day 2. Tues. April 18- health, volunteer needed for reading
day 3. Wed. April 19- reading buddies, physed
day 4. Thurs. April 20- computers, music, Inquiry Fair
day 5. Fri. April 21- physed
Orchestra Trip- April 24th (we already have 2 volunteers)
News/ Reminders:
We are excited to share one of our school’s learning initiatives this year in a night of student celebration. Teachers and students have been diving into the Inquiry Based Approach, which is a natural, real-world method to learning. Students actively engage in questioning and solving problems in response to their wonderings about the world around them as they build knowledge around a particular topic.
Teachers and students from grades 1 to 5 will host a Symposium on the evening of Thursday, April 20th from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Please drop off your child in their classroom at 6:15 before heading to the gym for a short presentation on Inquiry Based Learning. Classroom visits will then follow after the presentation at 7:00 PM.* We had a visit for an architect last week. She showed us various blueprints and talked about structures that she had designed.
* The students laughed hysterically while watching the Little Red Riding Hood performed by the Dufflebag Theatre. What a fun show- even for the teachers!
Spelling words for the week:
https://www.spellingcity.com/furczona/
Pink Day
I had my students cut out hearts out of pink paper. Next, I told them to scrunch up theirs heart as much as possible. Then I told them to try to get all the wrinkles out of their heart. The kids struggled for a little while and stated that it was simply impossible to get all the wrinkles out. "This is hard, Ms Furczon!" We watched two clips about bullying and talked about ways that we can stand up to bullying. We agreed that it is so important to think before we act because once we hurt someone's feelings, their wrinkled heart never goes back to normal. Words and actions can hurt people and sorry doesn't always cut it. We need to be kind and think before we act.
Videos that we watched in class:
https://vimeo.com/64940210
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/220817187961085713/
Mathematics
We began our unit on money. Students shared what they already knew about money and then they sorted plastic coins in small groups. We talked about each coin, what is on them and their value. By the end of grade one, students are expected to:
- represent money amounts to 20 cents through investigation using coin manipulatives
We have already began to add different coins together. Many students are able to add multiple coins beyond the expectations- wow!
- identify and describe various coins (i.e., penny, nickel, dime, quarter, $ 1, $ 2 coin), using coin manipulatives or drawings and state their value (e.g., the value of a penny is one cent; the value of a toonie is two dollars)
(Number Sense and Numeration- The Ontario Curriculum Document)
Writing/Reading
We finally finished all of our stories. Students had an opportunity to read their stories to each other. They were so excited! :)
Working on our community
Silent Reading
Hatching our water egg
Anti-bullying Lesson
* The students laughed hysterically while watching the Little Red Riding Hood performed by the Dufflebag Theatre. What a fun show- even for the teachers!
Spelling words for the week:
https://www.spellingcity.com/furczona/
Pink Day
I had my students cut out hearts out of pink paper. Next, I told them to scrunch up theirs heart as much as possible. Then I told them to try to get all the wrinkles out of their heart. The kids struggled for a little while and stated that it was simply impossible to get all the wrinkles out. "This is hard, Ms Furczon!" We watched two clips about bullying and talked about ways that we can stand up to bullying. We agreed that it is so important to think before we act because once we hurt someone's feelings, their wrinkled heart never goes back to normal. Words and actions can hurt people and sorry doesn't always cut it. We need to be kind and think before we act.
Videos that we watched in class:
https://vimeo.com/64940210
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/220817187961085713/
Mathematics
We began our unit on money. Students shared what they already knew about money and then they sorted plastic coins in small groups. We talked about each coin, what is on them and their value. By the end of grade one, students are expected to:
- represent money amounts to 20 cents through investigation using coin manipulatives
We have already began to add different coins together. Many students are able to add multiple coins beyond the expectations- wow!
- identify and describe various coins (i.e., penny, nickel, dime, quarter, $ 1, $ 2 coin), using coin manipulatives or drawings and state their value (e.g., the value of a penny is one cent; the value of a toonie is two dollars)
(Number Sense and Numeration- The Ontario Curriculum Document)
Writing/Reading
We finally finished all of our stories. Students had an opportunity to read their stories to each other. They were so excited! :)
Working on our community
Silent Reading
Hatching our water egg
Anti-bullying Lesson
I have seen this activity online before so I tried it with my students last Wednesday. I dropped one apple on the floor (several times) and said that I didn't like that apple. I said, "This apple looks weird. It has a short stem and it's too small." I told them that because I didn't like the apple, I didn't want them to like it either. I asked them to say mean things to the apple. Some of the kids raised their hands and had no problem telling the apple that it is ugly, looks funny and that it probably takes gross and sour. The rest of the kids looked at me like I am crazy because we talked about pink day and bullying in the morning. It was interesting to hear some kids say things like: "No..this is mean..I don't want to say mean things to the apple. This is bullying. I know what we are doing and I don't like it."
Then I showed my students another apple. I said nice words to the apple and I told the kids that I liked this apple very much. The kids took turns saying nice things to the apple like: "You are so shiny, so beautiful, you probably taste good." We then took both of the apples and talked about their similarities. The kids said that they both had some red and green on them. They were both round. Both of them are APPLES.
Then I showed my students another apple. I said nice words to the apple and I told the kids that I liked this apple very much. The kids took turns saying nice things to the apple like: "You are so shiny, so beautiful, you probably taste good." We then took both of the apples and talked about their similarities. The kids said that they both had some red and green on them. They were both round. Both of them are APPLES.
I then cut both of the apples in half. The apple we'd been kind to was clear and juicy inside. The apple that I dropped and said mean things to was bruised and all mushy inside. The kids were stunned. I explained that the bruising is what happens inside every one of us when someone is mean to us. Earlier this morning we talked about taking the time to think before saying or doing something mean to someone else. * Think before you act. It's hard to fix a wrinkled heart*
When people are bullied, they feel horrible inside and sometimes they don't show or tell anyone how they really feel. If we hadn't cut that apple, we would have never known how much pain we caused it. The kids were silent for several minutes as they processed what we just did.
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