Friday Oct 2, 2020

Happy Friday Oct 2 2020!

Reminders:

Monday October 9th No school (PD day)

Friday October 12th No school (Holiday)

Friday October 30th No school (PD day)

Thursday October 29th dress up in costumes day. (This is optional for all students)

Congratulations to the five winners of the pillars of care in room 5!

Care for place, learning, others, self and wellness went to five students who did an excellent job of showing the pillars of care this month! 5 new winners will be chosen next month for the October pillars of care. 

Today in room 5:

Students began their day with some catch up time to finish their number 5 printing and what does a bee look like writing. In pushing for more independence in the room I am now asking students to pull out their own work each morning. I am still there to support students with finishing work but students are learning to prioritize their mornings. 

We moved into our morning calendar routine which resulted in an excellent number talk! We talked about why numbers repeat when we count. We counted and looked at a hundreds chart in which we looked for patterns such as the numbers 1-9 repeating but with a tens word (twenty, thirty, forty) in front. What patterns do you see in a hundreds chart?

After gym outside playing Minecraft themed tag games we had snack. During snack we watched a part of the Magic School Bus- Bees in a bee hive episode. We are currently focusing on bees in our small crawling flying creatures research and this episode was another way to gain some knowledge on these insects. 

We then moved into math and some time doing mathletics on ipads. I sent home the logins last week for students to use at home to practice different math skills. 

We wrapped up our morning by doing a guided drawing on how to draw a realistic bee. 

link to bee drawing

This drawing activity was a wonderful hands on way for students to learn about bee anatomy and learn some new insect terms such as:

-antenna 

-abdomen

-thorax

The guided drawing also helped students to practice their art skills! Bees transformed from....

to......

Students did a wonderful job with this project! We will be coloring the bees Monday :)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Mr Lancee