September 24

We have a number of items that are outstanding.  Check if your child has finished their nameplate, their hand art, who am I piece, Terry Fox piece, letter to me, rights and responsibilities poster.  Lots of students are done and caught up, but there are some missing items.  I will hopefully have complete lists later this week.  To go with our bottom of the ocean, I have referred the students to the movie The Martian.  Please note I am Not telling them to watch this movie.  It is rated PG.  There are a number of students who have seen it.  What I will do is bring in some screened clips from the movie to demonstrate some of the things they need to think about to live on the bottom of the ocean.  Most of the movie is irrelevant to our topic.

September 19

We are settling into our routines and settling into the school year.  We have done several ‘get-to-know-you’ projects and we have started out overall theme of Settling on the Bottom of the Ocean.  We have started making our packing list as well as making sure everything we are taking fits I. Our bin and it doesn’t weigh too much.
We have Library today (day 1) I forgot to remind students last night.  Today is also the scholastic deadline.  I won’t put the order in until later in the weekend, if you still wish to order, orders can be made online.
We completed our classroom treaty yesterday.  In Room 1, we believe in being respectful and responsible.  We will take care of ourselves, our classroom, and each other.

First full week of school

whew, it’s been quite a busy week.
Most students have finished their ‘All About Me’ one pager.  I am still waiting for a couple.  Hopefully I will have them all by Monday.  Today students wrote me a letter.  They could choose to write about anything they want.  Lots handed theirs in, the rest are due Monday.
As part of our Theme studies, students will be creating their own community. We voted today whether we were going to the Moon or the bottom of the Ocean.  We’ll find out Monday and we’ll start packing.  Everyone has settled in and this afternoon I did a seating plan, time to fix a few of the choices.
Next week we will be talking about Terry Fox and what it means to be a hero.

New School Year

Its a brand new school year and we are off to a great start.  We have done a couple get to know me activities already. The second one is now due.  They have had class time on two days to work on this.  The page needs to be filled with things about them and coloured with pencil crayon.   We don’t have agendas yet.  There was a problem with our order.  For now I will post items here.

Scholastic orders will be due September 20.

Grade 5 Transition Permission Forms!

This morning we worked on math problems, and it was about money, fractions,and something else. When the bell rang,we went outside for recess. When we came in, we had Writing, and we worked on our “smart” area mini projects. After writing, we had French and we worked on our houses with French sentences. We did that until lunch. After lunch we worked on our science projects. In our science projects we are working on the human body. Later we had Music. In Music we talked about the WSO. Then we had our last recess. Later after recess we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us the book “Threads”. Our agenda message was, R.E.D.-Read Every Day. Grade 5 transition permission forms. May 23 track and field day. New permission forms for Fort Whyte 3$ fee-online volunteers Still NEEDED!!!!!!! Book review due June 7. June 6 Field trip to lower Fort Garry volunteers needed. Library TOMORROW!!! Scholastic May 31st. The best thing at school today was                     because                   . After our agendas we went home because it was early dismissal. How sad that the grade 5s are leaving.

Extra Outdoor Recess!

This morning we did our dot-to-dot like thingy for the 2 first periods up to recess. After recess,we did our projects about our “smart” areas. After writing,we had french and we worked on our sentences for our house we’re going to do soon. We did that till lunch. After lunch we worked on our science projects about the body systems. After that we finally went to Music class. In Music we worked on some worksheets. After that it was our final last recess. After recess Ms. Pattie said if we were good we would get a surprise. We were good so we went outside for extra outdoor recess!! When we got back we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us the book “ Threads “. Our agenda message was, R.E.D.- Read Every Day. No school Monday. May 23 track and field day. New permission forms for Fort Whyte 3$ fee-online volunteers still needed. Book review due tomorrow. June 6 field trip to lower Fort Garry volunteers needed. Early dismissal Tuesday. The best thing at school today was       because                         . Next we did our 4 jobs and finally went home. What a wonderful day for extra outdoor recess!!!!!!!!

Music class!

This morning we did geometry bingo and a scavenger hunt for the first two periods of the day. We went outside for recess after that. When we came back inside, we worked on writing. Ms. Pattie introduced a new project that we had to do. It was about 4 projects that we had to do about our “smart” areas. We did that and writing for 2 periods. After that,we had our lunch. This afternoon we started off doing our science projects. After our science projects we went to Music class! In Music class we listened to some WSO music. After Music we went for our last recess. Then after last recess we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us some of the book “Threads”. Our agenda message was, R.E.D.- Read Every Day. Reminder WSO TOMORROW! May 23 Track and Field. New permission forms for Fort Whyte, 3$ fee online volunteers still needed. Book review due Friday. June 6 Field trip to lower Fort Garry. Zoo writing due Wednesday. Geometric coat of arms was due today. The best thing at school today was          because                    . Finally we had Physical Education in the Gym. What a nice day for Music.

The coat of arms!

This morning we worked on our coat of arms geometry piece. We had to draw a symbol that represents us,then we had to draw stuff about our island from a few months ago. We also had to draw shapes. We did it for the first two periods. After that, we had recess. When we came in from outside,we had Physical Education and we played bench ball. After Physical Education, we worked on our  “Zoos” writing pieces. After writing,we had lunch. Later after lunch we worked on a booklet.        After the booklet we worked on our body system projects. Finally we went for our last recess. After recess we went to Library. Then after Library we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us some of the book “ Threads “. Our agenda message was R.E.D.-Read Every Day. Reminder May 15 WSO. May 23-Track and Field Day. New permission form for Fort Whyte 3$ online fee available volunteers still needed. Book review due May 17. June 6- Field trip to lower Fort Garry volunteers needed. Zoo writing due Wednesday. Geometric coat of arms due TOMORROW. The best thing at school today was                            because                           . We then finally did our 4 jobs and went home. What a nice day to do the coat of arms.

Happy Friday!!!

This morning we worked on our Tangrams again and we finished working on it. We did that for the first 2 periods. We had recess after that. When we came back inside, we worked on our writing pieces. We are working on “Zoo” writing and “I am a Winnipeger” writing pieces. We did that for one period then we had french. We worked on our French sentences to go in our house that we are going to do soon. After French,we had lunch. After lunch we worked on our science projects. Our science projects was the body systems. After our science projects we went to the Music room. In music we listened to some WSO music. Later after Music we went for our last recess. Finally after last recess we did some health. After health we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us some of the book “ Threads “. Our agenda message was, R.E.D.- Read Every Day. Reminder May 15 WSO. May we track and field day. May 31 Field trip to Fort Whyte Volunteers needed. Book review due May 17. June 6 Field trip to lower Fort Garry Volunteers needed. Library Monday. Zoo writing due Wednesday. The best thing at school today was               because                               . After agendas we did our 4 jobs and went home. What a nice day for a happy Friday!!!!

The cold and chilly day

This morning we had math and we worked on tan grams with a booklet and it was about making different shapes with the tan gram pieces.

Buddies!

This morning we did our Tangram thing again with the booklet we had. We did that for a while then we had recess. It was a very chilly recess. After recess,we had buddies and it was fun! After that,we  did our writing projects. We worked on our  “Zoos” writing and “I am a Winnipeger” writing pieces.
We did that then we had lunch. After lunch we worked on our Science projects which were the body systems. We did that for 2 periods then we went for our last recess. After last recess we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us the book “ Threads “. Our agenda message was, R.E.D.-Read Every Day. Reminder May 15 WSO. May 23 Track and Field Day. May 31- Field trip- Fort Whyte- Volunteers needed. Book review due May 17. June 6 Field trip Lower Fort Garry. Library Monday. The best thing at school today was         because                  . We finally had physical Education. What a nice day for buddies.

Presentations From High School!

 What we did this morning high school students came to do a presentation with us about respect and
they also brought books to read to us. We also did an activity with them with a poster paper,which was fun to do! We did that for the 2 periods before recess. The high schoolers also stayed to play with us outside! After recess, we did our on demand writing projects. When we were done,we worked on our science booklets. Then we had lunch. After lunch we watched some science videos about the body. Later we had Physical  Education in our classroom while reading books. Next it was last recess.    After last recess we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us the book “ Threads “. Our agenda message was R.E.D.-Read Every Day. Reminder May 15 WSO. May 23- Track and field day. May 31-Field trip to Fort Whyte- Volunteers needed. Book review due May 17. June 6 Field trip to lower Fort Garry volunteers needed. May 28 Grade 5 photo. June 24 Grade 5 transition. The best thing at school today was               because                  . Today was early dismissal so we did our 4 jobs and we went home. What amazing presentations.

Last Presentation!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today we started 2D Shapes  and 3D shapes. After recess we worked on a on demand writing piece. We then silently read a book intil lunch. After lunch we didn’t d our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us some of the book “ Threads “. Our agenda message was R.E.D.-Read Every Day. Reminder May 15 WSO. May 23- Track And Field Day. May 31- Field trip- Fort Whyte- Volunteers needed. Book review due May 17. June 6- Field trip- lower Fort Garry-Volunteers needed. May 28- Grade 5 photo. June 24- Grade 5 Transition. The best thing at school today was             because                                  . After agendas we

A Normal Day Or Was It?

We stared are morning with math groups and later we went to our first recess of the day. We had Physical Education in the Gym right after first recess. We worked on L.O.G.S.- Low Organized Games. We came back to writing as usual. In writing we were working on our zoo writing piece if we are for zoos or against zoos. We then ate our lunch and it was indoor recess since it was raining. After lunch we watched some videos about the human body systems. After we were done most of the videos we moved onto our science projects. Right after we went for our last recess. After last recess we went to the Library. Finally after Library we went back to our classroom and did our agendas. While we were doing our agendas Ms. Pattie read us some of the book “ Threads “. Our agenda message was R.E.D.-Read Every Day. Reminder May 15 WSO. May 23- Track and field day. May 31- Field trip- Fort Whyte-Volunteers needed. Book review due May 17. June 6- Field trip-Lower Fort Garry-Volunteers needed. May 28- Grade 5 photo. June 24- Grade 5 transition. The best thing at school today was ...  Then we did our 4 jobs and went home. What a different and usual day.

A Rainy Afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Good morning students it is day 4 on the school day cycle please stand for the singing of O Canada”. We sing “O Canada and started our day. Today we didn’t do our math groups we did some problem solving. When we finished we went outside for our first recess. When we came back from recess we had buddies. Later that day we worked on a writing piece and the  piece, was if we were for zoos or against zoos. We then had lunch and went outside for lunch recess. When we came back from lunch recess we presented our history presentations. Ms. Pattie said if we didn’t bring or finish our projects today that we would have to bring it tomorrow(May 2). “ Beep beep beep beep beep, there is outdoor recess this afternoon”. It’s drizzling and we are going to go outside. After recess we did our agendas while Ms. Pattie read us “Threads”. After we were done our agendas we would work on handwriting. Our agenda message was R.E.D.- Read Every Day. April math calendar is late. Book review due May 17. Scholastic May 3. The best thing at school today was                 because              . Finally we did our 5 jobs and went to the Gym and we did some Physical Education. When we were done Physical Education we went to our classroom and went home. What a weird rainy afternoon.

A New Bell!!!!!!!!!!

“ Beeeeeep “ a new bell rings. We head to our classes and start our day with that new bell that just rang. We come to our classroom and we see a substitute. The substitute’s name was Mr. Minor. We sing “O Canada” and listen to the announcements. We then go to do our math groups. We went outside for our first recess.  We had time in the afternoon to put finishing touches on our projects.  Presenting starts tomorrow.

Tuesday afternoon we had a presentation from Cst. Diana Cross on social media safety and cyber etiquette.  Some snapshots from the presentation:
Education, Reputation, and Empathy.  Educating ourselves about the technology we are using, working towards having a good reputation, being empathetic in our online interactions.
Importance of rules regarding internet use.
User Names that don’t give out personal information and strong passwords.
Things on the internet are permanent. Those pictures will be findable forever.
When downloading an app, watch what you are agreeing to.  Location services? Keyboard?
Number of social media likes/followers does not make your life better.
Cyber bullying- being rude or mean, posting things about others, harassing others, threats,
Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. A quote given - be kind
How do we want to be treated?

No School Friday Again?

Today we started off with a Math problem.We did 4 levels of the same problem. We did that for about 2 periods. We went outside for recess. We came back to go to our buddies classroom. We read a history book and 1 other book. We went to our classroom and did some writing on zoos if we are for zoos or against zoos. W then ate our lunch and went outside for lunch recess. We worked on our Theme projects that are due May 1st. We went outside for our last recess today. After recess we did our agendas p. Our agenda message was R.E.D.- Read Every Day. Research for presentation should be finished. Start bringing water bottles to school but not pop or sport drinks. Book review due May 17th. No school Friday. Scholastic May 3rd. The best thing at school today was           because           . While we were doing our agendas Ms. Pattie read us “ BEARHAVEN “. Before we did anything we did our 5 jobs. Finally we had Physical Education in the Gym. We worked on Volleyball then went to our classroom and went home. I really can’t believe there’s no school Friday again.

The Hot Day Of Spring!!!!!

This morning we worked on a Math problem that we worked on after Spring break and reviewed the math problem till recess. Our 1st recess arrived that day. It felt like a sun shining down on us with a nice wind. Later after recess we got our writing out and worked on “ I Am A Winnipeger” writing piece. We then worked on some French. We listened to a song and then we worked on a book in French called,” Le Secret De Chat”. We had had lunch. We went outside for our 2nd hot recess. We came back from recess and worked on a science project. The project was a system from your body. We were put in groups of 4 for our projects. We had Music and worked on a worksheet about how many beats were in a bunny. We went outside for our last really hot recess. We did our agendas. Our agenda message was R.E.D.- Read Every Day. Research for presentation should be finished. Book review due April 22. No school Friday. The best thing at school today was         because           . After agendas we were working on our handwriting in a IPICK chapter book and started handwriting where we were at in the book. While we were working on that Ms. Pattie read us “BEARHAVEN” . We did our 5 jobs and got ready for Physical Education. In Physical Education in the Gym we worked on Volleyball. We left the school and went home. What a hot day!!!!

Clay Pots!

 “ Line up on the green wall we’re going to our buddies classroom” said Ms. Pattie. The Winnipeg Jets are playing hurray. Lots of excitement was right in front of your eyes. We walked to our buddies classroom excitedly. We sang “ O Canada” and yelled Truth North loudly. We started our day off working on our clay pots. North Star told us to go to a lunchroom and sit down at a spot and not to touch anything. North Star told us to feel some clay that we had in front us of us. We then smelt the clay and told North Star what it smelt like. We started dropping the clay on the table and we did that for 5 minutes. We made a sphere out of clay ad stuck our thumbs in and pinched the clay into a pot shape. We were finished and we made 2 in the end because 1 was for the POW-WOW and 1 for ourselves. Next it was recess. After recess we had buddies. We read our buddies a research book and our buddies read us 2 books. Next after buddies we wrote what we did with North Star. Later it was lunch. We ate our lunch and went out for recess. After lunch we learned about Tready. We went for recess. We did our agendas while Me. Pattie read us a book. Next was Physical Education. What a nice day to do clay pots.

R.E.D. -Read Every Day!

 Today we did our math groups as usual. Recess was next. We started picking if we are for zoos or against zoos. We put our name on the back of a sticky note and on the front yes or we would put no. Yes for if your for zoos and, no if your against zoos. Later that day we had lunch. At lunch time there was, food fights, kicking and yelling. Ms. Palmer came here in the room and we had a talk about staying for lunch is a privilege not a right.  After lunch Ms. Pattie also talked about lunch wth us. After Ms. Pattie talked with us Ms. Pattie showed us a video about Treaty. Next after the video we had Music. In Music class we worked on a work sheet about a story we listened to last class. Finally last recess arrived. Later we did our agendas. Our agenda message was R.E.D.- Read Every Day. White out Wednesday. Colouring sheet due this week. Book review due April 22. The best thing at school today was             because         . Physical Education was last period but before that Ms. Pattie read us “BEARHAVEN” and we did our 5 jobs. In Physical Education in the Gym we are working on volleyball. What we really need to work on is to R.E.D.- Read Every Day.