November 18th to 22nd: Empathy - understanding and sharing in the feelings and emotions of others11/22/2013 MATH:
We’re taking a deeper look at data management! We made our own surveys and asked everyone in our class our questions. We practiced tallying responses and going over what problems we faced when carrying out this process (e.g., "I thought I asked everyone in the class but I only have 15 tallies", or "I ran out of time because I worried too much about spelling or the perfect question to ask"). We also learned how to turn surveys into simple bar graphs. Ask your child about what our success criteria is for making surveys and bar graphs! We played this interactive game on the Smart Board as a class, try it at home! Great for grade 1s ;) For grade 2s, try reading these graphs and answering the questions. Even more links to lots of fun graphing games. *Extra practice and Homework* LANGUAGE: Our Daily 5 program is still underway! Some students get to read with Kelly or Kendra on the side during daily 5 activities as well. And again – a big thanks to our parent volunteers that come in to play word games with the students! One morning as students were signing up for centres and doing the morning routine, we watched a short video on the Smart Board, Franklin's Nickname Watch it again at home and then have a discussion about empathy; how did Bear feel? Did the other characters think about his feelings? How would YOU feel if someone gave you a nickname that you didn’t like? As an integrated Social Studies lesson, we had a discussion on Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and how we can show empathy towards those who were affected. It started off with a newspaper article from Teaching Kids News (an amazing website for kid friendly but current news articles!). After a long class discussion about our feelings and even a visit to Google Earth to see where the Philippines are in our big wide world, we wrote empathetic journal entries. Please take some time to reread this article with your son or daughter at home and have another discussion about how they’re feeling. This week we read two books about empathy, one chosen by Ryan (because his name was pulled out of our droplet bucket on Monday!) and then another voted on by the students. Ask your child about Those Shoes and Big Al Your child can show empathy by: Helping and understanding how others in the family feel Using words to describe how others may be feeling Understanding, sensing and sharing in the feelings and emotions of others Showing love, sympathy, compassion and encouragement Speaking from “I” and owning his or her emotions Questions to discuss with your child: What is empathy? How can we show empathy? What does it mean to be empathetic? Projects to do together: Engage your child in volunteer opportunities, such as helping at the food bank or other community organizations Develop a family project that is meant to help others When reading or watching the news, encourage a discussion about how those involved might feel If you and your child take on one of these projects and would like to add a short entry to the blog about your active citizenship, please send me an email and I'll include it in our next update :) SOCIAL STUDIES: This week we cleaned up any unclaimed clothes in the lost and found sort. Tanya and Duncan have volunteered to take them to a local charity for those in need. Stay tuned for their report on where the clothes are being taken and who we’re helping out! What a great group of active and responsible citizens we have! Mrs. Wheeler even came into Room 102 and thanked our class personally for all our generous work! As a final task, we buddied up with a partner this week to reflect on our Mini Flip Books all about our roles and responsibilities. This was our chance to choose 2 stars and 1 wish; two things what we’re really proud of (the success criteria that we achieved) and one thing that we could have improved (something that we missed including from the success criteria). Working with a buddy helped us get another point of view on our work, because sometimes it’s hard to see what we missed. OTHER: Field Trip time! A permission form came home with the students on Friday – we’re going to Pioneer Village!! On this trip we’ll be taking part in the “Toys of Yesteryear” program that touches on both the social studies and science curriculum. What are some of the winter holiday traditions from the past and how have they changed? The exchanging of presents is an age-old tradition at this time of year, but what materials were used and how were simple toys made? “It’s play time! Discover toys of the past in our interactive display! Make your own toy, take part in storytelling and play with toys just like the pioneer children did. Once you have had a chance to see how much fun the pioneer toys are you won't want to go back to the modern ones!” *This is a parent-driver field trip – it can only happen if we have enough parent volunteers offer to drive! If you’re unable to come and stay for the day, that’s ok, you can drop us off and then simply come back to pick us up ;) Please contact Barjinder if you want to help out. MATH: We’re taking a deeper look at data management! We made our own surveys and asked everyone in our class our questions. We practiced tallying responses and going over what problems we faced when carrying out this process (e.g., "I thought I asked everyone in the class but I only have 15 tallies", or "I ran out of time because I worried too much about spelling or the perfect question to ask"). We also learned how to turn surveys into simple bar graphs. Ask your child about what our success criteria is for making surveys and bar graphs! We played this interactive game on the Smart Board as a class, try it at home! Great for grade 1s ;) For grade 2s, try reading these graphs and answering the questions. Even more links to lots of fun graphing games. *Extra practice and Homework* LANGUAGE: Our Daily 5 program is still underway! Some students get to read with Kelly or Kendra on the side during daily 5 activities as well. And again – a big thanks to our parent volunteers that come in to play word games with the students! One morning as students were signing up for centres and doing the morning routine, we watched a short video on the Smart Board, Franklin's Nickname Watch it again at home and then have a discussion about empathy; how did Bear feel? Did the other characters think about his feelings? How would YOU feel if someone gave you a nickname that you didn’t like? As an integrated Social Studies lesson, we had a discussion on Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and how we can show empathy towards those who were affected. It started off with a newspaper article from Teaching Kids News (an amazing website for kid friendly but current news articles!). After a long class discussion about our feelings and even a visit to Google Earth to see where the Philippines are in our big wide world, we wrote empathetic journal entries. Please take some time to reread this article with your son or daughter at home and have another discussion about how they’re feeling. This week we read two books about empathy, one chosen by Ryan (because his name was pulled out of our droplet bucket on Monday!) and then another voted on by the students. Ask your child about Those Shoes and Big Al Your child can show empathy by: Helping and understanding how others in the family feel Using words to describe how others may be feeling Understanding, sensing and sharing in the feelings and emotions of others Showing love, sympathy, compassion and encouragement Speaking from “I” and owning his or her emotions Questions to discuss with your child: What is empathy? How can we show empathy? What does it mean to be empathetic? Projects to do together: Engage your child in volunteer opportunities, such as helping at the food bank or other community organizations Develop a family project that is meant to help others When reading or watching the news, encourage a discussion about how those involved might feel If you and your child take on one of these projects and would like to add a short entry to the blog about your active citizenship, please send me an email and I'll include it in our next update :) SOCIAL STUDIES: This week we cleaned up any unclaimed clothes in the lost and found sort. Tanya and Duncan have volunteered to take them to a local charity for those in need. Stay tuned for their report on where the clothes are being taken and who we’re helping out! What a great group of active and responsible citizens we have! Mrs. Wheeler even came into Room 102 and thanked our class personally for all our generous work! As a final task, we buddied up with a partner this week to reflect on our Mini Flip Books all about our roles and responsibilities. This was our chance to choose 2 stars and 1 wish; two things what we’re really proud of (the success criteria that we achieved) and one thing that we could have improved (something that we missed including from the success criteria). Working with a buddy helped us get another point of view on our work, because sometimes it’s hard to see what we missed. OTHER: Field Trip time! A permission form came home with the students on Friday – we’re going to Pioneer Village!! On this trip we’ll be taking part in the “Toys of Yesteryear” program that touches on both the social studies and science curriculum. What are some of the winter holiday traditions from the past and how have they changed? The exchanging of presents is an age-old tradition at this time of year, but what materials were used and how were simple toys made? “It’s play time! Discover toys of the past in our interactive display! Make your own toy, take part in storytelling and play with toys just like the pioneer children did. Once you have had a chance to see how much fun the pioneer toys are you won't want to go back to the modern ones!” *This is a parent-driver field trip – it can only happen if we have enough parent volunteers offer to drive! If you’re unable to come and stay for the day, that’s ok, you can drop us off and then simply come back to pick us up ;) Please contact Barjinder if you want to help out.
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