Christmas was officially introduced to BCS this Monday during assembly. The tree went on in the foyer and the countdown to Christmas is officially on!
We started to decorate our tree, made plans for the door decorating contest, and started making the house centre into a toy and Christmas store. At this store, students use there number sense to make money and decide the value of the toys and candy to buy. They practice pencil grip and art skills as they write signs and create the product to be sold.
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We finished our Bounce and Roll learning - as a class, we recommend the basketball for both bounding and rolling, and have discovered how important it is to make a fair test - that means to test each ball the same way.
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In literacy, we are working on the phonemic skill of intitial sounds - that is, being able to discern what the first sound in a word is. A fun way to do this is with puzzles!
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We have also opened an iPad centre. This has multiple purposes. 1. To practice our Wildly Important Goals. The iPads have been loaded with numeracy and literacy apps that engage students in learning.
2. This is way to teach students about using technology responsibly - we have agreements about length of time and what they are for.
In addition, we built planes...
And synergized to make tall towers...
And a garage to fix the tower cars they made.
We also worked together to organize book buckets to go back in the library (I was so proud of our class watching them do this - they worked together beautifully and responsibly!)
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Our final new centre was our Bible centre. We have two nativities here for students to retell the story of Christ's birth. It is so easy to get caught up in the season... knowing the real reason but getting distracted with Santa, and presents, and shopping, and business. It gets pretty busy in a school at Christmas as well. Therefore, my goal, my WIG for planning these next two weeks is to ensure that Christ is in the centre of the business. That we have quiet moments in the day to reflect on this miracle. May you also find those moments with your family.
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Be blessed.
Miss K.
