I think this will be final post of 2024...the early dismissal tomorrow always makes for a chaotic day. REMINDER...TOMORROW EARLY DISMISSAL 2:15PM.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 Red light, read aloud, Reader's/writer's workshop.
Period 2 I'm going to attempt to teach the class how to play boggle.
Period 3 My Grade 2's are off to Smeaton/Raspopov and My Grade 3's are going to go visit Mr. Butt's Grade 3's and play some games with them.
Period 4 we'll play a school wide game of Bingo.
Period 5 we have computer buddies with Mrs. Evers' class.
Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 Red light, read aloud, and the phonics lesson from yesterday I never got to.
Period 2 Student choice, reader's/writer's workshop. I'll see if I can get the chromebooks for them to write on as an option.
Period 3 and 4 we're going to start watching 'Happy Feet'. We'll squeeze some outside time in there too. I'm also hoping to finish our holiday ornaments while the movie is playing.
Period 5 is Health with Mr. D.
Period 6 we'll finish our movie.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 -red light, read aloud, phonics lesson on tricky word endings...
Period 2 -French with Mr. Woolley.
Period 3 and 4 is math. We'll finish up our graphs from yesterday and hopefully answer some quesitons on Math Prodigy.
Period 5 and 6 the Grade 2's head to Smeaton/Raspopov and the Grade 3's stay here to work in groups of 3 to build the tallest tower they can...STEM challenge.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 -Red light, weekend round up and read aloud (Cave of Time)
Period 2 -reader's/writer's workshop - student choice...I also allowed board games this week (connect 4, monopoly)
Period 3 is music with Mrs. Haynes.
Period 4 we're going to do math. We'll make our own questions, collect data from our peers and make a bar graph of that data.
Period 5 we'll head outside to enjoy the weather.
Period 6 is library and I'll have the chromebooks for the kids to play around with.
Happy Friday!
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 and 2, a former student of mine, Twoey Gray, came to our class to run a 'What the Heck Is Poetry?" workshop. It was amazing. It was so nice to see former students who have turned into amazing adults. She's almost 30 now! The kids and I had a blast.
Period 3 we made a deal, so 10 minutes of hard work, and you can have 30 minutes of free time.
Period 4 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.
Period 5 and 6 is art. We'll stay outside for a little bit, then come in and work on a holiday craft for art...it's top secret...you'll find out what we're making soon enough.
Happy Wild Robot day!
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 -Red light, Wild Robot Blooket, and we'll start a quick little writing craft for our special guest tomorrow.
Period 2 we will do some math. A worksheet all about scale.
Period 3 and 4 we'll watch Wild Robot!
Period 5 we have computer buddies.
Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 and 2 the Grade 2's are making Latkes in Mrs. Smeaton's class. The Grade 3's will stay here. We'll finally test out our paper bridges and answer reflection questions. Grade 3 bridges
Period 3 and 4 is math. We'll continue working with bar graphs. Hopefully asking our own questions today, collecting data and presenting the data in a bar graph.
Period 5 is Health with Mr. D.
Period 6 we'll use to finish up and maybe have some unplugged free time.
Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud (2 chapters left!), phonics lesson on VCC (vowel, consonant, consonant endings).
Period 2 French with Mr. Woolley.
Period 3 outside so we can run around a little (it was blacktop recess)
Period 4 a quick lesson on scale when making bar graphs...a bit of work then we answer some prodigy questions.
Period 5 and 6. - Grade 2's to Smeaton/Raspopov for Social studies. Grade 3's stay here to build their bridges, test their bridges and reflect on their bridges...
Thanks for all the non perishable food donations...you are awesome!
Happy rainy Monday everyone!
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, weekend round up
Period 2 we'll talk a little bit more about points of view and fact vs opinion.
Period 3 is music/author visit
Period 4 is Math -Vertical bar graphs.
Period 5 we'll talk about Connect 4, the rules and how to play. What good sportsmanship looks like.
Period 6 we'll go to the library for book exchange and maybe some free time on the computer.
Happy Friday!
Feeling so much better today....here is the plan:
Period 1 - Read aloud (we're almost finished Wild Robot...so good) -student choice to read or write with a friend.
Period 2 -I'm hoping to get the chromebooks and we can finish working on our Joke presentations.
Period 3 we'll stay outside for a little extra time then come in and do a bit of work on pictographs.
Period 4 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.
Period 5 is more math...I will quickly talk to the class about mean and mode and show them how to figure out the mean using a calculator. We have a bit of work to do.
Period 6 I have just a couple of easy questions on math prodigy about mean, mode and pictographs...the rest of the time will be theirs
I was away yesterday trying to recover...I"ve got the sore throat and cough I think half our school has.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud, reader's workshop - focused on juggling all 3 balls (reading, listening, thanking).
Period 2 was writer's workshop...we continued to work on our 'joke slideshows'.
Period 3 was social studies for the 2's in Raspopov and Smeaton's room....Grade 3's tried their civil engineering skills to build the strongest paper bridge.
Period 4 we'll head outside for some extra outside time.
Period 5 is computer buddies and period 6 is gym with Mr. D.
Here is the plan for today:
Period 1 -red light, read aloud, phonics lesson on the ending spelling patterns e.g., -tch/-ch/-dge/-j
Period 2 is French with Mr. Woolley.
Period 3 and 4 is math we'll look at what a carroll diagram is and how they can be used to sort data. We'll do some work and play these games to reinforce the lesson:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/carroll-diagrams/2d-shapes
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/carroll-diagrams/odd-and-even
Period 5 and 6 is Science. The Grade 2's will head to Smeaton/Raspopov and the Grade 3's will stay here. We'll be looking at forces acting on structures and hopefully have some time to try building strong bridges online on this website:
https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/games/bridge-works-science-max
Happy December!
Just a friendly reminder to send your kids in with boots and indoor shoes!
Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, weekend round up and seating swap!
Period 2 -student choice to read or write.
Period 3 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.
Period 4 is math. We'll start our next unit in math on Data Management. I have some prodigy questions and a blooket set up to introduce this unit.
Period 5 we'll have a little 'mindfulness time'.
Period 6 we'll head to the library for book exchange...
