We started our day off in the Library with Mr. Brutto. We skipped Day 4 due to the snow day, so many students were disappointed. When we got back to the class we read the morning message, watched a video about the Lunar New Year and looked at some of the traditions of Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rabbit, which start today. We then did a Journal entry about "money." We are starting a unit on Money so I asked the class to write anything they know about money.
After recess we reviewed the coins and bills of Canadian currency. We named the coins, named the value and made brief descriptions about the coins ( colour, and images on the coins).
After lunch we came back to class and did Writing workshop. We are starting a new form of writing, so I asked the students to write a story. This will allow me to see where they are at as a class and individually in the story writing process. I think this will be a bit more interesting for them and more creative than previous forms that we have studied. I have already seen students writing more!
Today Emmanuel came with Baby Teagan and we were joined by Teagan's grandmother. We observed Teagan, watched her roll over independently, measured her height ( 68cm), and we talked about teething. We also say Teagan cry for the first time since she started to visit us.
After recess we began the good copy of our invented city maps. Today we focused on adding the roads and putting correct symbols in the legend.
HOMEWORK: Complete Spelling Lesson 19.
Read.
(Some students wanted to work on their maps at home but this was not assigned.)
