Thursday
Hello families!
I mentioned the other day that students were really interested in the story "Why Should I Protect Nature?" So, today we read the story "The Earth Book" by Todd Parr and students drew and wrote about 4 things they do to help the Earth. During work period, students also practiced their "-ay" words and painted their clay landscapes from our Leighton Art Centre field trip.
In the afternoon we had Daily 5 literacy time and we started talking about group work. We discussed the good things (benefits) of working in a group and the challenging parts of working in a group. This is what we came up with:
Benefits:
- Work with new people and make new friends
- Help each other
- Work faster
- Each person can help with a different thing that they are good at
Challenges:
- Trying to work together and share your ideas without being mean
- Communicating with each other
- Speaking in front of the whole group
- Don't always get your way (and have to compromise!)
- Making a decision altogether
We then watched the social story "Teamwork isn't my thing, and I don't like to Share." Students then worked in groups of 5 to count out 100 snap cubes. We had three pretty different experiences and discussed how groups worked together and what was good about the experience and what we'd do differently next time (including me giving clearer instructions about doing it efficiently!)
Group #1:
- Students worked as a team
- Everyone contributed
- Finished counting in 2-3 minutes
Group #2:
- Started by sharing how they could count
- Decided to each count 20 cubes
- Couldn't all come to an agreement and had some arguments
- Had some difficulties communicating and compromising
- Put all of the snap cubes in one big pile so it was difficult to see if they had 100
Group #3:
- Started by making rainbow lines
- Were not arguing but also not clearly communicating with each other
- Made 100 by making 10 groups of 10
- Took the longest to complete the task
We will continue to work on some different group work tasks in preparation for our upcoming community project!
One World Drumming
Tomorrow we will be starting a One World Drumming Artist in Residence program. This company will be working with our school for the next two weeks. We are very excited about this unique experience! Our class will not be starting until the week of March 2nd. Our gym is the only space large enough to host these sessions so our PE time for the next two weeks will be a combination of classroom activities and outdoor activities!
Upcoming Dates:
Monday, February 24th - Presentation from the Bonavista Eye Clinic
Monday, March 2nd - Friday March 6th - One World Drumming sessions
Wednesday, March 18th - Art Felt Studios in-class visit 12:30-2:30 - Volunteers Needed - More info to come
Monday, April 6th - Scientists in School in-class program about liquids (half the class participating - volunteers needed- with Ms. Carroll's class) More info to come
Thursday, April 9th - Scientists in School in-class program about liquids (half the class participating - volunteers needed- with Mr. Link's class) More info to come
Swimming Dates - More info to come
Departing LBS 1:20pm
Swimming lesson 1:45-2:15
Arrive LBS 2:35
Going with Mrs. Ireland's class every day
Our swimming lessons this year will be at the Trico centre. Male and female volunteers will be needed for each date and you can either take the bus, or meet us there. Volunteers will supervise in the change rooms before and after lessons and can watch students during the lessons (there is no swimming involved for volunteers!)
Please let me know if you're interested in volunteering for Art Felt, Scientists in School, or Swimming! I will do my best to keep track of all of this! 😅
I mentioned the other day that students were really interested in the story "Why Should I Protect Nature?" So, today we read the story "The Earth Book" by Todd Parr and students drew and wrote about 4 things they do to help the Earth. During work period, students also practiced their "-ay" words and painted their clay landscapes from our Leighton Art Centre field trip.
In the afternoon we had Daily 5 literacy time and we started talking about group work. We discussed the good things (benefits) of working in a group and the challenging parts of working in a group. This is what we came up with:
Benefits:
- Work with new people and make new friends
- Help each other
- Work faster
- Each person can help with a different thing that they are good at
Challenges:
- Trying to work together and share your ideas without being mean
- Communicating with each other
- Speaking in front of the whole group
- Don't always get your way (and have to compromise!)
- Making a decision altogether
We then watched the social story "Teamwork isn't my thing, and I don't like to Share." Students then worked in groups of 5 to count out 100 snap cubes. We had three pretty different experiences and discussed how groups worked together and what was good about the experience and what we'd do differently next time (including me giving clearer instructions about doing it efficiently!)
Group #1:
- Students worked as a team
- Everyone contributed
- Finished counting in 2-3 minutes
Group #2:
- Started by sharing how they could count
- Decided to each count 20 cubes
- Couldn't all come to an agreement and had some arguments
- Had some difficulties communicating and compromising
- Put all of the snap cubes in one big pile so it was difficult to see if they had 100
Group #3:
- Started by making rainbow lines
- Were not arguing but also not clearly communicating with each other
- Made 100 by making 10 groups of 10
- Took the longest to complete the task
We will continue to work on some different group work tasks in preparation for our upcoming community project!
One World Drumming
Tomorrow we will be starting a One World Drumming Artist in Residence program. This company will be working with our school for the next two weeks. We are very excited about this unique experience! Our class will not be starting until the week of March 2nd. Our gym is the only space large enough to host these sessions so our PE time for the next two weeks will be a combination of classroom activities and outdoor activities!
Upcoming Dates:
Monday, February 24th - Presentation from the Bonavista Eye Clinic
Monday, March 2nd - Friday March 6th - One World Drumming sessions
Wednesday, March 18th - Art Felt Studios in-class visit 12:30-2:30 - Volunteers Needed - More info to come
Monday, April 6th - Scientists in School in-class program about liquids (half the class participating - volunteers needed- with Ms. Carroll's class) More info to come
Thursday, April 9th - Scientists in School in-class program about liquids (half the class participating - volunteers needed- with Mr. Link's class) More info to come
Swimming Dates - More info to come
Departing LBS 1:20pm
Swimming lesson 1:45-2:15
Arrive LBS 2:35
Going with Mrs. Ireland's class every day
- Tuesday, April 21st
- Thursday, April 23rd
- Tuesday, April 28th
- Thursday, April 30th
- Tuesday, May 5th
- Thursday, May 7th
Our swimming lessons this year will be at the Trico centre. Male and female volunteers will be needed for each date and you can either take the bus, or meet us there. Volunteers will supervise in the change rooms before and after lessons and can watch students during the lessons (there is no swimming involved for volunteers!)
Please let me know if you're interested in volunteering for Art Felt, Scientists in School, or Swimming! I will do my best to keep track of all of this! 😅
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