This week in Language, we read "Poustoche" and "Les lettres écolières". We reviewed the "ch" sound in "Poustoche" and the letters of the alphabet in French in "Les lettres écolières". Some students are still having difficulty pronouncing "g" and "j" correctly in French as they are the exact opposite of what they are in English. The class has been asked to read these carefully when they practise their poems at home this week. We also continued to review the silent "ent" at the end of plural verbs.
I spent some time this week getting our bulletin board ready for the Daily 5 and C.A.F.E. The Daily 5 posters remind students of what they need to do during each of the centres. The C.A.F.E. board will contain strategies for each area of reading as we work on them in small groups. C - Comprehension, A - Accuracy, F - Fluency, and E - Enriching Vocabulary.
I began working with small writing groups this week as I'm still organizing reading groups based on reading level and which areas/strategies they need to work on. While I worked with guided groups on writing complete sentences, the others continued to work on Read to Self and Work on Writing. They also had some opportunities to practise Read to Someone although this is not a regular part of our Daily 5 cycle yet.
I also introduced the second last Daily 5 Centre, Listen to Reading. On the iPads, I have organized a folder with various sites where the students can listen to stories being read. This is one of the reasons they were asked to bring in headphones, along with using them while playing Prodigy Math. We practised Listen to Reading as a whole class. I hooked the iPad up to the Smartboard and we all listened to a story together from one of the websites. Over the next couple of weeks, I will be introducing the final Daily 5 Centre, Working on Words.
In Math this week, we continued to work on creating patterns and on describing what changes in the pattern. We also tried out Prodigy on the laptops on Wednesday afternoon after visiting the Book Fair. I prefer the iPads as the students don't have to go through the very slow process of logging into the laptops. Once we get going with our Daily 3 Math centres, playing Prodigy on the iPads will be one of the math centres while I'm working with a Guided Math group.
In gym, we continued to practise soccer skills. First the class played a mini-game where the students were not allowed to move if they had control of the ball. They could only move around when someone else had it. This forced them to really on passing and allowed them to focus on practising that skill while still in a game-like setting. Then they played a game of regular soccer. We continued to focus on movement skills and centres when we went with the kindergarten class. The students are getting great opportunities at that time to build leadership skills and be role models for the younger students.
We finished up our Minion self-portraits on Thursday. They are now on display in the hall on our artwork bulletin board. They look great. Please check them out the next time you are in the school if you were unable to make it to the Open House.
Just a quick reminder, if you are sending in money, please label what it is for. There are lots of things going on and often the students will all give their money to me at once. In order for me to keep track of it all, it should be labeled with your child's name and what it is for. Thanks again!
I will be adding a page with the Swim/Skate schedule next week (I don't have it at home.) I will also add it to Bloomz in the Calendar. If you did not sign up for Bloomz, I can send the information home again for you. Just let me know in the agenda. The original letter said the cost was $4.00 but it has been corrected to $10 in a new letter. This covers the cost of the bus to and from the events. If your child does not have skates/helmet, please let me know ahead of time and I can try to borrow skates. The school does have some helmets available.
Have a great first weekend of October!
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