Thursday, December 7

AGENDA MESSAGE : T.W.A.S homework. (see note below)

Gym:
Since the gym is filled with Christmas Concert 'stuff' we've been doing our best to keep active. Besides Go Noodle, we've tried Cosmic Kids Yoga. Here is a link to one we tried. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02E1468SdHg

Writing:
We are working on making our writing more 'descriptive'. So I told the students what I had inside a bag... like a banana, a bird, a stapler, a marker and scissors. Each student had a different picture of what they might look like. Then I described them better. For example, I have a small, brown wooden bird. I described the object better so the kids had a clear picture of the item and then revealed the item. TRY THIS AT HOME!

Then the kids walked around to see what their friends were wearing and described it to them. Then we talked about a few kids and wrote it on paper.

Each student was expected to write about something they were wearing. Here is some great work from that activity.

Great job!!!
Yesterday we explored what quotation marks looked like and practiced. We tried using a silly sentence like "Minions like bananas" and say it in different ways. For example, "Minions like bananas", cried Mrs. Maze. Here are some pics of us trying out quotation marks. Ask your child what they wrote. 

T.W.A.S.   This weekend your child's T.W.A.S. book is going home so you can have your child write about an event on the weekend. Next week we I will have each child read their T.W.A.S. aloud to the class. PLEASE RETURN T.W.A.S ON MONDAY. This is the writing process that we do at school: 

1. Child copies (from previous work) or sounds out own words

2. Child reads own work several times before coming to an adult

3. Child underlines words they think they may need help spelling

4. Child goes to adult and reads their work aloud

5. Adult provides spelling of words they were unsure of

6. Child can draw a picture to match what they have written

..... MORE WRITING: Today we 'brainstormed' some ideas of our favorite things. 

We came up with about 24 ideas.  Ask your child which idea they wrote (or started) to write about. 

Here was my sample 

Here are some examples of kid's work 

Here are some great workers! 

..... YES.... MORE Writing.... TODAY I ALSO ASKED THE STUDENTS TO CHOOSE 2 OF THE 6 WORDS WE WERE STUDYING AND WRITE A SENTENCE FOR EACH. HERE IS SOME OF THEIR WORK. GOOD JOB!

Homework Corner: 
I do share and display (on our class whiteboard) work that has been done at home and then it gets glued into our Visual Journals. Thanks Moms and Dads for extending your child's learning at home!

REMINDER:

- Christmas concerts: 

Tuesday - full dress rehearsal

Wednesday, 7pm - performance

Thursday 9:45am and 7pm performance

FOR TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY, CHILDREN NEED TO BE DRESSED IN DARK BOTTOMS AND WHITE TOP. IF ANYONE WANTS TO LEAVE THESE CLOTHES AT SCHOOL PLEASE SEND IN A BAG WITH YOUR CHILD'S NAME LABELLED ON THE CLOTHES AND I WILL HAVE THEM CHANGE AT SCHOOL.

I will be playing this video in the next week or two. Please review. It is regarding 'Tattling Vs. Telling'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6wtozIIm_I&feature=youtu.be