Happy Friday!

This morning, we reviewed the class schedule as students will start to get into the daily routine next week. We started the front page cover of our IB binder. Students have been working well and is off to a great start!

In the afternoon, students continued to work on their learning goals for the year. They are using the "SMART goals" format to expand in more detail.

After completing yesterday's IB learner profiles, we moved on to discussing the next five-- Open-Minded, Caring, Risk-Taker, Balanced, and Reflective. Again, students worked at their table groups to complete their posters. All of these posters are now displayed on our IB Learner Profile board in the classroom!

We ended off the day with a house game led by Theta!

Homework: Reading Log, Complete 4 SMART learning goals, and write the definition of the French words on the crossword puzzle

Have a fantastic weekend!

Second House Game

We started off the morning with our second house game of the week!

Students had music with Mr. Oliver, Gym and French in the morning.

In the afternoon, students wrote down six goals in their language notebook that they have for the year and had to explain in detail how they were going to achieve those goals. Students are required to write in cursive at all times starting in Grade 4. They were introduced to what a SMART goal is:

S= Specific
M= Measureable
A= Attainable
R= Relevant
T= Timely

In math, students completed their Unit 1: Patterning Pre-Assessment. We will be starting our math unit next week in class.

In UOI, students reviewed five IB Learner Profiles- Inquirer, Knowledgeable, Thinker, Communicator, and Principled. After a class discussion of each, students worked in their table groups to create a poster that represents the learner profile they were assigned. This serves as a reminder for students as to what it means to be an IB student and what it embodies for their academic year.

First Day of School!

Welcome to the first day of school!

We had a fun-filled morning working on a class Scavenger Hunt to get the know the class as we have some old and new friends! We learned a lot about each other from the activity!

Next, students went to gym and had French class in our classroom with Madame Carol.

In the afternoon, I was able to learn more about the students through an "All About Me Survey". We also had time to share with the class. Next, we made hand cutouts and students put their name in the middle of the hand and wrote five characteristics about them on each finger. It's now displayed on our class door!

The next activity was a chain activity where we discussed what students can do really well. After a brief discussion about some of the students' talents, they wrote down five things they do well on a piece of paper of different colours and then created a mini paper chain with the strips. Students held the growing chain as it was being linked. We discussed what the chain demonstrates-- all the students in our class have talents and if we work together, we can accomplish anything. The class is stronger when students work together and it reminds us of the various talents we have and the benefits of teamwork.

First house game of the year! Winner was Kappa!

 Free time/quiet activities