Thursday 18 December 2014

What Stuck With Us Today - Thursday, December 18th, 2014

What's your name?What stuck with you today?Anything else you'd like your class to know?
JamesCatherines book that we made.
Ava bunnyWhen there was dead animals on the table ....
RAPHAEL JOHN HEARDwhen Dion came in and taught inuit games
tomA awesome person came over!
ikewhat stuck with me today was when we the person that about was talking about inuits.
Lilah that my techer is back
AvaThe inuit games and i liked the learning part also the fuzzy foxes I am sorry i ate 3 cookies i didn't understand i thought you said take one like a whole pack OPPS


i feel bad !

don't forget to read the degu story! it is AWESOME
ToniA guy came his name is Dion and he teached us about Inuit.It was awesome!!!
RowanWhat stuck with me today was singing holiday songs in the classroom.
Sophie L C 19The dratoel song I like it alotlok up alot
Owen. DThe inuit games, because they are fun!!!Nope.
hudsoni loved the inuit stufe.i am awesome and no!!!$$$
shaneI liked when we did the inuit games!!!
graciethe cookies i am gluting free
Liam The Turtle What Stuck With Me Today Iz The Inuit Stuff!!!No!!!

What We're Up to This Week - December 15th-19th

Language 
-we filled in our "How Do You Feel Today?" surveys 
-we finished writing our "12 Days of Giving" poems
-we wrote final letters to our university Book Buddies, wishing them a happy holiday and reflecting on what we learned from them
-we selected picture books for each of our individual Book Buddies, thinking about why they might enjoy a particular book and what they can use it for
-we wrote a book to thank Catherine for all her work with us
-we exchanged books at the Library and made sure that we have Good Fit books in our ECLIPSE bins
-we learned that reading on We Give Books right now earns double the books. For every book we read online, 2 books are donated to a school in need!
-we are totally addicted to "The Book With No Pictures" and make sure that every adult who enters our room reads it!

Math
-we are enjoying our advent calendar treats and noticing that the snowman-elf pattern keeps repeating
-we are working on developing our understanding of length and distance
-we came up with ideas of things that are 1 mm, 10 mm, 1 cm, 10 cm, 1 m, 10m, 1 km and 10 km long

Social Studies
-Dion Metcalfe from the Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre came and in and we learned about life in the Arctic for the Inuit and reflected on our learning. To learn more, visit their website.

Phys Ed
-Dion Metcalfe from The Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre came into our class to teach us about Inuit culture. He taught us Inuit games that have three purposes: fun, build strength and endurance and showing off

Art
-we had a huge chunk of time to do some seasonal crafting with Tiiu's class - students made snowmen, ninjas, Borax snowflakes and other crafts!

Drama
-with Tiiu's grade 4/5 class, we read "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and took on the roles of the characters, thinking about how they would feel and react to different situations
-we watched Ray's grade 6 class' play

Music
-students work with Andrew on Tuesday afternoons in Music
-we enjoyed songs from our holiday playlist, students have become very familiar with the songs and like to "conduct" one another or link arms and sway together

Tree Families
-our theme this month is acceptance. Our big idea is to respect and celebrate others' preferences and ideas.
-on Wednesday, we joined our Tree Families to practice holiday songs and then headed to the Gym for a whole school sing-along

Tuesday 16 December 2014

Norman Starts to Learn Math


Norman doesn't know anything about Math, but we're helping him to learn.

Thursday 11 December 2014

What Stuck With Us - December 10th and 11th - Thanks to Susan for Being Our Guest Teacher!

What's your name?What stuck with you today?Anything else you'd like your class to know?
indiraI had so much fun at gym we played 3 pinned dodgeball\dare ball it is AWesOMe i have played it before.And i was awesome at it .!:)nonono
Tima new game someone told me about and in the game I am a puppy and I live with my friend sam and he is a hamster
MarikoToday, we went to gym and we measured rectangle or square things.No
RAPHAEL JOHN HEARDWhen baby Alice came in and undisputedly shauna was on the same document so we got to chat with shauna to!!!
JamesWhen baby Alice came inNop!!!
hudsoni liked gust time oh and ava bunny liked
math!!!$$$%%%^^^&&&***
aaa no!!!$$$
Alimathbilding
roberti am stuck with measurmentno
ToniI loved spending time with Susan because she does fun stuff like reading book's!We should change the jobs today but we didn't.
I hope we can see Susan again.Susan do you know Jessie from hilson shes my sister!
ikewhat stuck with me today was doing the the perimeter thing it was fun.
Sophie. l. C 19I am excited for hannukah
tomI was snowd so much and that was awesome!!
OysterWhat stuck with me was doing perimeter with OwenD.Oyster is awesome.
Sammyi lost a toothno
graciei really like to spend time with suzen.
Owen. DThe new teacher, again.nope.
Ava HAlice!!!

we haven't seen her in so long!
shanewhat stuck with me today is when we where measuring.
KatieThe hanukkah song and the cute little degus are stuck in my head.When are we gonna have friday free time?
RowanI really liked having baby Alice in our classroom today.I had a wonderful day!
Lilahi dont nowno
Liam The Turtle What Stuck With Me Today Is Math!!!I Rock!!!
MarikoThe 12 days of giving and Go noodle was stuck with me todayNo
RAPHAEL JOHN HEARDIs the twelve days of giving I dont think so HAHAHA
Tim my twelfth days of giving and I am also stuck with thinking about my play date after school I am also stuck with thinking about what I am going to do at my play date after school and I have been stuck with thinking about gym
JamesIt is the twelve days of giving
I am awesome
Ava bunnyI went to tree families today.No
Sophie L C 19that we have a nis nis teacher I am really Happy!!!
lkewhat stuck with me today was writing the 12 days of giving.
Owen. DThe new teacher. Because we've never had her before. I also liked the book: A Porcupine In A Pine Tree!!!Nope.
RowanI loved having a guest teacher today.She was very nice. I also really liked writing the twelve days of giving.I had a great day today!
gracie the 12 days of givingsuzen is very nice
KatieThat susan is a very good supply teacher it was fun.
and the 12 giving things was fun too.
no nneevveerr!!!
shanewhat stuck with me is I like the twelve day of christmas thing
RobertoI am so excited that i am picking the gym game and i am going to choose capture the flag. nnn ooo bbyyy!!!
hudsoni liked RESSES!!!aaa !!!(:(:(:$$$***
ToniI had fun with Susan because we read a book!!!I also had fun doing the 12 days of giving.James joined bordenball.
tomI have back up teacher todayAWESOME
OysterWhat stuck with me was the twelve days of givingGeorgee porgee
Liam.R.M.RWhat Stuck With Me Today Iz The Twelve Days Of GivingI HAVE A WIDESCREEN T.V!!!
BOO YEA!!!
Sammyxmasno
Avatwelve days of giving it is really hard to think of thing that go together.Nothing!!!!

Tuesday 9 December 2014

What We're Up To This Week - December 8th-12th

Language 
-we filled in our "How Do You Feel Today?" surveys at the beginning of the day and looked at our results in a Wordle and drew conclusions based on the size of words (the bigger the word, the more times we repeated it)
-we will be writing "12 Days of Giving" lists, using descriptive words, based on the song, "12 Days of Christmas" and the book "A Porcupine in a Pine Tree"
-we read letters from our Book Buddies about what they have learned from us and in their practicum classrooms
-we wrote letters to our Book Buddies about what we do to celebrate winter holidays and gave them tips on how to be great teachers

Math
-we finished our independent Math review of measurement, fractions and reading time tables
-students are working in small groups to go over any questions or problems they had and to help each other to solve them
-we learned about computer programming and got excited for our Hour of Code this week! We practiced by writing four lines of code together on code.org
-we are going to wait and do our Hour of Code next week!
-we are practicing accurately using rulers and metre sticks and measuring length and perimeter in centimetres
-students will work in pairs to estimate the perimeter and then check their estimates by measuring at least four rectangular or square objects in our classroom

Science 
-we discussed how to make the conditions in our classroom Science Lab optimal for the babies we study and experiment on
-Baby Leo is now seven months old, he came in for his third visit and we used our new planning and organization system to take detailed, organized notes
-Baby Alice is coming in on Thursday and we will be to see what is new for her at 8 months!
-Alison from Maker Junior brought Hitchbot Jr back to our class. He was a hit at the Toronto Mini Maker Faire! Parades of kids followed him everywhere he went on Alison's son's back! We were excited to see that he came back with a badge and an LED name tag! She had some advice about how we could change his arms to make him fit better in crowds and how we can use his GPS. We have to work on our next iteration (version) of Hitchbot Jr by taking her ideas into account. We hope he'll start travelling soon. If you'd like to take him home for the holidays, or better yet, take him ON holidays somewhere you're going, let us know!
-we reflected on the design process and how it has felt to take Hitchbot Jr from an idea to a real robot

Phys Ed
-we are playing one of our favourite games, World Domination
-we are dancing and singing with wacky videos on Go Noodle

Art
-we will be making drawings to show what our 12 Days of Giving look like

Music
-students work with Andrew on Tuesday afternoons in Music

Learning Skills
-we had 15 minutes of Free Time left from last week. Students built with blocks, played school and played with the Kinetic Sand

Tree Families
-our theme this month is acceptance. Our big idea is to respect and celebrate others' preferences and ideas.
-on Wednesday, we will be joining our Tree Families to practice holiday songs that we'll be singing as a school next week

What Stuck With Us? December 9th, 2014

What's your name?What stuck with you today?Anything else you'd like your class to know?
Lilahi helpt a frendno
AvaMy birthday!!!
I am 9 and it is AWESOME!!!
to night
Ava bunnyI am excited for christmas . no



indiThe book fair.because i got 6 bookmarks and i gave one to katie a dog one then a book and a poster for my mom and a bookmark for my mom


love: indi
no thankyou
RobertoWe had a book fare and got 2 posters three book marks and a minion book.nnnooo
KatieThe degus are stuck with me and the book fair too.the book buddies,hichbot jr,and that Ali put his chair on Raphies pinkie.no.no.no.
well
NOT REALLY!!!
ikewhat stuck with me today was writing the book buddy letter it was cool to see what wrote.
Sophie. l. C 19I am excited to go to the Book fer!!!. with my Mommy
RowanWhat stuck with me today was going to the book sale. I got two new books and I love reading!
tomAWESOME I had my book buddy letter!!!
Sammybook fair no
RaphieWhat stuck with me today is I went to the book fair and there was won book that annoyed me because it was $10.50 and I was 50 cents off
jamesWhat 's stuck with me is the book fair:)
OysterWhat stuck with me was I went to the book fair and it was awesome. I like chocolate
Owen. DThe book fair. Because my mom did not remember that the book fair was today. Nope.
graciewhat is stuck with me is the book far.
ToniWhat's stuck with me is the book fair me and Grace read a book cold Sister's the ether book was cold Smile.
shanei loved seeing the awesome book sale!!!no thanks
hudsoni loved the book fair!!!(:(:(:$$$yes ps: shuna roks!!!(:(:(:$$$
Liam.RWhat Stuck With Me Today Is The Book Fair.I Got I Wide Screen TV!!!

HI!!!

Monday 8 December 2014

What Stuck With Us Today - December 8th, 2014

What's your name?What stuck with you today?Anything else you'd like your class to know?
TimFree time stuck with me because I really like it and I couldn't wait until it was Free Time. I was waiting to do something on my Chromebook.free time playing minecraft and finishing my new base on minecraft and I found the my new base in the morning
tomI learned that when you make a mistake you should skip it if you are doing an independent thing, and if you are doing a non-independent thing you should ask three then Shauna.
RowanI really liked studying baby Leo when he was six months.
AvaI am happy becus I am babysiting a dog.no
jamesWhat 's stuck with me today is coding!
MarikoToday I was learning coding on a computer. No
graciei am glad we are doing coding.i am sorry about the degus
Robertwe're going to do 1 awer of codeno
Sammya tipe of book in my mindno
Ava CatWell the degus i really like them but when we hold the degus i feel rushed and then i don't get to hold one.And every one else dose uuuuuu
shaneI liked when we experimented leo at 7 moths no thanks
lilahwe had a dagow dril we had to getino
ikewhat stuck with me today was learning about codingno
hudsoni liked the free time.aaaaaaaaaaa no!!!(:
Owen.DFinding out that we are going to be doing do hour code.nope.
LiamWhat Stuck With Me Today Is MathIt Iz Almost Christmas
ToniWhats stuck with me is I had fun learning how to do coding!!!
OysterWhat stuck with me was we saw baby Léo at 7mos.!
KatieThe math ,the degu-drill and the coding too.no

Friday 5 December 2014

What Stuck With You Today? Friday, December 5th, 2014

What's your name?What stuck with you today?Anything else you'd like your class to know?
MarikoMy tooth falout.No
Timthis fun thing on my chromebook
Sophie L C 19that I am sore for lafingI wod like if you code took about my and Ava cat sitting to gether
thank you
AvaI got 1 new brave bot .no.



KatieLamilly name is stuck with me.
OysterWhat stuck with me was we named Lamilly or should i say imagineer Samantha tommy tomspkins marshmallows a.k.a Mr. yellow rat foxy squirrel fairy diddle.I don't want to type that long name ever again worse than writing it!
tomAWESOME IT IS COLD!!!Yes I have hockey!!!
LiamWhat Stuck With Me Today Is Naming Laemmliy A.K.A
Imagineer Samantha Tommy Tomkins Marshmallows Mr. Yellow Rat Foxy Squrrel Fairy Diddle
No
ToniI feel awesome BUT are we gona have free time next week. We named our lammily her name is Samantha I REALY don't want to tell the rest.
Ava the degusi like your doll!!
RowanI really liked doing reading buddies with shelley's class.
Raphiemy presentation when I shared about st.Nicolas
lilahi am lafing with mistr rat fare on
shaneI like when we named lammly no thanks
Owen. DThe passport for Lammily. Because most of the name I wanted (except I wanted Grace as the----- name).Nope.
gracielammily name
jamesI am stuck with Lamilly names.
Sammyreading buddiesno

Tuesday 2 December 2014

What Stuck With Us Today? December 2nd, 2014

What's your name?What stuck with you today?Anything else you'd like your class to know?
AvaI wunder if my bunny got rid of the tiks from the medsinno
LiamWhat Stuck With Me Today Is That We Did That Thingy Ma Jiggy On The Computer That You Can Lend Money And It's Giving Tuesday And It's Almost Christmas Time And 23 More Days To Christmas!!! YEA!!!Everyone In The Class ROCKS!!!
See You All Tomorrow
Bye Shauna See You Thursday
BYE!!!
tomI have soccer today very very very awesome!!!NO!!!
Robertmax and mango sang in french it so so so so so so annoying and never want to her it a gen !!! no
MarikoGo Noodle and math was stuck with me today.No
RowanI really liked writing to my book buddy about my learning style,in fact I liked it more than any letter I've ever written to my book buddy.Not today.
Sophie 19 the Scottish dans it was so fun I can. t get it out of my mind nothank you
hudsoni liked the time on chromebooks. and the go noodle!!!mmmmmmmmmmmmm no no no!!!(: ):
ToniNothing is stuck with me Shauna.We got a new monster on go noodle. I love chocolate and candy!!!
KatieThe degu drill is stuck with me and the fractions too actually the song from Max and Mango is in my head too.nooo neeveer !!!
isaacwhat stuck with me today was math with Alex it was very funno
graciei was on the list of not putting my crom book away properly. no
Owen.DAlex's math lesson!nope.
jamesI am stuck with french todayNNNOOO!!!
OysterWhat stuck with me was fractions with alex. What also stuck with me was Go Noodle!!!I like chocolate
Sammygoing to my dad'sno
lilahthat i dot feel wel no
shaneI like when Alex tot us fractions
RaphieFrench is stuck with me today.Noo!!!
Timeating the cup cake that my mom made
lilah




I came to school late today.




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