Multiplication, Reflection, the Hobbit Computers, Music and P.E.

Notices:

The December Home reading chart was put in mailboxes yesterday so ask or remind your child to bring it home.  As well please bring in November's reading charts.

In math we have been doing addition tricks and ways of making students understand numbers to make addition easy.  The next step is multiplication, or as I like to call it, 'fast adding'  We worked with the ... 0x 1x and 2x tables quickly jumping to 1 by 2 digit using a table as a tool. 

Through out the day we did Chief challenges.  This one was to see if they could keep a candy in their mouth's for 15 minutes

After Math in ME the students wrote about "What they thought of our 'Who will be chief" day yesterday.  Many of the students used words like awesome and fantastic, which show me the importance of breaking up the regular routine from time to time to find other ways of engaging the students.

After recess I began to read aloud the Hobbit.  The students listen and take notes before drawing a response to what they heard.    I have started the Hobbit because the movie is coming out on the 14 the of December and it is one of those books that magically captures the imagination of students and makes them readers.  If you have an old copy hanging around the house send it in so your child can read along.

Throughout the day we continued with chief challenges.  This one was for the students to race to see who could drink a drink box the fastest.  Actually it was also a test to see how many would recycle their box and how many would throw it away.  As you can see a few students failed the last part and did not get chief points.

This was followed by a work period and catch up time as students went off to reading and math groups.  Students worked on masks and other work they needed to finish.  Those finished everything started to design their trading posts as part of our Social Studies program and the fur trade.

Judging the Chief coloring contest

After lunch we went to computers where the students tried to complete an acrostic poem with their name.   Students accessed the interned to search for an animal, breed of dog, type of flower, famous artists, or some other topic of their choice to match the letters of their names to.  They then finished by importing a picture of one of their choices.

After computers we went to music where we continued with our play practice and sing seasonal songs.  We were going to head off to the gym but at the last moment had to switch plans as the gym was being used for the student gift buy.  Instead I read a little more from the first chapter of the Hobbit and the students took notes in their new Hobbit workbook.  Great day everyone, stay healthy and see you all tomorrow.

The evening child buy a gift for a family member in the gym

The test tomorrow is just spelling. No Socials, Science or anything else.... so study your Spelling and make this a 20 out of 20 day.