Day 35 - Happy Diwali!

French - http://www.stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.ca/

Calendar - Today we learned our  days of the week song, said the date and dressed Charlie for the weather.

Independent Reading - As part of our daily 5 students will look at stories, do picture walks, partner read and listen to others telling stories:

Journal -

Today we began to review our knowledge on shapes. We talked about what a diamond is and what things we see around us that are shaped like it. We then wrote in our journals this is a diamond. (Some of us traced it) Once we were done we drew a picture to match the sentence. Take a look:

Gym -  sjamslovan.blogspot.com

Language -   

Today we learned the letter Ll, we practised our song about it and the sound letter Ll makes, and writing it ourselves

Math - 

Today we reviewed how the counting sequence is always the same. We reviewed our knowledge of numbers 1-10. By gluing numbered strips of paper in their counting sequence order to make a picture. Take a look:

UOI -   Today we joined with Ms. Bannon's class to talk about the holiday Diwali, a student from the grade 6 classroom came to our room to explain to us what Diwali is and why and how it is celebrated. We then made Rangoli with coloured rice:

UOI Centres-

House, dress up, playdough, puzzles, Mr. Potato head, blocks. Working on sharing, manners, fine motor skills, imaginative play, problem solving and working together. Mrs.Smith bought us new dress up items: