Exercise and Fun all in One!!

It's been a very hectic and busy first week of school. We went outside for gym today and enjoyed the great weather. What's better on a day like this than kids and parachutes?? We worked up a bit of a sweat and the kids had a great time playing a series of parachute games. Check out the pictures below!!

FIRST OF OUR 3 PILLARS

Today we finished work on our first Classroom Pillar. Mutual Respect is a critical element in any ones success at school or in life for that matter. Students need to know they are appreciated and valued members of the classroom. We all want to be treated fairly and with respect. NO REAL LEARNING can take place in an environment where children are afraid to take risks. I'm referring to academic 'risk' not physical risks. I need to know that it's okay If I make a mistake. I need to know no one will belittle me or make fun of me. We created an Anchor Chart together that will stay in the room the rest of the year. We all signed it to signify that this is a community contract that we all shared in creating. Tomorrow we will finish up Attentive Listening, the second of our Pillars.

Thank you

THE START OF A GREAT YEAR!!

 Another start to what is going to be a great year!! We started to get to know each other today. We worked on some name games to begin to meld the  two school communities together. We worked on 1 of our 3 pillars that we need to be successful community members. A very busy  first day for all.
Our 3 Pillars for the classroom this year will be Mutual Respect, Attentive Listening and No Put downs. Today we talked about what Respect, LOOKS LIKE, SOUNDS LIKE AND FEELS LIKE.  I will be posting an image of our Anchor Chart of our Pillars over the next few days. Please try and scroll down to the bottom of the blog and register with your email address. I have sent home a few notes today, so please check out the back pack.

Thank You

Two Schools, One Vision

Thanks to Mrs. Baggio and all the St.James staff for hosting a great fun day for us. It is great to see the two schools coming together.   Check out some pictures and a short video of the kids working together and having a blast!

St.Clair College Health Fair

The nursing students from St.Clair College put on a very informative health fair for us today. The students learned about sun safety, good hygiene and healthy nutrition. Check out the pictures below!!

Getting our Hands Dirty a For Science!!

The grade 3's are making observations of three different types of soil. They are going to use their touch, sight and smell to make observations. After that we are going to look for similarities and differences in the soil samples, in the hope of categorizing the samples .

PROBABILITY EXPERIMENTS

It's UNLIKELY that I will be able to run a marathon next month.  It's CERTAIN that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow. If I roll a die, my probability of rolling a 2 is 1 out of 6 or 1/6th

PROBABILITY  IS OUR NEXT UNIT AND THE TERMS ABOVE ARE SOME OF THE KEY MATH CONCEPTS WE WILL BE LEARNING OVER THE COURSE OF THE UNIT. 

I am including a  video and a link for a probability game below to help the students understand some of the key concepts we will be learning. Watch the video first and then play the game.

PROBABILITY FAIR