September 16, 2019

Learning Intentions for our day...

• Writing about the books we read will be something we do all year.  Today we discussed some of the sentence starters which we can use to share our thinking about what we have read. 
• We did a math problem today that had us creating numbers and communicating our strategies for how we solved it.  Teachers are using this information to see what we know at this time and to inform next best steps in our learning.
• We continued on the next step of our art project we began last week and considered our interests, passions and dreams as we created a collage.

Ask me about...

what I wrote about in my response to our class novel, Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord.  

Reminders...

• Thursday is an early dismissal day because of our Open House.  School will end at 12:05.
• Sign up for our Open House is available viva the link sent to parents last week.
• We have been going outside for Phys-ed each day.  Please dress appropriately for the weather and for being active!  Outdoor shoes should be appropriate for running and moving.
• Orange Shirt Day Alberta 2019 – September 30
  
  
  If you wish to purchase an Orange Shirt Day t-shirt for you and/or your family, Eric Harvie School will be placing an order.  The cost is 20.00.  Please send a cheque, payable to Eric Harvie School, in an envelope to school indicating your family name and the size of t-shirt(s) (youth s, m, l, adult s, m, l, xl, 2xl, 3xl, 4xl).  Please note that 2xl, 3xl, and 4xl shirts will be 25.00.  The deadline for ordering is 11:59 p.m., September 18. 
  
  
  Orange Shirt Day honors the legacy of Residential Schools, Survivors, Intergenerational Survivors and those that did not survive as an act of Reconciliation. Orange Shirt Day honors the legacy of the 2013 St. Joseph Mission Residential School commemoration event, held in Williams Lake, B.C.  It grew out of a former student’s account of having her brand-new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school.
  
  
  Wearing an Orange Shirt is meant to recognize the harm done to Residential School students, and show a commitment to the principle that every child matters.
  The official Orange Shirt Day date is September 30th. A date in September was chosen because it is the time of year when children were taken from their homes to Residential Schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for policies and resources that support diversity for the coming school year.
  
  
  Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity for First Nations, local governments, schools, and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come.
  
  

Friday September 13, 2019

Learning Intentions for Day...

• We continued to practice our routine for 'Read to Self' for Daily 5.  We continue to grow in our stamina and independence as we become better readers and enjoy books.
• We learned to create a 'wash', a water colour technique, and created 'blackout poetry' as part of a reflective art piece about ourselves. 
• Mrs. Kinsman came and read the book, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.  Using this book as a metaphor, she reminded us of our beginnings at EHS and helped us to think of our future, as students at Eric Harvie School.

Ask Me About...

• what a 'blackout poem' is and how you create it.

Reminders...

• We appreciate the magazine donations for our project.  Please continue to bring these in as we are going to use them on Monday.
• Our Open House is next Thursday.  Online sign up becomes available this weekend.  Details were emailed home earlier this week.
• Please check out the music blog (https://ehsmusic.blogspot.com​​ ) and our Physical Education ( http://ehsphysicaleducation.blogspot.com/​​ ) blog each day.

Sept. 12

We had a few more firsts today.

Our walk to the coulee this morning was beautiful. We were very focused during our observation activity. We used our senses to write down everything we could see, smell, feel & touch in our sit spot. We saw many interesting things like nests, slugs, bees, birds and spiders. The students were very good at focusing and journalling.

This afternoon we had a visit from Sa'akokoto. He told us about connecting with birds and showed us some pictures. Ask me what I learned from him....

We also had our first trip to the learning commons. We each got to check out one or two books and explore all the books our school has.

We continued to work on building our read to self stamina so that we can be focused readers during our literacy times

Reminders:
- we still need magazines for early next week

Sept. 11

Today we worked on finishing up a few of the projects and tasks we started over the last few days.

First thing this morning we had phys. ed. and our first CCT time. We were in the maker space. 

We continued to brainstorm and write about characteristics we want in a best friend based on our read aloud book "Because of the Rabbit." Ask me about the characteristics I want in a best friend. After finishing our responses we read chapter 3. 

 Mr. Kelly taught us how to look at a leaf and sketch all its details.  We were very careful and we are not finished. Ask me about which art element we started with....

We prepared for our walk to the coulee tomorrow morning. Which included talking about expectations and tasks we will complete. 

In math, we finished writing about the strategies we used for our roll the biggest number game yesterday. It was a little bit tricky to write about our thoughts and strategies using math language, we will continue to practice this throughout the year. 

Our first Daily 5 session was today, we reviewed what "read to self" looks like and why its important to build our stamina and become better readers. Each day we are hoping to read for longer and more focused stretches of time. 

REMINDERS:

- Tomorrow we are walking to the coulee for the morning. Please make sure you are dressed for the weather (it'll be cool) and wear comfortable walking shoes. A hearty snack and a bottle of water would be helpful. 

- Picture Day notice was sent home today

- We still need magazines for our art project next week

September 10, 2019

September 10, 2019

Challenge of the Day: Play Roll The Greatest Number with your patents.

Mr. Neily was not here today. He was sick.


We started our day with shopping for books. All students were given an opportunity to select two books to read. We then put them in our new  book bins.

We and music and P.E. today.

As a group we discussed what the word characteristic means. Many students recognized that the word comes from a smaller word character.

This list was used to complete a personal character web in our visual journals.

In math we played Roll the Greatest Number. Students were challenged to make the largest number possible based on a set number of rolls. Students discussed possible strategies and recorded their thoughts in journals.

We are starting to build our math vocabulary.


We continued to read from our class novel Because of the Rabbit. Just like Emma, the main character in the story, students created a Best Friend Checklist. We used our characteristics list as a reference.

We are asking students to bring magazines for an upcoming art project.

The Kindness Pod is planning a trip to Twelve Mile Coulee Thursday morning (weather permitting). Students are asked to dress appropriately for the weather and to bring a water bottler and a healthy snack.

September 9, 2011

Blog

Question of the Day: Where is Maine?

We had a very busy day.

Today was the first our pod had P.E. with Mr. Der or had music with Mrs. Janelle

We continued to add tools to our Good Reader Tool Kit by sharing three different ways to read a book.

Good readers: 1) Read the Pictures

                        2) Read the Words

                        3) retell the Story

Mr. Kelly was very impressed when Yanni told the story of Where The Wild Things Are by reading the pictures.

We talked about the importance of predicting.

Liam said, Good readers “make predictions to help figure out what the story might be about.”

We started our book called, Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord. The story takes place in Maine.

On the last night of summer, Emma tags along with her game warden father on a routine call. They're supposed to rescue a wild rabbit from a picket fence, but instead they find a little bunny. Emma convinces her father to bring him home for the night.

                                                                       

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The main character, Emma, is experiencing mixed emotions about the first day of school.

We discussed what having mixed emotions feels like.

In math, we built numbers. Student were challenged to build numbers using base ten blocks and demonstrate their understanding by representing the number with simple illustrations.

In art, we started we continued exploring lines by painting lines in our visual journals. This will be a part of a project that will ask the question: What are my best qualities?

September 6, 2019

Learning intentions for our day...

• We read the book, Another Way to Listen, which set the stage for how we can be mindful and really take in our environment.  We practiced journaling through drawing and focussing on our 5 senses within our school yard.
• We met Hope, EHS' therapy bunny.  We learned about rabbits' adaptations and how they help them survive as prey within the natural environment.  We also learned about how Hope can help us manage our emotions and how we, in turn, can help her manage hers.
• Using base 10 blocks, we were challenged to show 'how many different ways we could build a number' as we begin to represent and communicate our mathematical thinking and understanding of number.

Ask me about...

how many different ways I built the number I chose today in Math.

Reminders...

• Please return the envelope of forms that was handed out.
• Child Safe pamphlet sent home
• Please check out Mr. Der's PE blog here:  http://ehsphysicaleducation.blogspot.com/​