Dear Parents,
Happy Summer Solstice!
Today we:
- worked all morning on our Canada 150 Art project
In the afternoon we:
- played Math games
- had Library
- went outside for DPA
Homework:
- read for 20 minutes
- Field Trip form and money
- Yearbook form and money
Ms. Jensen's Class
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Friday, 16 June 2017
June 15th, 2017
Today we:
- did Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we had our yearly fire drill
- we worked on our "Guess Who" game (please ask your child about this) for writing
- we had French
After lunch we:
- had a lesson in the probability terms of "likely, unlikely and even" chances
- we worked in our JUMP Math books on this concept
- we had our first lesson in Force (Grade 3) and Light and Sound (Grade 4)
Homework:
- permission slip and money for Crawford Lake trip
- read for 20 minutes
- Yearbook forms are due
- did Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we had our yearly fire drill
- we worked on our "Guess Who" game (please ask your child about this) for writing
- we had French
After lunch we:
- had a lesson in the probability terms of "likely, unlikely and even" chances
- we worked in our JUMP Math books on this concept
- we had our first lesson in Force (Grade 3) and Light and Sound (Grade 4)
Homework:
- permission slip and money for Crawford Lake trip
- read for 20 minutes
- Yearbook forms are due
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
June 14th, 2017
Dear Parents,
Today we:
- began our day with Mr. Stoddart and our Canada 150 Art project
- we then went to our Book Swap
- we read to self with our new books
- we went to French
After lunch:
- we did Math problem solving. The focus was probability
- we did Computer Math
- we had Library
- we had Gym
Homework:
- Crawford Lake permission form and money
- read for 20 minutes
Today we:
- began our day with Mr. Stoddart and our Canada 150 Art project
- we then went to our Book Swap
- we read to self with our new books
- we went to French
After lunch:
- we did Math problem solving. The focus was probability
- we did Computer Math
- we had Library
- we had Gym
Homework:
- Crawford Lake permission form and money
- read for 20 minutes
Tuesday, 13 June 2017
June 13, 2017
Dear parents,
Today we:
- worked on Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we then worked on Descriptive Writing by looking at the descriptive language in the book "I Know Here"
- we then played a game called "Guess Who?" and "Guess What?" where I used descriptive language to describe something or someone and students had to guess who or what I was talking about.
- students went to French
After lunch we:
- had a lesson in Probability Outcomes
- we practiced this concept using 3 different spinner and spinning 24 times to see our results. We discussed our results and then practiced this concept in our JUMP math books.
- we had a discussion about PRIDE month at the TDSB
- we practiced our dramas from yesterday
Homework:
- permission slip to Crawford Lake and money
- read for 20 minutes
Today we:
- worked on Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we then worked on Descriptive Writing by looking at the descriptive language in the book "I Know Here"
- we then played a game called "Guess Who?" and "Guess What?" where I used descriptive language to describe something or someone and students had to guess who or what I was talking about.
- students went to French
After lunch we:
- had a lesson in Probability Outcomes
- we practiced this concept using 3 different spinner and spinning 24 times to see our results. We discussed our results and then practiced this concept in our JUMP math books.
- we had a discussion about PRIDE month at the TDSB
- we practiced our dramas from yesterday
Homework:
- permission slip to Crawford Lake and money
- read for 20 minutes
June 12, 2017
Dear parents,
Today we:
- did Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we did a response to Thursday's "Music with Radmila" (Radmila played one song in two different styles -- classical and a popular style)
- we then read the book "I know here" by Laura Crozak
- we went to French
After lunch:
- we began a new unit in Math: Probability
- we learned about Outcomes
- we practiced this concept in our JUMP math books
- we then worked on a drama as our culminating activity for Paddle to the Sea
Homework:
- Read for 20 minutes
Today we:
- did Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we did a response to Thursday's "Music with Radmila" (Radmila played one song in two different styles -- classical and a popular style)
- we then read the book "I know here" by Laura Crozak
- we went to French
After lunch:
- we began a new unit in Math: Probability
- we learned about Outcomes
- we practiced this concept in our JUMP math books
- we then worked on a drama as our culminating activity for Paddle to the Sea
Homework:
- Read for 20 minutes
Thursday, 8 June 2017
June 8, 2017
Dear parents,
Today we:
- did our POW test (which was marked and handed back)
- we worked on Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we then had Gym
- we had French
After lunch we:
- had our Math test
- had Activity Time
- had Music with Radmila (an assistant at our school who played for us two versions of the same song)
- had DPA
Homework:
- Read for 20 minutes
- NO SCHOOL TOMORROW
Today we:
- did our POW test (which was marked and handed back)
- we worked on Read to Self while I conferenced with students
- we then had Gym
- we had French
After lunch we:
- had our Math test
- had Activity Time
- had Music with Radmila (an assistant at our school who played for us two versions of the same song)
- had DPA
Homework:
- Read for 20 minutes
- NO SCHOOL TOMORROW
Wednesday, 7 June 2017
June 7, 2017
Dear parents,
Today we:
- began our day with Art with Mr. Stoddart
- our self-portraits are coming along nicely as well as the other artistic bits that we are putting together for our Canada 150 celebration
- we continued our art all morning until French time
After lunch we:
- had a lesson in Problem Solving using decimals and fractions
- once we were done we had Activity Time
- we then read our last 3 chapters of "Paddle to the Sea"
- tomorrow we will be working on our final activity as a way to finish Paddle to the Sea
- please ask your child where in the world Paddle ended up
- we ended our our with DPA
Homework:
- read for 20 minutes
- Poem of the Week (due tomorrow)
- Math test on decimals and fractions tomorrow (Thursday)
Today we:
- began our day with Art with Mr. Stoddart
- our self-portraits are coming along nicely as well as the other artistic bits that we are putting together for our Canada 150 celebration
- we continued our art all morning until French time
After lunch we:
- had a lesson in Problem Solving using decimals and fractions
- once we were done we had Activity Time
- we then read our last 3 chapters of "Paddle to the Sea"
- tomorrow we will be working on our final activity as a way to finish Paddle to the Sea
- please ask your child where in the world Paddle ended up
- we ended our our with DPA
Homework:
- read for 20 minutes
- Poem of the Week (due tomorrow)
- Math test on decimals and fractions tomorrow (Thursday)
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