Thursday, September 25, 2014

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Our Bowling Trip:)

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Monday, September 22, 2014

Spelling List #4

Challenge Words: - citizen - friend

Bully Book Club

During our ELA Small Group Reading we will be exploring a realistic fiction theme on Bullying.
We will also be writing realistic fiction:)

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Monday, September 15, 2014

A Few Completed Cloud Projects

New Non-Fiction Text in Small Group

This Week we will continue focusing on Text Structure: Description Review of Text Features

Physical Education

Friday, September 12, 2014

Cloud Projects

Cloud Project on PhotoPeach

Monday, September 8, 2014

Clouds

Cloud Quiz this Thursday! Your child brought a copy of the quiz home on Monday. You can study from that copy. There will be a word bank:) http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/tutorial/clouds/cloudtypes.html

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Spelling List Week 2


Math Centres

This week's MATH centres:
SP5.1 Differentiate between first-hand and second-hand data. [C, R, T, V] SP5.2 Construct and interpret double bar graphs to draw conclusions. [C, PS, R, T, V]

Hands On:

Hands On: Games and Manipulatives


Set Jr. game:

Mastering the Basics:

At Your Desk Skills:
With the Teacher: This week it will be a STEM Science and Technology lesson- graphing weather from second hand data and displaying using a line plot, double bar graph or bar graph ( depending on the group or team). Create a Graph
 
Thursday and Friday, we work from the textbook:
 

Friday, September 5, 2014

Small Group Reading Instruction : Text Structure- Description

The Components of a Balanced Math Program

Next week we begin Math Centres. Take a look at our MATH MAP when you visit during open house. Ask your child about these graphs:

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Guided Reading Practice at Home- Text Features & Text Structure (Description)

Please RECORD your small group instruction book that you read with the teacher. Max of TEN min. It may not be your traditional reading, your child may be discussing strategies during instruction. Return your book DAILY.
Some students focused on looking for DESCRIPTION--- words or phrases that help us to create a picture in our mind that helps us to comprehend the text. Read one paragraph then look for the signal words or phrases that use description.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014