The day began with a morning question correlating to our work on the Ancient Olympics from yesterday. Everyone had to read the question, answer the question, and then correct the question as Mr. Jacob had some errors. Mr. Sander was our teacher today and went over the month, date, day, year, weather, time, and feelings.
Today in SJA gym class we discussed what a good sport is and looks like. Next, we played a fun game where everyone had to dodge balls that could only be rolled at you from various directions. If you got hit, you had to do some jumping jacks. 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.
One of our friends needed a little sensory break to help him regulate his body! Great work!
Stretching after our work out.
Before snack and recess we worked very hard on our shoe tying skills. Everyone demonstrated great concentration, determination, fine motor skills, and bilateral movements.
Ms. Elizabeth completed her DRA (reading assessment) program before going off to SJA.
After snack and recess we discussed a social problem that occurred during Freeze Tag. As a class, we communicated why there are problems, what the rules are, should be, and we compromised by creating our own rules to ensure everyone knows how to play properly and together. It was a great oral communication, social problem solving, social skills, and language arts session!
During our "Mindfulness" today we used a fun exercise involving spaghetti exercises to work on calming down our bodies, deep breathing, stretching, drama, and regulation. Afterwards, we went on a magical journey through a forest, river, climbed snowy mountains, listened to birds and the sound of leaves, while listening to a relaxing narrative and being exposed to sensory stimuli.
Two of our friends decided to participate in a math, fine motor game to help regulate their bodies.
Deep Pressure Relaxation
After lunch we learned how to use the Regrouping Method in order to solve two-digit math problems. This was a hands-on, active lesson where students had to use manipulatives (unifix cubes) to create, break up, and regroup numbers in order to solve the question. Everyone needed some prompting and support but did an awesome job!
In the sensory gym we worked 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. Today we split up the groups into two. While one went to the sensory gym, the other group completed their Developmental Reading Assessments (DRA).
After Lizzie finished her DRA she used a visual story to create her own sentences relating to what was occurring in the photograph.
Our last activity was a Phonics Fine Motor Art session. Students had to look through various magazines for pictures (objects, food, people, words, etc.) that had the /or/ sound in them. Once they found a photo, they had to use scissors and carefully cut it out, paste it in their phonics work books, and then write out the word.
Have a great evening and see you all tomorrow for our Terry Fox Day!
HOMEWORK TIPS:
1) Have your child look through old magazines and create a sentence using words and pictures. For example, find the word THE and then a picture of a DOG, next find the word IS and use a photo of someone EATING. They can cut these all out and paste them in proper sequence to make the sentence: The dog is eating. You can use bigger words and/ or make a scene with characters and a setting, and then write about what is happening in the scene. For example, paste pictures of some people, walking on grass, with a sun above their heads, and a kite floating. The sentence may be: Here is my family flying kites in the park.
2) Use the regrouping method (tens and ones) at home with two-digit math problems. If you do not have the same size blocks, you can use anything that sticks together or stacks on top of each other (e.g. Lego's, plastic cups, food, etc.) Here is a link to understand the regrouping method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1nYPbQc6Yg.
Mr. Jacob : )
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