Halloween and More

After Monday's P.A. Day, it was a short week. I decided that with everything that was going on in such a short time, and with Halloween, that there wouldn't be any homework. 

In Language, our shared reading was the poem "Trois escargots". They worked on the "m" and "n" sounds in "Les mitaines" and "Nina". We had another cycle of language centres and were able to do two rotations most days. The students are now rotating through six activities instead of five as I made 6 guided reading groups instead of five. I began doing GB+ assessments again to see the progress made to date in reading levels. I will continue to do more next week before beginning centres again, in case I need to change the guided reading groups as well as to update reading levels for the Book-in-a-bag program. 

In Math, we continued to do data management activities in guided groups as well as other math centres. Mlle Carmichael taught a short unit on measuring (length, width, and height) using both non-standard and standard units that I helped her to plan. She began a one-on-one hands-on assessment with some students and will complete this next week with rest of the class. 

In Social Studies, the students learned about Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, which took place last Sunday.  They also learned about where the celebration of Halloween originated and why we have certain Halloween traditions today. 

On Wednesday, the class participated in "Take Your Child Outside" Day. We did a short walk through the neighbourhood, looking door various colours in the environment. Students were in partner groups and each had three paint swatches of colour to look for and point out to their partners. 

Today for Halloween, the students completed activity pages on Halloween vocabulary that they will be adding go their personal dictionaries. They enjoyed dressing in Orange and black and attending the Halloween dance this afternoon. For this special day, every student was able to buy some sort of Halloween treat in our dollar auction. I have these special days several times a year to ensure that everyone gets the opportunity to buy. We finished the day practising our Remembrance Day song as well as some Halloween songs with Mme Judd and the other grade twos. 

Thank you very much to Mrs. Longfield for the fun and healthy treats today. The veggie platter looked great and the class enjoyed it and the cookies very much!

I hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween! Don't forget, our class will be swimming next Tuesday (November 4) and will need to have a bathing suit and towel in a plastic bag.