(A few more will be added tomorrow)
Here are some great photos of students' costumes of dressing up like they are 100 years old. They loved all the math and language activities that revolved around the number 100. Also, some photos were taken with "aging photo booth" app. Can you tell who they are? (A few more will be added tomorrow)
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Snow was sticky and weather was great so instead of our usual outdoor DPA skill games and activities, we raced over (after throwing a few snowballs at the fence) the big hill to the soccer field to build the tallest snow structure! Some chose to work independently, some chose to work in groups or partnerships. I selected a photo and tweeted it out at lunch time. If you haven't requested to join our twitter feed, simply click on the button to the right that says "Class Twitter Account". I've included all the photos from our challenge below. We took a look at a song called "Belly Breathe" by Colbie Callet and a video where children discussed the symptoms of feeling angry/upset/frustrated and what they do to handle the symptoms - breathe. Then, we went over the criteria for what is self-regulation on the learning skills portion of the report card - clarifying what each one means since the language is tricky the way it is worded on the report card. Students broke off into random groupings and discussed what they thought self-regulation would look like, sound like, and feel like in our classroom. We gathered back together after the on-task, cooperative group work to compile all the amazing ideas (just a few pictured above) the entire class came up with. Here is the final product that we will be referring to develop and fine tune students' ability to self-regulate. Very impressive work for last block on the first day back from Christmas holidays!!!
Boys and girls worked diligently and responsibly to create a used toy sale that kindergarten to grade 3 enjoyed shopping at. A great real life experience of coming up with an idea, planning, and executing it with lessons in advertising (posters, commercial writing and jingles as well as performing), money (what is a ``float``, totaling purchases, making change, counting coins to help younger students pay), and customer service. A job well done Grade 3! We only had 8 students today but boy were they busy. Donated toys were sorted and priced by the students. Some decided to make posters and posted in the primary and kinder pods. One student decided it was important to get teachers organized and so he wrote an email to send to teachers asking them to sign up for the time they wish to shop on Friday. A few other students created commercials with a common jingle and personalized messages to be performed by the entire class by small groups going door to door on Tuesday and Thursday. WOW!!!
It is wonderful to watch students working so well together creating such an important reminder of the coming of the Mesiah. Co-operating, compromising and sharing talents is a great way to prepare our hearts for Christmas. There are many different materials being used and various artistic methods coming out in this project as well.
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Passport Booklet Sent HomeRead the document below. It explains what the passport with pages for each country and a stamp are for. Choir Song LinksArchives
May 2017
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