Wednesday, June 7, 2016

Happy Wednesday Students, Parents, and Carers!

We began our day with integration, sensory diets, and Floortime (child-led play). Play is great for creativity, language arts and complex communication skills, abstract thinking, problem solving skills,  inquiry and mathematics skills, role-play and drama, fine motor skills, teamwork, and social skills. Sensory diets are so important for regulation, auditory processing skills, teamwork, social skills, sportsmanship, motor planning, body mapping, sequencing, gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, and balance and coordination. 

Ring toss is a great tool to work on our fine and gross motor skills, visual spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, accuracy, turn taking, sportsmanship, and math skills (arithmetic).

Here we are making some cards for some SJA teachers and writing a letter home for our picnic tomorrow! We were working on our literacy skills, spelling skills, writing skills, inferencing and abstract thinking, fine motor skills, math skills, creativity and abstract thinking skills.

Sander and Avery wanted a sensory break so they decided to play some Twister, while Carter and Mr. Jacob played a math game using dice called Hot Dice.

Mr. Eric was our teacher today and went over months, weeks, dates, days, year, weather, time (past, present/now, future), and feelings. This is a great opportunity to work on ideation and symbolism, abstract and complex communication, mathematics and the passage of time, social and life skills, and communication skills. 

In gym today we played soccer outside in the sun! Students had to work together and used their auditory processing skills, visual spatial skills, hand-eye coordination, teamwork, sportsmanship, motor planning, praxis, fine and gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, and balance and coordination.

After lunch recess we watched the SJA Spring Concert perform some great hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s. It was so much fun and our friends from SJA did exceptionally well!

Lastly, we went over our Zones of Regulation and discussed how we were feeling today. We also got to share our own ideas and thoughts on how our day went, and took turns saying one nice thing about our friends from today's work. Today I also added a writing component to our reflection where students had to write down their top three activities from the day, and then label them as being 'green', 'yellow', 'blue', or 'red' from the Zones of Regulation.

                                                                Have a great evening! 

                                                                          Mr. Jacob : )

HOMEWORK:  Tell your parents about our picnic to Skymark Deli (http://www.skymarkdeli.com/directions/skymark.jpg) on Argentia. Get your permission letter signed, and bring in the money for tomorrow. $10 will be more than enough as sandwiches are $5.00 and under, salads are $3.00 and under. Students can work on money skills and bring their change home!

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Happy Monday Students, Parents, and Carers!

We began our day with integration, sensory diets, and Floortime (child-led play). Play is great for creativity, language arts and complex communication skills, abstract thinking, problem solving skills,  inquiry and mathematics skills, role-play and drama, fine motor skills, teamwork, and social skills. Sensory diets are so important for regulation, auditory processing skills, teamwork, social skills, sportsmanship, motor planning, body mapping, sequencing, gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, and balance and coordination. 

Ring toss is a great tool to work on our fine and gross motor skills, visual spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, accuracy, turn taking, sportsmanship, and math skills (arithmetic).

                       Here is Ojani going over his project presentation with Ms. Ashley!

                                                               Floortime Play

Sensory Diet with some mental math skills!

Here we are making some cards for our TAs and working on our literacy skills, spelling skills, writing skills, inferencing and abstract thinking, fine motor skills, math skills, creativity and abstract thinking skills.

After we made some cards,  we decided to have some STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) fun using plastic cups. Students had to use their fine motor skills, visual spatial skills, and creative arts skills to complete the activity. Students also used time and math skills to se how fast they could construct, and then destruct their towers.

Mr. Avery was our teacher today and went over months, weeks, dates, days, year, weather, time (past, present/now, future), and feelings. This is a great opportunity to work on ideation and symbolism, abstract and complex communication, mathematics and the passage of time, social and life skills, and communication skills. 

In gym today we played Battleship-Dodgeball followed by Pizza Party. Students had to work together and used their auditory processing skills, visual spatial skills, hand-eye coordination, teamwork, sportsmanship, motor planning, praxis, fine and gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, and balance and coordination.

In Mindfulness today we practiced being calm, still, and focused on our breathing and controlling our bodies using Cosmic Kids Yoga. All of our friends were so attentive, focused, determined, and calm while working on their breathing, body awareness and body mapping, regulation, and flexibility. 

Our afternoon began with a fun hands-on Science lesson involving team work and water! This lesson was great for both language and auditory processing and comprehension skills, sequencing and math skills, abstract thinking, reading skills,  scientific language and problem solving skills, fine motor skills, visual spatial skills, directional, complex and positional language.

Lastly, we went over our Zones of Regulation and discussed how we were feeling today. We also got to share our own ideas and thoughts on how our day went, and took turns saying one nice thing about our friends from today's work. Today I also added a writing component to our reflection where students had to write down their top three activities from the day, and then label them as being 'green', 'yellow', 'blue', or 'red' from the Zones of Regulation.

                                                                  Have a great evening! 

                                                                          Mr. Jacob : )

Monday, June 5, 2017

Happy Monday Students, Parents, and Carers!

We began our day with integration, sensory diets, and Floortime (child-led play). Play is great for creativity, language arts and complex communication skills, abstract thinking, problem solving skills,  inquiry and mathematics skills, role-play and drama, fine motor skills, teamwork, and social skills. Sensory diets are so important for regulation, auditory processing skills, teamwork, social skills, sportsmanship, motor planning, body mapping, sequencing, gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, and balance and coordination. 

Ring toss is a great tool to work on our fine and gross motor skills, visual spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, accuracy, turn taking, sportsmanship, and math skills (arithmetic).

After discussing our weekends and having some Floortime Play, we continued researching and constructing for our Water Projects. During this time students worked on literacy skills, spelling skills, writing skills, inferencing and abstract thinking, fine motor skills, math skills, creativity and abstract thinking, and scientific vocabulary.

                                                                            Research time.

Eric showing off his work for SJA.

Hard at work.

Teamwork!

Here is Avery pretending to be a stingray! Hahaha

Mr. Sander was our teacher today and went over months, weeks, dates, days, year, weather, time (past, present/now, future), and feelings. This is a great opportunity to work on ideation and symbolism, abstract and complex communication, mathematics and the passage of time, social and life skills, and communication skills. 

In gym today we played Shipwreck-Dodgeball followed by Shark Tag. Students had to work together and used their auditory processing skills, visual spatial skills, hand-eye coordination, teamwork, sportsmanship, motor planning, praxis, fine and gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, and balance and coordination.

Our afternoon began with a fun science experiment called "Whirly Bird"! This lesson was great for both language and auditory processing and comprehension skills, sequencing and math skills, abstract thinking, reading skills,  scientific language and problem solving skills, fine motor skills, visual spatial skills, and timing.

Lastly, we went over our Zones of Regulation and discussed how we were feeling today. We also got to share our own ideas and thoughts on how our day went, and took turns saying one nice thing about our friends from today's work. Today I also added a writing component to our reflection where students had to write down their top three activities from the day, and then label them as being 'green', 'yellow', 'blue', or 'red' from the Zones of Regulation.

                                                                  Have a great evening! 

                                                                          Mr. Jacob : )