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Mrs.Shields' Blog: November 2012
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Friday, November 30, 2012. The students worked very hard this morning during Day 2 of Centers. Great job boys and girls. Please keep an eye out for the TWAS that is on it's way home. After recess, we worked to complete a glossary activity in Science that we started last class. We then had our first practice for the Christmas concert. You are definitely in for a real treat once again this year! We rounded off the day with Phys Ed and Read Aloud. Enjoy the weekend everyone! Thursday, November 29, 2012.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Sorry for missing the previous two days posts. I have been away at meetings. We finished our latest set of Centers and will start new tomorrow. After recess, we worked through Math pods. 2) Students identifies various shape attributes on the buildings they printed out last class/Tangram activity. 3) Reviewed shape attribute activity from yesterday. I'm excited to hear the voice within these pieces. Students then had Phys Ed. Remember June book orders are due by Friday! Look Who I...
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Mrs.Shields' Blog: February 2013
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013. We kicked off our Wednesday with our February assembly. After assembly we worked through three stations. 1) Computers (Students worked to finish typing out their Allen Sapp paragraphs). After recess, we continued to work on Perimeter in Math with 3 stations:. We also played a game.boys vs girls.which helped us to practice perimeter. The boys earned the bragging rights along with some snazzy new pencils ;). Phys Ed closed out the day. Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Thursday, Feb...
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Mrs.Shields' Blog: April 2012
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Students, give yourself a pat on the back for doing such a great job with the AFL. We finally wrapped up this morning! After recess, we moved onto our next Writing Trait.Sentence Fluency. We talked about how punctuation can be a powerful tool in our writing to express how we are feeling. We brainstormed how various punctuation marks change our voices and came up with the following:. A and BC. D? EF, GH and I. JK! LMN OP. T! UV; WX, YZ? Monday, April 23, 2012. Another week has com...
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Friday, May 24, 2013. We started a new set of Centers this morning. Keep working hard on your author studies boys and girls! After recess, we worked through Math pods. 1) We discussed more attributes that we can use to describe shapes (perpendicular, intersecting, vertical, and horizontal). We hunted for pictures in magazines that reflect these attributes. We then continued to work on our Grocery Lists. Some groups are editing while others are still working on their rough draft. Social Studies - Explorers.
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Mrs.Shields' Blog: May 2013
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Sorry for missing the previous two days posts. I have been away at meetings. We finished our latest set of Centers and will start new tomorrow. After recess, we worked through Math pods. 2) Students identifies various shape attributes on the buildings they printed out last class/Tangram activity. 3) Reviewed shape attribute activity from yesterday. I'm excited to hear the voice within these pieces. Students then had Phys Ed. Remember June book orders are due by Friday! French and...
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Mrs.Shields' Blog: January 2013
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013. We were treated to our second January assembly this morning with a wonderful performance from Kindergarden. We came back to our room and continued to work on our Allen Sapp writing assignment that will wrap up our Word Choice unit. After recess, the students had Art with Mrs. Schentag. We shared some of our problem solvers from last week after lunch. We then began solving a problem that we will continue to tackle tomorrow. French and Phys Ed closed out the day! We wrapped up ...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Activites from Day 4 of Centers were collected this morning. We will start new on Thursday. After recess, we completed the cloud activity that we started on Friday. Students were also given a 5 day homework piece in regards to clouds. This activity is due on Monday and is homework for the next 4 days. Students then looked at some weather instruments and how they can make them. Students need a jar for Monday. We will be making barometers. During Math, we completed Pods.
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Mrs.Shields' Blog: April 2013
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Because of the large number of students missing from Room 18 today, we didn't run Centers. Instead we worked through 4 stations. 1) Gordon Korman novel study. 2) Math Unit Review - Fractions. 4) Computers/First Nations Children's Book. After recess, we continued on with pods during Math. 2) Math Unit Review - corrected. 3) Fraction Number Lines/Equivalent Fractions. Remember Math test on Thursday, May 2! After lunch, we continued to work on our Mask stories. Monday, April 29, 2013.
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Mrs.Shields' Blog: June 2013
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Thursday, June 6, 2013. We kicked off yet another set of Centers this morning! Remember boys and girls.tomorrow is your last day to work on your author study in class! After recess, we were treated to an Archeological treat! We continued to work on our Grocery List writing piece. Most groups are working on the presentation step. We then enjoyed a short period of Phys Ed, and wrapped up the day with our Diary of an Explorer writing piece. Wednesday, June 5, 2013. PJ Gillen Track and Field Day! 2) Terminol...