Wednesday

Hi parents,

Sorry about the lack of a blog post yesterday, somehow I completely forgot... but that's just as well. Yesterday was just an 'okay' day for our class. Today, on the other hand, was an exceptionally good day!

In the morning, we had Explore and Play time, and I was super thrilled to see quite a few students playing their own math board games with their friends! The students also finished labeling their 'plate pumpkins' that they painted yesterday. They are basically pumpkin experts now. I bet they could name just about every part of a pumpkin, and tell you the stages of a pumpkin's life cycle!

The students also did some writing work this morning, once again about pumpkins. This time, they wrote out instructions explaining how to carve a pumpkin. Step-by-step writing tasks are an awesome way to help students develop their understanding of 'sentences', because each step is its own clearly defined idea. A lot of students raised their own personal 'writing bar' with this task, by writing more than they'd written this whole year. :)

In the afternoon, we had Daily 5 time, and then went to an Assembly put on by three other grade 1/2 classes.

Tomorrow is Halloween! 

Which I'm sure everyone is aware of. In the morning, we will be doing some really cool activities, including slime making, Spooky Smells, finger painting, and Pumpkin Geometry. In the afternoon, we will have our Halloween Parade at 1:00pm, and then its party time.

Have a great night!

Zac