Day 28 - Oct 20

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: 
Students in grade 1 - reviewed estimation:

Students in grade 2 -
Worked on number patterns and skipping counting by 5's and 10's

Agendas: Students wrote reminders

1. Picture Day forms sent home
2. Lunch forms sent home due back Oct. 23
3. Book orders due Oct. 23rd
4. Math test Friday
5.  Math booklet homework in agenda - due Monday
6. Cursive letters T and P, G and H was to be finished last week please complete if not done

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 we began our new unit of inquiry:
Unit 2 

How We Express Ourselves 

Central Idea - The media serves as a creative outlet through which we communicate our ideas 

Lines of Inquiry - 

-Forms of media

-Creating media

-Interpreting media messages

We discussed what media is, what media literacy is, the purpose of media, and ways we see/hear media to persuade/tell us:

Language:

As a class we talked about our learner profile of the month Knowledgeable, we also talked about the attitude of independence. 

Students filled in worksheets on how they are knowledgeable and ways they can share their knowledge. Students then made a list of ways they can be more independent at home and at school:

Students in grade 1 and 2 reviewed list writing, as a class we made a list of ways to drive mom crazy!