This week we enjoyed continuing to learn about artist Georgia O'Keeffe and we created poppy art inspired by her painting "Oriental Poppies." Students used pastels for this art project. We learned about the importance of Remembrance Day and had a virtual assembly organized by the grade 5/6 classes on Tuesday.
Oriental Poppies by Georgia O'Keeffe
Students were also introduced to something we're calling a "Try Pad" last week. They have been using this to support them with their spelling. I love to encourage students to use phonetic spelling and to not get caught up in spelling everything perfectly, but this is a way for them to attempt spelling a word three times on their own before asking for help. There is one for each table to use and they have been working well so far. Students have also been completing a quick self-assessment with their writing tasks using our writing exemplars.
We also had a lot of excitement with our hermit crabs this week. Check out the blog post from earlier this week if you missed it. We also came to school this morning to find that another crab had decided to move shells.
This week we also re-watched the story "A Home for Hermit Crab" by Eric Carl. Students wrote or drew about the characters, setting, problem and solution of the story. We also started an art activity today based on this story where students decorated the hermit crabs shell and designed the perfect habitat for a hermit crab with all their necessities included. I will share pictures next week.
This week we also talked about the idea of gratitude and the importance of practicing gratitude. 2020 obviously has not been the best year, but even during a tough time, we can find many reasons to be grateful. Students received a "Gratitude Journal" with 25 days worth of writing prompts. We did the first one on Thursday which was - what are you grateful for at school and why? They are pretty sweet and thoughtful! We are going to be ending most days with our gratitude journals.
We are wrapping up our learning on 2D shapes for now. Students did some review of the shapes we have learned.
Today I kept telling students that we had a quiz at the end of the day. I really just wanted to teach them how to use an online program called "Kahoot." To learn, I created a quiz called "How well do you know Ms. Midgley?" Next week, we will try another Kahoot quiz to review 2D shapes. They had a lot of fun with it!
Don't forget to sign up for conferences November 19th or 20th! If you are having trouble, please let me know and I can help out! We can also arrange a phone call if you prefer.
Upcoming Dates
Monday, November 16th - Sunday, November 22nd - Scholastic Book Fair - Online
Thursday, November 19th PM & Friday, November 20th AM - Conferences (No School Friday)
Our first two days of school in room 11 were great! We enjoyed reading some stories together, getting to know each other and our classroom space, and students enjoyed exploring different work choices together in the classroom. We've also already celebrated two birthdays in the classroom! We had gym outside on Thursday and Friday and are looking forward to joining Ms. Zimmer's class for gym next week! We talked a lot about different expectations at school and why it's important to follow the classroom expectations. I always use my cat, Eli, to show listening expectations on the carpet. A notice from School Council came home today! (At least one was found on the ground so I just wanted to make sure everyone saw) Soft Entry We will be starting "Soft Entry" on Wednesday, September 4th. This means that students can arrive between 8:00-8:10 am, come through the garden doors and walk down to their classrooms. The teachers will be on supervision at the door, in the ...
Hello families, My apologies again about not making a blog post last week! Here's what we got up to this week: We enjoyed spending lots of time with Elder Shirley on Wednesday morning. She walked students through a smudge and talked about some of the sacred medicines. She taught us how to hoop dance and how we can tell a story using our bodies and the hoops. We also enjoyed spending time outside with the hoops and some stuffed animal friends. We performed some hoop dancing for Ms. Zimmer's class and then enjoyed watching Elder Shirley perform some hoop dancing. We also met her mischievous bear friend, Lemon! We're continuing to learn about the Indigenous Seven Sacred Teachings. This week we learned about the teaching of honesty which is represented by the Sabe. Students wrote about a time when they showed honesty. We also read a story called Finn's Little Fibs by Tom Percival and students used loose parts to create a time when they fibbed....
Hello families, Here's our weekly update! In science we have returned to our focus on Earth Systems. We learned a little bit about environmentalism and caring for the Earth. We also learned a bit about extreme weather and the impact it can have on the environment, and looked at different types of landforms! In social studies, we continued our learning about The Seven Sacred Teachings. We learned about the eagle and how it represents love. One comment that resonated with me from Elder Hazel's video is that we are never too busy to be kind, caring and patient. We started working on some scratch art - students will be scratching an eagle feather into the black paint next week! In math, students completed a bit of a summative assessment in measurement to see if we are ready to move on to the next concept. We also started a fun zoo design project that students have been really excited about. We will finish this up next week! In literacy we started ...
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