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.