Hi parents,
We had a pretty laid back day today because so many people were away. We did the spelling quiz, and the students got to pick from 5 different choices for creative writing prompts.
We learned about the six natural regions of Alberta - grasslands, rocky mountains, foothills, parkland, boreal forest, and Canadian shield.
We ended our day with some math games.
Remember that Monday is not a school day - have a nice weekend!
Zac
Hi parents,
Today was a bit of an off-day for our class, but that often happens when we have multiple blue days in a row. The students also finished their work a lot faster than I was expecting (which is usually a good thing), but in this case they just had too much energy to do responsible work choices... responsibly.
That being said, I'm so pleased with how the graph projects turned out. The students have clearly got the data collection, organization, and graphing skills they need for this point in the year.
We did some awesome French writing today. We used the nouns we learned earlier in the week, and added some simple verbs to the mix, to create complete sentences. The students even properly conjugated the verbs!
In the afternoon, we did Daily LA, and then had a lesson on 'action sketching', where we learned a technique to draw human bodies in different poses. We talked about how its important to consider where a body can and cannot bend, and the relative lengths of different limbs.
We ended our day by reading A Rover's Story and discussing whether or not Res counts as a 'living' thing.
Tomorrow is our spelling quiz.
Have a nice night,
Zac
Hi parents,
We had another good day today. Mr. Wade is back, and playing math games, reading, and working with the students all day.
In the morning, the students finished up their social studies reading comprehension from yesterday. Then, we continued working on our graph project. Today's work involved choosing an appropriate scale for the graph, making the graph, and answering some questions about it. The students reflected on whether the data was surprising, what they'd expected it to be.
In the afternoon, we had Daily LA, and Music. Mr Wade read "A Rover's Tale" aloud, and Scholastic Book Orders were handed out. If you're interested in ordering, please make sure to use our class code - RC157953 With money from the last Scholastic Order, our classroom was able to buy two new handcover books, and Charades for Kids!
Have a nice night,
Zac
Hi parents,
We had a great day today.
In the morning, the students worked on the 'data collection' step for their graphing project. They surveyed their classmates, and used personal strategies to keep track of who they'd already asked, to make sure they got responses from everyone. Tomorrow we'll start graphing.
We did a lot of French this morning, which ended up being a lot more fun than expected. We learned that in French, words can be 'masculine' or 'feminine', and the words 'un' or 'une' are used differently depending on what they're associated with. The class used Google Translate to learn the French words for a variety of nouns, and sorted these by "Un" and "Une".
Have a nice night,
Zac
Hi parents,
We had a pretty great first day back.
The students wrote about their Winter Breaks in their journals, and some set goals for the new year.
We started working on the 'Graph Project', which will basically challenge students to apply all the things they'd learned before the break about data collection, graph creating, and graph interpretation. Even though its been a couple weeks, they seem to have a good handle on everything so far. Surveying other students is always fun too.
In the afternoon, we did Daily LA, practiced spelling, went to Music, and read A Rover's Story.
Looking forward to a great 'part two' of the school year!
Have a nice night,
Zac
Spelling List A (January 8 – 12)
Spelling List B (January 8 – 12)
Spelling List C (January 8 – 12)
Hi parents,
We had a great day today. The students were given a whole bunch of different Christmas-themed work choices, and spent most of the day working on them at their own pace. It was a classic Montessori day.
We met with our buddies, and used a digital classroom created by Ms. Adamson to learn about how Christmas is celebrated in different parts of the world, as well as some other holidays that are important in different cultures.
We continued watching A Muppet Christmas Carol, and got to the part where Scrooge meets the ghost of Christmas past. We'll be finishing the movie up tomorrow - no spoilers!
Speaking of happy faces, tomorrow is also our last spelling quiz of 2023.
Good luck!
Hi parents,
We had a great day today. We didn't get to as much of the work as I was hoping, but it was for a good reason - the students were putting so much effort into their Secret Santa cards. The messages they wrote, and the care they put into choosing what to draw, and even what colours to use, was really heartwarming.
We also did some whole-school carolling, and had Music.
We started watching A Muppet Christmas Carol, which has become something of a Christmas tradition. We'll be watching it tomorrow as well, and wrapping up on Friday, so its only about ~25-30 minutes each day. This approach lets us have lots of class discussions, and ensures the students are comprehending what they're watching - it'd be a shame to rush a story this good.
This year, we're connecting A Christmas Carol to our exploration of journaling techniques, and the students are doing some "Event map Journaling" to capture the main events and characters.
Here are a few pictures of what we've been working on:
Hi parents,
It was a busy and tiring day today. We spent a lot of time working on a Christmas Craft - which many students completed and brought home in paper bags.
We review our graphing work from yesterday, and gave feedback to the different groups.
We did Daily LA as well.
The students had time to finish their paragraphs from yesterday.
The sock exchange is on Friday - please send in your socks as soon as you can! We'll be making the cards in class tomorrow.
Have a nice night,
Zac
Hi parents,
We had a pretty good day today. You can definitely tell the class is ready for a break though. Thankfully we were still able to do some excellent writing this morning, as the students wrote paragraphs about their Mars Rovers to wrap the project up for good.
We also did a graphing activity, which was really more of a "Teamwork" activity, as the students worked in groups to create graphs to showcase data that was given to them.
We had Music in the afternoon, and practiced the new spelling words in festive fonts.
Remember that this week is full of spirit days! Here's the breakdown:
Have a nice night,
Zac
Spelling List A (December 17 – 22)
Spelling List B (December 17 – 22)
Spelling List C (December 17 – 22)
