November 28th, 2018

Casual Wednesday

We read a story to start our day about the Tattle Tongue. This was an interesting story and a lot of friends are concerned that this is real and it could potentially happen to them!! AHH! They don't want a yellow tongue with purple spots! We learned when it is a good time to tell an adult and when it is tattling... for example: Telling Ms. Gray that someone got a pencil from the pencil box = NOT something to tell the teacher in the middle of the lesson. If someone is in danger or hurting your feelings or body then you tell the teacher immediately. We learned the "Rules of Tattling" according to the Tattle Prince. 

After we read our story and talked about the rules of tattling... we worked on our phonics. We learned how to neatly write the letter Jj and the sound that Jj makes! We practiced this by writing in our phonics journals. We found a bunch of words that begin with the letter Jj and we even have a friend in our class that starts with the letter J! Almost all of us drew this friend in our phonics journals! :)

During our inquiry into Math we took our math test! We did VERY well on our math test and we followed directions the whole time. Ms. Gray was so proud of us because everyone kept their eyes on their own paper and we were able to complete the test with ease!

After this we wrote our reflections for our report cards! We talked about all of the things that we learned this term and made a list on the board. Our friends then wrote their reflections. When everyone was done with their reflections we had 5 minutes of free-time in the classroom. Some friends chose to read in the tent, some chose to play with Legos and some friends chose to draw pictures! We had a lot of drawings of the Solar System today!

During our unit of inquiry we were learning about the planet, Mercury! We watched a video on Mercury and then we used glitter and grey crayon to colour the planet. Ms. Gray is excited to put them on the windows! We will be learning fun facts about all of the planets. After this, we had a dance party and practiced our dance for the Christmas Concert! Then it was time to pack up and go home! :)

Reminders/Announcements

1. Math Test went VERY well! :) Expect to see those next week in the agenda.
2. SPELLING TEST FRIDAY!!
3. Report Cards go home on Friday! :)
4. For the Christmas Concert: Outfit -- If you have a green or red track suit (sweatpants and matching top) or if you don't have that then jeans and a green or red sweatshirt/shirt will work! Any questions please ask. I can send an example of some through email.

November 27th, 2018

Tuesday!! 

During morning meeting we read a story from The 7 Habits of Happy Kids... We love hearing about the same characters over and over. We are learning from how they are developing new habits and becoming happy kids! We worked on the blend SS today and found a bunch of words in the classroom that have the blend in them. Our friends have been LOVING word searches lately so, Ms. Gray has been getting some of these for our friends to find words that have the blend in them!

During our inquiry into math we reviewed graphs and how to read them. We reviewed collecting data and then reading our data... We got into our group from the day before and presented our results of our data (information) that we gathered about SMARTIES!! Then we completed a worksheet by sorting, counting, tallying, and graphing to practice our data skills! We had a great time!

During UOI we watched a video and learned a bunch of fun facts about the sun! We learned that it takes 170 YEARS to get to the sun from Earth if we were to drive 100 km/hr in a car! We learned that the sun even has oxygen like Earth does! After this we had a BLAST making a sun out of a paper plate and got very messy with the yellow paint and orange pastels. Ms. Gray got a lot of compliments with this activity... positive reinforcement pays off. We will be making more arts and crafts planets the next few days! (If you would like to send in a shirt to protect their uniform, you are welcome/encouraged to do that!)

We had recess, snack and french then we packed up and got all of our stuff ready to go home. Once we were all packed up to walk out the door, we did some daily 5 -- we were reading to someone, or reading to self. We love doing this, especially in the tent!! :)

Then we had MUSIC! We worked on the song (The Christmas Clap) with Mr. Flower that we will be performing at the Christmas Concert!

Reminders/Announcements:

1. Homework: Review Packet for Math -- TEST IS TOMORROW!!! 
2. MATH TEST TOMORROW!! & Casual Day is tomorrow! (Wednesday)
3. BAKE SALE TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY DURING LUNCH (not snack)!!
4. SPELLING TEST FRIDAY!!
5. Report Cards go home on Friday! :)
6. **Remember when wearing Gym Uniform -- we wear WHITE socks.**

November 26th, 2018

Misty Monday 

We started out our morning singing our Days of the Week and Months of the Year songs by heart! Ms. Gray was very impressed that we had them memorized. We shared that on Friday this is how they sang the songs for Ms. Hayward.

For language we worked on our astronaut writing piece. We used our best writing and colouring to finish our work from last week. We used finger spaces and wrote what we would do if we were an astronaut!! Some of our friends would play basketball on the moon, some would meet aliens, some friends would fix something in space! Either way, we understood that in order to get into space we needed to use a rocket to get there!! We enjoyed writing and tried our best to impress Ms. Gray with following directions and working first before we played! :) She was very impressed.

We had fun in Gym then we had indoor recess! :)

For Math we worked on a smarties activity. Ms. Gray let us use smarties to sort, count, tally, and graph! We had SO much fun! We worked with partners and coloured our graphs when we were done. We have been doing a great job following directions and not eating the manipulatives!

During UOI one of our friends read us a story about the Solar System. We learned all about the different planets and the order that they travel around the sun. Then we learned the wish upon a star poem and wrote "I wish _____________." Some of our friends wished that everyone was happy or that they get a really cool toy (or candy) from their dad! We have been working on answering Ms. Gray's questions in complete sentences. Ms. Gray has been encouraging us to write the complete sentence starting with an upper case letter and ending with a period.

After another indoor recess, snack and french we had a show and share and worked on our phonics journals! Our friend brought in a LEMON for the letter L! Today we were working on the blend ss! We brainstormed some words that ended with the blend ss.

We had music today!! We practiced our dance and the words of the song for the Christmas Concert!

REMINDERS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Homework: Review Packet for Math
2. MATH TEST WEDNESDAY!! & Casual Day is Wednesday!!
3. BAKE SALE TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY DURING LUNCH (not snack)!!
4. SPELLING TEST FRIDAY!!
5. Report Cards go home on Friday! :)
6. **Remember when wearing Gym Uniform -- we wear WHITE socks.**

November 22nd, 2018

Thursday

We started out our day at the assembly watching all the boys and girls receive their awards for their science fair projects! It was fun and everyone seemed very excited to win! Then we came back to the class and ran morning meeting while Ms. Gray observed the leadership. She was very impressed that we were able to run the meeting as if she was running it! 

During math we worked in our math workbooks and made our own surveys. We asked everyone in our class if they like to do something that we like to do. We had to practice writing all of our friends names and keeping track by collecting & recording data (information).

During UOI today it was AMAZING! We learned about astronauts and how they are very smart scientists who travel to outer space. Before they go to outer space they have to go to space camp and learn about traveling in space and how to get used to life without gravity. We read the story about Pete the Cat when he was going to space camp! It looks like lots of fun! We did an art project and Ms. Gray took our pictures to make ourselves into astronauts. After we completed this, Ms. Gray watched as the kiddos played "astronauts" and flew around the room!

We were so well-behaved for Ms. Gray today and even surprised her multiple times by sitting quietly in our seats until she came behind us! She was SHOCKED-- even mlle. Jessica was shocked!

One of our friends was VERY excited because he lost his tooth at recess yesterday! I think this is the most I have ever seen him smile. :)

For our journal today we wrote about astronauts. Some of us wrote about how astronauts are clever scientists. Some wrote about how they are very strong people. Some wrote about the animals that went to space in Pete the Cat! We had fun to writing today and when we were finished some of our friends drew pictures of rockets and some drew the moon... some of our friends decided to read a story in the tent.

Reminders/Announcements

- Lunch is open to order for December
- Data Management Test is on Wednesday, November 28th.
- Spelling test for the month of November will be on Friday, November 30th.- Report Cards will be going home on Friday, November 30th.- Homework: Data Management review packets to prepare for the test on Wednesday, November 28th.

November 21, 2018

Wonderful Wednesday!

We worked on the blend ll... we came up with some words that have the blend ll such as fall, all, tall, ball, yellow, mall, dull, dolly, and llama. As we worked on our phonics journals we came up with more and more words that have the blend ll.

During our math work today we completed an activity with partners where we had to 1. sort it, 2. count it, 3. tally it, 4. graph it!! We LOVE working with a teammate and Ms. Gray loves to hear us using kind words when working with others.

During UOI we learned a HUGE word... Constellations! We even realized as we were writing the word that there is an ll blend in the word! We learned about the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper. We completed a poem about the Big Dipper and how stars look teeny-tiny because they are so far away!

In the afternoon we practiced our performance with Ms. Bannon's class! We still need lots of practice... if the kiddos tell you the song, have them show you the dance! We really have lots of fun doing it... a little too much because it still looks like it did the first day!

Reminders/Announcements:

- Lunch is open to order for December
- Data Management Test is on Wednesday, November 28th.
- Spelling test for the month of November will be on Friday, November 30th.
- Report Cards will be going home on Friday, November 30th.
- Homework: Data Management review packets to prepare for the test on Wednesday, November 28th.

November 20th, 2018

Terrific Tuesday 

Today we started by making a list of words that begin with the letter Ll. After we made our list, we practiced our list writing in our journals and used our phonetic strategies to sound words out that start with the letter L! Ms. Gray's favourite was "laminate"... She LOVES to laminate everything!

During our Math time today we worked with partners on a count it, tally it, & graph it activity! We had so much fun working with our teammate and completing this activity. Ms. Gray heard lots of kind words and saw friends taking turns! Practicing tally marks will be very helpful for our friends. Tomorrow, I will be sending home a review packet for next weeks test on data management! (Test November 28th)

During UOI we finished up our project from yesterday! They are ADORABLE!! One of our friends read us a story about Slam and Dunk who found Moon Man who had a broken spaceship. They all fixed the ship and then went to the moon to play basketball! In the end they came back to Earth because their mom said they had to come home by 6! We identified the characters, plot and the beginning, middle, and end of the story!

We had a fun day and made lots of green choices today!

Reminders/Announcements

- November 28th Data Math Test!!
- Spelling Test next week!!
- Picture Retakes on Thursday!!
- Please remind our friends to WASH THEIR HANDS WITH SOAP!!

November 19, 2018

 MONDAY!! (and Friday)

This morning we worked on the letter Ll. We were INSISTENT on reviewing ALL of our songs!!! Ms. Gray was extremely surprised that we remembered EVERYTHING (songs & actions for all of our letters) that we had learned. We then worked on our phonics journals.

During Math we worked on tally marks and learned about reading tally marks. We counted by 5's... We completed a worksheet practicing recording data. We asked everyone in the classroom the question: "Is Christmas your favorite holiday?"... We had 9 yes, and 1 no... (Ms. Gray said no so that the data would not be all one-sided.) We still need lots of practice graphing our data. (Data is "INFORMATION") We had fun talking and gathering our data today!

During our UOI we heard the story "Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me" and we worked on a moon craft. As a class we talked about what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. We also talked about the difference between fantasy and reality. Could we REALLY climb a latter to the moon? This was fantasy (make-believe/ pretending). We had so much fun working on our craft with our friends. We wrote very adorable sentences about who we would get the Moon for and why (because I love them)! Lots of moms, dads, and baby sisters would be getting the Moon if it was realistic! :)

Today we had a fun day in S.K.! Our focus this week is PERSONAL SPACE! With all of the germs floating around we want to be sure to keep our hands (and our faces) in our own personal bubbles...!

Science Fair Fun!! 

We did SUCH a great job for our Science Fair Project!! We had some friends reading our question, materials, procedure, results and conclusions! Photos from Friday:

Reminders/Announcements

- Ordering Lunch for December is now available online!!
- Practicing tally marks with the kiddos will help prepare them for our math lessons! :)

- Have a great night!