Friday, 27 March 2020
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Epic Books website is now available for students
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to share some information about Epic Books for your child. First of all, Epic Books is an online library of books for students to read. I have made a variety of "libraries" for our class based on our Science units, and sometimes I allow the students to choose freely from the wide variety of books and videos available. Although I do not have to pay for this service while we are at school, it is normally unavailable for children to use at home without a membership. I was really happy to hear that during the time schools are closed, Epic Books will be opened up for free for any students whose teachers use it with them at school. You can try accessing it at https://www.getepic.com/students and use our class code: ETJ-0072
Not that I'm trying to encourage electronics use, but we also sometimes use the website ABCya in class. There are lots of fun educational games on this site.
Hoping everyone is doing well,
Mrs. Farley
I just wanted to share some information about Epic Books for your child. First of all, Epic Books is an online library of books for students to read. I have made a variety of "libraries" for our class based on our Science units, and sometimes I allow the students to choose freely from the wide variety of books and videos available. Although I do not have to pay for this service while we are at school, it is normally unavailable for children to use at home without a membership. I was really happy to hear that during the time schools are closed, Epic Books will be opened up for free for any students whose teachers use it with them at school. You can try accessing it at https://www.getepic.com/students and use our class code: ETJ-0072
Not that I'm trying to encourage electronics use, but we also sometimes use the website ABCya in class. There are lots of fun educational games on this site.
Hoping everyone is doing well,
Mrs. Farley
Monday, 2 March 2020
I can't believe it's March!
Hi everyone,
Here's a quick update about what's happening in our room these days!
Literacy: In Literacy, the students are proofreading and editing their personal narratives. We hope to have the good copies done by the end of this week.
I was so pleased with the oral presentations, "Me, Me, Glorious Me!" Thank you so much for your support with helping your child gather materials, as well as write and practice their presentations. Mark sheets should have come home to be signed and returned last week.
Math: We are just finishing our unit on Time and Money. There will be a study guide coming home on Tuesday and there will be a quiz on Thursday.
Science: We have begun our unit on Strong and Stable Structures. Students have built bridges from paper and will be further experimenting with using their knowledge to build both strong and stable structures with a variety of materials. 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.
Saturday, 1 February 2020
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.
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.
Monday, 20 January 2020
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.
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.
Tuesday, 7 January 2020
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:
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
Sunday, 5 January 2020
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!
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!
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