The day began with a little semi-structured play session while we waited for all of our friends to arrive. There were some pretty innovative creations and great social conversation.
Mr. Eric was our teacher today and went over the month, date, day, year, weather, time, and feelings. For feelings today we discussed what symbolism is and how we can show our emotions in various ways, i.e. colours, actions, and objects. Mr. Jacob chose a clock to represent "worried" and "anxious" because there were so many different things to accomplish today that entailed everyone being on time. Next, Mr. Jacob asked the students to look for things around the room to represent how they felt and think in symbolic and abstract ways.
Eric said it made him happy when we got to fill up our bucket because then it will almost be full.
Sander said a gym ball makes him happy because he likes to move on it and it calms down his body.
Avery said he felt a little anxious because there were so many words and instructions on the board. To be honest, I felt the same way!
Ojani chose a dinosaur because he said they make him happy because they are cool and not boring. We then discussed how it is very disappointing and boring when you go to the Zoo and all the animals are sleeping. We all agreed dinosaurs would be way more fun to see!
Carter showed us a food cashier teller because he said he likes money and food, and they make him happy. I could not agree more! Haha
Today we had our Terry Fox run that also turned into a fun dance party with our friends from Oakwood and St. Jude's Academy. Mr. Jacob was the DJ and played some great jams!
After snack and recess we participated in the TGTS creative abstract fine motor skills game called "Complete the Picture". Students were given various shapes, lines, edges, curves, etc. and then asked to create a picture, image, character, etc. with the design provided. We all worked hard to use our imaginations, creative artistic skills, fine motor skills, visual spatial skills, and math skills.
We continued to play Colours Octopus in gym class today. Everyone demonstrated great auditory processing skills, hand-eye coordination, teamwork, social skills, sportsmanship, motor planning, fine and gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, and balance and coordination.
In the afternoon we completed our "Complete a Picture" exercise and then got to share what we created while using mathematical language, descriptive language, and oral communication skills. We also went into the sensory gym to work on our hand-eye coordination, teamwork, sportsmanship, motor planning, fine and gross motor skills, proprioception skills, vestibular and bilateral movements, math, time, phonics and rhyming skills, and balance and coordination.
Mr. Ojani wanted to play some Fine Motor Math Toss to show off his math skills and beat Mr. Jacob!
Buddies!
Our last activity of the day was discussing Terry Fox and why he is considered a hero. We then looked at super heroes vs. real life heroes. This led us to have a great lesson on fiction and non-fiction, and what those both mean. Afterwards, we started drawing and writing about our own real life heroes. Great work by all! : )
Have a great evening everyone and remember, tomorrow is Show & Tell.
Mr. Jacob : )
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