Calendar Notes this week:
October 21st Federal Election (Take your kid with you to see how it works in "real life"; student's conducted their vote on Friday and results are TOP SECRET until all the election results are in on Monday)
October 24th Halloween Dance at Poirier (Tickets are $2 at the door; food and drink plus glow sticks will be on sale; students must be with a parent as this is a PAC event and run by other parents)
October 25th Pro D and In-servicing for Staff (Students get the day off)
October 25th The last day to express an interest and put down a deposit for the Vancouver trip June 18 to 19th
Funwork this week:
Math: Students will complete assessments and reflections for our first Point of Progress that will be posted to Freshgrade on Tuesday, October 22nd. We are continuing to work with number concepts as we practice with addition and subtraction. Students in the class are still developing their understanding of the value of numbers which is quite abstract when you move into bigger values.
Language Arts: Students wrote a rough draft of their "Introducing X" biography paragraph. This week they will write the neat copy for their bio lap book and start to assemble the other parts of the project. We are hoping to have this project completed by Tuesday, October 29th and posted to Freshgrade by October 30th. Students continue to develop their CAFE strategies for reading. We encourage students to practice these strategies at home while reading.
Wonder Hour: We will be launching wonder hour this week. This inquiry block falls under Science and Social Studies; it is a project based approach that gets kids to get curious about the things that interest them (which is a lot at this age!).
And we will be doing a lot more funwork this week.
If you have any questions, ideas, suggestions, or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Here's to another great week with your terrific kids.
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