“Having a plan of action, even really mundane action, was a huge benefit in terms of adaptation to a radically new environment.”
- Chris Hadfield, “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” IMPORTANT INFORMATION Fun Lunch A How To Order Fun Lunch sheet came home today. It is a shockingly bright pink sheet. This was handed out to Oldest/Only students. Musical Theatre Musical Theatre begins tomorrow. School Forms All school forms are now due. Remember to look on both sides of the sheets to read and sign. Book Fair Students had an opportunity to look at the Book Fair books with their Buddies, and they are coming home with a list. Our Schedule Music is on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Library is on Wednesdays. 2 books can be taken out (2 at any given time), and they are due 2 weeks after checkout. We do not give due date slips, as to save our beautiful trees. IMPORTANT DATES September 21 & 22: Meet the Teacher Conferences September 21 & 22: Scholastic Book Fair September 29: Orange Shirt Day October 6: Terry Fox Run OUR DAY 11 days under our belt, 169 days to go! Today, we looked at string theory, parallel universes, and how can we get through worm holes. Oh wait, different universe. This morning began with students listening to a story called Windblown by Édouard Manceau. It is a whimsical story about cut pieces of paper that form animals. We will come back to this next week and create extra pages for the story. Students were in Music today. When I went to pick them up, I could hear Mrs Dennill ask the children to practice the Mini-Mac for the Gilly, Gilly, Gilly Good Morning song. This is hand clapping that goes along with the song. Mrs Dennill tried to show, but unfortunately (or fortunately) my inner drummer is strong and I couldn't even begin to tell you the pattern. When the students came back into the classroom, we discussed how we can organize our information for writing, in relation to the book, The Best Part of Me. I modeled to the class how this looks like, and then had then watch again. Then it was their turn. They wrote their favourite part, and then circled it. The next step was giving explanations WHY. For instance, if they wrote “Feet”, and the why is “Running”, why is is running? What makes it special? Why is it important? We we will continue writing this tomorrow. I also gave the students a diagnostic math assessment, which will help guide me in creating effective lessons and tasks. I reiterated a few times that this was not a test for marks for me, and if they did not understand it, to not be stressed. I also let them know that this is an assessment to show me what they remember from Grade 2 Math. If your child is nervous or upset about this, please reiterate for me that this is for me, and then if you could let me know. I want to make sure everyone is happy in the class. We learned the letter “g” in handwriting. We also started thinking about goals in the classroom. We will dive into this tomorrow. Cheerios! Ms Lauf Comments are closed.
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