Thursday October 31st

 Happy Halloween to all that celebrate!

Today and tomorrow are usually pretty crazy and chaotic...but we'll try our best to have some fun and maybe even learn a little.

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, Costume Parade.

Period 2 -We'll use the chromebooks to explore this really cool website we'll show our buddies Period 5: http://weavesilk.com/.  After we've pressed all the buttons and figured out how it works, we'll either go on Prodigy or Epic books.

Period 3 we'll head outside for some fresh air.

Period 4 we'll do some more math...continuing to work on Parallel lines and the different kinds of angles.

Period 5 is our first reading buddies of the year!  The goal is to get our grade 1 friends comfortable logging on and using the computers.  Today they'll be making some beautiful art on the http://weavesilk.com/ website.

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.

Be safe and have fun tonight.

Wednesday October 30th

 Here is the plan today:

Period 1-we have an electrical safety presentation at the church.

Period 2-we'll come back and have some independent reading time, the Grade 2's will do their 'show what you know about the globe' quiz.

Period 3 we'll look at parallel and perpendicular lines as well as the 3 types of angles (acute, obtuse, right).

Period 4 we'll consolidate that learning with some work on the chromebooks.

Period 5 they have health with Mr. D.

Period 6 We'll do a little desk clean up and enjoy some unplugged free time!

Tuesday October 29th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud, and a quick lesson on the difference between fact and opinion.

Period 2 -French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 and 4 is math - We'll continue to look at the attributes of 2D shapes (number, length of sides, number of vertices/angles, parallels sides.  Hopefully get on the chromebooks to practice a little once we're don our work.

Period 5 and 6 is social studies.  Grade 2's to Raspopov/Smeaton.  Grade 3's to stay here.  We'll continue to look at the environmental impact of land use (e.g., cutting down trees to build roads).  I hope today the kids will make their own maps.  

Monday October 28th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud (Starting The Wild Robot) and Weekend Round up. Hopefully a quick mini lesson on the 'silent E'. 

Period 2 -Reader's/Writer's workshop - Student choice.

Period 3 -Music with Mrs. Haynes

Period 4 -Math we'll review the names and properties of 2D shapes.

Period 5 I'm hoping to go outside for a bit...and come back in and use the chromebooks to do some 2D shape questions on Math prodigy.

Period 6 -library book exchange.

Friday October 25th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud (Finish The Tale of Desperaux).  I am also planning on doing a little VCe (Vowel, consonant, 'e') review (the silent E).  

Period 2 I want to do a class wide Blooket on the Tale of Desperaux book.  Then give the kids some time to work on the chromebooks to start our next math unit on 2D shapes.

Period 3 If it's nice outside we'll head outside.

Period 4 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 and 6 we'll cruise into the weekend by watching the movie version of The Tale of Desperaux...which is not nearly as good as the book.

Have a save and great weekend everyone. 

Thursday October 24th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud, mini lesson on VCe (or the Long E). 

Period 2 -French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 and 4 s math I think our last place value lesson.  We'll do a worksheet, play the place value game and if there is time maybe get in some math prodigy?  Hopefully get outside somewhere in there to enjoy the nice weather.

Period 5 and 6 is social studies.  Grade 2's to Mrs. Raspopov and Smeaton. Grade 3's to stay here we'll review the terms urban, suburban and rural.  We'll also look at the consequences of land use (e.g., demolishing farms to build commercial areas...building a bridge/animal walkway etc...)

Monday October 21st

 Happy Monday everyone! 

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud, Weekend round Up.

Period 2 -Student choice Reader's Writer' workshop...they can work with a friend.

Period 3 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 4 is Math -more Place Value...we'll be using Baseten blocks to make our own creation and count up how many Hundreds, Tens and Ones we use.

Period 5 I'm hoping to take the kids outside for a bit.

Period 6 we'll come back in and do book exchange and play a fun game as a class about halloween candy.

Thursday October 17th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, school flag voting and a lesson on Diagraphs.

Period 2 -Reader's workshop - We'll look at using words we know to help us solve words we don't.  I might try to see if I can get the chromebooks so they can practice logging onto epic books again.

Period 3 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 4 is Math.  More place value games!  We're doing super well with it right now..

Period 5 we can hopefully do the negative/positive space art from yesterday...although I still don't have sound from my computer...we'll figure it out.

Period 6 is library/book exchange (Monday schedule). 

And somewhere in there we'll be interrupted for picture day.

I know we have a few kids sick...we'll get your pictures on the retake day...whenever that is.

Wednesday October 16th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, Read aloud, and lesson on Diagraphs.

Period 2 -I will introduce the kids to a website (they can use at home too) called Epic Books.  We'll practise logging in, and exploring the website...it has a massive collection of amazing books.  I'm hoping it will 'hook' some of the reluctant readers.

Period 3 is math.  We'll play the 'Place Value Game' and do some worksheets that use Base Ten Blocks.

Period 4 is Drama / Dance  / Music with Mrs. Haynes

Period 5 and 6 we'll look at negative and positive space and try our hand at making pumpkins that explore both negative and positive space.  

Tuesday October 15th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, weekend round up, and any extra time we'll have to read independently.

Period 2 -French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll be playing several place value games and doing some more work on place value.

Period 5 and 6 is social studies.  Grade 2's to Raspopov/Smeaton and Grade 3's stay here to learn about how specific landform regions dictate the kind of jobs available in that region (e.g., farmers work land that is usually flat and fertile = Great lakes St. Lawerence Lowlands).  Hopefully we can begin work researching a community somewhere in Ontario and digging into what kind of community it is (e.g., industrial, commercial, agricultural etc..)

Thursday October 10th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop.  Mini lesson focusing on keeping our eyes and minds in the book.

Period 2 -writer's workshop...mini lesson is all about directions.   We'll learn about the cardinal directions and how to write directions.  

Period 3 -Social Studies -Grade 2's to Raspopov/Smeaton and the Grade 3's to learn about climate and jobs in the Great Lakes St. Lawerence lowlands.

Period 4 is math...we'll continue reading and writing bigger numbers.

Period 5 is we'll use the chromebooks to begin coding on 'microsoft arcade'.  

Period 6 is Gym with Mr. D.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving Weekend!

Wednesday October 9th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop...mini lesson focusing on staying focused during reading.

Period 2 -I have a 'common math task' they've asked all the Grade 2's and 3's to do for our PD day on Friday.  We'll do that...get it out of the way.  The rest of the period they'll have to themselves to write.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We're going to talk about reading big numbers...and how easy it is!  We'll do some work, play some games and hopefully get on the chromebooks to do some prodigy questions I assigned.

Period 5 is Health with Mr. D.

Period 6 we'll save as a finish up period. 

Tuesday October 8th

 Here is the plan for today...with the mixed up cross country morning.  Half the class will be missing for the first half of the day...so we'll adapt.

Period 1 - I'll read a fun story called My Teacher Is a Monster.  Then we'll have some independent reading  time.  

Period 2 is French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 Mr. Butt and Mrs. Benison and I might keep the kids outside for some extra play time.

Period 4 is math.  We'll look at Odds and Evens...and talk about reading numbers.

Period 5 and 6 is Social Studies.  Grade 2's to Smeaton/Raspopov and Grade 3's stay here to do a land use cut and paste sorting activity.

Monday October 7th

 Here is the plan for today.

Period 1 - Red light, Read aloud, Weekend Round Up.

Period 2 -I am hoping to share some of our poems from last week then have the kids choose to read or write.   The focus of today's mini lesson will be to not focus on spelling when writing...get the ideas down and fix the spelling later!

Period 3 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Periods 4 -6 I will be doing a reading assessment on my Grade 2's while Mrs. Nalsok from the School Board works with the rest of the class.    A bit of a different day...but we'll still have fun!

Friday October 4th

 Here is the plan for today...it's been a bit of a longer week with the open house, so we'll keep it light and fun!

Period 1-we'll continue working on our short poems...hopefully infuse some personification or similes into them.

Period 2 -student choice...and a chance to work with a partner on reading or writing.

Period 3 is math.  We have a bit of work to do...just finishing up skip counting and odds and evens.

Period 4 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 we'll stay outside for a bit.  We'll come in and finish our Wayside cartoon from yesterday and compare and contrast the book vs. the movie.  

Period 6 I have just a few math questions for them to answer on prodigy...then they'll have a bit of free time.  

Thursday October 3rd

 It was awesome to meet so many of you yesterday...sorry I'm tired today.

Here is the plan:

Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud, Writer's workshop - We'll continue on with our Poems from yesterday that we started...reviewing personification and similes. 

Period 2 -Mr. D is coming in to cover me for a period.  He'll be doing a prediction lesson with the class.

Period 3 is Social Studies...Grade 2's to Smeaton and Raspopov...Grade 3's stay here to finish our municipalities work...maybe begin work on types of land use (e.g., residential, commercial, conservation, etc...)

Period 4 is math.  We'll look at Odd and Even numbers and I have a cool activity for them to do where they list as many of each odd and even numbers as they can.

Period 5 We'll watch episode 1 of Wayside, the cartoon and have a discussion on how it compares to the book.

Period 6 is Gym with Mr. D.

Wednesday October 2nd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -red light, read aloud, reader's workshop: mini lesson focusing using text clues to infer.

Period 2-writer's workshop: mini lesson focusing on using similes and personification.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We're continuing to understand numbers to 200 (Gr.2) and 1000 (Gr.3).  We'll do some more ordering and comparing today.  I also have a bit of skip counting to do as well.  If we're lucky we might jump on Prodigy Period 4 to do some similar type questions I've posted.

Period 5 Mr. D has them for Health.

Period 6 we'll be finishing up our tropical sunset watercolour painting...and hopefully finishing up any unfinished work and cleaning up the classroom for tonights Open House.

I'm looking forward to meeting and talking with you tonight!  I'll be working the BBQ before we come into the school...so I will apologize in advance for the smell!

Tuesday October 1st

 Here is what is happening today (hopefully).

Period 1- Red light, Read aloud, DESK SWAP - I change the desks at the first of each month.  We'll talk about the importance of working with new friends and being an inclusive community.

Period 2 -French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We have some more 'skip counting' work to do and we'll talk about odds and evens.   Period 4 I'll have some math prodigy questions that have to do with skip counting.

Period 5 and 6 I'm going to some water colour art...and maybe even get outside for a little bit.