Class Recap April 20-24

For this week's recap the students typed up the recap on their own.  Here is their recap.  MathIn math  we  learned  about  coins. We had learned about Pennies, Dimes, nickels, Quarters, Toonies , and Loonies.  We have learned about coins for a long time and we might have our test soon.  Social StudiesIn Social Studies we made maps of our rooms and Barefoot Island.
  GymIn gym we are learning how to kick a ball.  The gym class was fun.     DanceIn dance we are learned to count to 8.
In dance we are learned locomotor and non locomotor movements. Health In Health we are learning about the 4 food groups. OtherToday it is p.j. day.  And we had pizza.
 ARTIn Art we are learning how to draw stuff on cups.


Though not as through as I would have wished I'm proud of the students for taking the initiative to type this week's recap up on their own.  This upcoming week is the closure week for many of our units.  We will be having a math test on money and we will also complete a mapping closure activity. 

Earth Day

Reminder:  On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 the school is encouraging everyone to wear blue and green in support of earth day.

Weekly Recap April 13-April 17

Friday, April 17, 2015 

Dear Parents,

This week we had lots of fun! On Thursday, we did a Little Red Hen Activity. There were four groups. There was a narrator, a pig, a hen, a dog, and a duck. The narrator wore a penguin costume.  We got to video tape our groups and use computers to read our scripts.


In Math we learned about money. We got money booklets to count. The coins are the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, loonie, and toonie. A penny is 1 cent. A nickel is 5 cents. A dime is 10 cents. A quarter is 25 cents. A loonie is 1 dollar. A toonie is 2 dollar.

In Social Studies we are learning about maps. We learned the map key tells us what is in the map. The map key has symbols on it and using those symbols we can see things on the map.  For example, for a hospital the map will have a H symbol.


In gym we learned how to jump rope because today we are going to have our jump rope for heart event. We will have lots of fun!

Thanks for reading our blog and we hope you write back soon!

Love,
Mrs. D'Souza's Class

More Than Words

Hello, If possible, please send your child with clothing that is appropriate for their role for the Little Red Hen. The students know what their roles are. Thanks!

RECAP APRIL 14-17

This was yet another exciting week in our classroom. Here is a recap of our week as told by the students.

Language: We are learning about retells. We listened to the Paper Bag Princess on Tumblebooks and then we retold the story to another person in our class. We worked in groups to do a retell about the Kuffle Bunny. In the story Trixie goes on an errand with her father and loses her bunny in the washing machine. The dad didn't know this and went home. Trixie's mom told the dad the bunny was missing. Then, the dad, mom, and Trixie go and look for the bunny everywhere. They solved the problem when they found the bunny in the washing machine. We are also writing persuasive writing pieces. Mrs. D'Souza asked us to write about who we would sit well with in the class and give reasons why we would sit well with them if they were at our table groups.

Math: In Math we made our own math problems. Some of them are easy to solve and others are harder. It's hard to draw a number line. We needed pictures, numbers, and words in our math question.

Social Studies: We learned about map keys, symbols, and how to find informatino on the map. We also learned about the directions that we see on a compass. There is North, South, East and West.

Gym: We learned how to skip.

Dance:We learned about locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Reflections As A Teacher: This week, the students continued to work hard in all subject areas. In Math something that I noted was that the students had a difficult time transferring their knowledge of addition and subtraction to questions that "looked" different. When assessments are done in math (as with all subjects) rubrics are used which help determine a child's strengths and next steps. A typical rubric will consider a child's Knowledge and Understanding, Thinking, Communication, and Application.
In this current math strand this could include...
Knowledge and Understanding: Traditional formatting (e.g. 12+2=14)
Thinking: Assessing the strategies they used. (e.g. typical language when conferencing went something like this... "For the question 12+2, If I start at 12 I know I need to move 2 to the right if I am adding because I am looking for a number that is larger than 12.)
Communication: students showing their answers using pictures, number lines, etc...
Application: Students writing their own questions