Student Led Conferences and 50s Day

This past Thursday we welcomed our families into our classroom to share our learning.  The kids were so excited!  We spent time practicing with our 5/6 buddies and with each other.

The kids are so proud of their learning and couldn’t wait to share it with their families.  Thank you to my student’s families for coming.  I appreciate your kind words.  I want all my students to feel like our classroom is a safe place to learn and take a risk.  I’m so glad that you share the same vision I have for my class and your support is invaluable. 🙂

We celebrated the 50th day of school with a 50s themed day with all 5 of the 1/2 classrooms.  That’s 105 kids dancing, hula hooping, making bubbles with gum, and having a blast!  The teachers had to pose for a picture before everyone came in. I had to make it black and white for the 50s look. 🙂

In the morning we had 50s themed centres in our classroom.  Activities included estimating and measuring how many cubes could fit on a record, race to 50, dominos, matching hamburger and fries themed doubles addition questions, and even some 50s toy exploration. Of course we had to learn the bunny hop too!

     

Did you know that Mr. Potato Head, the slinky, and twister were all invented in the 50s? Of course we had to play with them all.

We read the book “The Marvellous Thing That Came From A Spring” which is the story of the slinky.  The class learned that the idea first was developed in the late 40s, but really became a popular toy in the 1950s.

In the afternoon all 5 grade 1/2 classes were mixed up and each group cycled through different activities in each classroom.  Activities included:

How many _________ can you do in 50s?

The story of gum

A sock hop

50s toys exploring

Root Beer floats

What a fun day of community building and celebrating the first 50 days of school together!

 

   

Our special guest Mrs. T came back to our classroom to help us create our talking sticks inspired by her lesson on the circle of courage and the talking stick indigenous tradition.  Each student brainstormed symbols that could represent things that are important to them.  A heart for the love of their family, and dog print for their pet, and an apple for school where a few examples of the many the class came up with.  We shared them with our families at conferences.

   

There is never a dull moment in the Super Kid’s classroom.  Look out December…here we come. 🙂

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