This week we re-visited the idea of being a classroom family. As a family we share a lot with each other and unfortunately sometimes that involves sad news. I am so proud of all of the students this week. I am surrounded by thoughtful, kind and intuitive little kids. They are all truly amazing and never fail to surprise me with their empathy and understanding. It is a privilege to be their teacher and our classroom feels even more like a second family. Thank you to any families that have reached out to offer support during this time.
This week I also shared some exciting (to me) news, as we do with our families. I am very excited to become an Aunt this summer as my oldest brother is having our family's first grandchild. I just want to clarify in case any students misunderstood who is having a baby...
We focused on words from the "-ag" family this week. And in math, we continued talking about doubles and near doubles.
We continued to work towards finishing up our winter animal self portraits. We talked a lot about feedback, it's importance, and how to give and receive feedback. We watched the story of "Austin's Butterfly" and paused along the way to discuss what kind of feedback we would provide to Austin. The students were very thoughtful in their feedback, and very kind. We talked about helpful feedback being kind and specific, but that telling someone "good job" does not help them improve. Students then partnered up and gave each other feedback on their portrait design. We also started working on our backgrounds for our portraits using different materials and textures and will finally finish up early next week! I will post final photos on Google Classroom as the end product will have students faces in them. Ms. Wuetherick also taught students about the importance of totem poles and animals. Students watched the story "Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox" and built their own totem poles.
Adding in some photos I originally forgot to share! (Feb. 29)
Here are some of the backgrounds we started today! The backgrounds had to fit with what type of animal students are turning themselves into - a migrator, hibernator or adapter.
Today, students were very excited for the Class Dojo store. Students had more points than in previous months and had to figure out what they could buy and how many points they would have left.
Today we also talked briefly about Bell Lets Talk Day and the importance of taking care of our bodies and our feelings. We discussed ways we take care of our bodies such as eating well, getting sleep and exercising. We then talked about ways that we cheer ourselves up if we are feeling sad or not ourselves. We watched a story called "Lucy's Blue Day" and watched the 2021 Bell Lets Talk Day commercial with Michael Buble.
Upcoming Dates:
Friday, January 29th - PD Day (No School)
Early February - Report Cards Available (specific date to come)
Wednesday, February 10th - Valentine's Day at school
Thursday, February 11th & Friday, February 12th - Teacher's Convention (No School)
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, Here's our weekly update! This week students were working hard on a summative assessment for our patterns unit! Students had fun creating pattern art and used a checklist to make sure they were using specific types of patterns in their art. They also had a peer check their work to make sure they were including the correct patterns. On Monday, students planned their art, and on Tuesday they completed their art using crayons and watercolour paint. They look awesome!! We worked on some skip counting a bit this week as well, including counting by 5s and 10s. This was pretty tricky for a lot of students and might be something we come back to after solidifying our understanding of place value. Here are the skip counting expectations for each grade: Grade 1 1s to 100 starting at any number Backwards from 20 to 0 by 1s 5s to 100 starting at 0 10s to 100 starting at 0 2s to 20 starting at 0 Grade 2 1s to 1000, forwards and backwards starting at any number ...
Hello families, Here's our weekly update! Our MRU student teacher, Ms. Yip, has begun teaching students about cycles and patterns in math. Students started by learning what a cycle is, and explored the season cycle, the day and night cycle, and life cycles. Students were also introduced to repeating patterns. They had to identify the core of patterns and enjoyed creating their own patterns with different building materials. We will be continuing to learn about patterns after the fall break! In literacy, we learned a bit about plural and singular nouns. We learned that when we add an -s to the end of a word it sometimes makes the /s/ sound (cats) and sometimes makes the /z/ sound (bags). We also reviewed the letter K with our character Kimmy Kangaroo. During Daily LA, students on the word work station are working with Ms. Yip and students at the teacher table are continuing to work with me. We started learning how to practice our high-frequency...
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