Mrs. Sparks' Rainbow Fish

Collaboration in Literacy

Posted on February 16, 2012 by sparksm

The Grade one students worked together to predict the sequence of a story.

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I Time

Posted on February 16, 2012 by sparksm

The children shared some of what they found out during their I Time this week!

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Thank you to the parents who were able to attend the workshop yesterday. We had many requests for more information on the ipad apps and games. For parents who attended and those who were unable to come, here are some links:

iPad Apps

Sum Stackers

Montessori Hundreds Board

Montessori Skip Counting

Online Games and Resources

Find the missing number on the hundred square

www.ictgames.co.uk

www.ictgames.com

www.bbc.co.uk/schools

Brainpop Junior (username: ismanila, password :ismanila) . This password will only work until 3:30pm.

Hundreds chart activities

Printable Base 10 Blocks (and many more resources)

Online Math Dictionary

Copy of the Handout:

Thank you for your support!

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Poem of the Week

Posted on February 10, 2012 by sparksm

If You’re Friendly and You Know It

If you’re friendly and you know it,

say “Hello”.

If you’re friendly and you know it,

say “Hello”.

If you’re friendly and you know it,

and you really want to show it,

If you’re friendly and you know it,

say “Hello”!

Have your child sing the rest of the verses we made up to you!

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Friendship

Posted on February 10, 2012 by sparksm

The Rainbow fish are continuing to investigate what a friend is and how to be a friend. We are looking for ways we see this happening in class and around the school.

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I Time

Posted on February 10, 2012 by sparksm

The Rainbow fish have started to have some “I Time”! This is a time for independent inquiry into questions that the childen are personally interested researching. Therefore, it is “I” Time. The class is thinking about wonderings, ways to find out and then ways to share.

We will keep you posted as to what we learn!

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Friendship Unit

Posted on February 3, 2012 by sparksm

Friendship

Enduring Understanding:

Building
and maintaining relationships takes thought, effort and sensitivity.

Students are inquiring into:

What is a friend?
How can I be a friend?
How do I connect and relate to others?
What makes a friendship last?

Students will:

Making connections to others
(students, characters)
Working in groups and accepting group
decisions
Reflect on how to communicate with
others
Using conflict resolution strategies
to negotiate, take turns, etc.
Discuss and practice accepting and
responding to feedback
Plan and prepare for activities for visitors
from another school
Focus on maintaining relationships
Focus
on the dispositions fair and caring
Use
connection and collaboration skills to work cooperatively, respect
others and their ideas and make shared decisions
Use personal management and
reflection skills to set goals and develop plans

Standards and indicators
taught and assessed as part of this unit:

Social Studies By the end of Grade 2 Social Studies
Standard 4 Students will understand that culture explores the inherited ideas, beliefs, values and knowledge that a group of people share.
E.SS4.1 recognize that there are similarities and differences between individuals and within groups
Standard 6 Students will understand that citizenship explores the rights and responsibilities that individuals have as members of a community.
E.SS6.1 give examples of rights and responsibilities of the individual in relation to his or her social group
E.SS6.2 recognize that individual people are part of a group
E.SS6.3 recognize appropriate and inappropriate social behavior and the impact of making choices about behavior

Integrated English Language
Arts

Standard 1 Students will understand how to read fluently using the skills and strategies of the reading process.
E.E1.9 make connections between own knowledge and experience and information in texts
Standard 2 Students will understand how to comprehend, respond to, analyze and evaluate a wide variety of texts.
E.E2.6 make and confirm predications about text by using prior knowledge and ideas presented in text
Standard 4 Students will understand how write with clarity, logic, validity and effectiveness on a wide range of topics and for a variety of purposes and audiences.
E.E4.8 write in a variety of genres
Standard 5 Students will understand how listen to and respond critically to oral communication.
E.E5.5 follow oral directions
E.E5.7 communicate with an increasing range of people for a variety of purposes on both familiar and introduced topics in spontaneous and structured classroom activities
Standard 6 Students will understand how to communicate coherently and appropriately in a range of oral settings.
E.E6.11 give precise oral directions and instructions