Today we reviewed the Zones of Regulation. We thought about how we felt right after lunch, and were prompted to share a synonym for the word we were thinking of. For example, one student was happy but chose "joyful". We will continue to swap out the words in our speaking and writing to build our vocabulary. This will also make our writing more interesting for our readers. We then practiced mindfulness and how to relax each part of our body, and then came back to the circle answered the question "What zone am I now? Did the mindfulness activity change the way I feel? Am I ready to learn?". We wrote down our answers as a part of our reflection.
We continued learning about "Hooking Our Readers", and wrote about our weekends. So far, we have learned about making our learning more interesting by starting our writing in two ways: 1) onomatopoeia and 2) question. Today we learned another hook, 3) Setting. By describing the setting (where and when the event/story takes place) we can draw our reader in.
We will continue to work on developing our hooks around the setting (where and when) of our stories. We want to create vivid pictures in our reader's head.
Reminders for this week:
Wednesday is Spirit Day - please wear your favourite colour t-shirt, Fun Lunch Today
Friday is P.D. - no classes for students
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