Mr. McCallum - Archive - 2011

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Posted: February 9, 2011

Agenda 02_09_2010

A busy day today.  We "borrowed" Mrs. Hache's recipe for good writing and took a quick first look at the seven parts.  The one part we spent some time on was organization.  There were certain things that I look for organization on our page when we write, do you remember some of them? Fast For Word is going great and we even have some people who have moved to level 2 already!   CHOIR PEOPLE will be busy for the next few lunch hours (Thurs. Fri. and Mon.) because Flag Day is on Tuesday!  In Gym today we did a much better job of listening, and got to spend much more time playing our games (and much less on instruction adn waiting for people to freeze).  That might be because we had to stay in at recess for 5 minutes for the first time all year, and hopefully the last!  On a more positive note, our classroom looks great after our big desk clean out!  Get lots of sleep and see you Tomorrow!

Posted: February 8, 2011

Agenda 02_08_2011

We started off our day with Fast For Word.  In math we worked on regrouping when adding 2 digit numbers. This is hard right now, so we will be working on it for a long time.  Some of us had floor hockey at lunch (which was a very close game that went to a shoot out), and the rest of us got to go outside.  After lunch we worked with Mr. Lange doing some french, played a version of floor hockey in gym, and worked on writing with Mrs. MacIssac.  Interim Reports went home today too.  Hot Lunch tomorrow.  Get lots of sleep and see you in the morning.

Posted: February 7, 2011

Agenda 02_07_2011

Our day started out with our normal routine, and we started a new chapter book.  The girl in the book (Rilla) is worried about the big fitness competition thats coming up, or the bike part anyway!  Do you remember why?  In math we reviewed and introduced a new strategy called "Regrouping".  This is going to be like all our math, hard at first, then easy once we practice a bit!  We did Fast ForWord after recess, and played outside today (unless you were in choir).  After lunch we played scooter floor hockey in gym and had You and Your World with Mr. Lange.  In Art we finally got to decorate our book boxes!  Remember Interim reports go home tomorrow!  Get lots of rest, and I'll see you in the morning.

Posted: February 2, 2011

Agenda 02_02_2011

In math today we worked on our "counting on" strategy.  When we have two numbers we are trying to add, we take the larger number and put it in our head, then we put the smaller number on our fingers and "count on" from the first number.   See if you can try it, 11+4= ??   Dont forget this Friday is Jersey Day!  Wear your favorite jersey.  Have a great night see ya tomorrow!

Posted: February 1, 2011

Valentines Day

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Sun, Feb 13/11 8:00 pm

Posted: February 1, 2011

Interim Reports Go Home

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Mon, Feb 7/11 8:00 pm

Posted: February 1, 2011

Ian Baillie Dance Competition

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Thu, Feb 10/11 8:00 pm

Posted: February 1, 2011

Agenda 02_01_2011

Today in Math we worked on Fact Families for the number 10.  That means all the math sentences where the number 10 is the answer.  How many can you remember?  We also worked on making relationship tree's to go with our fact families.  Do you remember how are adding and subtracting alike?  We continue to work in the computer lab doing Fast For Word and in the afternoon we worked with Mr. Lange and Mrs. MacIssac.  In gym we worked on different ways we could make a dance for the Ian Baillie "So you think you can Dance" Competition.  Our music can only be 30 seconds long, and our dance must have four elements: Start, Balance, Turn, Finish.  Can you teach your family how to do one of those 4 things?  Have a great night and get lots of sleep.

Posted: January 31, 2011

Agenda 01_31_2011

Today in the agenda the students were instructed to write to check our webpage.  I have not been sending home calendar work as a link to the classroom, so it is a friendly reminder to me write each night on the webpage and give a rundown of the day.  Today started with two surprises!  The first surprise was that we were lucky enough to have Miss Gallant come in and teach us for the day (while Mr.McCallum did some testing).  The second was when we started our day doing science east.  Do you remember which mixture made the rocket fly?  We did Fast For Word and a small craft in Art class.  Tomorrow will be a regular day and I wil be back in the class.  See you then!

Posted: January 11, 2011

Agenda 11_01_2011

WELCOME BACK!   The first day of school for 2011!  We were an excitable bunch today, but better than a sleepy bunch!  We dove right in!  In Language Arts we previewed the new computer program that we will be using starting tomorrow called Fast ForWord.  We talked about how it can make new pathways in our brain, want to take a sneak peak, check it out at:  http://www.scilearn.com/products/fast-forword-reading-series/reading-lev...  There are demo's here and a bit about the program. We also talked about using hooks to start our story.  We came up with some good "hooks" to start our story.  A hook is the first sentence we write in order to "hook" the reader and make them want to read more!  Do you remember any hooks we came up with?   Check back soon with our new Calgary Project to hear some good hooks.   In math I was so happy I almost cried, the whole class remembered the answer to the question I asked them!  "How are adding and subtracting alike?"   They took one look at the relationship tree I drew on the board and said "adding and subtracting are alike because they show the relationship between numbers!"  It made reviewing how to make a fact family easy.   Then we worked on making a paper calculator for adding.  Do you remember how we did it?  (hint: number 0 to 9 across a top row, and 0 to 9 down the first column... can you fill in the chart)  In PE today we used the "big-feet".  We did this to practice walking with something on our feet!  Which is why we need to bring our snowpants everyday..... right!Check the memo's there are 2 hot lunch orders this week!  Have a great night and get lots of sleep!  

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