Monday, March 9
We began, as usual, with Math. After students completed number sentences equalling nine, Mr. Risdon went over the division check-in that we wrote last week. Most students now have a division strategy that works for them, but if they don't, they are encouraged to work with me (or another adult) to find one. A number of students are still struggling with understanding, interpreting, and solving word problems, so we spent the rest of the class practicing this skill, using the problems below.
In French, we continued with our work from last day around using adjectives to describe animals. This was also our first class where a student volunteered to lead calendar time rather than the teacher leading it. It takes a lot of courage to get up in front of the class and speak French, so I'm really proud of how many students volunteered and how well this first calendrier leader did! We will continue having students lead this for the remainder of the school year.
In Language Arts, we warmed up by writing a paragraph beginning with the sentence: "I was awoken by a tapping sound outside my window." Then students continued to work in their groups from last week on their paragraph about food, which they will be sharing tomorrow. For Language Arts in the afternoon, we also had quiet reading/unfinished work time and started our new class novel, which is The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford.
In Social Studies we began using the information that we have gathered about the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands region to create a comic strip that communicates our understanding of the region, highlighting at least one major city, one river, one Great Lake, and two landforms or landmarks. We will continue working on these comic strips later this week. Before beginning our comics, Mr. Risdon helped the students to sort the information they had collectively gathered into the following categories: natural resources, history, climate, wildlife and vegetation, fun facts, landforms and bodies of water, geography, and culture. This also gave students a chance to add any important information they had missed to their own notes.
I have sent home a copy of the Snack & Chat sheet for students to use in their planning at home, but I will also continue including a link to the digital copy on our blog. A reminder that students need to be ready to share about their book on Thursday, March 19, and that this needs to be a different book than the one they shared about in the first Snack & Chat.
Please remember to book a student led conference time for March 19 or 20 if you haven't already. You can book your time through your MyCBE account, up until Wednesday, March 18.
Important Dates:
During the block that we would typically have Music class we had Circle time, as Mrs. Smith has begun working individually with the principal actors for the musical on learning their parts.
In French, we continued with our work from last day around using adjectives to describe animals. This was also our first class where a student volunteered to lead calendar time rather than the teacher leading it. It takes a lot of courage to get up in front of the class and speak French, so I'm really proud of how many students volunteered and how well this first calendrier leader did! We will continue having students lead this for the remainder of the school year.
In Language Arts, we warmed up by writing a paragraph beginning with the sentence: "I was awoken by a tapping sound outside my window." Then students continued to work in their groups from last week on their paragraph about food, which they will be sharing tomorrow. For Language Arts in the afternoon, we also had quiet reading/unfinished work time and started our new class novel, which is The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford.
In Social Studies we began using the information that we have gathered about the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands region to create a comic strip that communicates our understanding of the region, highlighting at least one major city, one river, one Great Lake, and two landforms or landmarks. We will continue working on these comic strips later this week. Before beginning our comics, Mr. Risdon helped the students to sort the information they had collectively gathered into the following categories: natural resources, history, climate, wildlife and vegetation, fun facts, landforms and bodies of water, geography, and culture. This also gave students a chance to add any important information they had missed to their own notes.
I have sent home a copy of the Snack & Chat sheet for students to use in their planning at home, but I will also continue including a link to the digital copy on our blog. A reminder that students need to be ready to share about their book on Thursday, March 19, and that this needs to be a different book than the one they shared about in the first Snack & Chat.
Please remember to book a student led conference time for March 19 or 20 if you haven't already. You can book your time through your MyCBE account, up until Wednesday, March 18.
Important Dates:
- "Spring Into Reading" Read-a-thon: SATURDAY, MARCH 7 - SUNDAY, MARCH 15
- Please continue to track your reading at home and to bring in used book donations!
- Glenbow Museum Field Trip: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
- February Quote response: *DUE THURSDAY, MARCH 12*
- Mug art: *DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 13*
- Dress Up as Your Favourite Book Character day: FRIDAY, MARCH 13
- Rocky Mountain Readers Vote: FRIDAY, MARCH 13
- Fur Trade diary entries: *DUE MONDAY, MARCH 16*
- Read-a-thon pledges: DUE MONDAY, MARCH 16
- Book Fair Preview: MONDAY, MARCH 16
- Book Fair Buying Time: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 (The book fair will also be open during student-led conference times)
- Snack & Chat #2: THURSDAY, MARCH 19
- Student-Led Conferences: THURSDAY, MARCH 19 3:00 - 8:00 pm (early dismissal for students) and FRIDAY, MARCH 20 8:00 am - 1:00 pm (no school for students)
- Spring Break: MONDAY, MARCH 23 - FRIDAY, MARCH 27 (no school for students)