Our Journey

As part of the Global Read aloud and being inspired by Peter Reynolds' book The North Star, we have created a little movie talking about our journey.  Enjoy.

Reading with Ms. Walia's Class

Today after lunch we read with Ms. Wallia's grade three class in their classroom.  They were perfect buddies to read with.  They are good readers. They were good buddies. They shared their books with us. They were kind and nice.  Some of them even read chapter books to us.  We shared our books with them too.  Next week  Ms. Walia's class is going to read with us in our classroom.

Reading, Reading, and More Reading!

Since our class was formed one of the things we have done over and over again has been READING!  We are pretty lucky too because Ms. Lirenman shares her huge personal book collection with us.  Here are some photos of us practicing reading to ourselves and reading with a friend.  If you look really closely you'll notice that we like to read all over the classroom.  When it comes to reading you need to find a spot that works best for you.

Reading to a friend under our easel.

Reading with a friend in the small spot under Ms. L's desk.

Reading side by side, one on the rocking chair, one on a small wooden chair.

Reading on the small carpet. Knee to knee, elbow to elbow. Everyone loves Todd Parr!

Ms. Lirenman's blue bean bag chairs, the perfect place to share  book.

Knee to knee, elbow to elbow. Such fun to share books with our friends.

Reading at a round table.

Reading everywhere! Do you recognize any of our books?

The best part of our blue bean bag chairs? We can move them anywhere!

Sharing a great book with a friend.

Elbow to Elbow, Knee to Knee

Reader's Theatre for the Global Read Aloud

Today we did reader's theatre over a video conference call with a class in Iowa and a class in Florida.  This was all part of the Global Read Aloud which is taking place right now in classrooms around the world.  We are taking part in the Peter Reynold's author study.  Here is what reader's theatre performed over video conferencing looked like from our end.

Art with Nature

This afternoon we headed outside to collect artifacts from nature.  We then worked in groups to create art with our artifacts.  Here are some images from this afternoon.

Class Meeting

Today we had our first class meeting to talk about things that are going well for us and things we need to work on still.  Here are the positives we came up with about our class.

We are good at reading to our selves.

We have books that are fun to read.

We like to use Go Noodle.

We like to do math.

We are learning a lot of new things.

We have new friends.

We have iPads and they are fun.

We have kids that are nice.

We learn a lot from the teacher.

We have no litter on the playground.

The teacher is good.

We like to play with our friends.

We like the way our friends play with us every day.

We help each other at clean up time.

We like to play outside.

People play with us when we are alone.

We like to read with our friends.

What are some of the positives happening in your classroom?

We also talked about some of our concerns and then came up with solutions to solve them.  Here's what we talked about.

Concerns

1. Planners -
1. Get your planner
2. Find the right place to write in your planner.
3. Write your planner message
4. Show your planner buddy
1. Reyan - Diego
2. Jayden - Jasmehar
3. Amrit - Diego
4. Ilene - Maya
5. Sujot - Joban
6. Tanvir- Aneesah
7. Allison- Maya
8. Danreet- Daniel
9. Simar - Jaslehna
10. Jasnoor - Joban
11. Marvin- Daniel
12. Hunevere - Karamvir
13. Avneet - Avatar
5. Put your planner back in your backpack.

2. Cloak Room/Shoes
1. Please keep it clean and tidy.
   
   
3. Water Bottles
1. Bring a water bottle to school.
1. You can bring it to the carpet - you must have it with you.
2. You can bring it with you around the room - you must have it with you.
3. If it is not with you keep it on the bench by your backpack.

4. Talking During Group Time

We will work to be better listeners during this time.

5. Quiet work Time

We will work on doing our work quietly when quiet is required. It will help us get our work done and not distract those around us.

Do you have concerns in your classroom? If so how do you solve them?

Today was a very productive class meeting.

Playing with Patterns

Today we had our first day of some of our pattern rotations. Some of us are working on creating repeating patterns, some of us are creating growing patterns, and  some of us are copying patterns.  Here are a few photos from the morning.  

Please note until parent permission is obtained faces will be blurred from classroom images.