POD: Celebrating DOT Day!
The mornings are getting chilly—layers are a smart choice! Our day began with our usual routine: spelling, “Show, Not Tell,” listening games, and a maze. We also made sure our book boxes were ready and wrote about our weekends.
Math lessons focused on representing numbers and using number line benchmarks. Grade 2 worked with 0, 25, 50, and 100, while Grade 3 stretched further to 0, 250, 500, 750, and 1000.
After recess, it was time to celebrate DOT Day! We took a school photo, though Mr. Coakley’s drone was delayed—we’ll try again tomorrow. Inside, we admired the Grade 4/5 class’s contribution to our giant “Napan N,” which was made up of everyone’s dot artwork. It was a wonderful collaboration, and we even grabbed a group photo together.
Back in the classroom, we fit in a quick “read to self” before heading to the gym. Warm-ups included a four-minute exercise video, and then we practiced forward rolls. Safety was key—remember the most important rule: tuck your chin!
In literacy, we reviewed sentence structure (capitals to start, punctuation to end) and then spent most of our time on creative spelling. We broke words into syllables, made sure each syllable had a vowel, and practiced segmenting each sound.
Ms. Doucet led us through work in our Nature and Weather journals. We talked about tools that help predict weather and even planned ahead for building our own weather vanes tomorrow.
Later, we continued School Days According to Humphrey, meeting a boy who became distracted when the bell rang. French lessons focused on the names of vegetables, and we wrapped up with our Book of Gratitude using the prompt: “One thing I did well today was…” Everyone squeezed in 3–5 minutes of free choice before dismissal.
Tomorrow morning will start with our first bus evacuation drill. It might take a little longer than usual, so patience at drop-off will be important.