Thank you to all of the parents who came out for student-led conferences. It was great to see how our little learners were able to independently show you what they have learned! Speaking of learning, we completed our first MAP test on Wednesday morning. The results that this test rendered confirmed our thoughts on the amazing improvements that our students have made. While we are still waiting for the official data, the original print outs, are something to be proud of. Dr. Amy, Soa and I are so impressed by the improvement rate shown by the data. Thanks for making sure that your child had a good night's sleep, and a big breakfast before this test! Aside from all of this outside excitement, we have been having fun trudging on with our in class learning. In Math, we have been learning about fractions as equal parts of a whole. We have been matching written fractions to pictures, and have been reading, writing and colouring a variety of fractions from 1 whole to eighths. In Language Arts, we have been learning about the 'voice' writing trait. We read the story 'Yesterday I Had the Blues' by Jeron Ashfrod Frame. To a large extent, writing with voice means writing with emotion. A young mother's memoir about having a baby may be joyful. A commuter's editorial about rising gasoline prices may be angry. A soldier's letter from the front lines may be cheerful, but tinged with sadness and even fear. Yesterday I Had the Blues is full of emotion, as described by a young boy who starts out with the blues, but winds up with the "greens" (hopeful). But his daddy has the "grays" (tense), his mama has the "reds" (annoyed), his sister has the "pinks" (cheerful), and so forth. By the end, we realize that what the boy truly has is a real family with real feelings. As a class, we talked about our feelings, and the different colours that they could be represented by. We then asked our students to put their ideas down on paper. It was amazing to see how colourful their voices were! During our UOI time, we have been working on comparing community helpers, discussing ways that they are the same, and ways that they are different. We have also been considering what type of a helper that we want to be when we are older. The photos below display our ambitions. With that said, we did talk about how there are many jobs we don't even know about, and that being happy with our jobs and our lives is very important. read aloud of Yesterday I Had the Blues begins at 15:19
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