Today we started off in the Gym.
When we returned we graphed the temperature and we wrote in our Journals. Today the topic was "What makes a happy family?" We reviewed opinion writing, and today I told the students that I will be marking their work looking specifically at supporting details. So even if other parts were missing and there were spellilng mistakes, I was really focussing on them explaining their ideas in detail. We talked about all the different forms a family could take. We have been talking about using the words generally and specifically in class. Today I wanted them to write about families in general and not specifically about their family, though they could tell all the great things that make their family happy as inspiration.
After recess we did our Math activities. We looked at fractions, symmetry, money and time. We will be having a quiz on these strands in the coming week.
After lunch, we talked about how we can respond to a text. In our new pathway we are focussing on comprehension of what we read, and we are looking at how we feel after we read a text and what connections we make. For Grade 2, our goal is to make connections that are similar to the feelings we have after we read a text. For Grade 3 ( and 2's if ready) our goal is to find the main idea of a text, tell how we feel about that, and then make connections to the main idea of the story. This is a bit more challenging, but many students are able to get the main idea. The connections can be to self, another text, or to the world.
We then did penmanship and grammar work. The grammar work focused on verb aggreement when writing sentences.
After recess, this afternoon we learned about different kinds of shots you can take with a camera. We learned that the outside edge of a picture is called the frame. We learned that there are different shots within the frame. Specifically we learned the macro shot, close-up, mid-shot, and wide angle. We then learned the buttons on the camera. We then worked with the cameras in pairs and our goal was to get an example of each shot with our partners. The students had fun. Next time, I will stress the importance of holding the camera still. When we reviewed the images many were blurry. We'll get better, I know it.
HOMEWORK: Spelling Lesson 25.
Read.
