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?
Mariko	My tooth falout.	No
Tim	this fun thing on my chromebook
Sophie L C 19	that I am sore for lafing	I wod like if you code took about my and Ava cat sitting to gether thank you
Ava	I got 1 new brave bot .	no.
Katie	Lamilly name is stuck with me.
Oyster	What 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!
tom	AWESOME IT IS COLD!!!	Yes I have hockey!!!
Liam	What Stuck With Me Today Is Naming Laemmliy A.K.A Imagineer Samantha Tommy Tomkins Marshmallows Mr. Yellow Rat Foxy Squrrel Fairy Diddle	No
Toni	I 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 degus	i like your doll!!
Rowan	I really liked doing reading buddies with shelley's class.
Raphie	my presentation when I shared about st.Nicolas
lilah	i am lafing with mistr rat fare	on
shane	I like when we named lammly	no thanks
Owen. D	The passport for Lammily. Because most of the name I wanted (except I wanted Grace as the----- name).	Nope.
gracie	lammily name
james	I am stuck with Lamilly names.
Sammy	reading buddies	no

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?
Ava	I wunder if my bunny got rid of the tiks from the medsin	no
Liam	What 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!!!
tom	I have soccer today very very very awesome!!!	NO!!!
Robert	max and mango sang in french it so so so so so so annoying and never want to her it a gen !!!	no
Mariko	Go Noodle and math was stuck with me today.	No
Rowan	I 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
hudson	i liked the time on chromebooks. and the go noodle!!!	mmmmmmmmmmmmm no no no!!!(: ):
Toni	Nothing is stuck with me Shauna.	We got a new monster on go noodle. I love chocolate and candy!!!
Katie	The degu drill is stuck with me and the fractions too actually the song from Max and Mango is in my head too.	nooo neeveer !!!
isaac	what stuck with me today was math with Alex it was very fun	no
gracie	i was on the list of not putting my crom book away properly.	no
Owen.D	Alex's math lesson!	nope.
james	I am stuck with french today	NNNOOO!!!
Oyster	What stuck with me was fractions with alex. What also stuck with me was Go Noodle!!!	I like chocolate
Sammy	going to my dad's	no
lilah	that i dot feel wel	no
shane	I like when Alex tot us fractions
Raphie	French is stuck with me today.	Noo!!!
Tim	eating the cup cake that my mom made
lilah	I came to school late today.	no

What We're Up to This Week - Dec 2nd-5th, 2014

Language 
-we filled in our "How Do You Feel Today?" surveys at the beginning of the day
-we filled in our "What Stuck With You Today?" surveys at the end of the day
-we talked about what a great "What Stuck With You Today?" response would look like
-we read the book "Katie's Pairty", written in Scots to help get us ready for our Ceilidh with the Mighty Minions
-we read and discussed emotions in the books "Hamish the Hairy Haggis"
-we wrote letters to our Book Buddies at Ottawa U. We focused on writing in a clear and organized way, formatting our letters properly (date, greeting, sign-off) and reflecting on our learning. We told them about the way we like to learn, the way we like to share our learning, the trickiest thing about being a student and reflected on whether or not we think boys and girls learn differently. We will talk about these topics more in class.
-we wrote Thank You notes to Gillian's class on a collaborative Google Doc. We wrote and edited our own work and our classmates' work, focusing on end punctuation, using capital letters properly and the difference between "alot" and "a lot"
-we had Reading Buddies with our grade 1 friends in Shelley E's class. Students chose whether to read from books or on the website "We Give Books"
-we practiced finding "Good Fit" books by using the "Five Finger Test" and refilled our ECLIPSE bins with 3-5 Good Fit books (and one book that would be appropriate for our Reading Buddies)
-we are continuing to track books that we read individually in our 40 Book Challenge lists
-we got some awesome Hallowe'en reading stickers from Scholastic (yes, we realize it's WAY past Hallowe'en!) and Tim noticed that each one has some word play (including our favourites, puns!)

Math
-Because Tuesday was Giving Tuesday, we visited Kiva for the first time and made a microloan to Anahit from Armenia. We learned about how microlending works and counted by 25s to figure out how many loans we can give. We loaned 25/100 dollars or 1/4 of the money we have in our account to lend!
-Alex (Raphie's mom) came in on Tuesday. She's a teacher and Math tutor and wanted to talk with us about fractions. We practiced equivalent fractions in small groups
-we have been practicing our Math skills on IXL - working through the Number Sense tasks, starting with Place Value
-we got an Advent Calendar from Gillian and students get to find the window that corresponds with their class order number, we are starting to recognize that the shapes of the chocolate are in an A-B repeating pattern
-we brainstormed possible names for our new Lammily doll and created a survey on the Google Drive for students to vote on her title, first name, middle name and a.ka. We were excited to see the results come in and analyzed pie charts to determine her new name (Imagineer Samantha Tommy Tomkins Marshmallows aka Mr Yellow Rat Foxy Squirrel Fairy Diddle)
-students continued independent practice of place value, fractions, telling time and solving problems related to Number Sense and Measurement


Science 
-Liam's dad shared with us live footage of a new type of space shuttle, Orion, and it's trial flight. We watched the view from Orion and did some research on this new shuttle.

Social Studies

Phys Ed
-we transmogrified Weevil laBeevil on GoNoodle for the final time and printed out our completion certificate, we have a new Champ and did a LOT of dancing! We love Koo Koo Kangaroo and tweeted a picture of us doing their "Secret Handshakes". They tweeted right back at us! They challenged us to make a bigger "ice cream cone". We made one with 29 "scoops"!

Health
-this week, a crowdfunded doll, Lammily, arrived to our classroom. We compared her to a Tinker Bell doll and talked about why young children will benefit from having different kids of toys to play with

Drama

Art
-students made Dream Catchers

Music
-students work with Andrew on Tuesday afternoons in Music

Learning Skills
-our Class Rules continue to be developed through a collaborative Class Meeting process. On Monday, we discussed a new system to help us "Check Ourselves" and focus, make good choices and do our best work.
-we talked about the importance of feeling safe in the classroom and being able to take risks and make mistakes
-we reviewed responsibilities for each of our Class Jobs and selected new ones

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 having our second "Tree Families Workshops"

What Stuck With Us - November 28th, 2014

Tim	my field trip and for my field trip i went skating i had skating today and today is november 28th 2014. and there was a play it was cool funny it had akshin in it.	tomorrow it is a weekend and then when it is monday it will be december and my birthday is december 9th
Rowan	I really enjoyed going skating today. I think that today I skated faster than when I went skating last year.	I am looking forward to the ceilidh with the Mighty minions on monday.
Robert	what stuck with me today its that peopol keep on bathering me in the playground and we went scading feeldtrip it was cool and very fun bot peopol did not`no haw to scate.	no. by
indi	we went skating and i did my best that i ever did.And we saw pictures of hitchbot beside hitchbot Jr.	no thank you.
Mariko	The skating fieldtrip was very fun! I really liked the presentation from Nepean School.	No
Katie	That we went skating was really fun.And I am so happy for hichbot jr that he gets to see his inspiration.	no not right now.Well if you want to know what i'm thinking its THE DEGUS ARE SOOO CUTE!!!
tom	we just saw a play it was so so long and so fun!!	No!!!
Ava cat	I did a twirl at skating and it just popped out of my head and i tried 4 times and i did it WOO!	Yes i wacht the play it was good By shauna have a good day!
sophie	i scatid for the first time in this winter the day nov 28.2014	nothank you
james	I am stuck with free time.	No!!!
Sammy	I'm stuck with a sertin type of book	no
Raphie	skating is stuck with me today	i dont think so
isaac	what stuck with me today was the play that neapein did it was raely good.!!!	no not realy
shane	i went skating and i was way way better then last time.
lilah	holding the dagose	no !!!
hudson	i really liked the filed trupe!!!	aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa no!!!
Toni	I don't think anything.	I was awesome at skating!!!
Owen.D	skating. because do you know how many times I falled? zero times!	nope, not at all.
Liam	What Stuck With Me Today Is Skating Faster And Watching The NHS Play 101 Dalmatians.	No Thanks
Oyster	I was really good at skating and I was better than before	I love lasagna

What We're Up To This Week - November 24th-28th, 2014

Language 
-we filled in our How Do You Feel Today? surveys at the beginning of the day
-we filled in our What Stuck With You Today? surveys at the end of the day
-we discussed Stars (I liked it when...) and Planets (Next time...) from our Skype call
-we set up more bookmarks on our Chromebooks so that we can easily access documents and sites we'll need every day
-we are practicing keyboarding skills on TypingWeb
-we are independently reading books from our ECLIPSE bins or on the website "We Give Books" which donates a book to schools in need for every book you read online!
-we read to our Reading Buddies from Shelley E's grade 1 class. Many of us chose to read to them on "We Give Books". So far, our class has read more than 550 books, and therefore, donated the same amount to other schools! (this includes the reading that was done from April-June last year as well!)

Drama
-we surprised the Mighty Minions with Minion masks and acted like Minions!
-we watched the play "101 Dalmatians" performed by students at Nepean High School

Math
-we practiced our knowledge about fractions using a new online game called Kahoot!
-we are reviewing several Math concepts in small groups and individually in our blue duotangs. Students are working at different levels based on their self-assessments and progress thus far.
-In Number Sense and Numeration, we are colouring in diagrams of fractions, creating diagrams of fractions, recognizing equivalent fractions.
-In Measurement, we are selecting the best unit to measure specific objects; converting millimetres to centimetres, metres and kilometres; comparing areas of objects and calculating the perimeter of squares and rectangles
-We are reading time tables and extrapolating information from them, as well as solving problems using time
-we are practicing double digit subtraction with regrouping (borrowing)

Science 
-we had a Skype call with Sofika from Copernicus Education and learned about how Imagineers use the Design Process (Research; Idea; Market Research; Planning; Prototype; Iterations; Test with Users; Make Adjustments; Finalize Design; Production)
-we read a story from Teach Kids News about an animatronic penguin being used by researchers to learn about penguins. We guessed what the robot would look like and then compared our prediction drawings to an actual photograph.

Social Studies
-we had a Class Meeting and discussed roles and responsibilities and came up with a new list of class jobs through brainstorming orally and on our Chromebooks (making comments on a Google Doc)

Phys Ed
-we are practicing our traditional Scottish folk dances to prepare for the Ceilidh with Gillian's Mighty Minions next Monday!
-we are continuing to level up "Weevil Labeevil" on GoNoodle - our body break website by dancing to hilarious songs
-we went ice skating with Tiiu's class at Dulude arena. We talked about the importance of wearing hand coverings and a helmet when skating

Health
-we are practicing Mindful Eating with our buddies in Gillian's class who eat with us twice a week
-we are continuing to discuss kindness and how to avoid bullying, we talked about calling people names and including people in games that they would like to play

Learning Skills
-our Class Rules continue to be developed through a collaborative Class Meeting process.
-we spent some time independently organizing our Work Apartments - putting papers in the proper notebooks and duo-tangs
-we are setting goals as a class in terms of time management, so that we use self-regulate and use our time better
-we talked a lot about how to make sure we are being respectful and responsible when working with classroom volunteers and created a new system for volunteers in our classroom. The students will be happy to share with you when you come in next!

Tree Families
-our theme this month is acceptance. Our big idea is to respect and celebrate others' preferences and ideas.
-we talked about what all families need (love!) and different kinds of families while we read the book "And Tango Makes Three"

What Stuck With You Today? November 26th, 2014

What's your name?	What stuck with you today?	Anything else you'd like your class to know?
Oyster	What stuck with me was Tom was always sitting beside me singing	I am awesome and Gladiator Snails are awesome!
robert	what stuck with me today is : i am very happy	yes by!!
Liam	Today I was really learning well because I LOVE learning.	No Thanks B-) Sunglasses dude look at it side ways.
Raphie	A very annoying song called all abut the bass.	i dont think so
Katie	Of course the skype call and how pretty Ava cat is. Just today i noticed that she is very very pretty.	no not really
isaac	what stuck with me today was the skype call it was very interesting and i learned a lot things	no
hudson	i liked the skype call alote. and i liked the time on chromebooks.	no
Toni	I think when I did math with Kelly because the math was hard.	No I don't think so Shauna.
Sammy	i'm stuck with what i'm writing right now	no
sophie	i am owes hugre	no thaknyou
Owen.D	today i realy liked the class clene up because we got to get the classroom tidy. i also did not like how we lost so much time.	well, um, no.
james	I dont no!	yum!
Rowan	In my tree family I enjoyed reading a book called and tango makes three.	Not today.
shane	I like our new class jobs.
Ava cat	I will remember the skype call. and the 3D printer.	NOPE! NEVER! NOPE
lilah	that crismis is coming. my sist wining.	no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
indi.	how to change the wallpaper on the chrome books for people like katie.	nope
Ava Bunny	I am going to see my dad. And chrismas is cuming. I cant wate to see my presents.	no
tom	i am tired and happy because i woke up and i was so tired but i also have hocky.	no
tim	i am stuck on thinking about a game i am going to play after school today and the game is named skipbob	no
Mariko	I dont know!	I dont want my class to know.

What We're Up To in Room 209 - Monday, November 17th-Thursday, November 20th

Language 
-students are continuing to work on their 40 book challenge and are encouraged to select books from different genres
-we received emails from our friends Genevieve and Alison and wrote collaborative replies to them
-we wrote about a time when we were brave and how it felt to be worried or nervous and how it felt to do something that we knew was right
-students are practicing creating and working on collaborative documents on the Google Drive
-we are learning about the details that are important to include in a news story: the 5Ws and 1 H and thinking about our audience
-we can't tell you much about it, but "The Book with No Pictures" may make its way to your home soon!
-students are looking through their work to find words that they have used "temporary spelling" for and are creating their own, individual spelling lists to practice
-we are learning about end punctuation: periods, question marks and exclamation marks
-we are building up our stamina in the Read to Self portion of our ECLIPSE language program
-we are learning about how to use homonyms to understand and create puns and punny jokes

Art 
-we are practicing drawing "Brave Bots"

Math
-we are talking about measurement, and focusing on length
-we are practicing using both standard and non-standard units of measurement
-students are relying on estimation skills and using tools to check their thinking
-we are learning about how mm cm and m are related
-we are continuing to practice telling time
-we are collecting non-perishable food items to measure their mass
-we did the Francis Fractions slideshow and talked about how fractions are meaningless if you don't know the size of the whole and that a fraction is about comparing the numerator and denominator

Science 
-Hitchbot Jr is heading to Toronto for a Mini Maker Faire with our friend Alison from Maker Junior! We have built and dressed him and created prototypes for his instructions and notebook. He will meet Hitchbot and be tested in Toronto so we can make new iterations.
-we learned about a boy who has no eyes but can "see" with echolocation, like a bat!
-Scientists in the Schools came in and worked with the grade 4s on sound and the grade 3s on forces acting on structures and mechanisms
-Skype wasn't working, but we were planning to have a call with our friend Sofika from Copernicus Education about being an Imagineer. We'll do that next week.

Social Studies
-we are continuing to discuss the Learning Skills (Responsibility, Organization, Independent Work, Collaboration, Initiative and Self Regulation) and how we can demonstrate them in school

Phys Ed
-along with Gillian's grade 2s, we are learning traditional Scottish folk dances

Health
-we are modelling for our friends in the Mighty Minions how to eat mindfully (silent, still, hats off, stay in seat, enjoy your food using your senses)
-we are discussing

Tree Families
-our theme this month is empathy and our big idea is to walk a mile in someone else's shoes.
-we shared the book "The English Roses" and discussed the message and big idea, and how we can connect to the story in our own lives, in the world around us and in other texts