Wednesday, October 12, 2016

MATH:  Entrance Pass, focus on using the KWC to deconstruct the challenge before showing your math thinking
***Practice your multiplication tables for 7 & 8: 
Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

POETRY: creating concrete poems using ink on paper / tagul.com

SCIENCE: Google Classroom assignment updating the Living Things classification tree class challenge in Google Drawing

DRAMA: Shadow Performances: Students have narrowed down to their top idea and are writing a short synopsis of the story in Google Docs
Create shadow images along the wall using your body (movement or tableau) to convey a message. 

LANGUAGE: identify a local issues that concerns you that will be shared with the class. Several students pitched their local issue today, looking forward to hearing more tomorrow

GLOBAL READ ALOUD 2016 (GRA) : In PADLET: PAX Predictions - write a prediction about our global read aloud book:  Here is a quick glimpse into the story PAX by Sarah PennyPacker

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

MATH:  Practicing equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting fractions
***Practice your multiplication tables for 7 & 8: 
Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

POETRY: creating concrete poems using ink on paper / tagul.com

SCIENCE:  looking at classification trees and the different kingdoms

DRAMA: Shadow Performances:  Create shadow images along the wall using your body (movement or tableau) to convey a message. Keep brainstorming ideas! We will finalize top 3 potential narratives on Tuesday.

LANGUAGE: identify a local issues that concerns you that will be shared with the class tomorrow

GLOBAL READ ALOUD 2016 (GRA) : In PADLET: PAX Predictions - write a prediction about our global read aloud book:  Here is a quick glimpse into the story PAX by Sarah PennyPacker

Friday, October 7, 2016

Have a wonderful long weekend with family and friends. Hoping your Thanksgiving celebrations are both fun & tasty!

On a separate note: thank you to my students this school year and last for inspiring me to further explore teaching & learning!

Thursday, October 6, 2016

GRA PAX: Global Read Aloud PAX Blog: reflect on the read aloud chapters shared this week in a blog post:
- A favourite quote
- Your favourite part
- A prediction for the next few chapters
- A new question you have about the text/story

 MATH:  Practicing equivalent fractions, mixed numbers & improper fractions: Square & Circle online
Share ideas, strategies and thought on the Pizza Night challenge in the Math NSN Blog. 
***Practice your multiplication tables for 7 & 8: 
Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

DRAMA: Shadow Performances:  Create shadow images along the wall using your body (movement or tableau) to convey a message. Keep brainstorming ideas! We will finalize top 3 potential narratives on Tuesday.

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

MATH:  Practicing equivalent fractions, mixed numbers & improper fractions: Square & Circle online
Share ideas, strategies and thought on the Pizza Night challenge in the Math NSN Blog. 
***Practice your multiplication tables for 7 & 8: 
Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

POETRY: Pollination Poem with the list of descriptive words inspired by the Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination. (scroll to 3:20 to begin viewing the timelapse video)  Google Classroom assignment. Second draft peer feedback tomorrow. Continue to build upon your writing

SCIENCE:  Create a classification tree online with bubbl.us.  We will print them off in class for our anchor wall.

DRAMA: Shadow Performances:  Create shadow images along the wall using your body (movement or tableau) to convey a message. Keep brainstorming ideas! We will finalize top 3 potential narratives on Tuesday.

GLOBAL READ ALOUD 2016 (GRA) : In PADLET: PAX Predictions - write a prediction about our global read aloud book:  Here is a quick glimpse into the story PAX by Sarah PennyPacker

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

MATH:  Practicing equivalent fractions, mixed numbers & improper fractions: Square & Circle online
Share ideas, strategies and thought on the Pizza Night challenge in the Math NSN Blog. We will be discussing suggestions later this week into next week!
***Practice your multiplication tables for 7 & 8: 
Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

 POETRY: Pollination Poem with the list of descriptive words inspired by the Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination. (scroll to 3:20 to begin viewing the timelapse video)  Google Classroom assignment. Second draft peer feedback tomorrow. Continue to build upon your writing

SCIENCE:  Create a classification tree with at least three sub-levels on anything you choose to sort (e.g., toy cars / dolls / types of food / furniture / clothing / pets)  Online with bubbl.us.  We will print them off in class for our anchor wall.

 DRAMA: Shadow Performances:  Create shadow images along the wall using your body (movement or tableau) to convey a message.

GLOBAL READ ALOUD 2016 (GRA) : In PADLET: PAX Predictions - write a prediction about our global read aloud book:  Here is a quick glimpse into the story PAX by Sarah PennyPacker

Monday, October 3, 2016

Shoutout to our parent volunteers for joining us today! Students had a great time exploring computational thinking through code! Thank you for a great day today :)

 MATH:  Looking at equivalent fractions, mixed numbers & improper fractions. 
Share ideas, strategies and thought on the Pizza Night challenge in the Math NSN Blog. We will be discussing suggestions later this week into next week!
***Practice your multiplication tables for 7 & 8: 
Check out these sites for practice:  Math is Fun  or Table Trees

POETRY: Pollination Poem with the list of descriptive words inspired by the Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination. (scroll to 3:20 to begin viewing the timelapse video)  Google Classroom assignment. Second draft peer feedback tomorrow. Continue to build upon your writing

SCIENCE:  Create a classification tree with at least three sub-levels on anything you choose to sort (e.g., toy cars / dolls / types of food / furniture / clothing / pets)  Online with bubbl.us.  We will print them off in class for our anchor wall.

GLOBAL READ ALOUD 2016 (GRA) : In PADLET: PAX Predictions - write a prediction about our global read aloud book:  Here is a quick glimpse into the story PAX by Sarah PennyPacker



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