Today was our 100th day of school and we have so much to share. It was the first time ever that Ms. Lirenman let her students decided what they wanted to do all day long. One of the things we did as a class was attempt to tweet out 100 facts about our day and our learning. Here is a review of our tweets for the day. You'll see that in the end we were six tweets short of 100 but we certainly made a solid effort. Ms. Lirenman did think about adding the extra six tweets after the students were gone, but that just didn't seem right. Here are our tweets of our 100th day of school. Stay tuned for an official blog post on our 100th day of school. It was an amazing day and there are a ton of photos to share. Happy 100th Day everyone!
Friday, 17 February 2012
Thursday, 16 February 2012
100th Day Online Fun
Our 100th day of school is coming Friday, February 16th. Ms. Lirenman is busy trying to collect some fun on line activities that we can do either in class or at home.
100 Snowballs - this website encourages you to create a scene made from 100 snowballs. I'm curious to see what you can create.
Ambleside Primary Counter Square - this website allows you to create a pattern over a 100s chart.
100 Number Grid - this website has you searching for animals hidden on a 100 grid.
100 Day Book - Starfall's 100th Day of School counting book.
Splat Squares - a fun way to cover up numbers on a 100s chart using splats of paint.
Big Number Video - listen to a song about numbers as big as 100 and beyond.
100 Snowballs - this website encourages you to create a scene made from 100 snowballs. I'm curious to see what you can create.
Ambleside Primary Counter Square - this website allows you to create a pattern over a 100s chart.
100 Number Grid - this website has you searching for animals hidden on a 100 grid.
100 Day Book - Starfall's 100th Day of School counting book.
Splat Squares - a fun way to cover up numbers on a 100s chart using splats of paint.
Big Number Video - listen to a song about numbers as big as 100 and beyond.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Skipping
During gym the past couple of weeks we've been practicing skipping with Ms. Benjamin's class. We've practiced skipping with individual ropes, double ropes, and long group ropes. In the beginning some of us had a lot of trouble skipping but we've all worked so hard to get better.
Today we did not have our usual big gym equipment. We decided to show Ms. Atkinson's class how we've really improved our skipping. Here are a few photos of us skipping. There are also a couple of videos to check out.
Here are a couple of us showing off our skipping.
Today we did not have our usual big gym equipment. We decided to show Ms. Atkinson's class how we've really improved our skipping. Here are a few photos of us skipping. There are also a couple of videos to check out.
Here are a couple of us showing off our skipping.
Library
Every Tuesday we spend 40 minutes with our favourite school teacher librarian Mrs. Sandhu. Here is a picture of us at library. Can you tell which Tuesday this picture was taken on? We'll give you a hint.... it has to do with love, friendship, chocolate, flowers, and smiles. Our entire school decided to wear red, pink, purple, or white on this special day too.
Counting by 5s
Right now in math we are looking at skip counting again as a way to count a large amount of objects. Since Friday is our 100th day of school we thought it was a good idea to practice ways of counting items to 100.
In groups of three, we counted out items and created groups of five. Every so many piles we would try to count how many we had by counting by fives. As we made more piles of five our counting got harder. While we can skip count by fives orally, it was a bit tougher when we actually had the objects in front of us. Ms. Lirenman wants us to really understand what it means when we skip count by 5s. She wants us to understand what the numbers we were saying actually mean. This fun activity made it a lot clearer for many of us.
Once we had enough piles of five (we didn't have to make more than 20 piles but we could go higher if we wanted to) we had to count our piles. Ms. Lirenman then rotated us and we had to count the piles the other groups had made.
Here is a short video of one of the groups counting their friends objects.
In groups of three, we counted out items and created groups of five. Every so many piles we would try to count how many we had by counting by fives. As we made more piles of five our counting got harder. While we can skip count by fives orally, it was a bit tougher when we actually had the objects in front of us. Ms. Lirenman wants us to really understand what it means when we skip count by 5s. She wants us to understand what the numbers we were saying actually mean. This fun activity made it a lot clearer for many of us.
Once we had enough piles of five (we didn't have to make more than 20 piles but we could go higher if we wanted to) we had to count our piles. Ms. Lirenman then rotated us and we had to count the piles the other groups had made.
Here is a short video of one of the groups counting their friends objects.
Have you made groups of five before? Could you count them by fives?
A New iPad App
This weekend Ms. Lirenman discovered the iPad App called LetterReflex. It helps those of us with letter reversals because we have to fix letters (and words) when they are facing the wrong direction. Here are a few pictures of some of us using the app. If you can't tell by the pictures, it's a lot of fun.
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Visualizing
During reading we have been working really hard at making movies in our heads as we read or are read to. Last week Ms. Lirenman read us a story but she didn't show us any of the pictures. After we had to draw what we were seeing in our heads. By looking at these pictures can you tell what the story was about? Leave your guess in the comments section and we'll let you know if you're right.
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