Tuesday, September 10

Students enjoyed music with Mme. Zdrill this morning.  Next, students were given a math task, where they needed to read the number word (#'s 10-20), match it with the number and then find the image that shows the correct number.  So for example, 10-dix-**********. The objective was to see if students could 1. read the number, 2. count correctly, 3. organize their work-as there was many different things to cut and match, 4. use their spacial awareness to organized their work onto the large purple paper and 5. read left to right, as shown in the way they glued their work onto the purple paper.  I've included some student work so you can see some different ways students completed the task.  As a reference, students also had access to their personal dictionary, which each student has in their desk and a visual that I have on the wall, to help them figure out the order in which the numbers go and to help with spelling.  Students worked hard before lunch and then continued after lunch.  Also after lunch Room 5, our PE partners joined us to talk about Terry Fox.  Finally, I have started reviewing reading strategies.  Each day I will project a book on my Smartboard, read the book out loud and point out different strategies to help decode and understand the text.