Thursday, November 21, 2013

SmartBoard

To support our exploration of numbers, this morning the students explored Math at the SmartBoard. A few students did an activity where they had to figure out numbers that were more and less than other numbers


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Light Projector

We added new materials to the light projector. The students were very excited.

Crazy Hat Day


We had so many great hats today in our class. Here are a few of them:


 
                    
          

















Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Continuing the Interest of Building Our Creative House

Some students continues building the creative house that they started yesterday (refer to the clip about some of the girls explaining how they built it). The students' creativity continues to amaze us!

Another Morning Message

Today while A.J. played teacher in the Reading and Writing Corner, she wrote a beautiful morning message that was about Jack Grunsky.

Jack Grunsky

Today we went to a very fun concert. We had the opportunity to listen to and sing along with Jack Grunsky. If you aren't aware of who Jack Grunsky is, please take a look at his website:

http://www.jackgrunsky.com/jack_grunsky_2/home.html

A BIG thank-you to Mrs. Donovan for organizing this wonderful trip for our students. Also thank you to the parents that were involved in this trip. Your help is always appreciated.
Students have had many opportunities to hear Jack Grunsky's songs in music class.
Dancing to Jack Grunsky!

Waiting for the concert to begin.
It was a fun concert!!


Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Making a Plan Before Building

Students have began to partake in a new routine. They have started to draw plans of what they are going to construct before they build. Afterwards, we discuss what worked well in their plan and any changes they had to make and why!  This is another strategy to help develop critical thinking skills in our students.


  

G.F.'s plan
 


Q.G.'s plan