Math games as curriculum?

We are going to be building in a variety of math games into our math block this year. These are simple and fun games that the students will be playing at the start of the math class. Each game will allow them to practice their math facts in a fun interactive atmosphere. The biggest issue we have once we begin to move into the older grades is that students don't have a firm grasp of their math facts. The goal of these games is to build that math fact knowledge and their math fluency (how quickly they can process simple math facts). I would encourage you to ask your child to show you how to play these games and spend some time playing together. All you need for most of them is dice, a deck of cards and a pencil. You are more than welcome to ask any questions or comment directly to the blog entry.

Mr.Francia

Our first assembly

Check out some of the pictures from our first assembly!!

Our Community Agreements

We've had a busy week getting to know each other. There have been lots of laughs and unfortunately a few tears. During the course of the week we developed and posted our 3 Classroom Pillars. I will keep reinforcing these Pillars till the children make them their own. We need to live these agreements daily and model them consistently in our interactions as member of our classroom community. No real learning can take place till children feel appreciated, safe and cared for. Along with our Pillars for Mutual Respect and No put downs only appreciations, we have Attentive Listening. Children need to listen with their ears, eyes, bodies and hearts. They need to hear the feelings behind peers words to understand how their words and actions affect others. And of course they need to Listen attentively to the lesson in order to understand what is expected of them. I have some pictures below of the agreements and what each one Looks Like , Sounds Like and Feels like. If you click on the pictures it will expand for you to view more easily. Please scroll down to the bottom of the blog and enter your email address to register for the blog.

Thank You

Mr. Francia

First day of School!!

Hello and Welcome to our new school year!! You have found our class blog. This will be a window into our classroom for parents. I will post pictures, videos and curriculum we are working on . You can also register at the very bottom of this blog, that way you don't have to check back everyday. The site will automatically email or text you when there is a new blog post. There is a letter that will be in your child's agenda today that explains what will be happening in our room.

Thank you 

Mr.V.Francia

Swim to survive

Grade 3's having fun at swim to survive!!

Coding and Robotics

We had some fun today learning to code our robots and use the makey makey tool to create some interesting things. Check out the videos below.

Character counts Assembly

The kids did a great job on their character counts skits!!

Take a look