Dear Parents, This morning, we started off with a class read-aloud of “Wonder” and then we had our Literature Circles Meeting #4. The kids always get mad when I stop reading because the book ends in so many cliffhangers. It is important that all students are ready for these literature…
Monday, March 8th, 2021
Dear Parents, Happy last Monday before Spring break! Today, we started off with talking about having a Growth Mindset. I made a chart on the board about replacement thoughts in order to promote growth and optimism instead of negative thinking. I have included my chart above on Growth Mindset. Encouraging…
Friday, March 5th
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with reading a bit of “Wonder” and then we worked on adding and subtracting decimals. The pages for homework are: G4: pages 207-208 #1-10 G5: pages 208-209 #1-13 Then, we had snack and students went to Music. After music, we had DPA and then…
Thursday, March 4th
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with our literature circles. Our next one will be on Tuesday of next week and students can start working on it. After, we had snack and went outside for DPA. Following DPA, we had the Grade 4 Explorers presentations. They did great and I…
Wednesday, March 3rd
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with a lesson on adding decimals with different amounts of place value numbers present, how to make them equal decimals again and Grade 4s learned about equivalent decimals. Students were assigned: G4: page 204 #1-7 G5: pages 202-203 #1-9 It is homework if not…
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with going through a presentation on information about the moon phases. Students filled in some blanks about the moon in order to learn more about its cycles and phases. Then, I assigned textbook pages for the Grade 4s and 5s which is to be…
Monday, March 1st
Dear Parents, Happy first day of March! Today, we started off with new spelling words. The next spelling test will be on Thursday, March 11th. Then, we talked more about hundredths and also how to show fractions in division statements with remainders and we talked a bit about improper fractions….
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
Dear Parents, Happy Thursday! Today, we started off with our spelling test. I will be posting these on FG asap. Then, we did our Literature Circle Meeting #1. I was very happy to see that pretty much the whole class was ready for our very first meeting. There will not…
Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with working on our rugs. They are looking great and I am very excited to see the finished products! Then, we had our Pink Shirt Day Assembly and the students went to Music afterward. After Music, we had DPA and then we had our…
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with reading a wonderful book that demonstrates wonderful imagery and visualization. It is actually a book for individuals that have a vision impairment as it uses braille-type pictures to represent various colours. The students felt the pages of the book and guessed what the…