Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Quiet as mice....

This week our class has been talking about what makes a great classroom. One of the things that came up with was that a great classroom should not be too loud. Here's what the students had to say about it:

When it is so loud, it hurts my ears. - Bryce 
When I scream it hurts my ears. You should be quiet. - Gabriel 
If we get smashes (too loud) we won't get a popcorn party. - Ethan 
I just want to go in my room if it's too loud. - Ellie 
If it's too loud, you can go in another room (when you're at home). - Essence 
When it's loud, it makes me cover my ears. -Cassie 
When it's too noisy you get really sad. - Chase 
When it gets too loud it looks like the screen is smashing. - Tanya 

When it's quiet we feel proud. - Denise 
It feels nice when it's quiet. - Cassie 
You feel proud and you will get super duper happy when it's quiet. - Dante 
When it's quiet you will get super duper duper happy. - Ethan 
When we have zero smashes we will get a popcorn party with a movie. - Leah

We have done many activities this week to learn the difference between quiet and loud sounds.

First, we sorted some sounds into loud and quiet groups. There were a couple sounds that we decided could be loud or quiet sounds so we made a special group in the middle.


We read a funny book called "The Loud Book," by Deborah Underwood.



We are testing out a special app called "Too Noisy Pro"
It uses our iPad and our SmartBoard to monitor our volume. When we get too loud, the smile turns to a frown, the screen smashes and a siren goes off.  We are working towards a day with no smashes. We have to work together as a team and remind each other to use quiet voices.



Mrs. Macdonnell came and taught us some signs. She taught us the sign for quiet and the sign for loud.

You can check out the videos by clicking on the links.

Sign for quiet


Sign for loud


UPDATE: Today we earned our popcorn party! We had zero crashes on our Too Noisy app. 




3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Way to go kids! Enjoy your popcorn party. Ethan's mom and dad

Mrs. Lowe said...

I'm going to save you some popcorn - Ethan

Anonymous said...

That's fantastc everyone! I hope you enjoy your party.