Please see below these pictures and update for rotating strike information.
The Week that Was
We have had a busy and good week.
One of the best ways to get kids to read is for them to share what they are reading. I like to use book talks regularly. Kids grab their books, sit in our circle and volunteer to share what they are reading, why they like the book or simply recommend their book to certain readers in the class. Sometimes they don't particularly like their books, and that's ok too. Also, this allows me to see genres or authors they like and I can order books, accordingly. Some of their favourite books come from home, some are picture books I have in my personal collection and some are books from our class library or school library.
We ended the week with our first STEM (I'm going to add the A and make it STEAM because they will be doing some drawing around this activity).
The Dash & Dots and iPads are always a huge hit with this crew. In Friday's activity, the kids were using metres as their unit of measurement and programming their robot to move to a specific destination, turn around and travel back home. The linear movements and roads were easy and the kids who were working on winding paths had to come up with some pretty good strategies. Either way, they all complained that there is never enough time and why can't we do this for longer and it's not fair that we only get two periods. THANK YOU to Mr. Farquharson who gave up his prep period to allow them even more time with the robots!
Inclusion in the Classroom
Many parents ask how having students with a variety of abilities in the classroom lends to teaching and learning.
In this activity, I have students in partners measuring in millimetres and centimetres and we are recording the measurements on the whiteboard for the whole class to see and compare. You can see L is recording the measurements on the whiteboard and she is practising listening and writing single and double digit numbers as her math activity. Writing on the whiteboard is also part of L's occupational therapy requirements and building fine motor skills. While I was present, the kids very much stepped in to help L with writing numbers. We are a TEAM!
Rotating Strikes
Pending an offer of agreement within the next few hours, it looks like teachers will be starting rotating strikes on Monday.
Teachers will be outside the school by the parking lot starting at 8:30 am on Monday. There are two shifts - morning and afternoon. I'm in the morning shift. Please come by and show your support.
Negotiations include the four key areas below. Please visit https://etfocb.ca/ for more information.
See you all on Tuesday.
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