Week 11

Everyone engaged in finishing the long vowel mobiles.

Deciding how to divide the jobs -

who will measure?

who will cut?

who will write what?

shall we check?

aaaah! enjoying the pleasures of a job well done!

SUCCESS OF THE WEEK

On Thursday partners decided how to practice their weekly words.

On Friday the spelling test was a success for ALL.

Excited choruses of -YES! -GOT IT RIGHT ! puzzled by-passers

WE HELPED EACH OTHER TO LEARN- that's what it's all about......

LANGUAGE

-in groups we decided which unit related words would be most helpful to learn

-we began mapping 'what is important to me' - 'Tiny Moments' and writing from our hearts

-Ms Jackie took small groups around the school to prepare a class rubric on 'What Makes a Good Poster'

-we edited short passages using the appropriate editing marks-then the children wrote

sentences with mistakes and their partner edited them

MATH

-continued to recognize even and odd numbers in 'Today's Number' and 'How Many Pockets'

-discussed -examined and practiced best strategies for adding string of numbers

-continued working on word problems

UNIT

-ICT integrated lesson on Thanksgiving

-Beliefs rainbow-oh some wonderful ideas came out of this activity!

-took turns in retelling the Rama and Sita Story

-completed the short research on Diwali

-listened to Jasmine's mom presentation on the customs and traditions of the Islam

religion

Have a lovely week- December is right outside the door.........