WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ROOM 312!

Happy February!


Hi everyone,
Here's a quick update about what's happening in our room these days!


Literacy:  In Literacy, we have been working on making our writing more detailed and interesting through strong word choices. Students have also started presenting their Oral Communication projects they were assigned to complete at home, "Me, Me, Glorious Me!" - please check in your child's agenda for his/her presentation date.  In Media Literacy, we are investigating the purpose and intended audience of media texts, and using the "overt and implied messages" in media to "draw inferences and make meaning".

Math:  We are partway though our unit called Time and Money.  This unit has us exploring the connection between number lines and time, learning how to tell time to 5 minutes on an analogue clock, reading time off a digital clock in different ways (1:25 or 25 minutes after),  investigating fractions, and representing and exploring money and making change up to $10 in a variety of ways.

Science:   We have begun our unit on Strong and Stable Structures.  Thank you to everyone who has been saving and sending in small boxes and tape for the structures the students will be building later in the unit.

**Please continue encouraging your child to show you his/her agenda every night so you can write in your signature.

**Math homework will continue to be sent home on Wednesdays, to be returned (in most cases) by Friday.

**All students should be reading for at least 15-20 minutes every night and writing it in their red duotang reading log.

Room 312 update

Hi everyone,

I can't believe we're nearing the end of January already!!

Literacy:  In Literacy, we are continuing on our personal narratives.  Last week we focused on making interesting leads for the stories and practising reading orally to each other.  This week the focus will be on identifying where more details and better words should be used to make their writing even better.  We will also be practising using the "APE" strategy (Answer, Prove, Explain/Extend) to answer questions, and continuing with our literacy centres.

Math:  We finished our mini-unit which introduced and practised some of the geometry expectations, and will be starting a new unit on Time and Money.

Science:  This week, we will start a unit on Strong and Stable Structures.  We will need a variety of boxes, cardboard, tape, and other materials your children might specifically need for their building project.  More information will be provided to your child over the next week or so.

Technology:  We have been learning, with Mrs. Ford in the Learning Commons, how to do some coding.  If you have access to a computer and the Internet at home, your child can log in to the website and show you a little what we've been doing.  Although you won't have the actual "Microbit", your child can still show you some of the coding.  We will be continuing working with her on a new project using the Microbits starting next week.

**Please continue encouraging your child to show you his/her agenda every night so you can write in your signature.

**Math homework will continue to be sent home on Wednesdays, to be returned (in most cases) by Friday.

**All students should be reading for at least 15-20 minutes every night and writing it in their red duotang reading log.

**There will be an oral presentation assignment, "Me, Me, Glorious Me!" handed out this week.  An information sheet will come home with your child as some of it will need to be completed at home.  

What's happening in Room 312!

As promised, here is an update on what's happening in Room 312...


Next week, we will be going skating at SARC for our winter electives.  If you haven't already returned the forms, please do so as soon as possible.  If your child will not be skating, please let me know as we are organizing a "stayback" program at the school and it would be helpful to know how many children will be participating in this program while we are skating.

Math:
We just finished a unit on addition and subtraction and will be starting a unit on Geometry.  We will be focusing on identifying right angles and describing other angles; comparing various angles using manipulatives; and identifying, comparing, and sorting polygons by their geometric properties.

Science:
On Wednesday, the students will be completing a "Show What You Know" culminating assessment on our unit on Forces.  Next, we will be investigating Strong and Stable Structures.

Literacy:

 a)  Reading:  practising making "inferences about texts using stated and implied ideas from the texts as evidence" 

b)  Writing:  continuing to work on generating specific ideas for a personal narrative; will begin exploring how to write strong leads for stories to get people's interest and attention; rehearsing written work orally 

Welcome to 2020!

Hi everyone!

I hope you had a great winter break.  I'm looking forward to seeing the class on Monday! 

I will do a blog update later in the week to let you know what we'll be doing over the next while.


Thanks!

What's happening in Room 312!

Another busy week ahead...

Wednesday evening Holiday Concert :  The students will be singing a beautiful song they have been practising in music class and in our classroom.  

*I'm really sorry but I am unable to make it on Wednesday evening.  I have a Christmas party to attend in Mississauga that evening.  

Coding:   Last week we had our first of three Computer Coding sessions with Mrs. Ford in the Learning Commons.  We look forward to the next one on Friday morning.  

1. Literacy:  

     a)  Reading:  continuing to learn strategies to assist in reading harder pieces of writing  (for example:  using textual clues, chunking words, trying out different sounds)
     b)  Writing:  beginning new unit which will end in the composition of a personal narrative story-currently working on generating ideas 

2. Math:

We are continuing to work on a Fosnot unit called Ages and Timelines which will complement our work on Addition and Subtraction of 2 and 3 digit numbers

a) Solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers, using a variety of mental strategies

b) Add and subtract three-digit numbers, using concrete materials, student-generated algorithms, and standard algorithms

c) Use estimation when solving problems involving addition and subtraction, to help judge the reasonableness of a solution (from curriculum document)

3. Science:  We are finishing our investigations regarding Forces Causing Movement.  Currently the students are trying to figure out how to reduce and increase air resistance.


HOMEWORK:  
1. 20 minutes of reading every night at home, and writing it in the Reading Logs
3. Math homework will come home on Wednesdays and will be due on Fridays.
4. Occasionally, other homework may be sent home either because your child needs some extra practice or your child didn't complete it in class.

***PLEASE RETURN THE SKATING ELECTIVE FORM IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.

***STUDENT COUNCIL IS COLLECTING FOR THE HOLIDAY HEROES CAMPAIGN (ask your child about this) 

Math quiz and Paragraph coming home tonight to get signed and Week 14 Updates

As mentioned in the title, your child should be bringing home a math test and a paragraph tonight.  Please take a look, ask your child questions, and sign both of papers and send them back to school, please. 

Here's what's happening in our classroom in Literacy, Math, and Science.

1. Literacy:  

     a)  Reading:  continuing to learn strategies to assist in reading harder pieces of writing
     b)  Writing:  beginning new unit which will end in the composition of a personal narrative story

2. Math:

We are working on a Fosnot unit called Ages and Timelines which will complement our work on Addition and Subtraction of 2 and 3 digit numbers

a) Solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers, using a variety of mental strategies

b) Add and subtract three-digit numbers, using concrete materials, student-generated algorithms, and standard algorithms

c) Use estimation when solving problems involving addition and subtraction, to help judge the reasonableness of a solution (from curriculum document)

3. Science:  We are finishing our investigations regarding Forces Causing Movement.  Currently the students are trying to figure out how to reduce and increase air resistance. 


HOMEWORK:  
1. 20 minutes of reading every night at home, and writing it in the Reading Logs
3. Math homework will come home on Wednesdays and will be due on Fridays.
4. Occasionally, other homework may be sent home either because your child needs some extra practice or your child didn't complete it in class. 

Math quiz on Friday, November 29

On Friday, the students will be writing a math quiz on addition.  With their weekly math homework coming home Wednesday evening, I will also be sending a page with a word problem on it which I have answered.  It will show you and remind them what my expectations are for answering these types of word problems.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Here is a picture of the word problem, too.