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Daily 5

 

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What we learned.....

With just cardboard you can make a sifter. - Cecilia

We had lots of fun learning about science.  We learned about minerals, rocks and soil. - Jessica

We made sifters. - Maddox

A sifter separates the good soil and bad soil. - Lauren

We had 2 buckets of mud and one had leaves, branches and mud in it.  We had to put mud in our sifter to see if you could separate the bad stuff and just leave us with good mud.  Mine worked. -Katie

You could make the sifters with screen and most people used that to separate the dirt. - Ally

I learned about igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. - Kealan

We had to get information from books to learn about igneous and sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. - Eric C.

We used the mohs scale, steak, luster and all sorts of things to find different properties of minerals. - Mitchell

A lot of people crowded the table to look in the dictionary.  We can find information in a dictionary, computers, books and from people. - Khang, Heidi, Sam

We learned that rocks are made up of different minerals and some are shiny, some are just plain, some are shiny and plain. - Dante

Igneous rock is formed from lava out of a volcano. - Aden

Rocks forming layers that are squished together make sedimentary rock. - Ethan

We collected soil samples with our learning buddies and we learned that each sample was different. - Derek

Minerals can be shiny. - Sofia

Medium = Ink

Students created an art project using ink and brayers!

Daily 5

During the Daily 5, students may be.... Working on Writing, Listening to Reading, Reading to Someone, Reading to Self, or working on Word Work!

Rocks, Minerals & Soil

Word Work

Word work was our last element of the Daily 5 to learn about in order to implement the structure fully in the classroom.  I am so excited. - Mrs. Kosolowski
One of the activities that you can use to practice spelling your words is clay. - Cecilia & Eric C.
A must do is using your words in 7 silly sentences. - Jessica
A must do is writing your words in rainbow words. You can use pencil crayons. - Ally
A must do is that you have to put your words in alphabetical order. - Stacy
In the classroom you can use pipe cleaner to make your words. -Kaelan
We can use the laptop to practice your letters and you can use clay cutter. - Dante
Mrs. kosolowski got a laptop and she put on a website that you can practice your words on. - Rhian
Magnetic letters. - Sam
Stamps. - Jessica & Heidi
You can make your words out of necklace beads. - Khang & Lauren
But you don't get to keep the necklace. - Rhian
Paper clips. - Sofia
There are writing strips. - Cecilia
Your spelling test is every Friday unless we have no school on Friday, then it will be on Thursday. - Mrs. Kosolowski
You get new words every week.

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Our First Auction

Daily 5

Criteria for Work On Writing...

Stay at your spot. - Rhian/ Eric C.
Stay quiet. - Khang/ Eric D.
Enjoy writing. Have fun! - Jessica / Kaelan / Derek
Stop when the teacher tells you to stop. - Dante/ Stacy
When it is choice writing you can do comics. - Rhain
You have to write independently and not with a partner. - Rhian
Use punctuation. - Ally
Pencils moving. - Kaelan
Brain engaged. - Ally
Underline misspelled words. - Eric D.
Feels awesome, Juices flowing. - Kaelan
Focus on writing. - Eric D. / Rhain
Skip lines.- Eric. D / Kaelan
Lots of detail. - Kaelan
Edit. - Kaelan
Use a dictionary or the word wall. - Stacy/ Derek
Looks like lots of writing. - Kaelan/ Dante
Write on the right hand side of the page. - Kaelan

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The French test.......

We have did lots of french this year - Eric
Were going to be making a haunted french house in October- Khang
On Monday we will have our french numbers test. -Eric/Khang
We had a french test on Thursday!!!!! - Eric :)
Were doing french numbers up to 50.-Eric:)
The class has been going to Mrs.Palahnuk's classroom for french. -Ally
She has a really cool game she always plays with us for learning the house it's a guessing game!!-Ally

Friday News!

This Weeks Highlights!

We had learning buddies and we made their names with lego, beads, and little jems. - Ally & Lauren

We worked on our trinket stories in the computer lab. - Sofia

We get candy on Friday. - Eric C.

We did Daily 5.  We worked on writing. - Katie

We learned some French.  We learned numbers, rooms of the house and Alphabet. - Jessica, Ally & Sam

We did the Terry Fox Walk - Ronelle

Some of has to double up with the learning buddies because there are only 17 kindergartens. - Derek

We did "How Many Ways" to show a number. - Dante

Mrs. Palahnuk's was learning our names by doing the alphabet in French. - Dante
For French we are going to make a haunted house with rooms. - Cecilia

We did T.W.A.S. - Mitchell

We had choice time. It was our first time.- Khang & Dante

We celebrated Kaelan's birthday. - Sam

The topics for T.W.A.S. was the Daily 5, Trinket Stories, Learning Buddies & How Many Ways. - Katie

We have to do our T.W.A.S. for homework. - Eric. C

We new activities for choice time and indoor recess. There are beads, math books, origami.- Eric D.

We made a lot of criteria for the Daily 5. - Derek

We played a number game for French. - Lauren

Kaelan brought cupcakes and special smarties with his face on it. - Kaelan & Maddox

We did the Daily 5. We read to each other. - Aden

We played buzz off with the rooms of the house. - Katie

Thanks for reading!

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THANK YOU!

Thank you so much to parents and students for looking at the blog and posting!  It has been fun checking who is posting and about what!  I really appreciate the effort, keep it up!  Hopefully the blog is helping parents know more about what is going on in the classroom and students are able to fill in the blanks when the blog doesn't tell it all.

Mrs. Kosolowski

Our fish has a name!!

Thunder Bolt!

We have a new class pet!

At lunch time, Sofia and Jessica went with Mrs. Kosolowski to a pet shop and we think they bought a male Betta fish.  - Katie
After they came back we put the fish under the student work wall and we are going to come up with a name.  - Cecilia
When Jessica and I were at the pet store there were so many fish and one looked like it had the skin of a peacock.  Then we looked at the fish we bought and we bought it because it was so active and the other fish were lazy.  The other active fish were redish and we wanted a more colourful fish. At the pet store, the fish was kept in a tiny little plastic container. - Sofia
We got him a little snail named Garry for in the bowl, for entertainment and to play with. Garry is from Spongebob. - Khang, Maddox, Katie
We also got him stuff that looks like grass and rocks. - Cecilia
Sofia and Jessica brought him in a plastic bag. - Heidi
He is black and dark blue and a little bit of red and purple. - Derek
If we get another fish, the tank can split in half so the other fish can go on the other side. We bought more seaweed to go on the other side if we buy another one. - Sofia
We also have fish food and medicine for the water. - Jessica

Here are the possible name choices:
Bubbles - 6
Ben - 0
Thunder Bolt - 6
Betta Boy -1
Ollie - 2
Fizzy - 0
RPG - 4
Jimmy - 0
Scott - 0
Gizmo - 0
Oliver - 0
RPD - 0
Scout - 1
Blue Guy - 0
Bobby - 1
Blue - 0
Fins - 0
Flipper - 0
Smiley - 1
Dizzy - 0

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Our lunch time looks different?

The lunch helpers take attendance. - Ally
You can play quiet games when you are done lunch in the meeting area. - Cecilia & Derek
Games like connect 4, BINGO, battleship, mad gab, domino's or scrabble. - Cecilia
There are no more kid lunch helper. - Sofia
We go outside at different times. 12:40. - Ally & Cecilia
There are supervisors and they are the same every day. - Katie
We have a lunch time check list to keep the classroom clean. - Kaelan

By: Room 5

Reading to Self Criteria - Daily 5

Stay in your spot. - Katie & Maddox & Ally
Read in your head! - Eric C. & Ethan
Leave other people alone. - Khang & Eric D.
Focus on your book. - Jessica & Khang & Eric C.
Stay quiet. - Stacy
Read until the teacher tells you to stop. - Cecilia
Enjoy reading! - Ronelle & Katie
Read a book you want to read. - Kaelan & Dante
Get a just right book for you. - Dante
Teacher is working with others. - Lauren
Use your strategies. - Katie
You can read a chapter book or a picture book. - Dante

By: Room 5

Our Virtual Classroom Pet

Today we got a virtual pet. But of course we had to vote for it.
   hampster 0
   wolf 4
   porcuipine 0
   kitten 1
   bat 4
   pig 2
   dog 1
   panda 2
   monkey 7
   penguin 0
   pencil/lightbulb 1
   (penil/lightbulb is a moving pencil and a flickering lightbulb)
   duck 0
   turtle 0
the monkey won woo hoo!!!
  
By Dante and Sam

What we did today!!

This morning we had an assembly at the gym and we learned to count people in.   
     Today we went to the cumputer lab and we learned about the classroom blog.   
 we have a virtual blog pet.

Sam & Dante   

Thank you to families for reading our posts and making a comment!
Mrs. Kosolowski

What have we been up to?

We have been doing art.  We coloured dragonflies and auction wallets. - Jessica & Lauren
We have been doing reading folders and we have been reading. - Cecilia
We have started the Daily 5.  The Daily 5 is reading on the computer, reading to someone, writing, and I forgot the other ones - Dante & Kaelan
We have been trying to pick a computer class pet and a real classroom pet. - Katie
We have been into the computer lab for the very first time. - Ally
We took pictures of our summer trinket that has a story behind it. - Ronelle
T.W.A.S. - Stacy
For reading workshop we set criteria. - Ethan
We did home reading folders. - Sam
We set how many minutes we are going to read for the month. - Katie
We have been changing seats a lot. - Jessica
We had choir. - Ally & Ronelle
We have an agenda and a recorder. - Dante & Maddox
We started reading. - Stacy
We are getting along with each other. - Eric D.
We were doing a wordle. - Cecilia
Lots of people in the class are getting dragonfly tickets. - Derek
We all did our classroom jobs. - Eric C.
We have a check board or "Thanks You" chart where we get pretend money. - Dante
So basically we are having a good time. - Jessica
We are learning more. - Stacy
We get lots of candy. It is called Friday treat.- Kaelan & Dante & Eric C.
We all talked about our summer with the string. - Maddox
We took turns sitting on the couch and the cushions. - Derek
To make a long story short we are having an awesome time. - Ethan
We are starting home reading. - Heidi
Student of the Week. - Ronelle & Ally
We started morning exercises where we did the number of the day. - Cecilia
We were very busy our first week. - Derek

During the summer .....

This summer was amazing!  The weather was gorgeous and perfect for relaxing and making many trips to the cabin!  I spent July and August at my cabin in Moosehorn, to help with sand bagging and removing all the contents from our cabin to try and save as much as we could due to the flooding of Lake Manitoba.  Between  trying to save the cabin, we still found time to quad with family and friends.  Moosehorn is full of beautiful scenery and many mud holes.  For me the summer is about spending as much of it outside as possible.  School may have started, but I will continue to make weekend trips to Moosehorn.  I hope everyone else had a wonderful summer and is ready to get back into the swing of school and learning!!