We had Drama with Ms. Leung.
In Math we continued with our rotating activities.
After lunch we reread " The Greedy Truangle." We worked together to complete a Reading Response, which focuses on retailing , relating and reflecting on what was read. We did our Literacy rotations and at 2:00pm did our Terry Fox Run. last period we watched a Terry Fox movie, while some had their reading assessments done.
Homework: complete reading response
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Wednesday September 29 Day 2
We started off the day with Gym.
After Gym we did some writing in our Journal, many had not completed the previous days assignment.
After recess we did the math activities. See yesterdays post for details.
After lunch we worked on our Acrostic Poems. Students had to choose one poem to publish for presentation outside the classroom.
We have read several chapters of our novel. Edward was rescued from the dump by a dog named Lucy and has been travelling the rails with his new friends Bull and his dog. They were happy for many years, and Edward got a new name, Malone. They had great times together, until they are caught catching a ride on a train, and Edward is kicked into the ditch.
In Social Studies we talked about where we are in the world. We reviewed the hemispheres, and continents, and then talked about countries, provinces, cities, communities, schools, right down to our location in class. We visited Google Earth to get a sense of what that looks like as one moves closer and closer to a specific location. We copied down our location in order from farthest ( earth) to nearest location ( NW corner of class).
HOMEWORK: Find examples ( 10) of 2 dimensional shapes at home... see what shapes besides rectangles you can find.
Terry Fox Run tomorrow at 2pm. We are still taking $2 toonies for Terry!!!
After Gym we did some writing in our Journal, many had not completed the previous days assignment.
After recess we did the math activities. See yesterdays post for details.
After lunch we worked on our Acrostic Poems. Students had to choose one poem to publish for presentation outside the classroom.
We have read several chapters of our novel. Edward was rescued from the dump by a dog named Lucy and has been travelling the rails with his new friends Bull and his dog. They were happy for many years, and Edward got a new name, Malone. They had great times together, until they are caught catching a ride on a train, and Edward is kicked into the ditch.
In Social Studies we talked about where we are in the world. We reviewed the hemispheres, and continents, and then talked about countries, provinces, cities, communities, schools, right down to our location in class. We visited Google Earth to get a sense of what that looks like as one moves closer and closer to a specific location. We copied down our location in order from farthest ( earth) to nearest location ( NW corner of class).
HOMEWORK: Find examples ( 10) of 2 dimensional shapes at home... see what shapes besides rectangles you can find.
Terry Fox Run tomorrow at 2pm. We are still taking $2 toonies for Terry!!!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tuesday September 28 Day 1
Today in Math we worked in four different groups. Some worked on making animals using base-ten cut outs and then had to find the value of the animal they made. One group practiced some adding and subtracting, one group worked on creating regular 2D shapes using popsicle sticks and the final group worked on creating name patterns on a 5x5 grid.
We started to talk about "media literacy". We discussed that media is how messages are sent to people using printed word, images and sound. We brainstormed a list of different media that we use e.g.) computers, MP3 players, radios, newspapers, magazines, game devices etc. They were then asked to draw themselves using 3 different forms of media at home and to state whether the media uses print, images, sound or a combination.
After Lunch we worked on Spelling Lesson 3 pg. 12 and 13. If incomplete it was sent for homework.
If your child does not have homework they have completed it either in class, or at home last night!
Last period we had a class discussion about lining up as it continues to be a bit of an issue for the class.
We used the remaining time to complete our MEdia pictures.
HOMEWORK: Spelling #3 pg. 12 and 13 only. (Students had 40min in class today to work on this)
Note: Several students are finding the Spelling challenging so I will adjust workload to meet the individual needs. e.g.) reduced number of pages, different activites than in textbook.
After Lunch we worked on Spelling Lesson 3 pg. 12 and 13. If incomplete it was sent for homework.
If your child does not have homework they have completed it either in class, or at home last night!
Last period we had a class discussion about lining up as it continues to be a bit of an issue for the class.
We used the remaining time to complete our MEdia pictures.
HOMEWORK: Spelling #3 pg. 12 and 13 only. (Students had 40min in class today to work on this)
Note: Several students are finding the Spelling challenging so I will adjust workload to meet the individual needs. e.g.) reduced number of pages, different activites than in textbook.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday September 27 Day 5
The fun fair looked like quite the success on Saturday. It was great seeing so many people enjoying the fair together.
Today we began a Journal entry on the proper way to line up. We are having difficulty as a class getting quiet enough to walk down the halls to change classrooms or go to recess. So each student was asked to review what a good line up should be like in their own words.
In Math, we read the story "The Greedy Triangle" by Marilyn Burns. It introduced us to our third strand of math, Geometry. We are focusing on 2-dimensional shapes. We looked at shapes with 3 sides triangles and shapes with four sides quadrilaterals. We then looked at all the different types of quadrilaterals we see in the room. We saw mostly squares and rectangles. It was harder to find trapezoids, kites, rhombuses, and diamonds. We'll look closely at more shapes, numbers of sides, angles and sizes of angles in the upcoming weeks.
We continued with our second acrostic poem today. After that is complete students will look at their work and choose which of the two poems they would like to publish. Our literacy groups did new activities. One group will focus on retelling a story. One group will look the differences in statements and questions.
One group is practicing Cc and Dd in penmenship. The final group was independent reading and using the computer in the class.
At the end of the day we did our Lesson 2 Spelling Test and read more of our novel. Today more drama happened in the story. Eduard was quite happy in his new home. And didn't mind being dressed in simple girl's clothting. He was happier than at the bottom of the ocean. One day, Nellie and Lawrence's daughter, Lolly, arrives and thinks her parents were a bit wacky for looking after a toy rabbit. So, she threw Eduard (now Susanna) into the garbage! How is Eduard feeling? How do you think Nellie and Lawrence feel?
HOMEWORK: Spelling: Begin Lesson 3 , pages 12 and 13 (more if you have the time and energy.)
Using the text is very challenging for some students at this point in the year. It is good practice
to read the instructions and do what is asked as well as organize one's work in a notebook.
Today we began a Journal entry on the proper way to line up. We are having difficulty as a class getting quiet enough to walk down the halls to change classrooms or go to recess. So each student was asked to review what a good line up should be like in their own words.
In Math, we read the story "The Greedy Triangle" by Marilyn Burns. It introduced us to our third strand of math, Geometry. We are focusing on 2-dimensional shapes. We looked at shapes with 3 sides triangles and shapes with four sides quadrilaterals. We then looked at all the different types of quadrilaterals we see in the room. We saw mostly squares and rectangles. It was harder to find trapezoids, kites, rhombuses, and diamonds. We'll look closely at more shapes, numbers of sides, angles and sizes of angles in the upcoming weeks.
We continued with our second acrostic poem today. After that is complete students will look at their work and choose which of the two poems they would like to publish. Our literacy groups did new activities. One group will focus on retelling a story. One group will look the differences in statements and questions.
One group is practicing Cc and Dd in penmenship. The final group was independent reading and using the computer in the class.
At the end of the day we did our Lesson 2 Spelling Test and read more of our novel. Today more drama happened in the story. Eduard was quite happy in his new home. And didn't mind being dressed in simple girl's clothting. He was happier than at the bottom of the ocean. One day, Nellie and Lawrence's daughter, Lolly, arrives and thinks her parents were a bit wacky for looking after a toy rabbit. So, she threw Eduard (now Susanna) into the garbage! How is Eduard feeling? How do you think Nellie and Lawrence feel?
HOMEWORK: Spelling: Begin Lesson 3 , pages 12 and 13 (more if you have the time and energy.)
Using the text is very challenging for some students at this point in the year. It is good practice
to read the instructions and do what is asked as well as organize one's work in a notebook.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Friday September 24 Day 4
Today was a day of finishing up activities that needed to be completed. During our morning message we reviewed vowels and the difference between long vowels (say their own name) and short vowels. After that we had Gym. During our Gym period we had a lockdown drill. Mr. Duwyn was very pleased with how well it went.
After recess we did our final round of Literacy activities. After lunch, everyone wanted freetime, so everyone had to have their Reading, Grammar and Penmenship completed. Almost everyone finished, but not everyone got freetime.
After recess this afternoon, we visited the Computer Lab. We visited the blog and went to one of the links that I posted in the area called " Helpful Websites for Home." From there we went to Virtual Manipulatives. We went to the attribute section to review our work on patterns and attributes. Explore other areas of interest on the site!
Don't forget about the Fall Fair tomorrow!
HOMEWORK: Spelling : Study Lesson 2 (Don't forget the Superwords!)
Read 20 min/ day Think about connections text-text text-self text-world
After recess we did our final round of Literacy activities. After lunch, everyone wanted freetime, so everyone had to have their Reading, Grammar and Penmenship completed. Almost everyone finished, but not everyone got freetime.
After recess this afternoon, we visited the Computer Lab. We visited the blog and went to one of the links that I posted in the area called " Helpful Websites for Home." From there we went to Virtual Manipulatives. We went to the attribute section to review our work on patterns and attributes. Explore other areas of interest on the site!
Don't forget about the Fall Fair tomorrow!
HOMEWORK: Spelling : Study Lesson 2 (Don't forget the Superwords!)
Read 20 min/ day Think about connections text-text text-self text-world
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Thursday September 23 Day 3
Today we discussed the issue of Silly Bands, and in our Journals we wrote whether or not we think Sily Bands should be allowed at school. We are focusing on indenting the first sentence, and stating your opinion in the first sentence. Making sure a capital letter begins the sentence, and you have an end mark are also a key things to think about today.
We did Drama/DPA with Ms. Leung and she reported that participation was a little improved from last week.
Today Grade 2 students looked at counting objects by putting them into groups of ten. Then recording the number of tens and ones. We then added single-digit numbers and looked at grouping tens and ones.
e.g. 9+7= 1 ten and 6 ones = 16. Grade 3's did a review sheet on patterning and began to describe the pattern rule.
We continued to work on acrostic poems and did our Literacy activities.
We read two more chapters of our story. After being in the ocean for 297 days, Eduard was found by a fisherman, Lawrence, and he took him home to his wife, Nellie. She wanted to clean Eduard up, and many students were shocked to hear that they decided to call Eduard "Susanna" and are going to make him a dress! Many students had made text-to-self connections about being mistaken for a different gender and how they felt about that.
HOMEWORK: Journal: Should Silly Bands be allowed at school.
Penmenship for Yellow group.
Reminder: Donations for Pakistan are still being accepted.
Twoonies for Terry is also happening and we are accepting donations to support the Terry Fox
Run. We are asking for $2 per student by Sept. 30. We will be running outside on Sept. 30 at
2:00pm.
We did Drama/DPA with Ms. Leung and she reported that participation was a little improved from last week.
Today Grade 2 students looked at counting objects by putting them into groups of ten. Then recording the number of tens and ones. We then added single-digit numbers and looked at grouping tens and ones.
e.g. 9+7= 1 ten and 6 ones = 16. Grade 3's did a review sheet on patterning and began to describe the pattern rule.
We continued to work on acrostic poems and did our Literacy activities.
We read two more chapters of our story. After being in the ocean for 297 days, Eduard was found by a fisherman, Lawrence, and he took him home to his wife, Nellie. She wanted to clean Eduard up, and many students were shocked to hear that they decided to call Eduard "Susanna" and are going to make him a dress! Many students had made text-to-self connections about being mistaken for a different gender and how they felt about that.
HOMEWORK: Journal: Should Silly Bands be allowed at school.
Penmenship for Yellow group.
Reminder: Donations for Pakistan are still being accepted.
Twoonies for Terry is also happening and we are accepting donations to support the Terry Fox
Run. We are asking for $2 per student by Sept. 30. We will be running outside on Sept. 30 at
2:00pm.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wednesday September 22 Day 2
We started off with Gym with a supply teacher today. After Gym we recored the temperature on our graphs and we reviewed patterns and attributes. Most of us were able to identify a pattern that had three attributes changing! Well done! Now we are working at describing the patterns and extending them once we identify the core.
We used the rest of our Math period to continue our work on place-value and patterning activities.
After lunch we started writing acrostic poems. We talked about planning and brainstorming before we write. We created a word web with all our ideas. We did some shared writing about " hockey".
Students then did their own brainstorming and word webs about whatever they wanted to write about.
e.g.
Shines all day giving light and warmth.
Under a tree for shade.
Nice to be outside and playing.
We continued with our Literacy Groups.
Last period we talked about the seven large land masses called continents. We named the seven continents and used atlases to help us recognize the shape and location in the world.
NOTE: I am not usually one to ban toys at school, but I am finding that "Silly Bands" are becoming a bit of a distraction in class and during lineups at entry and dismissal times. We are going to talk about this tomorrow to decide what is a fair way to deal with this issue without having to ban them outright. Any ideas?
HOMEWORK: Read 20 min. Think about connections you are making when you read.
Optional: Look at an atlas at home and see what interesting things you can find.
We used the rest of our Math period to continue our work on place-value and patterning activities.
After lunch we started writing acrostic poems. We talked about planning and brainstorming before we write. We created a word web with all our ideas. We did some shared writing about " hockey".
Students then did their own brainstorming and word webs about whatever they wanted to write about.
e.g.
Shines all day giving light and warmth.
Under a tree for shade.
Nice to be outside and playing.
We continued with our Literacy Groups.
Last period we talked about the seven large land masses called continents. We named the seven continents and used atlases to help us recognize the shape and location in the world.
NOTE: I am not usually one to ban toys at school, but I am finding that "Silly Bands" are becoming a bit of a distraction in class and during lineups at entry and dismissal times. We are going to talk about this tomorrow to decide what is a fair way to deal with this issue without having to ban them outright. Any ideas?
HOMEWORK: Read 20 min. Think about connections you are making when you read.
Optional: Look at an atlas at home and see what interesting things you can find.
ART LESSON: Exploring Different Lines
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday September 21 Day 1
Today we completed our daily temperature graph and were happy to see it above 25 C. We then used base-10 blocks to find the difference between the High and Low temperature of the day.
In Math, we switched groups and continued with the patterning and place-value activities from yesterday. Several students were able to build and sketch numbers in the hundreds!
In Music we divided into groups and decided on a sound. Then we composed a simple song using our invented sounds using pattern blocks as notes. It was quite funny to hear some of the sounds. We then wrote about our favourite instruments and why we like them.
We read another chapter of our novel. Eduard is now sitting face down at the bottom of the ocean in the mud. We looked at the illustrations that are used at the beginning of each chapter that help us predict what happens in that chapter.
We worked in our literacy groups today. We have four groups. Yellow, Blue, Green and Red.
Some read with the teacher, some worked on identifying complete sentences, some completed their penmenship and others got to finish any incomplete work. After recess, we worked on Lesson 2 in Spelling and then completed our homework books and agendas.
HOMEWORK: Draw and write about your favourite instrument and why you like it.
Read 20 min.
If the Green group was not done penmenship, that was for home as well.
In Math, we switched groups and continued with the patterning and place-value activities from yesterday. Several students were able to build and sketch numbers in the hundreds!
In Music we divided into groups and decided on a sound. Then we composed a simple song using our invented sounds using pattern blocks as notes. It was quite funny to hear some of the sounds. We then wrote about our favourite instruments and why we like them.
We read another chapter of our novel. Eduard is now sitting face down at the bottom of the ocean in the mud. We looked at the illustrations that are used at the beginning of each chapter that help us predict what happens in that chapter.
We worked in our literacy groups today. We have four groups. Yellow, Blue, Green and Red.
Some read with the teacher, some worked on identifying complete sentences, some completed their penmenship and others got to finish any incomplete work. After recess, we worked on Lesson 2 in Spelling and then completed our homework books and agendas.
HOMEWORK: Draw and write about your favourite instrument and why you like it.
Read 20 min.
If the Green group was not done penmenship, that was for home as well.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Monday September 20 Day 5
We began the day with a visit to the library with Mr. Brutto. Most students signed out two books and if books are returned next week, they may be able to sign out three books.
Eduard Tulane is a very valuable possession to Abilene. In our Journal today, we wrote about our favourite or most valuable toy. I encouraged students to indent the first line of their writing, and they were encouraged to write between 5 and 10 sentences.
In Math we divided into two groups.
One group created patterns with one, two or three attributes changing.
The other group did work on place value. We modelled a number with base-10 blocks, drew a sketch of the blocks and then wrote the number word to go with the number. We focused on two-digit numbers, three digits if it was too easy.
We had our first spelling test after lunch today. We then began Lesson 2.
We read two more chapters of "The Miraculous Journey of Eduard Tulane". Eduard is on the Queen Mary, on his way to England. Two boys stripped Eduard of his fine clothing and played catch with him, and by accident Eduard has been thrown overboard into the ocean. What will become of Eduard?
I handed out a Homework Book to Grade 2's so they can record homework activities and get used to using a tool to keep themselves organized. If a check mark appears by something, that means they have completed that activity.
HOMEWORK: Journal: My Valuable Toy ( 5 to 10 sentences)
Read Library books.
Eduard Tulane is a very valuable possession to Abilene. In our Journal today, we wrote about our favourite or most valuable toy. I encouraged students to indent the first line of their writing, and they were encouraged to write between 5 and 10 sentences.
In Math we divided into two groups.
One group created patterns with one, two or three attributes changing.
The other group did work on place value. We modelled a number with base-10 blocks, drew a sketch of the blocks and then wrote the number word to go with the number. We focused on two-digit numbers, three digits if it was too easy.
We had our first spelling test after lunch today. We then began Lesson 2.
We read two more chapters of "The Miraculous Journey of Eduard Tulane". Eduard is on the Queen Mary, on his way to England. Two boys stripped Eduard of his fine clothing and played catch with him, and by accident Eduard has been thrown overboard into the ocean. What will become of Eduard?
I handed out a Homework Book to Grade 2's so they can record homework activities and get used to using a tool to keep themselves organized. If a check mark appears by something, that means they have completed that activity.
HOMEWORK: Journal: My Valuable Toy ( 5 to 10 sentences)
Read Library books.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Friday September 17 Day 4
We made it through another week. It was great getting a chance to meet many of you at Curriculum Night. It was very successful and hope you have a better insight into the class and how it runs.
Today we started to talk about place value. We looked at how a numeral can have a different value depending on where it is in a number. We then looked at base-10 blocks. Each block has a name , ones/units, tens/rods and hundreds/flats (more for Gr.3).
After lunch, the students created some very interesting works of art that examined different kinds of line. In the activity we reviewed the math concept of attributes and while creating our art, we thought about what kind of lines we drew ( wavy, straight, thick, thin, etc.) what colours we used, and also what medium we used to create the line ( pastel, crayon, pencil crayon, marker). As an additional challenge some students tried to make a pattern. Their art is displayed on the bulletin board on the east wall outside the class.
We read two more chapters of our novel. Eduard is going on a trip. See if your child can answer:
Where is he going? How is he getting there?
We revisited www.bitstripsforschools.com Student login Area 203 to continue work on our avatars and creating simple comic strips.
Spelling books were sent home this weekend so students could study the list words and Superwords for the Spelling Test on Monday. Please bring the text back on Monday so we can begin Lesson 2.
Anyone interested in trying out for Cross-country running needs to have the form returned on Monday to participate.
We are still accepting donations for Pakistan in the upcoming week.
Have a great weekend!
Today we started to talk about place value. We looked at how a numeral can have a different value depending on where it is in a number. We then looked at base-10 blocks. Each block has a name , ones/units, tens/rods and hundreds/flats (more for Gr.3).
After lunch, the students created some very interesting works of art that examined different kinds of line. In the activity we reviewed the math concept of attributes and while creating our art, we thought about what kind of lines we drew ( wavy, straight, thick, thin, etc.) what colours we used, and also what medium we used to create the line ( pastel, crayon, pencil crayon, marker). As an additional challenge some students tried to make a pattern. Their art is displayed on the bulletin board on the east wall outside the class.
We read two more chapters of our novel. Eduard is going on a trip. See if your child can answer:
Where is he going? How is he getting there?
We revisited www.bitstripsforschools.com Student login Area 203 to continue work on our avatars and creating simple comic strips.
Spelling books were sent home this weekend so students could study the list words and Superwords for the Spelling Test on Monday. Please bring the text back on Monday so we can begin Lesson 2.
Anyone interested in trying out for Cross-country running needs to have the form returned on Monday to participate.
We are still accepting donations for Pakistan in the upcoming week.
Have a great weekend!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday September 16, 2010
Today we continued our work on patterns. Some of us are getting really good at identifying changing attributes and indentifying the core. Many of us are able to identify more than one attribute changing in a pattern. Next week, we will create our own patterns with more than one attribute changing.
We continued to work on our Spelling lesson and have just about completed Lesson 1. We will have a test on Monday. We published one of our list poems in Writing Workshop.
We started to read the story "The Miraculous Journey of Eduard Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo. We talked about journeys we have taken, and our favourite toys.
After recess we completed an activity on hemispheres. We located the equator and prime meridian and also found that Canada is in the Northwestern Hemisphere.
We are collecting money for victims of the flood in Pakistan tomorrow. Any donation is accepted and appreciated and will be given to the Red Cross to assist those suffering as a result of the flood.
We continued to work on our Spelling lesson and have just about completed Lesson 1. We will have a test on Monday. We published one of our list poems in Writing Workshop.
We started to read the story "The Miraculous Journey of Eduard Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo. We talked about journeys we have taken, and our favourite toys.
After recess we completed an activity on hemispheres. We located the equator and prime meridian and also found that Canada is in the Northwestern Hemisphere.
We are collecting money for victims of the flood in Pakistan tomorrow. Any donation is accepted and appreciated and will be given to the Red Cross to assist those suffering as a result of the flood.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Wednesday September 14, 2010 Day 2
Today we worked on identifying attributes in a pattern, and discussed the core in a pattern. We wrote the definition in our math dictionaries.
We worked on our list poems during Writing Workshop. We are using the writing process to explore poetry.
We started to talk about cardinal directions. North, South, East, West. We made a compass rose and located objects in the class in each direction.
We worked on our list poems during Writing Workshop. We are using the writing process to explore poetry.
We started to talk about cardinal directions. North, South, East, West. We made a compass rose and located objects in the class in each direction.
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