6 students still need to sign and return their class contracts! Meet the teacher will be next Thursday, September 19. There will be two 45 minute sessions, one from 6:00 - 6:45 and one from 6:45 - 7:30. You can attend either one. Parent council pizza will be available that evening as well.
Morning recap:
This morning we began with quiet reading. In math, we were introduced to a whole bunch of partner multiplication and division games. The more we practice, the quicker we will get at recalling the facts, but for now, there are multiplication tables available to assist us. We spent a while playing the different games today to familiarize ourselves with the rules.
After math, we completed an activity that we will do at the end of the week most (if not all) weeks this year. It is called Week in Review and it is a chance to self-reflect and set intentions or goals for the upcoming week. The prompts may change throughout the year, but they are currently:
- Something I am proud of at school this week is...
- I showed the pillars of care this week by...
- Something I could work on doing better at school next week is...
We are encouraged to be thoughtful and specific in our answers. Week in Review pages are handed into the teacher but are not shared with anyone else.
We had a special activity planned with our grade two buddies today. This Sunday is International Dot Day, a day that is celebrated around the world every year based on the book The Dot by Peter Reynolds, which is about celebrating creativity and supporting one another. Most of us have read the book at least once before, so this morning we read it again and then talked about the message. Then we each received a quarter of a circle and used pencil crayons and markers to decorate it using any pictures, patterns, or designs we wanted. We helped our little buddies with their work if they needed, but everyone created their own art. Now that they are all done, we will put them together to form a mural of dots that are each unique but all fit together to make something beautiful. Doing this activity with our buddies tied into this month's focus on belonging.
At the end of buddies, we had our first fire drill of the year. Normally we will go down the stairs and out the main doors of the school, but today we went out the grade 1/2 doors. We did a good job staying quiet and setting a good example for our little buddies. When we got back inside, we had just enough time to clean up our classroom before heading down to end the morning playing dodgeball in the gym.
Have a wonderful weekend!
We had a special activity planned with our grade two buddies today. This Sunday is International Dot Day, a day that is celebrated around the world every year based on the book The Dot by Peter Reynolds, which is about celebrating creativity and supporting one another. Most of us have read the book at least once before, so this morning we read it again and then talked about the message. Then we each received a quarter of a circle and used pencil crayons and markers to decorate it using any pictures, patterns, or designs we wanted. We helped our little buddies with their work if they needed, but everyone created their own art. Now that they are all done, we will put them together to form a mural of dots that are each unique but all fit together to make something beautiful. Doing this activity with our buddies tied into this month's focus on belonging.
At the end of buddies, we had our first fire drill of the year. Normally we will go down the stairs and out the main doors of the school, but today we went out the grade 1/2 doors. We did a good job staying quiet and setting a good example for our little buddies. When we got back inside, we had just enough time to clean up our classroom before heading down to end the morning playing dodgeball in the gym.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Upcoming important dates:
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher 6:00 - 7:30
Thursday, September 19 - Meet the teacher 6:00 - 7:30
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