Dance, Dance, Dance the Day Away

Several weeks ago my students completed their dance unit. I've been promising for weeks to post the video I took of them dancing so they could see what the routines look like. The students worked together to choreograph the routines. I hope you enjoy the dancing. It was actually PJ Day. Sorry for the bad filming and lack of music. 

My camera stopped by accident. Here's the rest of the video. 

Kasha's Adventure with Stanley

Kasha was so excited to have Stanley come and visit, she had to take his picture twice on her bus. One is of her bus driver and the other is Bella and Lindsey. Stanley got to eat a Reese Piece cup, he thought it tasted GREAT! Kasha's Grandma wanted to have her picture take with him. Stanley was dancing on her knees. Kasha and her brother, Tegan also had their picture take. Stanley was excited to meet her brother. Tegan gave Stanley a huge hug and he flatten out more than he already was.
Stanley jumped up onto a box and onto the pool noodle. He was afraid of heights but was brave enough to stand on one foot.
Kasha and Stanley had a busy weekend. They were invited to Tyson and Camron's birthday parties. At Tyson's party, Stanley got to watch the kids Tye Dye. He saw Kasha unwrap the elastics and saw Kasha's shirt she called, Fireworks. It was cool!
At Camron's party, they got to play a game where you grabbed a toy and if you didn't get one you had to sit out. It's kind of like Musical Chairs. They got to drink fruit punch and chocolate cake.
Kasha's favourite part was going to the two birthday parties with Flat Stanley.

Kasha's Aventure with Stanley on PhotoPeach

Cuisenaire Rods

After being away from school for the last 3 and a half days I went back to work. It was so nice to see the kids. I got cards and hugs as they entered the classroom. It was a lovely welcome first thing in the morning. 

I don't know if any of you use Cuisenaire Rods as a manipulative but I do. I love them and can't say enough good things about this tool to help kids understand number. A friend gave me a great website that can be used on your Smartboard or as a center. I've added the link to the Math Playground site so you can check it out. 

I like this tool because students can't count each individual block instead they need to compare them to each other in order to figure out which color represents what number. I find myself doing the same thing. The students do a lot of playing with the blocks and come to understand and put numbers to the colors. The rods are a fantastic tool to help build relationships between numbers and see addition and subtraction comparisons. Here are a couple pictures of what students have done. The rods can be used to measure with, do multiplication, division and fractions. They can be used in all grade levels as well.

Here's a video of a student explaining his solution to a problem with the rods. 

I will post more in the coming days as the students work with them. 

Have a Great Long Weekend and a Happy Family Day

Hello Boys and Girls

Hello 2B! I trust everything is going well. I left Mrs. Carol some things for you to do on the blog today. I am really excited about the choices you will make. 

I would like you to write a blog post about something that interests you. On the post you will need to have: 

1. A title
2. 2 or 3 sentences about your topic.
3. Use some of the tools we talked about last week B, I & U
4. Font size no bigger than 4 points.
5. A different looking font that can be read.  

Have fun and remember I will get to approve them. 

Ms. Brown

Happy Birthday!!

I wanted to take this time to wish my little brother a Happy Birthday. He's not so little anymore but he is still younger than me and it's a great opportunity to tease him :-). It's been a tough year for him and his family. I know things will get better. Remember that I love you very much and wish you a great life.

Happy Birthday Baby Brother (It's taken 35 years and I'm finally okay with you being my brother instead of a sister, family joke)

Sorry Shane, it's the ONLY picture I have of you. But I love it. 

Happy Birthday!!!