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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Day 15 September 29th
Important Information
Please sign the procedural letter and the math test and return to school tomorrow. These will be listed on the report card and being sent home for you to see their marks!
Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we completed the pre assessment for our new unit on number relations. Students were required to answer questions to show us what they already know in this unit.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1. Spelling test Friday
2. Letter about Japan pictures - 12 in total all small sized
3. Terry Fox run tomorrow. - Casual day - wear running gear
4. Summative Assessment outline - how to pre-pare. Parents read over the letter and brainstorm ideas and topics with your child.
5. Cursive homework - work on letters g and h
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students completed a graphic organizer listing different things about leisure, transportation, clothing, food, shelter in Italy (based on the video we saw yesterday) Once they completed this students imagined they were in Venice sightseeing. They were required to write a postcard to a friend about Venice. They were also required to draw a picture of something they saw while sight seeing.
Language:
For today's lesson students edited their postcard ensuring they had proper sentences that made sense and had detail. They also ensured they had a capital and proper punctuation.
When completed grade one's began working on their cursive homework and grade two's began to work in their Ontario Writing books. Today they were learning about proper sentence structure ensuring that sentences made sense and that they were formed correctly.
Please sign the procedural letter and the math test and return to school tomorrow. These will be listed on the report card and being sent home for you to see their marks!
Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we completed the pre assessment for our new unit on number relations. Students were required to answer questions to show us what they already know in this unit.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1. Spelling test Friday
2. Letter about Japan pictures - 12 in total all small sized
3. Terry Fox run tomorrow. - Casual day - wear running gear
4. Summative Assessment outline - how to pre-pare. Parents read over the letter and brainstorm ideas and topics with your child.
5. Cursive homework - work on letters g and h
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students completed a graphic organizer listing different things about leisure, transportation, clothing, food, shelter in Italy (based on the video we saw yesterday) Once they completed this students imagined they were in Venice sightseeing. They were required to write a postcard to a friend about Venice. They were also required to draw a picture of something they saw while sight seeing.
Language:
For today's lesson students edited their postcard ensuring they had proper sentences that made sense and had detail. They also ensured they had a capital and proper punctuation.
When completed grade one's began working on their cursive homework and grade two's began to work in their Ontario Writing books. Today they were learning about proper sentence structure ensuring that sentences made sense and that they were formed correctly.
Monday, September 28, 2015
Day 14 - Sept. 28th
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we completed our math test, they will be sent home tomorrow to be signed and returned.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1. Spelling test Friday
2. Letter about Japan pictures - 12 in total all small sized
3. Terry Fox run Weds.
4. Summative Assessment outline sent home - how to pre-pare. Parents read over the letter and brainstorm ideas and topics with your child.
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students continued to learned about Italy. They watched another short video about Venice. Each student was given a topic that they had to listen for clothing, food, transportation, leisure, and other.
Language:
For today's lesson grade one's worked on mind maps for nouns and verbs. We reviewed what a noun was; person, place, and thing. Verbs; an action word.
For today's lesson grade two's continued working in their Ontario Writing assignments. Students learned how to properly make a map. They continued to brainstorm their topic for their map (bedroom, neighbourhood, park, treasure map) and 6-8 areas they were going to plot on their map. Students finished their maps today ensuring each area was coloured, labelled and neat.
Math: Today we completed our math test, they will be sent home tomorrow to be signed and returned.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1. Spelling test Friday
2. Letter about Japan pictures - 12 in total all small sized
3. Terry Fox run Weds.
4. Summative Assessment outline sent home - how to pre-pare. Parents read over the letter and brainstorm ideas and topics with your child.
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students continued to learned about Italy. They watched another short video about Venice. Each student was given a topic that they had to listen for clothing, food, transportation, leisure, and other.
Language:
For today's lesson grade one's worked on mind maps for nouns and verbs. We reviewed what a noun was; person, place, and thing. Verbs; an action word.
For today's lesson grade two's continued working in their Ontario Writing assignments. Students learned how to properly make a map. They continued to brainstorm their topic for their map (bedroom, neighbourhood, park, treasure map) and 6-8 areas they were going to plot on their map. Students finished their maps today ensuring each area was coloured, labelled and neat.
Spelling
Today students wrote out their spelling words in their agenda and completed their spelling curriculum work books using their spelling words.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Day 13 - Sept 25
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we began our review for our upcoming math test on Monday.
students in both grades completed review package which they will bring home with them to study over the weekend.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1. Read for 30 minutes, grade 2s read for 1 hour
2. Math test Monday
3. Terry Fox pledge forms sent home, each student is to try and raise $2
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students learned about Italy. They watched a short video about some fun facts of Italy. Afterwards they located Italy on their world map and circled it.
Language:
For today's lesson grade one's continued working in their cursive curriculum workbooks. They practised writing the letters C and A.
For today's lesson grade two's continued working in their Ontario Writing assignments. Students learned how to properly make a map. They chose a topic for their map (bedroom, neighbourhood, park, treasure map) and brainstormed 6-8 areas they were going to plot on their map. Once they had finished this they began to create their map.
~~Important reminders~~
Math: Today we began our review for our upcoming math test on Monday.
students in both grades completed review package which they will bring home with them to study over the weekend.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1. Read for 30 minutes, grade 2s read for 1 hour
2. Math test Monday
3. Terry Fox pledge forms sent home, each student is to try and raise $2
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students learned about Italy. They watched a short video about some fun facts of Italy. Afterwards they located Italy on their world map and circled it.
Language:
For today's lesson grade one's continued working in their cursive curriculum workbooks. They practised writing the letters C and A.
For today's lesson grade two's continued working in their Ontario Writing assignments. Students learned how to properly make a map. They chose a topic for their map (bedroom, neighbourhood, park, treasure map) and brainstormed 6-8 areas they were going to plot on their map. Once they had finished this they began to create their map.
~~Important reminders~~
- Book orders due Sept. 30th
- Spelling Test tomorrow
- Math test Monday - review booklets will be sent home tonight
- Terry Fox run is Sept. 30th, as a class we set a goal of each student raising a minimum of $2 for the cause = ), pledge forms went home in the agenda students are asked to return them before Sept. 30th
- Summative assessments will be coming home soon!
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Day 12 - Sept 24
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we began our review for our upcoming math test on Monday.
Students in grade 1: Made me patterned lunches! They received a lunch plate that was divided into sections AB, AAB, ABB and ABC. They had to use food (two attributes; colour, size, shape, direction) to make those patterns. Take a look:
Students in grade 2: Continued to work on problem solving with patterning and sorting. They were also required to make a patterned picture frame in their math work books.
Students who finished early worked on completing AAB, ABB, ABC, and AB patterns using shape and size
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Lunch forms due tomorrow
2. spelling test tomorrow
3. Math test Monday
4. Terry Fox pledge forms sent home, each student is to try and raise $2
5. Read for 30 minutes
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students wrote a procedural piece. Their title was: How to pack for a trip around the world. Students brainstormed different clothes we would pack for hot, cool, cold, and tropical climates. Students then copied the sentence starters from the board and filled them in with three articles of clothing we discussed.
Language:
For today's lesson grade one's began working in their cursive curriculum workbooks. They practised writing the letters C and A.
For today's lesson grade two's began working on their Ontario Writing assignments. Students learned the importance of sentence fluency. Students read groups of words and decided if they were accurate sentences they then had to re-arrange the inaccurate sentences into proper sentences.
~~Important reminders~~
Math: Today we began our review for our upcoming math test on Monday.
Students in grade 1: Made me patterned lunches! They received a lunch plate that was divided into sections AB, AAB, ABB and ABC. They had to use food (two attributes; colour, size, shape, direction) to make those patterns. Take a look:
Students in grade 2: Continued to work on problem solving with patterning and sorting. They were also required to make a patterned picture frame in their math work books.
Students who finished early worked on completing AAB, ABB, ABC, and AB patterns using shape and size
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Lunch forms due tomorrow
2. spelling test tomorrow
3. Math test Monday
4. Terry Fox pledge forms sent home, each student is to try and raise $2
5. Read for 30 minutes
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students wrote a procedural piece. Their title was: How to pack for a trip around the world. Students brainstormed different clothes we would pack for hot, cool, cold, and tropical climates. Students then copied the sentence starters from the board and filled them in with three articles of clothing we discussed.
Language:
For today's lesson grade one's began working in their cursive curriculum workbooks. They practised writing the letters C and A.
For today's lesson grade two's began working on their Ontario Writing assignments. Students learned the importance of sentence fluency. Students read groups of words and decided if they were accurate sentences they then had to re-arrange the inaccurate sentences into proper sentences.
~~Important reminders~~
- After school Programs and Karate forms are due by 3:30pm tomorrow, Friday, September 25.
- Lunch Forms are due by 3:30pm tomorrow, Friday, September 25.
- Book orders due Sept. 30th
- Spelling Test tomorrow
- Math test Monday - review booklets will be sent home with the grade 2s tonight please complete three pages and return to be completed on Friday. Grade 1s and 2s will bring their math review packages home over the weekend to study
- Terry Fox run is Sept. 30th, as a class we set a goal of each student raising a minimum of $2 for the cause = ), pledge forms went home in the agenda students are asked to return them before Sept. 30th
~~Important reminders~~
- After school Programs and Karate forms are due by 3:30pm tomorrow, Friday, September 25.
- Lunch Forms are due by 3:30pm tomorrow, Friday, September 25.
- Book orders due Sept. 30th
- Spelling Test tomorrow
- Math test Monday - review booklets will be sent home with the grade 2s tonight please complete three pages and return to be completed on Friday. Grade 1s and 2s will bring their math review packages home over the weekend to study
- Terry Fox run is Sept. 30th, as a class we set a goal of each student raising a minimum of $2 for the cause = ), pledge forms went home in the agenda students are asked to return them before Sept. 30th
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Day 11 - Sept 23
The Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
As a class we brainstormed all the things we had learned about patterning and sorting take a look:
Then we worked on pattern cores, representing patterns, and writing patterns in words. Take a look:
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Lunch forms due Sept 25
2. spelling test Sept 25th
3. Practise spelling words
4. Terry Fox pledge forms sent home, each student is to try and raise $2
5. Read for 30 minutes
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students watched a video called if the world were a village. We talked about how all communities have different people who bring all different nationalities, languages, food, currency, religions, and customs. If you would like to watch the video please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrcOdLYBIw0
We then talked about If our classroom was a village and we talked about differences in our classroom such as religion, age, gender, languages, and customs. We then graphed these in different charts:
Language:
For today's lesson we discussed what a good sentence has
1. A capital at the beginning
2. Punctuation at the end
3. A noun/adjective/verb
4. detail
We looked at a sentence together on the board and discussed ways we could fix it and make it better. Grade 1s were then sent back to their desks to write a journal about why they are excited for Grade 1. Students needed to have all of the above to ensure they had a successful journal entry.
Grade 2s were each given a baggy full of words that when put in proper sequence made a good sentence as described above take a look:
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
As a class we brainstormed all the things we had learned about patterning and sorting take a look:
Then we worked on pattern cores, representing patterns, and writing patterns in words. Take a look:
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Lunch forms due Sept 25
2. spelling test Sept 25th
3. Practise spelling words
4. Terry Fox pledge forms sent home, each student is to try and raise $2
5. Read for 30 minutes
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students watched a video called if the world were a village. We talked about how all communities have different people who bring all different nationalities, languages, food, currency, religions, and customs. If you would like to watch the video please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrcOdLYBIw0
We then talked about If our classroom was a village and we talked about differences in our classroom such as religion, age, gender, languages, and customs. We then graphed these in different charts:
Language:
For today's lesson we discussed what a good sentence has
1. A capital at the beginning
2. Punctuation at the end
3. A noun/adjective/verb
4. detail
We looked at a sentence together on the board and discussed ways we could fix it and make it better. Grade 1s were then sent back to their desks to write a journal about why they are excited for Grade 1. Students needed to have all of the above to ensure they had a successful journal entry.
Grade 2s were each given a baggy full of words that when put in proper sequence made a good sentence as described above take a look:
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Day 10 Sept. 22nd
***students who did not finish their Canada map will be bringing it home for homework. Please return tomorrow.
Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
As a class we solved a math problem, help finish the necklace but adding the proper bead size and colour. We discussed how to solve the problem and ways to find the solution (finding the pattern core) students then recorded their answers in their math books.
Then we worked on pattern cores, representing patterns, and writing patterns in words.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Lunch forms due Sept 25
2. spelling test Sept 25th
3. Practise spelling words
4. Terry Fox pledge forms sent home
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students learned about Iggolik and Vancouver. We talked about differences in the people's clothing, food, shelter, and recreation. We then completed a map of Canada plotting all the provinces.
Please practise the 7 continents of the world song: Ask your child to sing it to/with you
Language:
For todays lesson we reviewed what an adjective is and worked on some worksheets where we had to fill in the blanks and describe different nouns.
Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
As a class we solved a math problem, help finish the necklace but adding the proper bead size and colour. We discussed how to solve the problem and ways to find the solution (finding the pattern core) students then recorded their answers in their math books.
Then we worked on pattern cores, representing patterns, and writing patterns in words.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Lunch forms due Sept 25
2. spelling test Sept 25th
3. Practise spelling words
4. Terry Fox pledge forms sent home
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students learned about Iggolik and Vancouver. We talked about differences in the people's clothing, food, shelter, and recreation. We then completed a map of Canada plotting all the provinces.
Please practise the 7 continents of the world song: Ask your child to sing it to/with you
Seven Continents
(to the tune of: Take Me Out to the Ball Game)
Let's name all of the continents,
there are seven on Earth.
There's Europe and Asia and Australia,
North and South America.
Now don't forget about Africa,
and Antartica too.
For there's 1...2....3, 4, 5, 6, 7 con-ti-nents!
For todays lesson we reviewed what an adjective is and worked on some worksheets where we had to fill in the blanks and describe different nouns.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Day 9 - Sept 21st
***Students who did not complete their math work in class today have brought it home for homework
grade 1 pages: 10 - 12
grade 2 pages: 20 - 22
Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
As a class we sorted each other into AB, AAB, ABB patterns take a look:
Then we worked on pattern cores, representing patterns, and writing patterns in words.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Lunch forms due Sept 25
2. spelling test Sept 25th
3. Practise spelling words
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Students practised working with words by completing their spelling worksheets in our spelling curriculum booklets.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students reviewed describing features of our community. As a class we reviewed how to write a letter. Students then continued to write their friendly letter to a family member who wants to visit Mississauga. We wrote about what to pack and expect food, clothing, weather, shelter, transportation, and leisure.
Please practise the 7 continents of the world song: Ask your child to sing it to/with you
Language:
For todays lesson we reviewed what a noun is (Person/Name, Place or Thing) We then went on to learn what an adjective is ( a word to describe a noun). We read the story curious george goes to the library. Students then identified describing words from the story and we made an adjective mind map. In their table groups students then came up with as many adjectives as they could think of to describe our learner profile Inquirer.
grade 1 pages: 10 - 12
grade 2 pages: 20 - 22
Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
As a class we sorted each other into AB, AAB, ABB patterns take a look:
Then we worked on pattern cores, representing patterns, and writing patterns in words.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Lunch forms due Sept 25
2. spelling test Sept 25th
3. Practise spelling words
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Students practised working with words by completing their spelling worksheets in our spelling curriculum booklets.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today students reviewed describing features of our community. As a class we reviewed how to write a letter. Students then continued to write their friendly letter to a family member who wants to visit Mississauga. We wrote about what to pack and expect food, clothing, weather, shelter, transportation, and leisure.
Please practise the 7 continents of the world song: Ask your child to sing it to/with you
Seven Continents
(to the tune of: Take Me Out to the Ball Game)
Let's name all of the continents,
there are seven on Earth.
There's Europe and Asia and Australia,
North and South America.
Now don't forget about Africa,
and Antartica too.
For there's 1...2....3, 4, 5, 6, 7 con-ti-nents!
For todays lesson we reviewed what a noun is (Person/Name, Place or Thing) We then went on to learn what an adjective is ( a word to describe a noun). We read the story curious george goes to the library. Students then identified describing words from the story and we made an adjective mind map. In their table groups students then came up with as many adjectives as they could think of to describe our learner profile Inquirer.
An inquirer loves to discover new things, they have many questions!
Friday, September 18, 2015
Day 8 - Sept 18 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARNAV
Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
In partners students designed their own patterns using at least two of the above attributes. One would create the pattern and then it would be up to their partner to finish the pattern, circle the pattern core and record the attributes used. Then the partners would switch and re - do the task, take a look:
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Book orders due Sept. 30th with payment
2. Read for a minimum of 30 mins (grade 1) 1 hour (grade 2) split over the weekend
3. Lunch order forms (October) Due Sept. 25th
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Students practised reading to self and reading to a partner.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today we took students worked on describing features of our community. As a class we reviewed how to write a letter. Students then wrote a friendly letter to a family member who wants to visit Mississauga. We wrote about what to pack and expect food, clothing, weather, shelter, transportation, and leisure.
Please practise the 7 continents of the world song: Ask your child to sing it to/with you
Seven Continents
(to the tune of: Take Me Out to the Ball Game)
Let's name all of the continents,
there are seven on Earth.
There's Europe and Asia and Australia,
North and South America.
Now don't forget about Africa,
and Antartica too.
For there's 1...2....3, 4, 5, 6, 7 con-ti-nents!
Students completed the spelling test in their Spelling note books.
A big thank you to Aarnav who brought us a special treat for his birthday!
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Day 7 - Sept 17
The Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
and that these are called attributes. Students in grade 1 focused on sorting keys by different attributes.
In grade 2 students focused on patterning by two of the above attributes and recognizing what the pattern core (the part that repeats!) is. They also reviewed sorting circles in their math curriculum work books.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Spelling test tomorrow
2. Read for 30 mins
3. Lunch order forms (October) Due Sept. 25th
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Students practised reading to self and reading to a partner.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today we took a trip to the school library to see what types of books the library has that connect with our UOI. Students were able to sign out a book of their choice.
Please practise the 7 continents of the world song: Ask your child to sing it to/with you
Language:
Gr. 1 students reviewed short and long vowels and how to read the words to figure out if the word has a long or short vowel. When they finished their work the grade 1's were taught by the grade 2's what a verb is and got to act out some action words!
Gr. 2 . Students were required to review what a noun is (person/name, place, thing) We then moved on to learn what a verb is. As a class we created a mind map for different action words. Students then got into partners and had each other act out different types of verbs. When the grade 1s finished their work they joined the grade 2's to be taught by the grade 2's what a verb is.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
and that these are called attributes. Students in grade 1 focused on sorting keys by different attributes.
In grade 2 students focused on patterning by two of the above attributes and recognizing what the pattern core (the part that repeats!) is. They also reviewed sorting circles in their math curriculum work books.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Spelling test tomorrow
2. Read for 30 mins
3. Lunch order forms (October) Due Sept. 25th
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Students practised reading to self and reading to a partner.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today we took a trip to the school library to see what types of books the library has that connect with our UOI. Students were able to sign out a book of their choice.
Please practise the 7 continents of the world song: Ask your child to sing it to/with you
Seven Continents
(to the tune of: Take Me Out to the Ball Game)
Let's name all of the continents,
there are seven on Earth.
There's Europe and Asia and Australia,
North and South America.
Now don't forget about Africa,
and Antartica too.
For there's 1...2....3, 4, 5, 6, 7 con-ti-nents!
Gr. 1 students reviewed short and long vowels and how to read the words to figure out if the word has a long or short vowel. When they finished their work the grade 1's were taught by the grade 2's what a verb is and got to act out some action words!
Gr. 2 . Students were required to review what a noun is (person/name, place, thing) We then moved on to learn what a verb is. As a class we created a mind map for different action words. Students then got into partners and had each other act out different types of verbs. When the grade 1s finished their work they joined the grade 2's to be taught by the grade 2's what a verb is.
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Day 6 - Sept 16
The Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
and that these are called attributes. Students in grade 1 focused on AB, AAB, ABB patterns, patterns using objects instead of colours, and for their last work page in their math curriculum book they had a make your own pattern page:
In grade 2 students focused on patterning by two of the above attributes:
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Spelling test Sept.18
2. bbq Thursday
3. Study for spelling test
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Today we were supposed to take a trip to the school library but did not make it because students were being too silly and taking too long to complete their work.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today we looked at a map and located the 7 continents of the world and the five oceans.
We then learned the 7 continents of the world song: Ask your child to sing it to/with you
Language:
Gr. 1 students reviewed vowels and consonants, how to read sight words, and word sounds.
Gr. 2 . Students were required to learn what a noun is (person/name, place, thing) and then create a mind map for two nouns for each of those topics. Mr Sawatsky popped by to add idea to our list! Students do not learn about idea until older grades as part of speech. They were encouraged to try that one but not marked on it!
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
and that these are called attributes. Students in grade 1 focused on AB, AAB, ABB patterns, patterns using objects instead of colours, and for their last work page in their math curriculum book they had a make your own pattern page:
In grade 2 students focused on patterning by two of the above attributes:
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Spelling test Sept.18
2. bbq Thursday
3. Study for spelling test
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Today we were supposed to take a trip to the school library but did not make it because students were being too silly and taking too long to complete their work.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today we looked at a map and located the 7 continents of the world and the five oceans.
We then learned the 7 continents of the world song: Ask your child to sing it to/with you
Seven Continents
(to the tune of: Take Me Out to the Ball Game)
Let's name all of the continents,
there are seven on Earth.
There's Europe and Asia and Australia,
North and South America.
Now don't forget about Africa,
and Antartica too.
For there's 1...2....3, 4, 5, 6, 7 con-ti-nents!
We then completed a world map and oceans page looking at the legend and colouring the continents and the oceans the colour it told us to:
Language:
Gr. 1 students reviewed vowels and consonants, how to read sight words, and word sounds.
Gr. 2 . Students were required to learn what a noun is (person/name, place, thing) and then create a mind map for two nouns for each of those topics. Mr Sawatsky popped by to add idea to our list! Students do not learn about idea until older grades as part of speech. They were encouraged to try that one but not marked on it!
Day 5 - Sept 15
We have been experiencing some inconsistencies with the Internet and it has come to my attention that my blog post did not appear last night. My apologies!
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Spelling test Sept.18
2. bbq Thursday
3. Study for spelling test
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Today students worked on listening to reading. We began our novel study of the book Chocolate Fever. Students listened to the first chapter of the novel and then reflected/ re- told what they heard.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today we reviewed how to identify the important features of a map: direction, compass, legend/key
Students then completed their town map sheet where they practised North, East, South and West. The also put into practise how to use a legend on a map.
Language:
Today students completed their Ontario Writing pre - assessment
Gr. 1 students were required to write a list of recess rules and then draw a picture of one of them.
- the goal for the post assessment is for grade 1 students to understand the properties of list writing.
Please feel free to practise this at home.
Gr. 2 . Students were required to invent a new candy. They had to brainstorm ideas for their candy and then write a Persuasive Advertisement to entice people to buy their candy.
- the goal for the post assessment is for grade 2 students to understand how to brainstorm and write a persuasive piece. Please feel free to practise this at home.
The Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
and that these are called attributes. Students in grade 1 focused on sorting by one of the above attributes in their math curriculum books. I encouraged the students to try and pick the more difficult one of direction. Students were encouraged to sort their animals by which way they were facing left or right:
In grade 2 students focused on sorting by two of the above attributes in a hands on learning activity from the math curriculum. Students learned the term sorting circle. Students first used the sorting circle to sort the objects by one attribute (ex. colour) then they put the circles together and inside the over lap put the object of another attribute that matched (ex. shape) take a look:
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today we continued our sorting and patterning unit. Students reviewed sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
and that these are called attributes. Students in grade 1 focused on sorting by one of the above attributes in their math curriculum books. I encouraged the students to try and pick the more difficult one of direction. Students were encouraged to sort their animals by which way they were facing left or right:
In grade 2 students focused on sorting by two of the above attributes in a hands on learning activity from the math curriculum. Students learned the term sorting circle. Students first used the sorting circle to sort the objects by one attribute (ex. colour) then they put the circles together and inside the over lap put the object of another attribute that matched (ex. shape) take a look:
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Spelling test Sept.18
2. bbq Thursday
3. Study for spelling test
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Today students worked on listening to reading. We began our novel study of the book Chocolate Fever. Students listened to the first chapter of the novel and then reflected/ re- told what they heard.
art: sjamrskerr.blogspot.com
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today we reviewed how to identify the important features of a map: direction, compass, legend/key
Students then completed their town map sheet where they practised North, East, South and West. The also put into practise how to use a legend on a map.
Language:
Today students completed their Ontario Writing pre - assessment
Gr. 1 students were required to write a list of recess rules and then draw a picture of one of them.
- the goal for the post assessment is for grade 1 students to understand the properties of list writing.
Please feel free to practise this at home.
Gr. 2 . Students were required to invent a new candy. They had to brainstorm ideas for their candy and then write a Persuasive Advertisement to entice people to buy their candy.
- the goal for the post assessment is for grade 2 students to understand how to brainstorm and write a persuasive piece. Please feel free to practise this at home.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Important notice
After much discussion last night SJA teachers have decided to put a hold on students bringing Pokemon cards to school for all grades. We have been receiving some communication from parents that students are trading unfairly, losing, or taking others cards. As well students have been ignoring teachers instructions to line up etc. to continue playing the game.
Students are more than welcome to bring balls and/or toys to take with them outside. We have a nice big space to play games.
All the best,
Mrs. Smith
Monday, September 14, 2015
Day 4 - Sept 14th
The Calendar: the special helper puts up the date, adds to our weather graph, and counts days at school.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today was the launch to our sorting and patterning unit. Students learned sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
Students then worked in their math books to sort certain objects
Grade ones: back to school supplies
grade twos: Tools on a work bench.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Spelling test Sept.18
2. book orders due sept 3
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Today students worked on listening to reading. We began our novel study of the book Chocolate Fever. Students looked at the front and back of the cover and made a list of things they saw. The students then listened to the write up on the back of the book. Students made a prediction in their novel study duotangs writing what they think the story is about.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today we learned to identify the important features of a map: direction, compass, legend/key
Students began working on a town map sheet where they practised North, East, South and West. The also put into practise how to use a legend on a map.
Language:
Today students began working in their spelling books. They completed various activities in order to help them learn the meaning, spelling, and formation of each of their words.
French: http://mllehousja.blogspot.com
Math: Today was the launch to our sorting and patterning unit. Students learned sorting rules apply by
1. shape
2. size
3. colour
4. direction
Students then worked in their math books to sort certain objects
Grade ones: back to school supplies
grade twos: Tools on a work bench.
Agendas: Students wrote reminders
1.Spelling test Sept.18
2. book orders due sept 3
Parents please sign/initial your child's agenda to show me that you have read it, when that is done they will get a sticker to decorate their agenda each time.
Daily 5 -
Today students worked on listening to reading. We began our novel study of the book Chocolate Fever. Students looked at the front and back of the cover and made a list of things they saw. The students then listened to the write up on the back of the book. Students made a prediction in their novel study duotangs writing what they think the story is about.
gym: http://sjamslovan.blogspot.ca
Unit of inquiry:
Today we learned to identify the important features of a map: direction, compass, legend/key
Students began working on a town map sheet where they practised North, East, South and West. The also put into practise how to use a legend on a map.
Language:
Today students began working in their spelling books. They completed various activities in order to help them learn the meaning, spelling, and formation of each of their words.
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