big and making a difference for families affected by cancer. 

This year, our school is proudly taking part in the annual Terry Fox School Run, on Friday, September 22nd, to continue Terry's dream of a world without cancer. 

Please click on the link and support our school's fundraising efforts today! 

Terry Fox Run - Glenview

Monday September 11th

 I usually get to school pretty early...so you'll see a lot of these 'predictive' blogs.

Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 -redlight we'll finish up our name-tags and self-portraits.  Then we'll do our Weekend Round Up, where we sit in a circle and share highlights from our weekend.  Then it's reader's workshop.  We'll continue to focus on building stamina.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  We'll talk about building our writing stamina, and how to use our 'writer's notebooks' (e.g., circling tricky words, being quiet, writing the date).  

Period 3 and 4 I'm hoping to get the class familiar with logging onto the chromebooks -remembering their log in information.  I'm also hoping everyone can join our google classroom and then after that we'll play some Grade 3 games off the ABCya website: https://www.abcya.com/grades/3/numbers.  I'd like to get the class outside for a bit of time as well.

Period 5 we have our first French class with Ms. O'Neil.  

Period 6 I'm leaving open for 'finish up'/free time.  

Friday September 8th

 Happy Friday.  

I will just say it again, this class rocks!  I loved this first week and I am excited for the rest of Grade 3...fingers crossed it goes as smoothly as week 1!

I'm going to try and blog before the day begins....here is the plan for today.

Period 1 -red light activity, finish our warm/cool colour name art.  Then we'll have a class discussion about fair vs. equal.  Then we'll read and try and continue to build our Stamina.  

Period 2 is writer's workshop, we'll get our writer's notebooks and decorate them and hopefully even start writing in them.

Period 3 we'll start with a 'name game'...see if we can remember everyone's name.  Then we'll do an estimation mystery (ESTI mystery).   We'll practice using hundreds charts to figure out the answer.

Period 4 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 we'll do some self portraits...half our faces will be our own drawings...the other half will be filled with pictures of things that symbolize us.  I'm also hoping to get outside with the other Grade 3 classes as some point during this block.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday September 7th

 Alright...day 2 halfway done...and so far it's been even better than day 1!  I love this class.

Here is what we did (and what we're doing) today.

Period 1 we practiced our morning routine of doing the quiet 'red light' activity posted on the Smartboard.  Then we talked about our class rules:

1. Be respectful
2. Be kind
3. Take responsibility
4. Try your best
5 Have fun!

Then we read chapter 1 of Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Mrs. Gorf).  Then we tried to build up our 'reading stamina'.    I encouraged the class to bring books from home if they're reading good ones they want to continue in class.

Period 2 we did some singing and dancing to the 'walking song'.  Then the kids did a 10 word spelling quiz, just so I could see how they sound out certain words.

Period 3 (right now) they're outside in the shade with Mr. D for gym.

Period 4 we'll play the game we played as a class yesterday called Sum it Up. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1krMht5rRAHa61ruRE7XFbnzNLyK4qofEU8Q9tK20g3o/edit

We might even try to sing and record Willoughby Wallaby Woo...

Period 5 and 6 we'll talk about how we can make our classroom an even better community, we'll do a little name art that involves warm and cool colours...and if we're lucky we might even get some free time. 

UPDATE:  our version of Willoughby Wallaby Woo:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Z3zVnpN6ivgqOAKV2tahocXb1Q22f_P/view?usp=drive_link 

(eat your heart out Raffi)

Wednesday September 6th

 Wow....what a great first day.  I got a good feeling about this class...they already seem amazing.  Nice work parents!

Here is what we did today.

Period 1 and 2 we had a some popcorn and shared some interesting facts about ourselves.  We read the book First Day Jitters and talked about whether we were excited or scared (or somewhere in between). We also discussed class/school and lunch rules.  

Periods 3 and 4 we made some pretty awesome play d'oh creations and shared the with our friends.  Then we 'tried' to sing Willoughby Wallaby Woo...with all of our names incorporated.  I was considering posting it to this blog...but I just listened and I could only hear my terrible singing and playing...so I'll save you the pain. Stay tuned....I hope to get the Grade 3's to sing louder and prouder.  

We also played a fun class vs. teacher game of 'Sum it Up'...I won (of course).  

We came up with a list of class rules.  

Period 5 they have Mrs. Haynes for music. 

Period 6 we'll discuss the day, sign our names to the class rules....go over the day and enjoy a little free time.  

Sending home some paper work today, including my first day letter and tentative schedule.  

Thanks for raising such great kids.

Friday June 23rd

 I think this might be the last post of the year...next week will be a little chaotic...as the last week of the school year always is.  

Period 1 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 2 is Reader's/Writers workshop - student choice.

Period 3 we'll do some social studies, we'll look at who the Metis people are.

Period 4 we head to the library for the summer reading book exchange.

Period 5 and 6 we'll cruise into the weekend with the 2nd movie in the Rats of Nimh series.  

Have a great weekend...remember, Monday is our trip to LaSalle park...rain or shine! (Hopefully more shine than rain)

Thursday June 23rd

 Here is the plan for today...

Period 1 - Reader's workshop.  We'll read some 'hockey songs' and perform them.

Period 2 is Writer's workshop.  We'll work on our media poster projects, using techniques and conventions advertisers use (colour, big fonts, fun pictures, etc...)

Period 3 we'll do some 'mixed operations' math honing our +,-,x, /.

Period 4 Mr. D has them for health.

Period 5 and 6 is Art, we'll work on bubble art...getting ourselves ready to float on to the next year.

http://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2014/05/floating-on-to-grade-end-of-year-project.html

Wednesday June 21st

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -desk clean out and share some hockey songs.

Period 2 -we'll try some english prodigy to work on capitals, commas and plurals.

Period 3 is French with Madam O' Neil.

Period 4 we'll do a blooket on the Rats of Nimh, book and movie.

Period 5 is 'computer buddies'.  We'll help our buddies code their own dance parties.

Period 6 we'll flake out to some free time!

Tuesday June 20th

 Here is the plan for today. 

Period 1 -Reader's workshop.  We'll listen to a Cree Elder read 'Honoring the Buffalo and talk about the importance of the Buffalo to the Cree people.

Period 2 is Writer's workshop.  We'll share some Choose your own adventures stories and some hockey songs.

Period 3 and 4 we'll do some math.  We'll look at finding the variables using multiplication and division.

Period 5 is Mr. D for gym.

Period 6 we'll watch Bill Nye's video on soil and rocks and do some follow up work. 

Monday June 19th

 Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 is read aloud and weekend round up.

Period 2 is reader's/writer's workshop...student choice.

Period 3 we'll do some social studies...exploring the story of the 3 sisters.

Period 4 we'll look at algebra using multiplication and division.

Period 5 is music with Mrs. Haynes. 

Period 6 we'll finish our movie 'Secret of Nimh'. 

Friday June 16th

 Ahh..the day after fun fair...phew.

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 2 -reader's/writer's workshop -student choice.

Period 3 is social studies.  We'll look at the first nations story of the 3 sisters (corn, squash and beans).

Period 4 is science.  We'll look a little closer at 'soil horizons'.  

Period 5 we'll help Mrs. Smeaton's Grade 2's do some dance party coding...

Period 6 we'll cruise into the weekend with some free time.

Wednesday June 14th

Track yesterday, Swim to survive today...crazy busy!

Here is the plan.

Period 1 -Reader's workshop.  We'll look at character traits and try to group traits as positive/negative.

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  Hopefully finally finish and maybe perform some 'hockey songs' now that the Stanley cup is over.

Period 3 is French.

Period 4-6 we'll finish our last session of 'Swim to Survive' at Aldershot pool.

Tuesday June 13th

 Here is the plan today

Period 1 reader's workshop - we'll look at character traits.

Period 2 writer's workshop -we'll continue to finish up our hockey songs, and CYOA's

Period 3 and 4 is math .  We'll look at algebraic equations with variables  (e.g., A + 7 = 10).

Period 5 is Gym with Mr. D.

Period 6 we'll look at rocks and soils with Bill Nye.

Monday June 12th

 Happy Rainy Monday!

Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 (maybe 2?) is a diversity assembly.  

Period 2 will be reader's/writer's workshop -student choice.

Period 3 and 4 we'll work on some coding on Code.org.  Either finish our 'sprite lab' work or begin work on a 'dance party'.

Period 5 is music with Mrs. Haynes. 

Period 6 we'll look at 'soil horizons'.   The different layers of soil (from top soil to bedrock).

Friday June 9th

 Happy Rainy Friday!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 2 -read aloud -reader's/writer's workshop.  Hopefully finish up any unfinished writing (CYOA, Hockey Song).

Period 3 we'll work on our father's day cards.

Period 4 we'll look at soil horizons (the different layers of soil).

Period 5 we'll work on our media literacy unit. We'll use some conventions and techniques to make our own posters.

Period 6 I'm leaving open for 'finish up' / unplugged time.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Thursday June 8th

 Last day of EQAO!

Here is the plan today:

Period 1 and 2 -we'll do our last 2 sections of Math EQAO then we're done!!!

Period 3 we'll finish up talking about Media conventions and techniques.

Period 4 is Health with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 we'll work on our Father's Day cards.

Wednesday June 7th

Crazy day today.

EQAO periods 1-2.

Music period 3.

Swim to Survive periods 4-6.

I'll bring a box of masks to the pool with me...for any of the kids that would like one.

Tuesday June 6th

 Happy EQAO day.

Here is the plan for today:

Periods 1-2 -EQAO Session A and B of language (reading and writing).

Period 3-4 Math stage 1 and 2

Period 5 - Gym with Mr. D

Period 6 -Weekend round up, read aloud and flake out!

Friday June 2nd

 Friday!!!  Woo Hoo!

Here is the plan for today: 

Period 1 -music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 2 -Reader's/Writer's workshop..hopefully share a few CYOA stories and maybe even sing some original versions of the Hockey Song.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll continue plugging away on EQAO-like questions.

Period 5 and 6 is Science.  We'll look at 'Soil Horizons'.  After that we might have a little free time before we roll into the weekend.

Thursday June 1st

 I can't believe it's June already!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Read aloud, and Reader's workshop.  We'll continue to look at figurative language, more specifically Similes and metaphors.  

Period 2 is writer's workshop.  Hopefully finish up our Hockey Songs and Choose your own adventures.

Period 3 is math.  We'll play some solo 'blooket' and work on some EQAO-like questions 

Period 4 is Health with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 is art.  I'm hoping to go outside and see if we can do some 'painting' with soils...and at some point, we'll try to finish up the Long Jump try outs.

Tuesday May 30th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud, Hyperbole work, and reader's workshop.

Period 2 writer's workshop.  Hopefully finish Hockey Songs.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll finish reading the book 'Buffalo Bird Girl' from yesterday and then do some more mixed operations work. 

Period 5 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 6 I'll leave open for 'finish up'....I think at some point we'll be outside with the other Grade 3's to finish up Ball Throw tryouts.

Monday May 29th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 we'll read aloud The Rats of Nimh.  Then share highlights of our weekends during 'weekend round up'.  

Period 2 we'll look a little more at hyperboles, do some work on them, then use the rest of the time for reader's/writer's workshop

Period 3 I'm hoping to do a little social studies.  Talk about how life would've been different in the 1890's, then listen to a first nations story called 'Buffalo Bird Girl' and talk about life in the 1890's for some first nation groups. 

Period 4 we'll do a little more EQAO practise on knowledgehook and math prodigy.

Period 5 is music with Mrs. Haynes

Period 6 I think we will join Mr. Butt's class and watch the final episode of Read All About It.

REMINDER - this Wednesday is Swim to Survive.

Friday May 26th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 2 is reader's/writer's workshop.  We'll hopefully finish working on our Hockey Song overtime verses.  Maybe even sing and record a few?

Period 3 is math.  We'll finish up our mixed operations work from yesterday. 200 questions!

Period 4 we'll do a little science.  We'll look at why soil is important.

Period 5 and 6 I'm hoping to do a little EQAO practise, some social studies, and if we have time...possibly some Long Jump practise.

Thursday May 25th

 Sorry I forgot to blog yesterday...crazy busy with Swim to Survive.

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 all the Grade 3's are going to go outside and practise 'Ball Throw'.  

Period 2 we'll come in.  Read aloud and practise some more EQAO sample tests:

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Period 3 is math...we're going to do some 'mixed operations' math...just reviewing multiplication/division/addition and subtraction.  After they're done their work, I've set up some questions on Math prodigy.

Period 4 is Health with Mr. D.

Period 5 and 6 we're going to some social studies and hopefully watch episode 19 of Read All About It.