Last week and today

Hello blogging audience! We've been really busy lately. Last post, we didn't get a chance to explain our behaviour system. Here it is!

In our class, we have a big map of Australia, and we've got an upside-down stoplight with blue on the bottom. The clothespins stuck on the circles have our names on them, and we start each day on green. Each time our behavior is disruptive or we are not following directions, we are asked to move our pin down to the next color. If our pin is on red, we lose 5 minutes of learning center time.  If our pin moves down to blue, we lose 5 minutes of play time. We are getting better at managing our pins, and we barely spend any time on red!
If we are on green and we do good work or behave consistently, we are asked to move our car to the next yellow dot on the big map. If we end the day with our pin on green, our car is moved forward on the map. When our car makes it all the way around the Australia map, we get to choose a prize from the prize box! Today was a very exciting day because Imogen got to choose the first prize! Way to go Imogen!

Last Thursday, we had a big problem. Australia fell apart! We had to cut out all the states of Australia and glue them back into place. It was very difficult! We had to look up at our big map and identify all of the states by their shapes, then we had to put them back together and glue them onto some card. Then we had to label them. It was very difficult, but we did a great job.

 Also, last Thursday, we watched a short cartoon. It was very funny but there were no words in it. We practiced writing recounts of what we saw. See if you can picture what happened in the movie by reading Ryley's excellent recount! Here is the video we watched.









Last Friday, Ms. R. helped us think about our daily routines. We drew pictures of each part of our day and labeled them in order. Check out William's work! He worked hard and did a great job.




That's it for now.

Love,
Mr. F and the Blogging Bilbies!