This week in Division 3, January 20th to 24th

Dates to note in January:

January 23rd 12:30 Lunch Time Fire Drill (in case you are doing pick ups and drop offs at this time)
January 24th Crazy Hair and Socks Day (We are aiming to have all our students participate because it is FUN)
January 24th Whole School Assembly on Growth Mindset and GRIT!
January 28th to 30th Literacy Days at Poirier

Funwork this week:

Language Arts: We are continuing with our Readers Theatre theme. After reviewing the basic building blocks of sentences, parts of speech, we are now focusing on building paragraphs to summarize information. We will be writing regularly to develop this skill; the goal is improvement, so we will be establishing a baseline writing sample to measure our growth as individuals.

Math: Skip counting or using multiples is our focus. Lessons and links can be found under Math on the right hand side of this blog. For those of you who like your kids to do additional practice at home, here is a link to Khan Academy, an excellent site for Math support and practice.

Social Studies/Science: We will continue to investigate these key terms: natural resources, renewable versus non renewable resources, primary versus secondary industries. We will be focusing on resources and industries specific to Sooke and B.C.

French: We will continue to learn about Carnaval de Quebec (without snow to help us imagine how it is) and tune our ears to the French language.

Art: We are going to be painting a forest of Emily Carr-style trees.

Wild-wise will be presenting information on how to live alongside wild animals this week, an important lesson for us all in Sooke.

Here's to a great week with your amazing kids.

Your teachers,
Ms Bridal and Ms Powers