Merry Christmas!

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of my students, their families, and my loyal blog followers (Hi! Mom and Mr. Colautti) a very Merry Christmas!

Hopefully you are resting, relaxing, eating, and enjoying time with family and friends!

Jesus is the reason for the season!

Wrapping up the Calendar Year

We have been working very hard this week to finish many units of study so that we can begin new work in January.  We have been successful in many cases.  Due to the timing of tests and evaluations I will not be sending home work for a parent signature until the New Year.  I am trying to prevent items from getting lost.  The first week back you can anticipate a poetry reading rubric, math test, literacy evaluation, and gym rubric.  Thanks for understanding!

Today, each of my students will be receiving a small Christmas gift of "snowman soup".  Check out the photo below.

Watch the blog in the New Year for photos from our pyjama, pizza, and stuffed animal event!

Literacy Centres

Poetry Centre

Listening Centre

Word Study Centre

We have been working on literacy centres and guided reading for that last week or so in anticipation of our evaluation that will be held today.  We have been practising all of the skills that were taught during the lessons in this unit.

Classroom Library Centre

Writing Centre

Guided Reading

Proportional Reasoning and News!

Thank you to all those who handed in their blog math question on time this week.  Three students did not do so and needed to complete their work at recess.

The correct answer to last week's question is  that Prickles grew more because growing 3/7 of the total length is more than 3/8 of the total length.  That is multiplicative thinking.  If you said that they both grew the same because their length increased by 3, that is still additive thinking and we are working to go beyond that.

Please note that there will not be another question until the New Year.  Stay tuned!

If you remember, our class earned quite a few rewards based on their work selling the greeting cards.  On Friday December 18, we will have the opportunity to "cash in" on three of those.  On that day each student will receive two pieces of cheese and pepperoni pizza for lunch.  They will still be required to bring snacks, beverages, dessert, and/or anything else they need for their food supply that day.  They will also be allowed to wear pyjamas (please make sure they comply with our dress code) and bring a stuffed animal to spend the day with them.  It should be fun!

On Monday I asked students to record the new item on our blog in their agendas.  A few students were correct.  If you notice, at the top if the blog it now says "Mrs. Colautti's website".  This is an active link which allows you to move directly to the site from the blog.  ENJOY!

Please note that we did not do Mad Minute this week and we will resume in the New Year!  Keep practising!

A Graphing We Will Go!!!!

We have been working in the Learning PIT (computer lab) and our classroom, to complete our graphing assignments.  Check out the photos.

Good News

 Congratulations to last week's Good News ticket draw winners:  Sabrina, Joe, Ophelia (twice).  Keep up the great work!

Did you know that our class is currently working on a computer graphing assignment?  We are using Google Sheets which is part of our Google Drive platform to create spreadsheets, bar graphs, and line graphs.  This will be for evaluation when everyone is complete, so it must not be done at home at all.  The students have asked if they could play with making graphs at home and that is fine as long as they do not touch the assignment.  They must open an entirely different Google Sheets document.  I can check on when work was done because it is date and time stamped, so I am sure that everyone will honour this request.  Happy graphing!

Did you notice what is now at the top of the page?  If you did and know what it is, please write the answer in Tuesday's spot in your agenda.