self regulation cookie monster

http://youtu.be/9PnbKL3wuH4

Watch this video about self regulation!

#EarthDayIsAwesome!

 Earth day is awesome!!! Today our classes planted seeds, made art and useful things out of some recyclable materials (I made a picture of space), we tried to get oil out of water but, I got soaked! Our last stop of all was making cheerio bird feeders and mine was amazing! But, the fun wasn't over, when I got home me and my dad get all the trash that was thrown in the ditch and we recycle or throw it out.

Brain Bender

This is an actual close up of a chameleon's eyes rotating all the way around. So cool!

Southview Play

At Southview there are a group of kids who are putting on a play with Christine Harvey  (in charge of the Not so Amateur, Amateurs Acting) and I am one of them!!!!
We are putting on A Midsummers night dream (where I play a person named Bottom!) and Macbeth (where I play a doctor and Macduffs son).
The play is going to be on Friday for everyone to see and I'm super excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PSA

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile#my-drive
This is my Public service announcement for saving energy

I just "winged it" so it isn't perfect

Hi guys, 

Ethan showed this game to Charlotte the other day and I thought I would share it with all of you too. I have copied the blog post below that I posted on my Math Blog. Check it out...very fun!

Prodigy www.prodigygame.com is a totally free, super engaging web based math game. The kids create their own wizards who must complete challenges and earn rewards all while practicing math that is aligned with the Ontario Curriculum.

Here is what the founder of Prodigy had to say...

When my co-founder and I started Prodigy, our goal was to get students as excited about learning math as I was about playing Pokemon as a child.  As teachers, you’ve likely seen this excitement in your own classrooms, but one overriding question keeps coming up – does all of this excitement lead to quantifiable improvements on standardized test scores?

To figure this out, we dug deep into data from one of our first districts, Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB in Ontario, Canada.  The data shows that highly active schools on Prodigy had 11.6% more students meeting standards on EQAO testing (Ontario’s standardized test) compared to the previous year.  This represents an 11.5% difference over inactive schools, which only saw a 0.1% improvement.

Here is what my 9 year old had to say after playing for just a few days. "My friend showed me Prodigy the other day and i've been playing it ever since (when I'm allowed). I love it! I battle monsters while I earn rewards and level up. I choose the grade level and the questions are challenging but fun."

My 6 year old says "Good. you get to name your own guy and you get to have battles. Some of the questions were hard but i figured them out."

As a teacher I can set my whole class up and monitor their progress. The game promises to differentiate based on the child's progress.

I like that within the question screens kids have access to manipulatives (counters, ten frames, etc.), a chance to figure the question out by hand, lessons if they don't know how to do it and the chance to have the question read to them. Sometimes if the students get a question wrong it will give them a hint and/or another chance.

Mathleates

When we did Mathleates I had so much fun! I love math and I am kind of a competitive person. Most of the questions were easy but a couple of them were really challenging. My group rocked in making 3D models!

Kid President

I love Kid Presidents video because he shows that everybody is awesome. Kid President is a big role model when it comes to Growth Mindset because he is very positive. He also believes in everybody as well himself. Everyone is AWESOME!!!!!!

Social studies!

Right now at school I am making a social studies project! My whole class is doing it and everyone had to choose a Canadian issue that they thought would be a good thing to talk about! I am doing my Canadian issue on air pollution in Montreal. I have been making an iMovie and I am going to make a questionarre for my class to answer! I will post my iMovie when I am finished! I hope you guys will be interested in it. Bye!! :)

Good Luck MATHletes!

Good luck Wednesday & Thursday to all of our MATHletes! 

- Don't forget to post on the blog and tell us all about your experiences because you won't be here on Friday! (PA Day)

- Also, lets start our discussion on Growth Mindset with the Kid President video :)

- Finally, check out some of the newest apps/ websites for games involving math!

Chloe post

For Christmas my moms best friend got us a card and the card gives the little girl a couple of chicks. They will grow into chickens and then they can have eggs and sell the egg of chickens. Then they get money. The dress that she is wearing looks homemade.

Friday Treats!

Good Morning!

Ms. C (the other Mrs. Clause) has been busy baking in the kitchen! We would like to invite you on Friday to Ms. Collins' room for a holiday sendoff with some goodies :) Please join us at 11:15 with your lunches. See you then!

Hi everyone- I just wanted to say thanks for a FANTASTIC 'hour of code' today!  👾 For a group of teachers and students who had never done ANY coding before I think we all learned a lot in a short time. 😀 You can access the website we used at: http://hourofcode.com/us 💻
Remember the apps we used are all free for your devices at home: 📱
Tynker, Lightbot, Scratch Jr, Kodable, Hopscotch, The Foos, Run Marco, and Daisy the Dinosaur.
It would be great if you could show your families what you learned today and share your knowledge with your classmates next week!
Mrs Mace 😀

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has tried out a new app or website for our December Tech Challenge yet?
Let us know in the comments below- or start a new thread about your chosen 'tech exploration' and give it a label.
I would like to try using something called thinglink, it helps you to make interactive posters with links embedded into the images...
https://www.thinglink.com/
See you all soon for our HOUR OF CODE fun :)
Mrs. Mace

Hi guys! I was thinking and something popped up in my mind..... CHRISTMAS!! I am so excited for Christmas because I get to spend time with my family and friends and I get some time out of school!
*YESS*. The awesome part of it is that my cousin might come to Christmas! (Right now he is in Toronto and I haven't seen him in such a long time) I am soo excited.. (Comment down below on what you want for Christmas)

Evann's Video

December Challenge!

Great job on your all about me projects! You wowed us all! Our next challenge, for the month of December is to create something using an app you have not used before. Here is a Symbaloo board with some ideas for apps you might try. Don't feel at all limited by these choices. If the app you want to use is not available on your classroom iPads please see Mrs. Lalonde for assistance. Good luck all...can't wait to see what you do next!

http://www.symbaloo.com/embed/byotresources&#8217

Ethan's All About Me Video

Maddy's Video

My All About Me Project

I got the idea for this all about me project from a art project!

Hope you really like it.