-Peru "target journal"; students sharing what they learned during Peru unit
-Math: Three digit addition strategies
-Guided Reading; some students have started Reciprocal Reading (see below)
-Science: building and testing materials, building bridges to span over a river, learning vocabulary
Visit from Simon Fraser Students
On Wednesday, several students from Simon Fraser visited our classroom and participated in our building bridges activity, inspired by the story "Iggy Peck Architect."
Alien In-line Skating
In-line skating forms have gone home today for parents to sign. Please return the forms to your child's classroom teacher as soon as possible!
Reciprocal Reading
Reciprocal reading uses the four strategies of predicting, clarifying, questioning, and summarizing to increase comprehension.
Benefits include:
· Encourages talk around text
· Leads to internal dialogue around reading
· Fosters independence
· Broadens understanding of types of text and sources.
· Improves comprehension
· Activates prior knowledge
· Promotes student leadership
· Promotes metacognition
· Predicting motivates students to read and helps them have for a purpose for reading.
o I wonder…
o I think that…
o I predict…
· Clarifying words and ideas helps students make connections in the text rather than skipping unknown words and ideas.
o I was confused about…
o I don’t understand the part about…
o I can’t figure out..
o This is a tricky word..
· Questioning promotes students’ comprehension because students must understand what they have read to ask their peers questions.
o How/Why/What/Who/When
o I wonder…
o I am curious about..
· Summarizing helps students concentrate on the main idea and supporting ideas of the text.
o The author wants us to know
o The big idea is
o First, then, next finally
o This book is about..
-February 21: Safety Assembly @8:30am
-February 25: Book Truck
-February 26: Pink Shirt Day
-February 28: Grade 1 Celebration of Learning
-March 6: Movie Night
-March 6, 9, 11: STRAITON Inline skating days
-March 10: Book Truck
-March 10,11, 12: SHAW Inline skating days
-March 12: Fun Lunch
-March 17&18: Popcorn Days
-March 19: Early Dismissal & Student-Led Conferences
-March 20:No School for students & Student-Led Conferences
-March 23-27: Spring Break
-March 30: Back to School
-March 31: Mr.Straiton's Class Calgary Tower Field trip
-April 1: Mrs.Shaw's Class Calgary Tower Field trip
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