Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Wednesday Pink Shirt- celebrating our Diversity Day Feb.26th

What a beautiful day today- sunshine and warmth :) and lots of pink :)

reminders

same as yesterday...
Booster juice orders March 3rd
Hoodie orders March 7th
no spelling this week
Purdys Easter orders after spring break

our day

introduction and synopsis of the 6 novels available for the Term 3 literature circle
We took some basic notes and the students listened to an excerpt from each of the four short listed
I have gathered the students first and second choices and will create lit circle groups based on numbers- the intent is to get students to read and discuss a novel together.

Editing skills activity using information about Mount St Helen's volcanic eruption - 10 errors of writing we're hidden in the passage (capitalization, omissions, punctuation and spelling or wrong word usage).

Assembly for Pink shirt day in the gym: songs and presentations. We took our buddy class the grade threes down and sat with them.

Back in class instead of doing the switch we played a mental math game grade 6/7 together - it was a team based, 'hit the buzzer first', game and the biggest challenge was for the teams to confer together before the answer was given. The teams were a little too quick on the buzzer and answers not accurate. I would love to do it again when we have time together for math...

Read to self/ drop in

Physical education basketball lay ups and 21, badminton and a small group used the mats on the stage to stretch to some basic yoga poses.

Art - took clipboards and sketching pencils outdoors this afternoon to encourage everyone to observe and sketch the skyline - we have amazing views of BlackTusk, the Chief, Castle Rock and across to the high school - there are also some signature trees and installments like the Squamish Elementary welcome  rock not to mention the Canada geese! This activity needs a bit more time.

Day disappeared fast!!!
Dismissal
Enjoy the evening - I have reports to complete!
Mrs. J.







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