Day 3!

Announcements

- Decimal Test tomorrow
- Casual Day tomorrow
- Pancake Tuesday tomorrow
- Pink Shirt Day this Wednesday, February 26th
- Bake Sale: February 25th & 26th

March Lunches

The lunch site is still open!

It will close Wednesday, February 26th at 3:00pm sharp

Special of the month: French Toast with Whipped Cream and Syrup

All payments are to be made through quickbooks by March 6th.

Spirit Week:

Next week is SPIRIT WEEK! Take a look at the schedule below to see what is happening each day!

- Monday: P.J. Day

- Tuesday: Book/ Movie Character Day

- Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday/ Crazy Hair Day

- Thursday: Sports Day

- Friday: St. Patrick's Day

Caribou Math Contest:

This message is only for those participating in the Caribou Math Contest. 

The next Caribou contest will be taking place Wednesday, February 26th, 2020. Students are to arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. They should bring their own charged devices.
The interactive question for Grades 2-10 will be Bomb Defuser and for Grade 11/12 it will be GeomeTree requiring a construction involving lines and circles. Because Caribou’s GeomeTree site can be used to solve the interactive question, this site will be blocked at noon on Tuesday, February 25th. Both interactive questions are accessible from Caribou’s Games/History page.

Music, French & Gym

Check out the blogs below to see what your child has been learning during Music, French and Gym!

French with Mme. Rawan: https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com

Music with Mrs. McMillan: www.mrsmcmillanmusic.blogspot.com

Gym with Ms. Vasconcelos: https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/ 

Jump Rope for Heart

Jump Rope for Heart donations are due March 6th. Don't forget to register and collect donations online for bonus prizes!

Inquiry into Language

Students broke out into their summative partners to work on completing sentences for this weeks list words. Each group had to complete two sentences for each list word they were assigned, one sentence per person in the group. Then the other student had to go back and edit their peers sentence looking for spelling, grammar and punctuation errors.

Level C (above)

Level B (above)

Unit of Inquiry

At the beginning we sat together to go through the rubric students will be graded on, along with the graphic organizer they will have to fill out. Then students broke out into their groups to brainstorm what device they can create to help prevent or minimize the effects of the environmental issue they chose. Tomorrow students will break into their groups again to finalize and get their devices approved so they can move forward with bringing in the materials they would need to build their devices.

Inquiry into Math

As a class we took up the review today. Students provided the answers to the questions and we worked through some strategies they can use to ensure they arrive at the correct answers. Students are encouraged to practice any challenging questions from their review.

Agenda

- Read for 25 minutes

- Spelling Lesson 23 + Sentences

- Study for math test tomorrow

- Casual Day tomorrow

- Bring in Sick Kids Donations

Day 2!

Announcements

- Decimal Test Tuesday
- Pancake Tuesday on February 25th
- Pink Shirt Day: February 26th
- Bake Sale: February 25th & 26th

March Lunches

The lunch site is still open!

It will close Wednesday, February 26th at 3:00pm sharp

Special of the month: French Toast with Whipped Cream and Syrup

All payments are to be made through quickbooks by March 6th.

Caribou Math Contest:

This message is only for those participating in the Caribou Math Contest. 

The next Caribou contest will be taking place Wednesday, February 26th, 2020. Students are to arrive at 7:15 am for a 7:30 am start. They should bring their own charged devices.
The interactive question for Grades 2-10 will be Bomb Defuser and for Grade 11/12 it will be GeomeTree requiring a construction involving lines and circles. Because Caribou’s GeomeTree site can be used to solve the interactive question, this site will be blocked at noon on Tuesday, February 25th. Both interactive questions are accessible from Caribou’s Games/History page.

Music, French & Gym

Check out the blogs below to see what your child has been learning during Music, French and Gym!

French with Mme. Rawan: https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com

Music with Mrs. McMillan: www.mrsmcmillanmusic.blogspot.com

Gym with Ms. Vasconcelos: https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/ 

Jump Rope for Heart

We had a Jump Rope for Heart assembly today to inform us some information on heart health and how we can help make our heart stronger. In this presentation we also learned about signs of a stroke to inform students of the signs in case their parents, loved ones of individuals around them exhibit these symptoms. Fundraising packages went home yesterday. As mentioned in the presentation, there are quite a bit of rewards that are offered through online when you reach certain amounts in your fundraising, so be sure to check out the website from the package. Donations will be collected up until March break.

Morning Chat

This morning we took some time to chat about our feelings and acceptance of others. I have noticed that when doing group or partner work some of us are not very kind to others when they're asked to be someones partner. In class I always emphasis how we all learn at different paces and have different sets of skills and how we need to recognize this and be accepting of our differences. In our discussion students raised their hands to express whether they've experienced someone refusing to be their partner or if they've ever been the one to refuse to work with someone else. This led to students sharing how it feels to be on both ends of this situation and the thoughts they have when it happens to them. I hope it shed some light on how our actions towards others can affect their self-esteem, confidence and thoughts about themselves. We discussed the benefits of working with peers who may not have as much knowledge or skill as us in some areas, along with the benefits of working with peers who have more knowledge/skills in that area. In addition to this, we discussed appropriate times we may say "no" to being someones partner with an appropriate explanation that won't hurt their feelings, such as:

- They're always partners and want to work with someone new

- They're not getting along today so it's probably best we don't work together

- Every time we work together we get distracted so I think it's best we find different partners

I hope that students took a lot away from this conversation and that they become more inclusive of all peers in our classroom in any given situation. 

Here is a cute video on how kind actions can impact others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwelE8yyY0U. We will watch this in class on Monday!

Inquiry into Language

Students continued to work on their narrative rough drafts today. Those who finished began to do their revision and editing. Next week we will learn about peer editing and students will have the opportunity to edit their peers work.

Inquiry into Math

Students worked on their math review today. Our review is due on Monday since our Decimals test will be on Tuesday. Happy studying this weekend!

In the picture above,  A LOT of students started to count on with 1.6, 1.8, 1.10, 1.12... As a class we looked at how this was incorrect. If we go on with 1.10 and 1.12 that means that those values are larger than the previous values, 1.6 and 1.8, but this ISN'T the case. 

1.10 is smaller than 1.8 because 1.8 is really 1.80. This is that higher-level thinking that I would like to see the students begin to do; recognizing when the numbers just DON'T MAKE SENSE and then questioning why this is so. This comes with reflecting on the problem and checking over our work. 

To solve this, you can see how we noticed we are adding 0.20 each time, so we continued to add this on to each number (as you can see in red). I would like to see students doing this extra step to help them get to the correct answer. 

Unit of Inquiry

We didn't get to explore natural forces further today, however hopefully we will get to that next week! Today students were introduced to their summative, where they will have to build a device, with their partner, that will help prevent or improve an environmental issue that exists. Students were assigned their partners and given a list of environmental issues to choose from. 

For homework this weekend, students need to research their environmental issue and write down their findings in the research section of their package. After doing so, they can brainstorm some ideas of a device they can create to share with their partner on Monday. No materials should be purchased or brought in on Monday since they cannot start constructing their device until it has been approved by me. 

Agenda

- Math review due Monday

- UOI summative Research due Monday

- Narrative Draft due Monday

Day 1!

Announcements

- Spelling Test Friday
- Scholastic orders due Friday
- Siblings Picture Day TOMORROW
- Pancake Tuesday on February 25th
- Pink Shirt Day: February 26th
- Bake Sale: February 25th & 26th

March Lunches

The lunch site is still open!

It will close Wednesday, February 26th at 3:00pm sharp

Special of the month: French Toast with Whipped Cream and Syrup

All payments are to be made through quickbooks by March 6th.

Music, French & Gym

Check out the blogs below to see what your child has been learning during Music, French and Gym!

French with Mme. Rawan: https://mmerawansja.blogspot.com

Music with Mrs. McMillan: www.mrsmcmillanmusic.blogspot.com

Gym with Ms. Vasconcelos: https://msvphysed.blogspot.com/ 

Unit of Inquiry

We learned about natural forces and the effects they have on society. While discussing some natural forces that exist, such as wind, fog, lightening, etc., this brought us on to the topic of wildfires. At first most of us thought that wildfires were a bad thing, however after watching a video, it did inform us of some of the positive effects of wildfires. After watching the video, students worked in groups to reflect on what they learned about wildfires, along with how what we can do to prevent wildfires from spreading. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNVZEVq3KzY

Inquiry into Math

In math, students worked on adding and subtracting decimals through word problems. This morning I went through all of their homework to check-in on their understanding of adding and subtracting decimals and THEY DID GREAT! When adding and subtracting they made sure to line up their decimals. Students completed some questions from their workbooks. For homework they have to complete a worksheet, front and back with word problems. Grade 3 friends, make sure you stop to interpret the information and numbers in the problem. 

Inquiry into Language

In language we began to write our narratives today. We started with identifying the elements of a narrative to ensure we include all of these elements in our brainstorm. Once we have these items written down in our brainstorm map it will make it easier for us to write our narrative. Most students began to write their narrative draft, ensuring they skip lines to leave space when they go back to revise and edit it. We will be continuing with this tomorrow.

Agenda

- Read for 25 minutes

- Spelling due tomorrow

- Math worksheet due tomorrow

- Math workbook questions 

- Cursive due tomorrow