Dear Cowgirls and Cowboys,
This was an AMAZING learning day. We followed our Meet rules much more closely today. Mr. H was pleased. I hope y'all enjoyed our Cowboy/Cowgirl theme! We can do some more theme days in the coming weeks. Have grrrrrrreat weekend:)
Mr. H
Dear Students,
I hope you enjoyed hearing some awesone "Old Country" music by Johnny Cash. We learned about some Canadian History and Geography this afternoon. We now know that there are Canadian Cowboys and Cowgirls in our history. They live in the Province of Alberta, home of the Calgary Stampede. It was also a lot of fun to find out what our Cowgirl and Cowboy names were!
Here are the new Cowboy/Cowgirl nicknames students we were randomly given:
OLA “COYOTE" STEIN
CALLIE "NO-HORSE" BOOTH
STEPHEN "SLY" KENNEDY
ROSS "RIDER" BLANCHARD
MADELINE "SUNRISE" FOREMAN
NELLIE "THE CHISELER" FISHER
FREDA "SUNRISE" MELLON
RIVER "LASSO" GIBBS
JAMIE "POKER FACE" HENDERSON
MATT "THE JESTER" SAXTON
DAISY "THE TRACKER" JACOB
JANICE "SMILEY" JEFFERSON
HUNTER "LASSO" JAMES
EMMERSON "THE HUNTER" HANEY
On Friday, we will have a Cowboy/Cowgirl theme to celebrate the end of the week and the month. Students can wear Cowboy/Cowgirl themed clothing or gear. I have an easy way to help you look like a Cowboy/Cowgirl if you don't have anything at home. It should be fun.
FABLE AND LEGENDS:
I know you worked hard on planning your Fables and Legends today. Tomorrow, you will get a chance to actually write them! There will not be another assignment for Language given tomorrow. You will click on the same Fables/Legends activity you did today.
Have a great evening!
Mr. D:)
Dear Students,
You seemed to really enjoy our "Detective Game" this afternoon. I know some of the Time games I posted had difficulties after the first level. Mr. D will post some new ones you can enjoy practising Time with them. Please keep practising your W.W. Words which were posted on this Blog.
Tomorrow I will starting our morning session with a type of music we have not listened to yet. Some of you may be big fans. Do you want to guess what type it is?
....join us tomorrow to find out:)
Mr.D
PS. Don't forget that tomorrow is Red and Black Day tomorrow:)
Dear Students,
Today was a positive start to our last week of April! I hope you enjoyed our new "Jamboard" activity. It was our first try at it and despite some challenges, most of your seemed to like the interactive part of it. I'm glad you laughed at most of the "chicken" jokes, and you are getting better at our chicken dance!
Your new Words of the Week are now on the blog. Please don't forget to learn and practise them.
Have a good evening class!
Mr. D:)
*** Remember to wear green for Earth Day tomorrow!
Dear Grade 2s and 3s,
I hope that you enjoyed our “Christmas in April `` song by Frank Sinatra in the morning. Thank you for being so patient with our Workspace troubles. We skipped the Measuring Time exercise that was meant to go along with the lesson, and we will do it tomorrow instead.
Great job on doing “This and That'' and Billy Goats Gruff Readers Theatre this afternoon. You did a great job! Remember to try and wear something green for Earth Day tomorrow.
Have a greeeeat night!
Regards,
Mr. D:)
PS. Time Question: About how much time do you think it tool Mr. D to type out this post?
Share the answer tomorrow!
Dear Grade 2s and 3s,
I hope that you enjoyed your Spring Break. It was wonderful to get sunshine and some warmer weather for part of the break. We are back to online learning, but you are all becoming "old pros." I am looking to add some new and exciting features to our on-line school, including creating slideshows, doing some virtual field trips and a few new apps/programs/ Stay tuned!
Here are some other things to remember:
Words of the Week: I will continue to post Words of the Week on the Blog. Please learn them and practise them, and you can do some of the recommended W.W. Activities which are posted below. While we won’t do a W.W. Quiz, you can always get someone at home to give you the quiz and then let me know how you do!
Monthly Calendar homework will be on hold until we are back in school; you can use "homework time" to catch up on Hapara Workspace assignments, do RazKids or Zorbits activities, and to read lots of books!
In case the technology is not working properly,(example: if Hapara gets slow) have a notebook or some paper ready to do the activity. You can then always email me a photo of your work.
Remember that for today’s Time activity, you don’t need to redo the questions on the photos; we did it together. All you need to do is fill the last box which asks for a couple of examples of where you use “Time” in your life.
Please remember that you need to stay on camera during our lessons unless your parents need you to turn it off; it makes us feel more like we are at school and a community!
Please remember to submit your exercises when you are done whether submitting a Google Doc or sending a picture of your written work. You are responsible for completing them and handing them in just like in class! Remember to submit your poster from yesterday so that I can make an Earth Day collage. If you hand it in by tomorrow afternoon I can include your poster!
Regards,
Mr. D
PS. Don't forget that it's Red and Black Day tomorrow:)
Dear Grade 2s and 3s,
I hope that you enjoyed the Coding and Kahoot Games today! Have a safe and amazing Spring Break, and Mr. D will see you all in 9 days:)
Regards,
Mr. D
Dear Students,
I was so impressed with how our Reader's Theatre went today! It's hard to believe it was our first time, and we did it online!
Tomorrow in celebration of the fact it's the last day before our Spring Break, we will do a Sports/Hobbies Shirt day just for our class. (Mr. D knows which one he is wearing!) Get ready for a fun day of Kahoots, Kyle's Wild World, Coding and some gym. I can't wait.....can you?:)
Mr. D:)
Howdy Grade 3s and 2s,
I hope you enjoyed our Measurement game and Game of Jeopardy yesterday! I have something new to try last block today. Stay tuned!
You'll notice that with the short week and being online, I put Words of the Week on hold for this week. After the break, we will start it up again. As far as Monthly Calendar homework, I will not start it up again until we are back at school. Right now you can focus on what we are doing in our Online Learning.
Have a great day, and try to get some of that fresh air. See you all soon!
Regards,
Mr. D
PS. Our break is almost here, and tomorrow is Friday. Do you remember what we do on Fridays online? It's a word that has the same sound as -shoot in it!
Dear Students,
Wow! Yesterday was a grrrrreat start to our Virtual Learning week. Today is our first full day of on-line classes. Stay tuned for a special activity during our 4th block (2:30 - 3:30 today!) Mr. D looks forward to seeing all of you today!
Regards,
Mr. D:)
VIRTUAL LEARNING SCHEDULE - Week of April 6th
*** To give everyone a chance to adjust to our change to online learning, 4th block today will be an optional non-sychronous self-directed learning block (see Workspace for ideas)
Good Morning Grade 2s and 3s,
Happy Easter! I hope that you all had a wonderful Easter with your families. It's going to be a change for us doing on-line learning again, but you are all "pros" now! Mr. D will be trying to make it even more fun for the next 4 days with some activities you enjoy...and some new ones!
Remember to get into our Google Meet, all you need to do is enter the Student Portal using the icon on the right of your screen. Enter your login info (if you haven't already) and then click the Google Meet icon.
I am looking forward to seeing all of you this morning!
See you soon,
Mr. D:)
Dear Students, Thank you for sharing your awesome talent with Mr. D and the class. Thank you as well for making it a great last day toge...
