Welcome to the first University School CSSI blog post! We are so excited to be sharing our adventures with you. If you have any comments or questions, please don't hesitate to comment on this blog post, or send us an email.
So here's what we've been up to since the beginning of the year: Social/Emotional: We have been working hard to establish and understand class rules and behaviour expectations. It can be challenging at the start of the year to remember what is expected and why, and we have all been patient with each other as we work towards a deeper understanding of why we do our routines and follow expectations. Room 7 will be starting Zones of Regulation/How Does Your Engine Run? inquiry at the beginning of November. This will help us to understand how our bodies feel when we are calm and ready to learn, versus how our bodies feel when we are feeling upset or agitated. This knowledge will help Room 7 students better understand how they can be in control of their bodies and their feelings, instead of their feelings controlling them. Math/Science: Room 20 students have been doing an inquiry into colours. Room 7 students have been starting to learn Touch Math, a multisensory approach to solving number problems. We have been focusing on numbers 1-5, and "counting on." English Language Arts: Room 7 has been reading through Louis Sachar's Sideways Tales from Wayside School, and we have been doing a novel study, with response questions after each chapter. Room 20 has been working on printing their names, calendar vocabulary, and sight words "it," "my," and "eat." Phys. Ed.: We have a combined CSSI Phys. Ed. (in addition to some students' P.E. integration into grade-level classes) every day. We have been working on cardiovascular strengthening, and yoga. For a short time each day, students "free-play" in the gym, engaging with gym equipment in a self-directed exploration time. Important Dates: October 24: Parent Council meeting October 26: School Photo retakes October 26: Family Halloween Dance!
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