Week 20 in Portable 2

Friday, February 1, 2019

We just finished week 20 in portable 2. Here is a glimpse of what we were up to:

Speech Writing Homework – Students just finished week 4 of our speech writing homework. During week 4, students were to write their speech on cue cards and practice saying it in front of an audience. Any audience that is available (stuffed animals, pets, mom, sister, dad, picture on the wall, mirror). We learned a lot about what it means to use our speaking skills to communicate with an audience this past week. For example, speaking at the right speed, volume, and with the right amount of expression. We also talked about using proper posture and the importance of looking up at your audience when you’re speaking to them. It’s okay to look down at your cue cards some of the time but there should be a balance between glancing at your cue cards and looking at your audience.

Exploring Kindergarten Mazes – We visited Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Horvath’s Kindergarten class this past week to explore a world of mazes. Here are some pictures of our time there:

Fiction Expository Writing and The Sharing Stage – The students seem to really enjoy writing Fiction Expository. Fiction Expository is writing that informs the audience about something that didn’t actually happen or things that don’t actually exist (even though parts might be true). This is such a creative class. Each student gets up on our sharing stage once a week to share their writing and they sure make the audience laugh with their creative ideas. The student’s confidence is growing each week as they get up on that sharing stage. It’s really impressive to see how far they have come since we started sharing. We watched two videos on Youtube to really hit the idea home of what fiction expository writing is. One video is called, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and the other video is called, The House Hippo.

Math – We learned how to round numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousand. We also started learning how to count by fractions. These are math goals that are added to our “Working with Numbers” booklets that we work in everyday.

Health – Mme Kerwin taught the class about Netiquette, Cyber-bullying, and Password Safety this past week. A very important topic this day and age.

February Calendar – The February Calendar will come home on Monday, February 4th.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to email me at julie.pragnell@granderie.ca OR call me at school: 519-443-8942.

-Mrs. Julie Pragnell