What a week! I think both the students and staff were happy it was a 4-day instructional week with the Blue Days we had. Having to stay inside for lunch recess and afternoon recess definitely affects everyones moods Thank you for sending your children prepared for the colder weather, even for the limited outdoor time at dismissal it was really important to emphasize safety with the students.
We have jumped right back into routine since New Years. Home Reading, Poetry Folders and library exchange are in full swing. We've even practiced and sent home our most recent math game "Shut the Box", one of my favourites because of the entry points for all skill levels.
Seesaw has been updated with a variety of learning tasks. I've tried to comment on all of them so you understand in a snippet what the task was, and where your child was at with the task. Sit with your child and ask them about some of the tasks, its always interesting to hear their perspective.
Connecting to our observation of seasonal changes, we've been examining the lunar cycle and the names of each full moon. The full moon on January 10th was the Wolf Moon or Ice Moon. Ask your child why the names are named this.
Students have picked up with our exploration of memories, and are developing their own sensory writing connected to their memory artifact. We spent a lot of time developing word lists and engaging our senses so we could make our writing detailed and interesting to read. Everyone's writing should be wrapped up next week.
We had fun exploring our sense of taste through a popcorn taste test. Students tried 6 different flavours of popcorn, that were relatively similar in appearance, and used our "taste" word bank to apply different words to the flavours. We also practiced mindful eating, or as one student noted, "Savour the Flavour" eating :)
Ms. Durnford was in our classroom this week introducing Snap Circuits, and the idea of computational thinking, which is essentially, persevering with problem solving in a systematic way. Again, Snap Circuits are amazing because they allow for multiple entry points, and they give immediate feedback through lights, sounds and motors about success.
Report cards will be coming home on Thursday, January 30th. There is a document on our website explaining the changes that have been made to the report card, adding clarity for families in terms of the 4-point indicator scale:
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- Friday, January 24th: Twin Day!
- Thursday, January 30th: Report Cards go home
- Friday, January 31st: PD Day, No School for students
The Room 8 Volunteer Google Doc has been updated with upcoming volunteer opportunities, the most immediate being our Tuesday, February 18th field-trip to the Leighton Art Centre. Please have a look and contact me if you are able to support us on any of the events listed: Room 8 Volunteer Google Doc
Thank you everyone! Here's to warmer days next week! ☀
Ms. Thomas
