Week #2

Hello parents and students,

Thank you for another wonderful week.  This week we continued to develop routines and practised them.  We've been discussing how to solve a problem when it occurs and what it means to be efficient.  I'm challenging all the learners in our classroom to start to think about others and how we can support each other to ultimately become better at what we do.  I'm very happy with the progress we have made with our morning meetings and I appreciate the participation of the students.   Below is a list of the things we covered this week in Division 02!

LA- we started our Daily 5 and learned about the 5 choices the program provides 1. read to self 2. work on writing 3. word work 4. listen to reading  5. read to someone.  We also did some writing this week about the things that we are thankful for.  We also had our first spelling test:)

Gym- we focused on a variety of minor games skittles, belly ball, 4 quadrant dodge ball, zombie tag, octopus, bench ball.  Look forward to a new set of games next week before we head outside for a soccer unit!


Art- we worked on a Thanks Giving activity and we were introduced to a major project.  We will be making our own class arcade, so please start to search for cardboard.  Parents please check out the video that inspired our class to build our games, it's awesome.  Here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U

HCE- we continued to focus in our our successful learner traits.  We discussed and reflected on Risk Taking, Thinking, Creativity,  and Compassion.  It is our goal to identify these learner traits in ourselves and how we can make improvements to become more successful learners.
Science- scientific method and how to make a tea bag fly

Math- we completed  (Dstrict Math Assessments)to see where everyone is.  We do have a lot a work but I'm confident with a bit of practise we will be back on track!  Parents we will need your support at home to get caught up to our grade levels in Math.

A shout out to Brandon and Aiden for Superstar behaviour yesterday morning while I was at the dentist.

Enjoy your weekend and have a great Thanksgiving!

Mr. T