News for October 2
It's difficult to believe that Ms. Mok's time with us is half over. Next week she will be taking on more responsibility in the classroom as she teaches some lessons to the children.
This week we focused on opinions. Talking about opinions and writing opinions. The students wrote about their opinions as to which is the best food ever, the best book (from a set of 3 read aloud books) and their opinions on whether children do/do not need to go to school.
In math, we continued our work on how to correctly answer word problems (pictures, numbers, words). We also practised representing place value in different ways (grade 2 - 2 digits and grade 3 - 3 digits).
In drama, the students did their first play. Reader's Theatre scripts allow the students to practise their sight reading, fluency and expression. They worked in two separate groups to perform the play, "How Bear Got A Stumpy Tail". The performances were videotaped and after the students watched the playback, they analyzed what the children did well and what they could do next time to improve their performances.
The class attended a recognitions assembly in the gym. The school's new guidance counsellor, Ms. M (Ms. Militano) came to our class to teach us some cooperative activities. All children were tested in class this week to determine their reading levels.
The students learned how to fold an origami goldfish. They actually managed to make two models which was very impressive for a group of 7 and 8 year olds as this model is considered to be an intermediate level project.
In computers, the students explored games based on books on the Scholastic site. Here is the link:
The students are developing a lot of new techniques for building card towers. Here is a photo of their latests creations.
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