iPad Applications
Christmas was good to me. My sister came home from British Columbia, so we celebrated Christmas as a family a little early. With that, though, means no more stress for the holidays! Phew. I received an...
View ArticleSuccess Criteria for Oral Presentation/Media Literacy
Today, we set our success criteria for an oral presentation that the students are doing on an object that they received for Christmas for Show&Tell – it’s part of our Media Literacy unit. Who is...
View ArticleA Picture Post
The kids made me promise that I would post the wonderful patterns and designs that they built during the last several indoor recesses (has it ever been cold out there, am I right?!). They were so...
View ArticleWhat’s New
So many new things. We began our measurement unit. To start us off, we measured ourselves and did self portraits. How great are they? We also finished our La Guerre des tuques unit. How does it look?...
View ArticleWord Wall Update
Busses were cancelled today, on account of freezing rain. I had only a third of the students I would normally have in class. Regardless, we worked hard and got so much accomplished. They were a keen...
View ArticleThe Snowmen Families …
… are almost here! Here they are, starting to make their way to our showcase wall. So close. Hopefully, we’ll all be done by the end of the week. We also started our pioneer unit this week. The kids...
View ArticleGreat Week
How adorable are these families?! So excited that we’re done. We had a great week together. We worked hard, and even managed to play hard too – with our Valentine’s Day Dance Party. As a special...
View ArticleMath Cheat Sheet – Number Sense and Numeration (2)
Here is our new math wall cheat sheet for our math evaluation that will be taking place this Friday, February 22nd. As always, here is our cheat sheet: Students will be asked to complete word problems...
View ArticleIt Finally Caught Up
All week, I’ve been battling the beginnings of a cold. I would go to sleep at night and feel my throat tingle a little – uh oh! So I’ve spent the week drinking vitamin C and taking Cold Effects to...
View ArticleClass Dojo
ClassDojo (Photo credit: daibarnes) One week into ClassDojo, and I’m psyched! I feel like it has completely revitalized my classroom. Because of the more hands-on with the iPad, I’m able to reward...
View ArticleTest Time Crunch
The cover pages for their new duo tang. I’d show you what it looks like when they’re done, but they took them all home! It’s my first go with EQAO (on the other side, anyway). It’s no secret that my...
View ArticleHealth and Safety, in Drama Form
Today, we tackle a very important subject – personal safety. Personal safety is so important to talk to your students about so that you are certain that they can make difficult choices to ensure their...
View ArticleShapes and Mobiles
We’ve been such busy little bees for the past week. After working so hard, we finally have gotten the vast majority of our geometric mobiles done. This project was such a huge success amongst my...
View ArticleWe Are Published Authors
This week, we have concentrated on making and finishing another big math project. We wrote probability books. This is what you see above. The design of our new board was even suggested by our very own...
View ArticleLiterature Circle Projects
The questions that I will be asking. Tomorrow, we will be doing our final presentations for our literature circles. I am so excited to see them all. The students have worked so hard on all of them, and...
View ArticleField Trips
Ah, it’s that magical time of the year when field trips are a necessary addition to the celebration that becomes the end of the year. Truthfully, I’m excited. Since March Break, I’ve been in high plan...
View ArticleI Caught the Bug
Guess what we started reading … The reading bug, that is. Not to say that I haven’t gotten the actual bug, because I’m sick … again. Seems like at least once a month I catch something, and June has...
View ArticleThe Importance of French Immersion
We were busy little bees today. Not only did we do a great card for our fathers, we also managed to put this fun bulletin board together. For the last several days, my students and I have been talking...
View ArticleAnd So, the End …
I can’t believe that it’s already the last day of school. Where did the time go? How quickly it flew by! Big changes are afoot, and things are all wrapped up. My classroom is empty, and everything here...
View ArticleReading Nooks - Made Simple!
Reblogged from Live life always in all ways: Every school year I have a reading nook chart that designates where all my students can read during independent reading time. It was a legal size white...
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