Spelling List A (Oct. 30 – Nov. 6)
Spelling List B (Oct. 30 – Nov. 6)
Spelling List C (Oct. 30 – Nov. 6)
Hi parents,
We had a great day today. In the morning, the students used their 'Wilbur Webs' from last week to help them write paragraphs about their favourite pig. We had our first official 'paragraph writing' lesson today, and talked about how a paragraph is a collection of sentences on a single topic, and how a good paragraph features variety in sentence structure.
In Math, we did more work with the Stamp Game. I'm really happy with how these lessons have been going. Slowly but surely the kids are getting the hang of subtraction with regrouping!
In the afternoon, we built on our lessons on 'bodies of water' from a couple weeks ago, and talked about how to preserve and protect bodies of water, as well as how to be safe around them, both in Winter and Summer. The students filled posters with their ideas, and then we went over them as a class.
Have a nice night!
Zac
Hi parents,
We had a great day today. Of course the highlight was the walking field trip to Fish Creek Library. The kids loved browsing the massive selection of children's books and checking out books for themselves. They also enjoyed listening to a choose-your-own-adventure read-aloud and learning about the many programs the library offers.
In the afternoon, we did Daily LA, Music, and Spelling. We talked about this week's words, focused on the -ur sound, and the students worked on their Art Cards.
Have a nice night!
Zac
Spelling List A (Oct. 16 – 23)
Spelling List B (Oct. 16 – 23)
Spelling List C (Oct. 16 – 23)
Hi parents,
It was great getting to talk with you all this week! Sorry for the lack of Blog posts.
We've been doing a lot of art this week. Many kids were able to finish their art card artwork today, and many more will finish early next week I'm sure. Here are a couple finished ones:
The Work Period wall was once again full this week, and today the students had a ton of time to finish up things from earlier in the week.
We also did our spelling quiz. I'm not done marking them all yet.
Our Walking Field Trip is on Monday! Please ensure your child is dressed for a chilly walk, and also send them with their library card, if they have one.
Have a nice night,
Zac
Hi parents,
We've had a pretty good week so far. It's been very art-centred.
The students have been working on watercolour lions with colourful manes. I'm hoping we can use them for Art Cards! This activity has also been a good way to practice blending paints, and using the bristles of a paintbrush to create hair-like textures.
In Math, we've been talking about fractions, and how fractions can apply to groups of objects rather than just a singular object (for example a pizza) being divided up. For example, the students in Room 3 are all 'whole', but if you look at the class as the whole, then the students all become fractions of it. Today we had 24/26 kids in class.
In the afternoon we did Daily LA. We also started a second art project, kind of an Art Cards backup plan, in which the students zoomed way in on a flower and focused on sketching and shaded carefully to illustrate the different textures and colours.
For writing, we've been doing "Same Topic" Spelling Sentences. This helps to build paragraph writing skills, by connecting each sentence to one main topic.
Have a nice night,
Zac
Spelling List A (Oct. 16 – 23)
Spelling List B (Oct. 16 – 23)
Spelling List C (Oct. 16 – 23)
Hi parents,
We had a good day today, and it was pretty much all work time.
The students got a lot accomplished for sure. We also did some reading with our buddy class, and visited the book fair.
Please let me know if you're interested in volunteering for our walking field trip on October 26! Also, let me know if you need help booking a conference - the first day of conferences is on Monday!
Have a nice weekend,
Zac
Hi parents,
We had a pretty good day today!
In the morning, we reviewed fractions in math. Students were tasked with dividing different 2-D shapes into equal quarters. This was hard with triangles but they eventually figured it out. I bet they could show you!
For Printing Practice, we discussed proper nouns and practiced the capital letters C, D, and E.
In French, we learned the names of family members.
In the afternoon, we used the Montessori Bodies of Water Material to help with sketching and labelling different types of water bodies, using academic vocabulary. The students are doing an excellent job of this, and the room stayed quiet the whole time - always a good sign that they're focused and enjoying the work.
Walking Field Trip - Fish Creek Library - October 26 (Volunteers Wanted!)
We will be going on. a walking field trip to Fish Creek Library the morning of October 26. More information will be sent out tomorrow or early next week, but if you're interested in volunteering, please let me know! Its a free field trip, similar to what we did last year.
The spelling quiz on -ar is tomorrow!
Have a nice night,
Zac
Hi parents,
I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving weekend!
We had a good first day back at school. We played the math game Classroom of Doom, and did some picture prompt story writing.
The students did an awesome job with this.
We did more writing, in the form of 'spelling sentences', and this week's twist was Dialogue Practice. Students had to use each of their spelling words in a separate sentence, and each of those sentences also had to be written as dialogue, including quotation marks and a dialogue verb (said, asked, etc.).
We also did Daily LA and played Bench Ball in gym.
Please book a conference if you haven't already done so!
Zac
