POD: Working on Sorting Sentences and Sentence Fragments
The morning started strong, with students settling quickly into routines that are becoming more familiar each day. Before diving into new work, we took time to critique yesterday’s efforts and notice where we could improve. From there, we moved through spelling, a maze, listening games, and a short writing piece.
Math was packed with learning. We practiced representing numbers in different forms, compared numbers with greater than, less than, and equal to, and ordered numbers under 100 from least to greatest. The class also used the 100s chart to help add two-digit numbers before finishing with word problems that involved double-digit addition.
While the teachers met, Mrs. Corcoran led the class outside for some extra fun on the playground. When I returned, I was impressed to see everyone already reading quietly with their book boxes. Not long after, Miss Brown came over the intercom to announce a lockdown drill. The students handled it wonderfully—calm, steady, and practiced—just the way we want so drills don’t feel scary, and real situations won’t either. We wrapped up the morning’s writing before heading to the gym.
PE began with warm-up exercises, a review of our gym rules, and some free play with basketballs. This time, the class made it back to their “homes” before the buzzer and earned even more free time! We ended with a polka dance, shout-outs, and a big “CUBS on 3” cheer.
By lunchtime, appetites were high. With only 20 minutes, the challenge is always balancing eating and chatting—it’s not easy, but our routine is improving.
In the afternoon, excitement grew as we stayed outside for an extra 10 minutes to practice forming a giant “NAPAN DOT” in preparation for Monday’s Dot Day. Back in class, we switched gears to writing. We focused on complete sentences, looking closely at how subjects and predicates work together, and compared this to how simple shapes can come together to make a picture.
Ms. Doucet guided the class in their weather journals again, and did an activity where they travelled around the room filling in thermometer readings. We also had a talk bout the difference between Celsius and Fahrenheit. Just before the end of class we had a fire drill! I went very smoothly!
Later, we read more from School Days According to Humphrey before doing French vocabulary on colors. To close the day, we wrote in our Book of Gratitude with the prompt: “I smiled today when…”
It was a day full of effort, fun, and progress—just the kind of momentum we’ll carry into Dot Day next week!