Hello Everyone!!! I hope you had a great weekend and got outside to enjoy the lovely sunshine, I did. Today I have two places for you to go! First you are going to hear a story read to you by an astronaut from the space station. It is called Rosie Revere, Engineer. The next place you need to find on my Symbaloo. It’s called Dance Mat Typing. This has a lot of crazy animals helping you to learn how to type the correct way. Learning to type is very important and we will have other typing programs for you to use, but for today check out Dance Mat Typing on my symbaloo. Today teachers are meeting again, keeping checking my blog for updates. Feel free to go back to my posts from last week and use any of the links I posted there………..like subitizing.
Friday, April 3
Here we are at the end of our first week back at school. I have now talked to everyone in our class except for one, and I will be continuing to try and contact you throughout the weekend. Please check my blog everyday for places to go and updates. In my conversations with you I have asked that you keep a journal during this time “when the whole world stayed at home.” Remember it does not need to be a long journal, just a few sentences of what you did, how you learned at home on that day, and most importantly, how you are feeling. I will be asking to see a page from this, so for the time being this is a way that I know everyone is getting some writing practice in each day. Please continue to check my blog Monday-Friday as this is where I will be updated families on how we are doing. I understand that you have done some yoga at school. I do yoga also. I have put a link to “cosmic yoga” Squishy the Fish. It will give the opportunity to do some good body movements and hear a story at the same time. Have a wonderful weekend. Be a good team member with your family and I will be back on Monday.
xoxo
Mrs Schwarz
Cosmic Yoga – Squish the Fish
Thursday, April 2
FYI I have really enjoyed talking with the students I have managed to get in touch with so far. If you haven’t heard from me, don’t worry!!! I will keep trying and am sure I will have reached you all by tomorrow afternoon. Please be aware that when I call my number will not show, it will be unknown caller. I am so pleased to see that so many of you are checking my blog and have started exploring the Burnaby Learning and My Symbaloo links. Today I am sending a link for something we all need to be able to do SUBITIZE! What in the world is that. Well you should be able to look at a number of objects and tell how many there are without counting them. This is very important for number fluency. Below I have a link to Jack Hartman and he will sing a song to you that will help you with your SUBITIZING!!(soo-bi – tize). Enjoy!!! The second link uses ten frames for numbers up to 20!! You can comment on this post to let me know if you like it.
Stay safe
Tuesday – March 31
Hello Everyone
I am sorry this post is coming later today, but I have been exploring learning sites all day. It’s a bit like falling down the rabbit hole. If you look at the right hand side of my blog you will see a widget that is called Links. There you will see two links, one from the district that gives you activities to do, and a digital bookmark chart that I have been creating called Mrs. Schwarz’ Symbaloo. Please feel free to click away on each bookmark to find learning activities you can do. I will be constantly adding and updating this space. Tomorrow I will be having a virtual meeting with the Buckingham teachers and on Thursday and Friday I will be contacting you personally to see how you are and ask you a few questions to help me in my planning.
Talk to you soon
Mrs. Schwarz
Hello Division 8
Hello Division 8!!!! I hope you and your families are well. These are very different and unsettling times, but I know we can get through this if we all stick together!!! I am so very happy that I was able to meet you all before spring break and you were able to meet me. I want you to know that I am busy thinking about ways we can continue to learn together as we maintain our health and safety through physical distancing. I already have one activity I am excited to share with you as soon as I can. During this week I will be talking with my colleagues and receiving direction from the district as to what learning is going to look like for Division 8. Rest assured, we will be learning. I will be contacting you all directly, either through email or a phone call so that we can reconnect.
In the meantime, stay safe, wash your hands, cough or sneeze into your elbows and practice social distancing. We’ve got this!!!
Mrs. Schwarz
Blog Folio Information
Dear Parents of Div. 4
You are child has now completed their first post on their blogfolio. These postings will be a record of their learning journey. They will not always be a finished project, but rather the highlights of their processes of learning. By viewing these, you are taking that learning journey with them. The two links at the top of the blogfolio page give you information on how to log in and also how to support your child’s learning through your own personal comments. This can become a dialogue between yourself and your child. Please remember that these posts are authentic pieces of their learning journey.
Enjoy!!!