Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

This morning students had the opportunity to finish either their picture prompt or their water filtration systems.  Amin, from Tanga, came to talk to our class about the school system in Tanga.  Please see below for some pictures.

This afternoon students shared and tested their water filtration system with Mrs. Bowles and our class.  The students created great predictions and explained what they thought could improve their system.

Students started to explore division with Ms. Handlesman's class today.  We will continue to work with this concept over the next couple of weeks.

Notes:
1) Auditions for Annie, Mr. Warbucks, and Grace will be held tomorrow at lunch time.  If you would like more information please visit Mrs. McBrides' link  http://cranstonmusic.weebly.com/blog


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January 29, 2016

Buddies:
During buddies students worked with Mr. Soulliere's class to communicate and collaborate with their group in order to make Dash and Dot into one of the following items; an alien, an animal, a fire truck, or a car.  Please see some pictures below.

Math:
During math students continued to work on the math problem from yesterday.  The students figured out the important information from the problem and created a life size model of the problem.  Please ask your child about the problem and see some of the pictures from below.

Inquiry (Social Studies):
Students started their triple venn diagram to compare the following countries with the difference between the school systems; Canada, Peru, and India.

REMEMBER: There is no school Monday.  I look forward to seeing everyone Tuesday!!!

Have a great weekend.

Blog written by the students of room 82.

January 28th, 2016

Daily 5:

During Daily 5 students continued to work on their picture prompt writing, as well Read to Self, or work on Word Work.  A number of students have recognized that fluency is a goal that they should be working on.  Parents can help their child with fluency by following the below strategies at home:

1. Have your child choose a different paragraph from the story they are reading each day. Have them reread that paragraph until they can read it smoothly, with expression, and read all the words correctly. This practice doesn’t take long, only five to eight minutes each day.
   
2. Remind your child that he/she must be reading from a good-fit book. If the book is too difficult, your child’s energy will be spent on decoding words and not on fluent reading.
   
3. Model what fluent reading sounds like by reading aloud to your child. Then, have your child reread a paragraph they have heard you read. 
   

A number of students had an opportunity to share a story that they have been working on during Daily 5.  Below are a few pictures of students sharing their stories.

Gym Class:

During gym students participated in a number of activities.  Please see below for a picture.

Math Class:

During math class students continued to work on their multiplication facts with the games Math War and "All Hands on Deck".  Once the students finished working with the games they worked individually or in groups to answer one of the questions below.  Students were encouraged to answer the question by using the Think, Solve, and Answer method.  Please ask you child about this method.

Inquiry Class (Science):
During inquiry students continued to create their water filtration system.  We are going to test the water filtration systems Monday.  Below are some pictures of the process the students used to create their the water filtration system.

Inquiry Class (Social Studies):

Students wrote jot notes while watching a video on students attending a school in Peru.  Tomorrow, students will work in groups to compare the school system between India, Peru, and Canada.  

If available please have your child bring in, additional information on the school system of India or Peru (via, book, magazine, newspaper articles, etc.) to help their group compare the different countries.

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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016

This morning a substitute teacher worked with our students for Daily 5, writing, and dance.  During writing students had four picture prompts to choose from.  Please ask your child which picture he/she choose and what their story will sound like.

During the afternoon students participated in our regular Wednesday rotations.  During coding students continued to work on their Ish story on Scratch.

After rotations Ms. Handlesman discussed with our students the importance of Digital Citizenship.  We had an in-depth conversation on the importance of being safe on the internet.  Please go through the following link with your child.

Digital Citizenship website:
http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b408/VLC/digital-citizenship.html

HOMEWORK:
Students please discuss on the blog one fact your found interesting on the Digital Citizenship website.

Have a great evening!

Monday, January 25th, 2016

This morning we worked with Ms. Handlesman's class and "Read to Self" because our class is receiving a new SmartBoard.

In writing we looked at instructional/procedural writing and pretended that an alien came to Cranston School and didn't know how to brush his/her teeth. Students created instructions for this alien to brush it's teeth. Please see below for a video.

During gym class students participated in a number of different activities to field their fitness level.

This afternoon, during Mrs Quilley's math class, some students played "All Hands On Deck".  Please ask your child about this game.  Also, if you have an opportunity to play math war with your child this will help improve your child's multiplication skills.

After math, some students started to create their water filtration prototype.  Below are some pictures of the process.

Lastly, students continued to work on their literacy coding project.  If students would like to work on this at home, please make sure they save their work.

HOMEWORK:
Why did Auggie feel like he was underwater?  Also, explain how that would make him feel (be specific).

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Have a good night!

Thursday, January 21st, 2016

This morning, during buddies, our class worked with Mr. Soulliere's class with Dash and Dots.  This gave students an opportunity to use their communication and problem solving skills, with the grade 1/2 class.  Please see below for some pictures.

This afternoon, during Mrs Quilley's math class, students played a math war game involving multiplication.  This is a great game for your child to play at home to improve their multiplication skills.  Also, the class investigated patterns within the multiplication chart.  Please ask your child about different patterns within the chart.  We will continue with this next week.

During inquiry, my group of students continued to work on their water filtration system.  We talked about the importance of creating instructions to put their system together.  We will be continuing this Monday, as well as start building their prototype.  Please have your child bring in their supplies.

During our Daily 5, students had an opportunity to work on their editing skills, as well as read to self or work on word work.

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2015

During literacy Ms. Handlesman's class and our class worked together to create a story with coding.  Please see below for an example.

This morning during Mrs. Quilley's math class students worked on their Mental Math strategies, as well as investigated a number of multiplication equations.  Please see below for an example of one of the multiplication equations we have been working on.  If you have time please work with your child with different multiplication equations with the below Frayer model.

This afternoon students continued with their rotations cycle; coding, french, handwriting, and art.  During coding students were required to work on creating a code to explain the book Ish by Peter H Reynolds  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpICaczeQ9o).   If students would like to work on this at home they are more than welcome to.  The following is the link for the website.... http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/48176258 .  Students will be required to share their projects in two weeks.  This will give students one more coding class to work on this project.  Below are the coding blocks that the students are required to work with.  If your child decides to work at home please make sure your child saves his/her project.

Have a great evening!

January 19th, 2016

During Daily 5 students received their new words for spelling, as well as worked on their editing skills.  After Daily 5 students went to music and played a new game called "King Treble Clef" game, where students used the staff to recreate words.  Please ask your child about this game.  During gym students did a fitness test called the "Beep" test.

Also, we continued to read the book Wonder.

This afternoon, during Mrs. Quilley's math class, students continued to work on their math word problem, as well as create a Frayer model to investigate different strategies (arrays, skip counting, and grouping) to multiply the equation 5 X 6 =  .

After math, students worked on the water filtration system or their building unit.  If possible we are still looking for some supplies for the water filtration system; water bottles, cups, popsicle sticks, sponges, rocks, pebbles, sand, elastics, etc.  If your child is able to bring the supplies by Thursday so they can start creating their project.

Students are in the process of investigating a different country.  Today I have asked students to dig deeper into the life of a child in their country; school, rights, health care, activities, travel to school, etc.  If possible please have your child bring in extra resources from their country; newspaper articles, magazines, books, etc. to help them learn more about their country.  In time, students are required to answer this question.... What would it be like to live in (country) when I'm (8/9) years old?

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Monday, January 18th, 2016

This morning Ms. Handlesman's class and our class worked together on creating our story through coding.  First students were required to pick a partner and then find a book together to read.  Students then created a visual storyboard and from their storyboard they will apply their knowledge and create a story through Scratch.  Please see below for some pictures about the project.

During math class students worked in small groups to answer one of the following questions below.  We discussed as a class the importance of answering the full question while showing their work.  Students were required to answer the questions with the following in mind; Think, Solve, and Answer.  Please ask your child what those headings mean and the importance behind them.  The following are the questions.

This afternoon students continued to work with either Mrs. Bowles or myself on the Mars Inquiry.  In my group students created a prototype of their water filtration system.  If your child required additional materials for their prototype they should inform you.


Also, students continued to gather information on their country of choice in order to find out the following; traditions, cultures, food, children's rights, quality of life, etc.  Please see below for a picturea of their Global Art Exchange project.  Also, please check out this website http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/funzone/

HOMEWORK: 
Students are required to answer the following question in their kidblog.  

How did Auggie feel being lost in the crowd, who found Auggie, and how do you think that made Auggie feel?

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Have a great evening!