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Quadrilateralsposted Feb 19, 2014, 5:47 PM by Patrick Johnson |
Welcome!![]() Welcome to our class blog. My name is Mr. Johnson. To learn more about me, visit my All About Me page.You can e-mail me at:pmjohnson@scdsb.on.ca You can also call me at Maple Grove PS (however please do not use my voicemail as it is not working correctly). Teachers: Mr. Johnson- Language, Math, Gym, Health, Science Ms. VanDiepen,- Music Ms. Seager- Social Studies Ms. Greenwood-Visual Arts Madam Helene- Drama, Dance Important RemindersApril 25th @ 6:30 Musical Performance April 26th @ 6:30 Musical Performance Please return ticket orders for the musical ASAP. Thanks! ** Pizza is served at 1st nutrition break (last year it was second nutrition break)** Curriculum FocusUpdated: Feb 22nd Language Reading -Making inferences -Main Idea- Turning heading into questions -Asking Questions (non-fiction texts) -Non-Fiction Text Features (The Power to Zoom in on text features) -The Power to Visualize- Visualizing picture words as we read and creating a movie in our mind's eye -Making predictions (Cover, Author, Title, Picture Flick) -Check for Understanding (summarizing what we have read) -The Power to Connect (making connections from the text to our own lives) Writing -Descriptive writing, writing paragraphs -Writer's notebook: Working on writer's voice -Persuasive writing -Writing reports -Writing procedures -Writing recounts -Daily/creative writing- Narrowing down writing ideas -building vocabulary -changing ends on words Math -Multiplication and Division -Geometry- 3D shapes, prisms and pyramids -Geometry: Congruent shapes and lines of symmetry -Reading time (to 5 minute intervals) -Measuring length, perimeter and area using standard units -Repeating patterns with at least 2 attributes changing. Growing and shrinking number and shape patterns. -Interpreting and making inferences from pictographs and bar graphs -Constructing surveys, creating pictographs and bar graphs -Sorting attributes, Venn Diagrams -Rounding to the nearest group of 10 -Mental math (addition and subtraction) -representing numbers to 100 and beyond (for examples using base ten, tally marks, arrays, place value, expanded form etc) Gym/Health -Basketball, running intervals -balances -fitness, cooperative games -safety Science -building stable structures -exploring and identifying forces -S.T.E.A.M. activities iPad AppsHomeworkWORD STUDY Try practising the spelling lists on our class Spelling City page! You can also download Spelling Task Cards to try with our weekly words! You can also download the Spelling city iPad app (free) and just search for our class under Patrick Johnson Literacy at homeExplore Non-Fiction
Britannica School (login: simcodsb password: simc7729) Tumblebooks (login: SCDSB password books)Skillwise Red Fish (K-1) Raz-Kids The Magic Key- Interactive stories that reinforce punctuation and other skills Variety of Language Games Bitstrips (class code: goo011) Grammar
Practice Your Sight Words! Pre-Primer Primer Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Practice your sight words with these audio power point books! Making Words Make words with the Word Wizard The ArtsMath at homeNumbersense Activities
Patterning Activities Measurement Activities
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