A good day in Room 18

After Daily 5, we had Gym and then Health. In Gym we played Elves vs. Reindeers, and we played Steal Santa's Presents. In Elves vs. Reindeers, the Elves and Reindeers throw dodgeballs at each other. In Steal Santa's Presents, three people go on the bench and we have to run and hide behind a mat. When the music stops, they have to catch us and then we have to go back to the starting line. - Joey
Today in Math, we shared number sentences and needed to use addition, subtraction, and multiplication. - Jenna
Hey Taylor, it's us! Today we had lots of fun! We really miss you and we hope you have some fun at your new school and your new home. We'll probably talk to you next time when we do the blog. We hope we see you again! - Dylan
Our blog has now been viewed over 1000 times - cool! - Mr. H.

SLC Monday

Today we went to Gym, and we got to dance with the Grade 2-ers, and we got to do a dance party! - Mikayla

We had an SLC this morning. It was about playground rules. We had to make up a skit about playground rules. Our was about some kids playing soccer. Brayden kicked the ball at Jason, and then Ricky said "Are you OK?". Then Jade went to tell Mrs. Steinhoff that Jason was hurt, and Mrs. Steinhoff came and asked Jason "Do you need to go to the office for some ice?". Jason said "Yes", and then Mrs. Steinhoff gave him a hallway pass to go to the office and get some ice. - Jett

They blinded me... with SCIENCE!!!

Today we did Science in the Library. We had to sort out seven different things for the scientific method. We also did number of the day and we shared number sentences. We talked about using addition to subtract. We also did Daily 5, and we had to mark what we did. - Jacell and Cam W.

In Science, we started working on the Scientific Method (with Ms. Bell, our Library Teacher). For those of you who don't know, the Scientific Method is a way in which we can ask scientific questions, and get answers by conducting an experiment and making observations. The end product of this will (hopefully!) be that each group (the students have been placed into groups of 4 or 5) will come up with something they want to investigate, which relates to the unit in Science we've been working on, and a way in which to do so. The Science unit we've been working on is forces that attract and repel - magnetism, static electricity, and gravity. However, before the students can design and conduct their own experiments, they need to learn about the scientific method, so that they can be sure the results they get are accurate and valid. The first step today was to learn about these different steps, and see if they could put them into the right order...

Working with Ms. Bell, our Library teacher

Starting to put them into order...

Not quite there...

A great job by this group - they got them in the right order on the first try!

(BTW... bonus points if you know the inspiration for the title of today's post!)

Christmas concert day is here!

It's finally arrived - the day of the Radisson School Christmas concert! It's a little earlier than usual this year, so it's kind of snuck up on us. However, the students have been hard at work since the end of October preparing for today. In the last week, there's been extra practices, in order to make sure that the students are 'firing on all cylinders' today. We had our morning concert at 9:30 am today, and the students sounded amazing! I'm so proud of the job they did - all of their hard work (and that of Mrs. Kroeker, our fantastic Music teacher!) paid off! If you didn't get a chance to come to the morning concert, you should definitely check out the evening show. It starts at 6:30 pm tonight, with the doors opening at 6:00 pm (don't forget to bring a non-perishable food item for our food drive, and some spare change for the silver collection for the school's Music program). We look forward to seeing you there!

Santa Claus is on his way!

Today we had Choir two times. The front stage was set up for the Christmas concert. Our Christmas concert is in two days, and tomorrow the whole school is watching us singing songs, using the Boomwhackers, and reading a story. We are playing the Boomwhackers for 'Santa Claus Is On His Way'. - Cam W. and Jacell

Student-led conferences... Part 2

I almost forgot to mention yesterday... a big thanks to Jett's mom and Ms. Beach for helping to get the bulletin board outside of our classroom ready to go with the students' snow globe artwork... just in the nick of time! You ladies rock!

I hope everyone has a good weekend, and to my students... see you back in class on Monday! Go Jets Go!

Student-led conferences

Our school is having student-led conferences tonight and tomorrow. When I was a kid (and even when I started off teaching), they were called Parent/Teacher conferences, because it was primarily the teachers and the parents who did the talking. They are now called student-led conferences because it's the students who get to do most of the talking. It's a great chance for students to show off some of their work to their parents, and explain to them (in their own words) the learning they are doing, and the goals they have set for themselves to improve their work in the different subject areas. I absolutely love to stand back and watch the interaction between students and their parents, as they explore the results of a child's hard work over the term. Seeing a parent's face light up as they see the progression in their son's or daughter's math or writing skills over the course of a term is an amazing experience. It's experiences like these (and there were many such moments tonight) that make staying late into the evening feel like it's time well spent!

Now if you'll excuse me, it's time to head home for the night - I've got a comfy couch, a big bowl of popcorn, and the Jets game calling my name! ;)