Friday May 8th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud (Holes) and a quick mini lesson on -inferring.  

Period 2 -We'll head to the library for book exchange, plus, we'll work on our slideshows...hopefully get a few more finished.

Period 3 -we'll do a little math...continue working on 'estimating' to help us with mental math...mostly rounding....

Period 4 - we're going to do some optical illusion art called "anamorgraphs". Not sure how they'll turn out, but we're going to try.

Period 5 -we'll continue on that art.

Period 6 - is gym with Mr. D.

2 NOTES:

-a) Reminder we're walking to Aldershot to visit our Grade 8 buddies on Monday after first break.

-b) Happy Mother's day to all the moms out there!

Thursday May 7th

Apparently I forgot to blog yesterday...that's twice in one week I've forgotten.  Yikes.  I'm not going to lie, the chaos of our school musical has invaded every facet of school...and my brain.  My apologies.  Yesterday was a little crazy, but we did rehearse and perform several times.....

Today it seems like a lot of us are still pretty 'amped up' from last nights performance.

Here is what we're doing (or have done).

Period 1 - Red light, Read aloud (new book, Holes).  We did a reader's workshop on the importance of setting.

Period 2 was writing, we continued to work on our slideshows...we're finally getting some finished products...hopefully next week we can begin to present.

Period 3 we stayed outside for a bit, when we came in, we got to play with the gifts Mr. Hummel made for us on his 3D printer for 'May the 4th' day.  

Period 4 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 we have computer buddies.  We're going to have computer buddies with the Grade 1's.  We're going to help them work on their 'community helper' slideshows.

Period 6 I have to go to a meeting but I have put on 3 questions from Knowledgehook.  Then they'll have more time to work on their slideshows...and if Mrs. D wants to at the end, reward them with some free time...I'll leave that in her capable hands.

Tuesday May 5th

 I just realized I forgot to blog yesterday...my apologies.  

Monday May 4th:  We did stuff.

Today:

Period 1-Rehearsal for the big performance

Period 2 - French

Period 3 and 4 is math....we'll look very closely at the decimal....and what it does and where it belongs and how to line up addition questions with the decimal in the correct spot.

Period 5 is science...we'll finally learn about photosynthesis.

Period 6 I'll get the chromebooks and we'll continue working on our Choose Your Own Adventure Slideshows. 

May 1st

 May?  Seriously?  Where has the year gone?

Here is what we did today:

Period 1- Red light, read aloud, and desk swap.

Period 2 -we began work on our own choose your own adventure slideshows.

Period 3 -it was sunny and beautiful outside...we stayed outside.

Period 4 -we came in and place a class wide blooket...Mr. Cross won (I've still got it!).  Then we did 2 missions on Knowledgehook.  Kids are really starting to get counting money.

Period 5 is going to be some free time.

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.

Wednesday April 29th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1- Music, Mrs Haynes.

Period 2 - Read aloud, look at some examples of last years Choose Your Own Adventures.

Period 3 - Math - counting money!

Period 4-6 -Swim to Survive.  Last one!

Tuesday April 28th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1- Red light, read aloud, and begin to think about making our own 'Choose Your Own Adventure' stories.

Period 2 - French, Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 -if it's nice, maybe outside for a bit?  More likely we stay inside and learn about photosynthesis...

Period 4 - I leave for a workshop and Mrs. Benison comes in for Math- still working on counting money.

Period 5 and 6 Mrs. Benison has some cool 'Minecraft' selfie art planned!

REMINDER...TOMORROW IS OUR LAST SWIM TO SURVIVE

Monday April 27th

 Here is the plan for today...Friday Schedule!

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, weekend round up, and finish up some math/nets work.

Period 2 -we'll head to the library to finish our would you rather slide shows.

Period 3 - we'll enjoy the weather for a bit and come in and start remember the different coins and values of Canadian money. 

Period 4 -we'll so some work and I'll post some questions on Math prodigy.

Period 5 is science...we'll look at how plants make their food (photosynthesis).

Period 6 is gym (Friday Schedule)

Reminder - Wednesday is our last 'Swim to Survive'...

Thursday April 23rd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud (choose your own adventure), finish planning our would you rather slideshows.

Period 2 - we'll use the chromebooks to make our would you rather slideshows.

Period 3 -we'll stick around outside to do our 'earth day clean up' as we didn't have time yesterday (sorry Earth...but I'd like to believe every day is earth day)

Period 4 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 -is buddies....we'll be using Google's 'music lab' today....should be noisy but fun.

Period 6 - we'll head back outside for our last relay tryouts....

...and if I can fit some math/making nets in at some point...even better!

REMEMBER, tomorrow is a PD day.

Wednesday April 22nd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1- Red light, then music (because we won't be here period 4)

Period 2 - Read aloud, and we'll start planning our would you rather slide shows.

Period 3 -Relay try outs.

Period 4 we'll have a snack before we walk to Aldershot Pool around 1:10 ish?

Period 5 and 6 we'll be learning to swim to survive.  When we come back we'll snack and relax before home.

Tuesday April 21st

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1- Red light, read aloud (another choose your own adventure) and a quick lesson on Google slides.

Period 2 -French

Period 3 - We'll practice for relays after break.

Period 4 - We'll be in the Glenview garden planting radishes and lettuce.

Period 5 - We'll talk about how plants adapt and react to their environment.

Period 6 - We'll hopefully do some math work ...cutting out our own nets and turning them into solids.

REMINDER....TOMORROW IS SWIM TO SURVIVE, WE'LL WALK TO ALDERSHOT POOL AROUND 1:15 ISH. DRESS APPROPRIATELY!

Monday April 20th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, weekend round up, read aloud - Choose Your Own Adventure.

Period 2 -I'm going to show them a choose your own adventure slideshow I made....end goal.  Talk to them about creating their own.

Period  3 -we might stay out for a little, then come in and do a little math work.  Still learning about nets (the unfolded 3D solid)

Period 4 -we have some Grade 7 and 8's from Aldershot coming over to run a 'STEM' activity with the Grade 3's.  We're going to build towers out of marshmallows and spaghetti.

Period 5 -Mr. D has them for gym.

Period 6 - I've got a 'net blooket' on google classroom they need to play and we'll take pictures of day 7 of our Bean babies...

Friday April 17th

 Period 1 - We started the day by working on a giant 'Tale of Desperaux' tapestry.

Period 2 - We played a Tale of Desperaux Blooket.

Period 3 -we'll talk about the 2D shapes that make up 3D solids...and hopefully start work on nets.

Period 4 and 5 we'll watch the Tale of Desperaux movie.

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D

Thursday April 16th

 Here is what we're doing/did today!

Period 1 - We finished The Tale of Desperaux!  

Period 2 - We did a fun writing activity where the kids glued red string to paper and wrote their best 'show don't tell' sentences.

Period 3 - We stayed out before the rain...our old co op student Will returned.

Period 4 -music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 - Buddies...we're going to do a 'shape scavenger hunt'. 

Period 6 - we'll check in on our Bean Babies...and try to finish our digital mood boards...maybe have some free time if we're done everything.  

Wednesday April 14th

 Here is the plan for today...it's a little mixed up with Swim to Survive.

Period 1 - Red light, then Music (we switched it around so they wouldn't miss music today)

Period 2 -Read aloud - reader's/writer's workshop.

Period 3 - Math - More Edges/Faces and Vertices work.

Period 4 -we'll snack before we head out to Aldershot Pool.

Period 5 and 6 - Swim to Survive at Aldershot.  When we walk back they'll have some time to eat and rest before going home...usually about 20 minutes or so??

Tuesday April 14th

 Period 1 - Red light and read aloud...we're getting so close to the end and they're are sooo into this book I read about 6 chapters!

Period 2 -French

Period 3 -Outside...it was beautiful...lots of football for Mr. Cross

Period 4 -Edges, Faces and Vertices in math and on knowledgehook.

Period 5 and 6 is Science.  We'll be looking at parts of a plant.  We'll start our own bean babies growing lima beans in the window.  We'll use Google Drawing to make our own diagrams of the parts of a plant (e.g., Roots, Stem, Leaves, and Flower).

Reminder...tomorrow is Swim to Survive...bring your bathing suit.

Monday April 13th

 Here is what we've done (so far).

Period 1 -Red light, weekend round up, read aloud

Period 2 - we worked on our 'digital mood boards' and continued working on 'showing, not telling'.

Period 3 -we stayed outside all period...it was beautiful!

Period 4 - Math -we review Edges/Faces/Vertices- they did some work on Prodigy while I conferenced one on one.

Period 5 -is gym..they're with Mr. D right now.

Period 6 -is finish up.  I need to finish my conferences....they need to finish their digital mood boards and some prodigy questions.  If they work hard, I might give them some free time.

Friday April 9th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud, and I'm going to walk them through their 'mood boards' they'll be creating on Google Slides based on class novel.

Period 2 - They'll work on their mood boards finding pictures online that fit the mood of the characters...then writing sentences that show and don't tell what each picture means.

Period 3 -we'll continue to investigate 3D solids.  Naming them and figuring out their edges, faces and vertices.  I have some work for them to do as well.

Period 4-we'll use the chromebooks to do some more 3D work.

Period 5 - is Science.  We'll look at the life cycle of a plant and dissect a kidney bean...to see what's inside.  

Period 6 is gym.

Have a great weekend.  Reminder, we start Swim to Survive next Wednesday!

Thursday April 8th

 Here is what we did today (so far).

Period 1 - Red light.  Read aloud.  Mini lesson: Mig's 'cloudy dream' vs her 'Hard reality'....why she wishes so bad to be a princess.

Period 2 - Writer's workshop.  Mini lesson focused on 'showing, not telling' to help us be better writer's (like Kate DiCamillo).

Period 3 - It was WAY TOO NICE to stay inside. 

Period 4 - We quickly talked about 3D solids and their properties (edges, faces and vertices).  Then we answered a few questions on Prodigy.  

Period 5 is gym (Monday Schedule).

Period 6 I did have science on the agenda...but I feel like I might pivot to 'finish up/free time'...as many kids are not quite done their math.

Wednesday April 8th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop: character motivation (how Roscuro's motivation has changed)

Period 2 - Writer's workshop:  creating 'voice' through dialogue.  They're going to write 2 lines of dialogue without saying who the character is...we have as a class have to decide 

(e.g.., Person 1: "Good heavens! Whatever is that pungent, woolen monstrosity doing upon my pristine marble flooring? Someone fetch the Royal Tongs at once!"

Person 2: "Ooh, a foot-blanket! Finder's keepers! It’s got a bit of a pong to it, but it’ll keep me toesies warm in the dungeon, it will.").

Period 3- Math - More Symmetry, more quadrilaterals.

Period 4 - Music

Period 5 and 6 is art. I'm hoping to teach them how to shade using 'cross hatching' technique. Then we'll look deep into value, and shading (Chiaroscuro)...we'll see how it goes.

Tuesday April 7th

 Here is was the plan for today:

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

Period 2 - we made wanted posters for Roscuro...a character in our book. (French was moved to Period 6 today)

Period 3 we reviewed lines of symmetry and quadrilaterals...we're getting better.

Period 4 we played on prodigy and answered quadrilateral and symmetry questions.

Period 5 we did a bit of science...we looked at what plants need to survive (sun, water, space and food). 

Period 6 French with Mrs. Benison.

Wednesday April 1st

 Happy April Fools Day!

Here is the plan today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, and reader's workshop.  We compared Chiaroscuro to Despereaux.  We also watched this movie: Marshmallow tree...and it fooled a couple of the kids.  Especially when I asked " Do you think these Organic Marshmallows are healthier than the ones we buy in bags at the grocery store?"

Period 2- Writer's workshop.  We practiced using our senses to make 'the basement was scary', into something much more vivid.

Period 3 we started our unit on 2D and 3D shapes.  We talked about some 2D shapes and the their properties.

Period 4 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 and 6 we'll do some 'quadrilateral city' art.  When they finish they'll be able to go on Prodigy and answer some more 2D shape questions.

Tuesday March 31st

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, Read aloud, reader's/writer's workshop.

Period 2 - French

Period 3 - More work on Equivalent Fractions.

Period 4 - Math continued

Period 5 -Wrap up social studies.  We'll be looking at maps from 1800 and maps today....comparing the differences.  We'll do a little 4 square activity that captures what we've covered thus far.

Period 6 -depending on the level of motivation (teacher and students...long day, indoor recess both breaks it's looking like)...we'll either start some science....looking at plants...what they need to survive...or maybe just some free time/mindfulness

Monday March 30th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, Weekend Round Up, Chapter 9 and 10 of the Tale of Despereaux.

Period 2 - Finish our 'secret of you' prologues.  Then read or write, not with a partner this week (last Monday was a bit of a disaster).

Period 3 if it's nice we'll stick around outside for a bit...then come in and look at Fractions of a set...but also equivalent fractions.  

Period 4 when we're finished our work, I have a few questions on Math Prodigy...I'll hopefully be conferencing with the kids to see that we're all on the right track.

Period 5 is gym with Mr. D.

Period 6 we'll use the chromebooks to finish up on the math and maybe even some Dojo time...I'll hopefully finish my conferences.  

Friday March 26th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's/writer's workshop - work with a friend.

Period 2 - To the library...where we'll do book exchange but also use the chromebooks to record ourselves reading a passage about Mr. Cross.  I've got mild, medium and spicy lined up.  Not sure how this will work, but I'm excited to try.  The kids will record themselves reading a passage on google slides.  Then listen to their reading and then assess themselves using the rubric I've provided.  The goal is to practice fluency and show them the cool recording feature built into google slides.

Period 3 we might stay outside for a bit, then come in to do some fraction work.  Today we'll be looking at fractions on a number line.  

Period 4 I have a few questions lined up on Math prodigy that are all about fractions on a number line.

Period 5 is 'earth hour'...we'll turn off the lights, and make 'seed bombs' using recycled paper and some Empress of India seeds I brought in.  Could be messy but fun.

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D. 

Thursday March 26th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1: Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop.  Mini lesson to focus on perspective lens.....we'll look at how Despereaux and his brother Furlough both see the world.  Despereaux is a dreamer and Furlough is a Rule-follower.  

Period 2: Writer's workshop.  We're going to polish our 'Stories of (You)'.  Make them even better.

Period 3: we'll stay outside for a bit, then come in and do some math.  I have some more 'drawing fractions' work plus we still need to find some of the hidden 'fractions questions' our co-op student Oliver hid around the school.

Period 4 is Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 is computer buddies....the plan today is to review games off the PBS website and decide up the 'target age group'.  

Period 6 we'll enjoy a bit of finish up/free time. 

Wednesday March 25th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop.  We'll look specifically at character traits vs character feelings...zeroing in on Despereaux.  The kids will then hopefully look for a trait or feeling from the main character in their books.

Period 2 -Writer's workshop.  Mini lesson is going to lean into Kate DiCamillo's style in The Tale of Despereaux...the kids are going to write their own 'serious' book of 'You'. 

Period 3 if it's nice we'll stay outside for a bit.  When we come in we'll work on fractions...trying our best to divide both circles and rectangles into various fractions (it's one thing to identify a fraction...it's another to draw it).

Period 4 Music with Mrs. Haynes (she's back).

Period 5 we'll do a 'fraction scavenger hunt' around the school.  

Period 6 we'll do some 'spring chicken art' where we investigate different kinds of lines.

Tuesday March 24th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud (I found the novel that went missing yesterday).  And quick activity where we dive deep into the main character (Despereaux)

Period 2 -French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 -Outside for a bit...when we come in, more Faction work...just working on naming and identifying fractions.

Period 4 -I've put 10 questions on Prodigy...same thing, identifying and representing fractions.

Period 5 and 6 is social studies.  The big idea today will be about the mutual benefit of the indigenous and settlers early trade.   We're going to set up a little 'trading post' and the kids will attempt to trade with the 'other side' for things they'll need.  I hope it works out.  

Monday March 23rd

I hope everyone had a great March Break. 

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, Weekend Round Up, new read aloud (The Tale of Desperaux).

Period 2 - I've got a quick activity for the kids to do about the main character, Desperaux, how he feels on the inside, and how he's perceived on the outside. 

Period 3 -if it's nice we'll stay outside for a bit and then come in and talk a little more about Fractions, specifically the numerator and denominator...I've got some worksheets that they should be able to do easily.

Period 4 -we'll use the chromebooks to practice our fraction skills.  

Period 5 -is gym with Mr. D.

Period 6 - I know they'll come back wired...so we'll do some 'calm colouring' and maybe finish watching the pilot episode of Little House On the Prairie.   

Friday March 13th

 Phew....we made it (almost).

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud - First Chapter Friday. Then we'll play my new favourite board game, Wavelength as a class.  

Period 2 - We'll use the chromebooks to explore First Nations history and culture in a fun game off the TVO website called, Raven's Quest.  

Period 3 and 4 is board game day!  Mr. Z and I will open up our classes to let the kids play board games.

Period 5 we'll attempt to make some butter and try it out.  I also have a peaceful POV canoeing video to put on the big screen and some colouring sheets to do to keep us calm before...

Period 6 -Gym with Mr. D.

Thursday March 12th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud (tongue twisters) we'll specifically look at alliterations.

Period 2- Writer's workshop: We're going to use our alliteration knowledge to make our own tongue twisters about animals in a zoo.

Period 3 is math...we'll start our first lesson on Fractions...just planting the seed before March Break.

Period 4 is Music

Period 5 is computer buddies...we'll finish our Venn Diagrams from last week and then help the Grade 1's learn to count money.

Period 6 will be some free time after working so hard all day.

Wednesday March 11th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop: focus in on alliterations.

Period 2 - Writer's workshop - try our good copy 'shape poems'.

Period 3 - More area and Perimeter Math, plus 6 questions on Knowledgehook.

Period 4 - Music

Period 5 and 6 is art/social studies.  We'll compare a job for us today (as kids) to a job for us from 1800.  After that we'll use some leftover 'squares' to make 'quilts' on paper...with the focus being on symmetry.  

Tuesday March 10th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud, reader's/writer's workshop...continue work on our 'shape poems'.

Period 2- French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 -outside for a bit, come in and do some math. We'll be writing our names in block letters and calculating the area and perimeter of each letter.

Period 4 - more math - I have 6 questions on knowledgehook they'll need to answer.

Period 5 and 6 is social studies.  The big idea from today will be that everybody in the community, including children, had jobs (hard work) in the 1800's...we'll hopefully be doing a comparison between life now and then...

Monday March 9th

Here is the plan for this beautiful Monday.

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

Period 2 - Onomatopoeia activity on google Drawing.

Period 3 -Outside...because it's supposed to be beautiful!  We'll come in and play area game in pairs.

Period 4 we'll continue math, and hopefully explore some games I post on Google Classroom.

Period 5 is gym.

Period 6 is a little mindfulness activity I have planned.  Partner charades.  Still working on building community and having some fun.

 

Friday March 6th

 Thank goodness it's Friday!

Here is the plan for today: 

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, Finish up digital labels for our 3 sisters 3D sculptures.

Period 2 -Library- First Chapter Friday, followed by some Onomatopoeia work on Google Classroom ...we'll call it digital art.

Period 3 -is Math.  After the mutiny that almost occurred the other day when we tried to do a gameshow on 'Knowledgehook', I've got a few questions on Prodigy.

Period 4 we're going to do a scavenger hunt, looking around the school for 'Area' questions that Oliver will hopefully hang up when he gets here.

Period 5 - We'll do a little mindfulness/community building.  We're going to have a 'talking circle' where we share appreciations about each other.  

Period 6 - Gym with Mr. D.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Thursday March 5th

 First of all...let me tell you, the 3 sisters, 3D sculptures we made yesterday for art turned out awesome:

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1- I have a in-school meeting, but my supply teacher will go through our regular morning routine. For reader's workshop, they'll listen to the True Story of the 3 Little Pigs.  Hopefully zeroing in on voice and perspective.

Period 2 - I should be back, we'll do some 'shape poems' for writer's workshop.  The kids will draw a picture of something (e.g. snake) then write a sentence or two on the outline of that shape...(e.g., The green snake SLITHERS through the TALL grass CLICKING it's tongue as the ladybugs go PRANCING past. ).  We'll focus on the descriptive and sensory language.

Period 3 is math.  We'll continue working on Area.

Period 4 is Music.

Period 5 is computer buddies.  We'll be working on Venn Diagrams with our buddies using Google Drawing. 

Period 6 we'll use the chromebooks to take pictures of our 3 sisters creations and label them on Google Drawing.

Wednesday March 4th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop.  We'll finish The Nose From Jupiter.  I have a blooket game to play afterwords. 

Period 2 - We'll write Alan goodbye letters from Norbert.

Period 3 -we'll stay outside and enjoy the weather for a bit before we come in and do some Math...more Area work.

Period 4 is music.

Period 5 and 6 is Art.  I'm hoping to use Plasticine to make models of the 3 sisters that we learned about yesterday (Corn, Beans and Squash).

 

Tuesday March 3rd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud, and we'll play a table group game of 'two truths and a lie'.

Period 2 - French.

Period 3 - Outside for a bit, and come in and start learning about AREA.  I have a fun activity planned for them.  

Period 4 we're going to try a new feature of Knowlegehook called 'game show'.  Wish me luck.

Period 5 and 6 is social studies.  We'll learn about neighbours and knowledge.  We'll talk about how the settlers and first nations shared knowledge and resources in the 1700 and 1800's.  I'm currently making some 'cedar tea' to show the kids how the first nations helped the settlers fight off scurvy.  

Monday March 2nd

 I can not believe it is March already.

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, weekend round Up and a seating swap (first of the month).

Period 2 - I have a small activity they'll do in their new groups (Write a story with only 8 words)

Period 3 -if it's nice we'll stay outside for a bit, then when we come in we'll investigate perimeter.  They'll practice making shapes with the same perimeter (but different looking shapes).

Period 4 -once they're finished their work I put 6 questions on Knowledgehook.

Period 5 -gym with Mr. D

Period 6 - I have a Stem Challenge....(hopefully to help facilitate the new groups)...tallest paper tower with 20 pieces of paper....NO TALKING.  Should be entertaining.

Friday February 27th

 This felt like a long week...not sure why?

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop - try and finish our list poems.

Period 2 - Library- First Chapter Fridays - then we'll try to type out our 'list poems'...any extra time we can use to practice our typing.

Period 3 -we'll stay outside for a bit.  When we come in it's time to finish our scavenger hunt.  

Period 4 - we'll go onto math prodigy...we'll be calculating the perimeter of irregular polygons.

Period 5 - Is health.  We'll do some role playing about conflict resolution.

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.

Thursday February 26th

 Sorry I missed Tuesday's blog, and I was away yesterday!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud, mini workshop on 'reading a character's internal temperature/mood'.

Period 2 -Writer's workshop - sensory/list poems.

Period 3 - outside for a bit, Perimeter scavenger hunt.

Period 4 -music

Period 5 -buddies -we're going to use google earth to check out Milan and the Olympic venues.

Period 6 - I have a few questions on Knowledgehook and then the kids will have some free time.

Monday February 23rd

 Here is the plan for today:

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

Period 2 -Finish Apology Letters and review the rubric.

Period 3 -we'll stay outside for some extra time hopefully, then come in and do math.  We'll finish our 'Olympic Jump Off' where we're all jumping and converting our jumps from m to cm to mm...

Period 4 -I have 10 'converting' questions on Prodigy...and some other 'converting games' posted on google classroom.

Period 5-gym with Mr. D.

Period 6 - we'll finally get to the art I've had planned since Wednesday, inspired by famous Black artist: Esther Mahlangu

Friday February 20th

 Happy Rainy Friday!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - red light, read aloud, finish our apology letters.

Period 2 - Library - we're going to start something new....called First Chapter Fridays (I stole the idea from Mrs. Rivers).  I'll read a chapter to them at the library...see if I can suck any of the children into a new series/book.

Period 3 -Olympic Jump Off...we'll be seeing how far we can jump and measuring it in Meters and Centimetres. 

Period 4 -I have some questions for them to answer on Prodigy...all about converting measurements and choosing the right tool for the job. 

Period 5 we'll do the art I continue to push from day to day...Esther Mahlangu

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.

Have a good weekend everyone...go Canada!

Thursday February 19th

 Happy Icy Thursday!

Here is the plan for today....

Period 1- Red light, read aloud (a mandatory read aloud about consent, and body boundaries).  We'll read aloud from Nose From Jupiter.  I am going to have the class write 1 sentence from Norbert's perspective.

Period 2-Writer's workshop.  Now that we're all done our 'body part complaint letters' we're going to write 'apology' letters.  Same format.

Period 3 -Math, we'll continue to work on converting measurements.

Period 4 -Music.

Period 5 -Computer Buddies, we'll use Google's AutoDraw program to make our own digital flags.  The Grade 3's will help navigate between tabs...we'll look at flags from around the world for inspiration.  It's sort of fun and addictive:  www.autodraw.com (try it out)

Period 6 -I have yesterday's art planned...but I think we'll be too invested in the woman's hockey game to do it...so probably just a finish up period.  

Wednesday February 18th

I'll share what I have planned today...but we'll see how many kids brave it through the ice to get here...plans are subject to change!

Period 1 - Red light, Read aloud, Reader's workshop:  I have a mini lesson on using text clues to help us find our voice while reading.

Period 2 -Writer's workshop - I'm hoping everyone can now write an apology letter back to their 'striking' body part.  

Period 3 and 4 is math.  We'll look at how to convert mm to cm and cm to m and m to km...then back down the other way.  I have a combination of work and play planned.

Period 5 is gym.

Period 6 I'm hoping to start a real quick short art lesson on famous Black artist: Esther Mahlangu.

Tuesday February 17th

 Here is the plan for today:

It's a Friday schedule...

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, weekend round Up.  Then we'll work to finish our 'body part strike' letters of resignation.  I will go over with them the success criteria.

Period 2 -we'll head to the library for book exchange.  The kids will have the choice to read or write quietly, or play some literacy based games on the chromebook posted on Google Classroom.  

Period 3 is math.  We'll work in partners to measure various objects around the classroom and school.  We will measure tiny things (mm), medium things (cm) and larger things (m). 

Period 4 I have posted 3 questions on Knowledgehook that the students should be able to answer quiet easily.

Period 5 we'll do a health lesson about staying safe in different places and focus on smart decision making with some role playing activities.

Period 6 is Gym with Mr. D. 

Thursday February 12th

 Here is the plan for today...which should be a little chaotic

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud and finishing up our 'body part strike' letters.

Period 2 - We'll move math to this period and then try our hand measuring various objects around the class.

Period 3 -We'll stay outside for bit, but come in and hopefully watch a little bit of the Olympic Hockey game. 

Period 4 -Dance-A-Thon

Period 5 and 6 The kids can exchange Valentines, and we'll work on a family day craft and maybe cruise into the long weekend with some Series of Unfortunate Events.

Wednesday February 11th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, Read aloud, Reader's workshop:  Mini lesson is focusing on the conflict between Alan and Norbert.

Period 2 -Writer' workshop.  We're having fun with this perspective writing.  Today we're going to write Body Part Strike letters (e.g., Dear Human, I'm writing to tell you that I'm leaving your face...).  Writing letters of complaint from different parts of our body.

Period 3 we'll play outside for a bit, then come in and do some measuring around the classroom.

Period 4 is Music.

Period 5 and 6 is Art.  I'm going to combine 'valentine's day' with a Black History Month.  We'll look at the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat unique street art...and make a heart in his style (with a 3 point crown on it)

Tuesday February 10th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, and a quick lesson from the perspective of a body part.

Period 2 -French.

Period 3 and 4 we'll stay outside for a bit...it's finally normal weather!  Then when we come in we'll work on measurement.  We'll look closer at the millimetre.  I've got some work to do measuring various objects in the classroom.  We also have some work to finish up on Prodigy.

Period 5 and 6 we'll do a little health, talking about mental health and stressful feelings.  We will also start work on a new STEM challenge.  I'll put them into random groups and they'll try to make paper bridges to support as many toy cars as possible.  

Monday February 9th

 Sorry I forgot to post on Friday...it was a good day...we did stuff!

Here is the plan for today:

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

Period 2 Reader's/Writer's workshop...hoping everyone finishes their perspective writing.

Period 3 and 4 Maybe we'll get outside?  Regardless, we'll start our new measurement unit.  Looking today at the cm and m...and maybe touch on the KM.  I have some work to do unplugged...then a little bit of 'plugged in' work afterwards.

Period 5 is Gym.

Period 6 we'll do a little mindfulness and enjoy some free time while we watch the Olympics!

Thursday February 5th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1: Red light, read aloud, and I have a fun activity planned where the kids need to make an 'identity card' for Norbert (the Alien living in Alan's nose).

Period 2: Writer' workshop:  We're going to re-examine perspective.  I'm trying to have the kids write from an ant or alien's perspective...so a tennis ball isn't just a 'green fuzzy tennis ball', but it becomes a 'Glowing yellow hairy planet!  When it hits the ground, it screams 'boing' and tries to fly back to the stars.  It has a white mountain range that wraps around it's belly.'

Period 3 is Math.  I'm hoping to conference with everyone about multiplication and division while they work on their cootie catchers and answer questions on prodigy.

Period 4 is Music.

Period 5 is Computer buddies...we'll be playing around on Chrome's Music Lab.

Period 6 is finish up.  We'll finish up our math, conferences, writing...and maybe even enjoying a bit of free time?

Wednesday February 4th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud (new book, A Nose From Jupitar).  Mini lesson is focusing on perspective.

Period 2 -writer's workshop - mini lesson will also focus on perspective....(e.g., seeing a stapler as a metal crocodile).

Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit, before we come in and do some math, we'll look at division, with a small remainder (e.g., 15 markers shared between 2 baskets = 7 per basket with 1 left over).

Period 4 is Music.

Period 5 and 6 is art.  In honour of Black History Month, we'll look at Black artist, Alma Thomas.  We'll try to recreate some of her work...or at least in her style.

Tuesday February 3rd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, Finish up informational paragraphs

Period 2 - French

Period 3 -Outside for a bit?  Come in and do some math.  We'll continue to examine how multiplication and division are related (inverse facts: 3 x 4 = 12 so 12 / 4 = 3).  Then we'll dig into how division just means equal groups (or rows or columns...when looking at arrays).

Period 4 -I've got some old school paper work for them to do before they do some 'new school' digital questions.

Period 5 and 6 is science.  We'll be looking at contact vs non contact, specifically focusing in on Gravity (non contact) and how it essentially pulling us to the centre of the earth.  Any extra time will be for finishing up unfinished work.

Monday February 2nd

 Happy February...wow this year is flying by!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, seating swap, weekend round up.

Period 2 - I have a 'Violet Baudelaire' STEM challenge for them this morning...using some string, paper clips and some elastics to make a 'key snatcher'. 

Periods 3 and 4 we'll actually watch the NETFLIX tv series of the Bad Beginning.  It's very faithful to the book.

Period 5 is gym.

Period 6 we'll do an 'esti mystery' and use the rest of the period to finish up some unfinished work. 

Kindness Cookies & Pink Shirt information

From the office....  

Kindness Cookies will be on sale next week ONLY on School Cash Online ONLY to purchase for Pink Shirt Day (Wednesday February 25th) delivery. All proceeds will go to the Halton Learning Foundation that supports education equity and opportunities for students of the HDSB by helping to remove financial barriers.

NO SALES ON PINK SHIRT DAY!

Friday January 30th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, we'll finish our book!

Period 2 - we'll continue researching in the library on the chromebooks.  We're writing informational paragraphs on animals we've researched.

Period 3 - is math.  We'll continue to look at arrays, and see how division and multiplication are related...specifically we'll look at related facts.

Period 4 -I have some questions on Knowledgehook the kids will answer and some more time to pracitce our times tables.

Period 5- is a finish up period. 

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.  

Stay warm everyone.

Thursday January 29th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop:  Violet, the main character in our class novel is an expert inventor and knot tie-er?  I'm going to teach them how to tie a tie....maybe it will be a useful skill for someone down the line?

Period 2 -Writer's workshop:  We'll continue one with our expert burger paragraphs.  We have to do a little debrief on fact vs. opinion.  

Period 3 is math.  We'll continue to look at division with arrays and how it's related to multiplication.

Period 4 is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 is computer buddies...we'll show them a super cool website called weave. They'll create symmetrical artwork.

Period 6 is going to be a free time/finish up period. 

Wednesday January 28th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop - Stress Level Graph (examining Lemony Snicket's pacing)

Period 2 - Now that we're persuasive (OREO) masters, it's time to look at the 'Hamburger' model for writing informational paragraphs.  We started working on our first hamburger/informational paragraph.

Period 3 -Math.  We dug into the concept of division being 'equal groups'.  And how that relates to the rows and columns of arrays.   The kids seem to actually enjoy division.

Period 4 - Music.

Period 5 and 6 is art.  We'll examined pointillism and look at some of the work by Georges Seurat.  

NOTE: Tomorrow is 'literacy day'...dress up as your favourite character from a book!

Tuesday January 27th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's/writer's workshop. Hopefully everyone can finish their persuasive paragraphs.

Period 2 is Pancake day/French.

Period 3 is Math - We'll do some more 'around the world' and play some games to strengthen our times tables.

Period 4 we'll continue Math...we'll do some more plugged in and unplugged work.

Period 5 and 6 is Science/Stem Pac-Man Maze challenge.

Friday January 23rd

 Happy Birthday Emmie!  Happy Friday Everyone!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1- Red light, read aloud, finish up good copies of persuasive paragraphs.

Period 2-to the library!  Book exchange and we'll work on creating 'emoji stories' on the chromebooks...this will be very fun and a little chaotic (19 kids working on the same slideshow...)

Period 3 -We'll continue on with our multiplication practice.  We're working on flashcards, multiplication charts and multiplication colouring sheets.

Period 4-we'll use the chromebooks and keep on practicing our times tables on multiplication.com

Period 5- We'll use this period to keep working on our magnetic Pac Man Mazes.

Period 6 is gym with Mr. D.

Remember, Monday is a PD day

Thursday January 23rd

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1: Red light, read aloud and mini lesson on some of Lemony Snicket's 'literary devices'...eg., dramatic irony and the red herring.

Period 2: Writer's workshop: we'll continue to work on our awesomely persuasive paragraphs...they're already better than our last ones.

Period 3: weather permitting, we'll head outside.  When we come back in, we'll continue to develop proficiency in our times tables.  

Period 4: is music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5: is our first 'Computer Buddies' session with Mrs. Ever's class...very exciting.

Period 6:  I have STEM, magnetic Pac-Man games....but depending on how we're doing, we might play some 'force' games on Google Classroom.  

Wednesday January 22nd

Wow...I can't believe I forgot to post on Monday (and I was away yesterday)!  My apologies.

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1: Red light, read aloud (chapter 6 Bad Beginnings). Mini workshop on 'Snicket Definiitions'....we'll look at Lemony Snicket's cool writing style.

Period 2: Now that we're done our first Persuasive paragraphs, we'll write another, on our own!  Implementing everything we've learned so far.

Period 3: weather permitting, we'll stay outside for a bit.  Come back in for some Math - Review all the times tables we've covered so far.

Period 4: Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5: We'll do a bit more math.  

Period 6: We'll continue to work on our magnetic 'Pac Man' Mazes.  

Friday January 16th

 Happy Friday..and the day after the snow day!

Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, we'll talk about 'defining objects', a tool Lemony Snickett uses well.  We'll also talk about Martin Luther King, and the Holiday happening in the States this weekend.

Period 2 is Writer's workshop.  We'll look at adding transition words to our persuasive paragraphs, and hopefully finish writing them in good copy.

Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit...unless it's really cold.  When we come in it's math...today's an easy one...5 times tables!  I've got some work for them.

Period 4 -I've got a 'Mod Challenge' for them to tweak their 'chase pizza' coding games...

Period 5 -I'm hoping we can start work on our Pac Man Mazes....

Period 6 -Gym with Mr. D.

glowing moons

Here is a link

...in case you can't see the image...

Wednesday January 14th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshop

Period 2 -Writer's workshop - Using the OREO (Opinion, Reason, Example, Opinion) organizer, we're going to write persuasive paragraphs out in good copy!

Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit. When we come in, we'll keep working on our times tables...today's and easy one...the 10's times tables (so far we've covered, 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, and hopefully 10's today).

Period 4-Music with Mrs. Haynes.

Period 5 and 6 we'll be using messy charcoal to sketch a glowing moon...we'll talk about value, gradients and contrast.  If we have some time at the end after clean up...maybe some free time?

Tuesday January 13th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1-Red light, read aloud (new book...Bad Beginning by Lemony Snickett...A Series of Unfortunate Events).  We'll also continue work on on our OREO persuasive paragraphs.

Period 2 is French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 we'll stay outside for a bit (weather permitting).

Period 4 We'll do some math.  We don't really need to learn the 8 times tables...but just for fun, I'm going to teach them the 'triple double'.   2's times table, the strategy was know your doubles.  4's was double the 2's (the double-double).  8's is the triple double!

Period 5 and 6 is Science.  I'm hoping to look at contact forces vs. non - contact forces (e.g., gravity, magnetism, static electricity).   Provided I can find enough cardboard, we'll begin a STEAM challenge where we build our own 'magnetic pac man' mazes.  I might have to wait until Thursday (pizza day) to do this....we shall see.

Monday January 12th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 -Red light, Read aloud, weekend Round Up

Period 2 -Writer's workshop - Goal is to finish our persuasive writing organizers. 

Period 3 we'll head outside for some extra outdoor time.

Period 4 is Math - We'll review the two's strategy (doubles) and we we'll look at the 4's and try doubling our doubles.   

Period 5 is Gym with Mr. D.

Period 6 we'll take it easy after gym, do a little mindfulness activity and enjoy some free time.

Bonus: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YAdbFlJdPwKeX1j7ZHP3xRXecBrtMU4C2F4keKGiia4/edit?tab=t. -check out the link to the games we made on Microsoft Make Code Arcade - highly addictive!

Friday January 9th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light and then some cursive practice...we never got to yesterday.  

Period 2 -we'll head to the library, with the Chromebooks.  We've got 2 jobs to do: 1-answer 3 multiplication questions on Knowledgehook.  2-share the link to our coded games on a shared document.  

Periods 3 and 4 -we'll watch the One and Only Ivan Movie.

Period 5 -I have a follow up book vs movie sheet for the kids to go through.  We'll talk about the some of the differences and why Disney made those choices (e.g., why use a CGI gorilla instead of a real life one?). 

Period 6 -gym with Mr. D.

Have a terrific weekend everyone.

Thursday January 8th

 Here is the plan for today:

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud (I'm actually going to show them a cool website filled with videos geared towards kids, called The Kids Should See This...I'll show them a couple of videos, but this one will lead into reading and 'persuasive writing'. https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/the-science-of-storytelling-how-can-reading-books-change-our-brains

Period 2 -We'll talk about persuasive writing, and we'll look at the OREO organizer (opinon, reason, example, re-state Opinion). We'll write a paragraph together about Zoo's...are they good or bad?  Then I have some topics (e.g., Tacos vs. Pizza) the kids can choose to write about.

Period 3 -Hopefully it's nice enough to go outside for a bit?  If not, I'll show them how to put their coding games into a google document!

Period 4 -Music.

Period 5 -I'm going to teach the kids about 'doubles' (e.g, 4 + 4 = 8) and show them how that relates to the 2 times tables....I have a game and some work to do with that.

Period 6 -I am hoping to start cursive writing...looking at the clock climber letters (a,d,g,q,c), letter's that start at '2 o'clock'.  

Wednesday January 7th

Here is what we did today:

Period 1-Red light a lot of digging deeper about the real Ivan (from The One and Only Ivan). 

Period 2 -we had a bit of time to read and write (after all our Ivan learning)

Period 3 -we were outside

Period 4 -music 

Period 5 -we'll do a little northern lights art.

Period 6 -we'll do some more coding.

Tuesday January 6th

 Alright!  I've got my phone and able to access the Halton District School Board machine!

Here it the plan for this icy Tuesday...

Period 1 - Red light, read aloud, reader's workshops (how has Ivan changed from the start to the end of the story).

Period 2 French with Mr. Woolley.

Period 3 Outside to play if weather is permitting?

Period 4 -We'll start our next unit in math, multiplication.  

Period 5 and 6 we'll talk a little bit about 'coding'...algorithm's and try our hand at coding on Microsoft's Make code Arcade.

Monday January 5th

 Welcome back everyone!

I am not sure if your children let you know, but I forgot my phone at home and was locked out of everything Halton related today...I couldn't access anything with Halton's Multi Factor Authentication attached to my phone.  No attendance, day plans, emails, anything!  I didn't realize how dependent on technology I've become!  New, New Year's Resolution!

We adapted and had a fun day...hopefully I will be back on track for tomorrow.