Author: jen-lisa

Week Two

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The first full week of school! Introduction of Creativity Morning! It was a wonderful week. The children learned new group routines and began to get a feel for what the structure of the week is like.

Monday, September 11th

In Literacy, the children were introduced to some new writing activities, sticker stories, and news from home. Mr. David’s and Ms. Vanessa’s math groups enjoyed a story about place value and counting by 10s. They then explored Base 10 Blocks and experimented using them to represent different numbers.

Monday

Tuesday, September 12th

In Literacy, the children continued sticker stories, and news from home. Mr. David’s and Ms. Vanessa’s math groups continued representing numbers using Base 10 Blocks. They partnered up with another friend and took turns writing down a number that the other friend would represent with the blocks. We began presenting our Five things that represent Me bags. The children loved discovering what they did and didn’t have in common. During afternoon Choice Time the children were challenged to build structures that were wider at the top than at the bottom. We also explored 48 to 60 piece puzzles.

Tuesday

Wednesday, September 13th

We had our first Creativity Morning on Wednesday! The children worked with saws in the shop with Mr. Josh, created news stories with Ms. Kara, built with Mr. Malcolm, and enjoyed other activities. In the afternoon Mr. Anthony worked with the children to create woven paper pieces. On the rug, the children continued sharing their Five things… bags.

Wednesday

Thursday, September 14th

More Five things… sharing both in the morning and afternoon. We also acted out different scenes from a Read-Aloud book, and talked about handmade furnishings. The children chose their favorite square from the Afghan and recreated it on paper.

Thursday

Friday, September 15th

Friday we played a variety of math games after a skip-counting lesson. In the afternoon we had Friday Game Day! The children played and taught each other games from tic-tac-toe to checkers to Forbidden Island to Stratego. It was a wonderful way to close the week.

Friday

First Week in Mr. David’s Classroom!

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The first week here in Lower Elementary at Acera has been exciting and productive. The children are settling in and have been enjoying learning, creating, and laughing with their new friends. Please enjoy the pictures below!

Tuesday, September 5th

We explored Pattern Blocks and studied pictures of insects with hand lenses and then drew them.

 

Wednesday, September 6th

We explored different construction materials (Keva Planks, Magna Tiles, Magna Sticks, and Big Blocks). We also had a chance to create some self-portraits with Mr. Anthony. He also worked with us to create a ‘Welcome Home’ banner for our room.

 

Thursday, September 7th

We explored patterns using unifix cubes, letters, words, sounds, and shapes with Ms. Vanessa during our Math time. We also began delving into our theme: Home. We discussed what we have in our own room and created a list. We also drew a picture of our room incorporating items and arrangements from our list.

 

Friday, September 8th

We continued creating patterns with Ms. Vanessa. We used Pattern Blocks to make 3-dimensional patterns as well as ones that incorporated more than one trait – number of sides, color, number in stack, etc. In the afternoon Esteé and Alisha from SEEDS joined us and showed us how to make LED ‘fireflies’ and how to fold and pierce cardboard to make a box that lets light through. When our boxes were assembled, we turned out the lights and arranged them as a group to created a light sculpture.