A LOUD start to the week!

For a 4 day week, we've sure been busy! We started off the week by attending "I Love to Read LIVE" at the Burton Cummings theatre on Tuesday. The event was hosted by Virgin 103.1 and Manitoba Teachers Society. All the Winnipeg sports team mascots were there and Winnipeg mayor, Brian Bowman read to us. Local singer/songwriter Fred Penner sang "The Cat came Back" to us. It was so fun . . . and LOUD!

Here is Jaylinn's TWAS from Kidblog:

on Monday there was no school but I do not no what I did I forgot.

on Tuesday we want on a flied trip to I LOVE TO READ LIVE IT WAS AWESOME!!!!! there was singing, dancing, and all fun stuff like that and when we got back we had to calm down and read for 25:00 min so it was ok 

on Wednesday the art teacher from Robert Andrews came to talk about art because in Robert Andrews you have to pick between band or art I think I am going to pick ART. we also did music it was a recorder test I nail it.

on Thursday we had a math quiz I got a 4 YAY!!!!!!! we also did music some people in our class where not done the recorder test so me and faith were doing a word search.

on Friday we did a class meeting and we played as the wind blows it is a really fun game to play. we also had gym it was a guest teacher and it was stations.

by jaylinn BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wear a Readable Shirt on Wednesday!

Flashlight Reading on Friday!

Imagine the possiblities!

We are starting our Term 2 Science Design projects . . . AKA: my favourite time of the year!

I love showing this video of Caine who created an entire arcade out of cardboard! It's so inspiring!

A Gold Medal Week!

We've had a super busy week in Room 31! We celebrated 100 Day on Tuesday with some fun activities, Valentine's Day on Wednesday, and Olympic Activity Day yesterday! Today felt back to normal as we worked on TWAS, math, and science!

Here is Kaz's TWAS from his Kidblog account:

On Monday we had handwriting. we started it last week but were learning all the letters I missed a practice but I'm fine I hope I learn all the letters. Also we made valentines envelopes for are valentines cards. I cut out hearts and then glued them onto other hearts. I gave out candy bags for everyone.

On Tuesday we had One Hundred Day activities. we had a booklet of activities one of them was each letter was worth a number A was 1 B was 2 and so on we had to find a word that would equal up to 100. also we had gym and we did dodgeball it was lots of fun we switched up teams too. if you got hit you would haft to go to the back of the other teams wall then catch a ball that has been thrown to you. also you could grab a ball that's on the ground and hit the other team. 

On Wednesday we had cut out a tic-tac-toe that was in a shape of a heart then cut out hearts then played it with our little buddies I let my buddy win most of the time. I also gave my buddy a Valentines card. Also we had are valentines party! There was food and we watched a movie and also we had the laptops if you wanted it was tons of fun!

On Thursday we had a winter Olympic day my country was Belgium we went with are little buddy's too. my favorite station was the Slopestyle balance challenge we did a human knot my arms got stretched a lot. also we tried to get up by sitting on the ground and putting are feet against each other and grabbed the other persons hands it was hard

On Friday where doing TWAS right now. TWAS stands for This Week At School its where you share what you did on this week. This is my TWAS. Also we have science I'm not sure what where doing in science but where learning about forces.     

Winter Olympic Activity Day!

Today was such a fun day! We had our Winter Olympic Activity Day, thanks to the planning by Mrs. Rand and a small committee of teachers. Unfortunately because of the weather, we were forced to stay inside, but we still managed to visit 12 different stations throughout the day! We started off the morning with a parade of flags and opening ceremonies - with the lighting of the Olympic torch and raising of the Olympic flag. The grade fives were excellent leaders with our Kindergarten buddies from Mrs. Henry's class.

Hope you enjoy the video!

I love to read month starts!

We've had a fun week in Room 31. On Tuesday, we had an assembly and Anthony was drawn to spin the wheel. He won "flashlight reading", which we did today. It was awesome! Wednesdays in February will be spirit days, so this past week we had "Hats off to Reading". Everyone participated in our class! We also did loads of science for our forces and simple machines unit. We did some writing, math, french, and even fit in some beautiful art! Mrs. Rand is keeping us busy with learning some olympic sports in gym! So fun!

Here is Gabby's TWAS from Kidblog (the pictures are from our class instagram account):

I am back with another TWAS,

On Monday, We had weekend wind-up. On Friday we had no school I had a gymnastics competition. It was at springer's gymnastics club and was really fun. On Saturday I had a soccer game. Then after we had dinner at chosabi and it was really good. On Sunday I went for dinner at stella's with my grandparents. I had noodles with shrimp. That is what did on my weekend. We also had math. We marked are math we did the other day and started a new page. We are working on patterning. That was my Monday. 

On Tuesday, We had gym. We watched the winter Olympics. Then we tried it in the gym. We were doing bobsledding. So we took to scooters and one mat. We folded the mat and put it on top. We had partners and my partner was Cami. It was fun. We also had a class meeting. First we played as the wind blows. As the wind blows is where one person stands in the middle and asks a question, if you like what they asked then you move to another chair. If you don't like it you stay and one person will be in the middle and then they ask the question. We also shared something we are looking forward to and a challenge. That was my Tuesday.

On Wednesday we had hats off to reading. We could  wear a hat to school and I did. we also had BHS reads. I am reading Fitzgerald-trout still and I am on  chapter 10. I like it so far and at first I didn't really like it but now I do. We also had French. We worked on a script. My partner was Maxx. We had to ask questions about winter. I liked it. That was a short Wednesday.

On Thursday we started handwriting. It was my first time doing handwriting in school and I like handwriting its fun. We learned to write the letters T,H,E,I. We learned how to write a couple words. We also had gym. We did biathlon. biathlon is skiing and shooting. We took our shoes off and skied in our socks and then we had to throw a bean bag in a hoop. It was a fun gym class. That was Thursday.

On Friday have TWAS witch I am doing write now. We do TWAS every Friday and I have 443 words. We also had flashlight reading. Anthony spun the wheel and he won flashlight reading and so we went in the library and read. It was in the dark and the library was super dark. That my week and was my Friday.

By Gabby

A freezing four day week!

Brrrrrrr! It sure has been cold this week! I cannot believe February is here already! Mrs. Dent Scarcello is hosting some fun "I Love to Read" activities. Many students brought home a BINGO from the library today.

We have had a busy 4 day week. We wrapped up our science presentations on weather and started our new unit on forces and simple machines. We did a fun french activity about winter activities and clothing, and worked on a super tricky word for Word Work Wednesday . . . still unsolved! Today, students tested out a new attendance and we chose new spots for the month. We also ended the day with a bonus gym class to celebrate filling up half of our "O Chart". It was so fun!

The teachers will be involved in an inservice at school tomorrow, and students get a head start on their weekends!

Here is Korbyn's TWAS from his Kidblog account:

Monday 

today we had little buddies my little buddie was Ryder we read good books it was fun! we also had gym we played some fun games it was fun I love gym!

Voting on a new read-aloud book!

Tuesday 

today we had music and it was fun we had to do recorder and instruments and a music Job. we also had a new unit in science. it was forces! it was so fun!

Wednesday

Mr. Careless talked about band. 

today we had the endurance run. I got 18 laps and got bonus points for not stopping to walk! we also got to met the music teacher from Robert Andrews and I desited to do band!

Thursday

today we get to do library it will be fun. we will also get to have 2 gyms it will be super fun I choose the gymnastics ribbons!

Friday 

we have no school and I am planning to get my valentines cards.

that was my four week mania!

by Korbyn.       

A yummy end to the week!

We were able to start presenting our projects on weather this week! It was so fun to see everyone's research and hard work! We also managed to finish up our amazing art project (which are posted on Artsonia). And today, Chantal brought in brownies to celebrate "chocolate cake day", which is tomorrow! It was a delicious way to end our week!

Here is Cami's TWAS from her Kidblog account:

MONDAY

on Monday we had art and we talked about an art project originally created by Paul Klee and he worked with triangles, squares, and some other shapes and we made a city inspired by one of his pieces of art. To make the project we used pencil, sharpie, a stencil or ruler, and water color paint! the first step was to make your building with a ruler/stencil and a pencil and make pretty square and triangle designs and some of your own to make it unique and make a circle somewhere above. The second step was to take a permanent marker or sharpie and trace your pencil lines and after the marker dries you erase the pencil lines. After the third step is to paint the sky and castle/buildings with the paint (we kept our castle and sky 2 different tones <cool> <warm> colors.) Then we took permanent marker/sharpie and went over the lines that were there to make sure they weren't colored over or faded... and we are done. The artist calls the piece "castle and sun" but I made mine castle and moon. 

TUESDAY

On Tuesday we had science and we were not researching about our weather topics (our science unit is weather) but we are presenting our presentations and we have 5-6 presentations everyday but I presented on Tuesday and Tuesday is the only day with 6 presentations because we did not present on Monday and we have 23 students in the class so if you divide it by 4 you get groups of five and one left over and you cant divide a presentation so on Tuesday we have 6. I presented about tornados and what tornados do, cause, how they develop, some interesting facts, and more! On Tuesday we also had BHS and my favorite books to read are mockingbird, it is very interesting and if I could give a rating for how much I like it I would give it an A+.

WEDNESDAY

On Wednesday we had French and we had a paper with boxes including questions in French and we went around the class asking a whole bunch of people the questions and depending on if they said yes or no (in French) I would fill their name in the box and I did not finish so I had to work on it on another day. We also had extra recess earned by Maxx!!! and I enjoyed extra time outside and I pretty much stayed on the swings because they are so much fun!!!

THURSDAY

On Thursday we had time to finish up work we have not yet finished and I got to finish my Wednesday work so I quickly asked a few more people some French questions and I was FINALLY DONE!!! On Thursday we also had math and we talked about patterning and I got all the question right and I was really proud of myself and I know patterns are important because its helpful to predict what's going to come next and etc.

FRIDAY 

Today is Friday and today was chocolate cake day and Chantal brought brownies... its pretty much a type of cake to me!!! the brownies were so good with a slight sprinkle of sprinkles. Today we also had TWAS and that is what I'm doing right now and I'm very happy you checked out this weeks TWAS and that will rap up This Week At School. 

Terrific TWAS

We've had a busy week of wrapping up our science research projects. I'm really excited for the students to present them next week! We finished our graphing unit in math with a pop quiz and started patterning. Today, we worked on a beautiful art job, modeled after artist Paul Klee. It's taking loads of patience, but I know the end result will be worth it!

Here is Sawyer's TWAS from his Kidblog account:

Math: pictographs

Monday- We did science research I am researching tsunamis  I am almost done my diorama and I finished my powerpoint . We also had gym we are doing gymnastics in gym right now it is pretty easy.

Tuesday- we did a reading strategy it was when you make connections to the book you get more interested to the book. we did BHS reads I am reading a new book called heart of a champion it is a MYRCA club book it is super interning its about a kid whos brother is a really good baseball player and he wants to be one to but he has a problem with his heart.

Word Work Wednesday

Wednesday- we had word work Wednesday where we have to try to spell word with random letters the 11 letter word was destruction. we also did a thing where you had to say what good writer's would do we did it in a group my group was Emily, Emma, Dax and Brennen.

Thursday- we did math it was patterning it was easy. We also had zones of regulation we learnt about  we you think other would thinking when you get in the zones

Friday- we had book buddies we were reading the whole time. We also did a writing prompt it was cool and fun I did 2 of them. 

Paul Klee inspired art on Friday!

Reading takes Flight contest with the Winnipeg Jets!

Well, it's that time of the year when the Winnipeg Jets hosts a contest for students to win a visit to their classroom from a player! It's perfect timing with "I LOVE to read month" just around the corner. Grab a parent and click on the link to enter the contest until January 26th.

P. S. . . .You'll need to share your top 5 reasons why you think a player should visit Room 31.

I'm crossing my fingers!  :)


ENTER NOW!!

Hello 2018!

Wow! We're so happy that the week didn't start out as cold as it's ending! Unfortunately, we've had indoor recesses and bussing for the last 2 days. It's been awesome getting back into the routine of school and hearing all about the holidays. Before Christmas, we had worked really hard on our paper blogs. This week, we were able to do the final step: commenting. And then we got to try out Kidblog for the first time on Thursday! Notes went home with information for families about joining Kidblog to allow posts to be seen. Please click HERE for the link. From now on, students will post their weekly TWAS write-ups every Friday. We will also use the blog as a way of sharing other learning experiences from Room 31. So exciting!

Here is Haylee's first TWAS from her Kidblog account:

On Monday we did 3-2-1 sharing about our Christmas holidays. What you had to do was share 3 fun facts, 2 things you will miss about the holidays, (now that they are over) and 1 thing that surprised you. I shared about how I got an iPod, a drone and MUCH more! I also shared about how I would miss staying up late! Another thing we did on Monday was Library. I took out a book called "The thing about jelly fish" It looks like it is a good book.

On Tuesday we did a new art project. We made 2018 firework art!  What you had to do first was draw and cut out bubble numbers for stencils. The numbers you had to do were 2, 0, 1, and 8 since it is now 2018! Then we put tape on the back of each number and then stuck them on to a piece of blue paper. To make the fireworks we used chalk pastel of two different colors for each number. All you had to do was make little lines from your stencil. so the numbers would stand out. Then we took the tape off and added sharpie! Another thing we did was BHS reads. I am reading a book called OCDaniel. It is really good

On Wednesday we did paper blog commenting. What we did first was put our paper blogs on our desk. Then we walked around the classroom and read each others paper blogs and wrote comments on sticky notes. I got 4 comments. Another thing we did on Wednesday was science research on the laptops. We are researching different kinds of Weather disasters. I am researching about Droughts.

On Thursday we helped our little buddies log on to the laptops. It was so cute! We also got to play math games with them! I am with a boy named carter in kindergarten and with Emily in grade 5. Another thing we did was our Kid blog intro! We learned how to log on make an avatar and type our first post!

On Friday/today we did our first TWAS on kid blog!/The post I am doing now! I was so excited to type up my 2nd post! Another thing we are doing is presenting our French scripts! My partner is Ciera!