News from Room 106-December 2014

Welcome to the winter and holiday season everyone!   November seemed to have disappeared far

too quickly and the end of 2013 is also coming very fast.

We have been working on a number of projects/learning objectives that will be continued and added to as the month progresses.   We also have a few special events coming up.

 *Just a reminder that many of these learning objectives/learning opportunities are accommodated/enriched based on each student’s learning needs.

 Literacy:

We have continued our worked on Who, What, Where and When questions from a variety of texts as whole group activities and in diads or triads.  We are continuing to conduct research from the Internet about our solar system. Students are finding and recording information on the planets and related solar system vocabulary.  Topic sentence work (heading towards paragraph construction), regular and irregular verb ending and regular and irregular plurals have also been explored in class.   The students continue to engage with mainstream students in reading/social activities for at least an hour each Monday afternoon.  Our P.A.L.S program is very popular for our students and with the students from Mr. Fugigami’s classes.   It is a positive learning experience for all, in a variety of way.

Numeracy:

We have been working a great deal on multiplication, with manipulatives, technology aids, online games, apps, manipulatives, and emulated real world situations.  We have approached the teaching of this number sense knowledge and skill using alternative methods (lattice, and by breaking in down in to simpler equations etc.) and using traditional methods.  With varying degrees of support, all students are able to answer 2 digit multiplication equations without the aid of a calculator.  We will continue to work in this skill before moving on to measurement (distance, perimeter and area).

Work Placement:

Matt will begin posting pictures on our Blog of the students’ work placements.  You will now find a section in the back of each student’s agenda for a copy of their work placement goals, and for Matt to record for you notes about each student day at work.   He has been recording their progress along, but this way more immediate assessment can be provided to parents.

Community Engagement:

We have been involved with the greater school community in a variety of ways throughout the month of November.   We were invited to participate in the Simon Jackson and The Spirit Bear Presentation.  This presentation was a motivational one and aimed to show teens how they can make a difference in the world.

We have some of these ideas into action by demonstrating our leadership skills.  Our program headed up our school’ s the funding raising iniative to  help the  victim of Typhoon Haiyan.. We, (room 105 and 106) collected $1000 (from staff and LDHSS students ) that will be given to the Rotary Club to purchase shelter boxes.

Over the past month, we have been working with a grade 9 woodworking class.   They have been showing us how to use various machines and collaboratively we have worked on several projects. For example; made frames with screens so we and other students can make homemade paper. We have also been working on painting the benches they made for us. 

 

We also have been practicing our vocational skills by making gift tags and Holiday/Christmas cards to sell to staff.   If you wish to purchase cards or tags, please send a note in your child’s agenda.   They are 12 for $5.00 and/or 10 gift tags for $1.00.   All proceeds will fund arts projects/trips such as fusion glass art, picture frames in wood shop, and offset the price of past and upcoming NAC trips etc.

 

School Winter Ball:

 The school is having a Winter Semi-formal ball for senior students on Dec. 13, 2013 from 7-11pm here at the school.   I am going to help supervise the dance so you are welcome to bring your child to the dance.  You do not need to stay.  All I ask is that you let me know if your child is coming and that you pick them off and drop them off.   The Winter Ball Committee will not be charging our students admission for this event.

Field Trips:

December 10^th - Billings Bridge Museum to make ginger bread cookies- $4.00

December 17^th- Rainbow Cinema (St. Laurent Shopping Centre) - Transportation and admission to be covered by us as a holiday gift to our students.   Movie TBD.

~The Room 106 Team

 

 

Working in the Wood Shop

We have been working on a variety of projects in the wood shop along with another class.   These projects have included making frames with screens to make home made paper, and corkers for our use.  We have also been helping the other students with their picture frame projects.

 

 

 

Soccer Tournament with the Emergency Services

Our class participated in the Emergency Service Soccer Tournament.   All proceed went to the Police Foundation with monies going to the benevolent fund and Autism support. The guys had a riot :)  

Our first PALS event of the year :) Lunch with our PALS

Today we had our first P.A.L.S. /Best Buddies event of the year :)   Our next event will be a bowling outing.  Stay tuned for details.

Thank you to Miller's Berry Farm for the visit :)

Thank you to Miller’s Berry Farm in Manotick for our wagon ride to the pumpkin patch, our journey through the corn maze, and all the awesome pumpkins. 

~ Room 105 and 106J

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October News Letter....Better than Never I Guess:)

Room 106- October News Letter

It is hard to believe, but we have completed a month of school already!  Our next month will be filled with lots of learning, and fun opportunities taking place in and outside of the school. The following is a brief overview of topics and learning opportunities we will be engaging in over the next month.

Science:

-Completing strong and stable structures, beginning a unit on the solar system

-Sex Education lesson by Public Health.  The focus will be ‘proper’ touching of non family members and ‘touches’ from others that are unsafe for them, and the telling someone, if it happens to them. 

Language:

-Contractions, descriptive language for concrete objects (written and oral descriptions of the things in our world), descriptive sentences, reading comprehension

Math

-Introduction to geometry attributes of shapes and classification,-identification of simple place value

-Typical pricing for items we commonly purchase

 Social Studies

-Autumn celebrations e.g. Eid, Thanksgiving and Halloween (History of, different traditions connected to the celebrations etc.)

Classroom Celebrations:

We are going to be decorating the quiet room in our classroom as a haunted house, that we will be inviting our P.A.L.S. for last year and for this year too.   We will also be having an in class party with activities and treats.   Many of the treats we will be serving will be healthy, with no nuts, and gelatin.   Feel free to dress-up your child on this day.   We will be doing face painting on this day.   Please let us know if you DO NOT wish your child to have their face painted.  

Classroom Blog

When you have a moment, please sign up for messages from our classroom blog.  The students will be posting as of Thursday on the site.   The students very much enjoy reading the comments by the parents.

Field Trips

Oct 18^th – Bill Mason, please dress for the weather that day.  We will be providing Halal Chicken Hotdogs and veggies and dip (the boys will be preparing these items).   The items were purchased from our popcorn sales/donations.  Please let us know if you do not wish your child to part take in these lunch items.  Please still provide your child with supplemental lunch/snacks and drinks.

Oct 22^nd- Miller Berry Farm

The students are to bring lunch (there is no place to buy lunch here) and are welcome to bring $3.00 for the purchase of a pumpkin, if this desire to do so.

~The 106 Team 

What I did at school today by Gabe

Today at school  I worked on my spelling.

I built a skyscraper with blocks.

We knocked them down with hurricanes and earthquakes.

Big blocks are harder to knock down then little blocks because they are bigger.

(Sorry posted only today for blogger was not working Thursday or Friday) 

Practicing our painting skills

Upcoming fieldtrips

We will be going to the Bill Mason Centre on Oct 18 and then on Oct 22nd to Miller's Berry Farm for Hayrides, and adventures in the corn maze.  We are also planning a trip to view the construction of Landsdown Stadium as a connection to our work on Stable and Strong structures (materials used to build, tools/machines used in construction etc.   The date has yet to be determined.   Please make sure that you child returns the sheet about your IEP appointment.  even if you are unable to attend :)

Work placements have started :)

Our work placements at Walmart are off to a great start.  Walmart has been very welcoming to us.   By next week all students will have experienced their first day of work at Walmart.

We have been working (cross curricular,-Art, Language and Science) on Strong and Stable Structures in Science for the past week.   Each student created a city that contains strong and stable structures of their own designs and desires for inclusion.  

We are continuing to develop our knowledge of proper materials and tools as we 'build' structures with the aim of making them strong and stable.   The students will be taking their cities home today.   The structures may not be so stable and strong when they first reach home.   But with a little modelling and moving, the boys should be able to set up their structures for you to view. 

Welcome:)

Welcome to the blog for room 106 :)