This is a little late but I wanted to share our writing piece that went up on our WOW Work (writing) wall for October. First, the kids brainstormed their favourite activities and I wrote them down on chart paper. Then I put these activities out at centre time and walked around and took pictures of…
Hi! Just wanted to pop in and share this cheap parent gift that we started making for our families today! First I just want to mention that my ornament was inspired by this reindeer ornament I found through Pinterest by Everyday wih the Jays Here is a link to what her class did: http://everydaywiththejays.blogspot.ca/2011/12/teach-christmas-goodies.html Now…
For the last couple weeks, we have been learning all about what a community is, places in our community and community helpers! After we learned about different places in our community, the kids decided that they wanted to turn our dramatic play centre into a pizza restaurant! Then they came up with things they will…
I’m linking up with Blog Hoppin’ to share what I bought during the TpT Cyber Monday/Tuesday sale! This time around I stocked up on clipart! I love Whimsy Clips so I bought so much of her stuff! I’m working towards the Kimberly Geswein unlimited font license so I buy at least one everytime there is…
This month we are focusing on the M2.1 expectation in mathematics which is compare and order two or more objects according to an appropriate measure (e.g. length, mass, area, temperature, capacity) and use measurement terms. This week we focused on temperature for 2 days. First I read this book “Hot or Cold” and talked about…
Happy Friday! I’m linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to share 5 things from this week! It was Anti-Bullying Week in our board this week. First we defined bullying and talked about how bullying is not just when someone is mean to you once or when a friend makes a bad choice a couple of…
I’m linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for my first Five for Friday post! I finally have enough pictures from the week to do one of these! Here we go. On Tuesday we had our Rememberance Day assembly. It was organized by the 7/8 teacher and she did a fantastic job! One of…
This week we dived into another guided inquiry, community and community helpers. The FDK Personal & Social Expectation is: 3.1 recognize people in the community and talk about what they do 3.2 recognize places and buildings within their community, both natural and human-made, and talk about their functions First my ECE led a discussion on…
I am linking up with Farley at Oh Boy Fourth Grade for her monthly currently linky party! Listening: My last load of weekend laundry is in the dryer! Hip hip horray 😉 Loving: My grade team is awesome. I have been very lucky to work with awesome people every year but this year I feel…
I love teaching 3D figures because the kids love it too! Here is how I teach it! On the first day I tell them that I have a special surprise. I put a party hat, tennis ball, can of pop and a dice in a bag and pull them out one by one. Then I…
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