This week in Division 3, February 18th to 21st

What is digital citizenship?

Dates to note in February and March:

February 19th Tennis Anyone?
February 20th Mental Health Presentation for Grade 4/5 classes
February 24 PAC Meeting in the Library (ALL parents are welcome and are a part of PAC)
February 25 and 27th Community Connections Career Afternoons
March 14th to March 29th SPRING BREAK

Please share this gentle reminder with your kids: There seems to be some students who are unsure or forgetting about the rules around cell phones. So for clarity: students are not allowed to use cell phones at school. This rule also applies to Journey Middle School. If students bring cell phones to school, they need to be secured in a backpack. Lisa Stone, our front desk clerk, allows students to use our phones to call home, if and when needed. Thanks for your support.

Funwork this week:

Language Arts/ Health/Social Studies/ Social and Personal Competencies: We will be starting a Digital Citizenship unit this week. We will be using a variety of resources, but commonsense.org is a stand-out. Here is a link to it: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship This site offers advice for both educators and parents teaching and raising kids in this complicated digital age. Here is a link to their media and app review page for parents: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/  The goal of this unit is to develop critical and reflective thinking skills around the use of the digital medium to prevent cyber bullying and to develop a positive sense of self.

Math: We are continuing to investigate division facts using arrays and real-life "sharing" problems (or opportunities, if you are the sharing type :-)

Art: Self Portrait and identity will be the theme as we explore who we are and who we want to be in real and digital spaces.

Assessments:

Math POPS have been posted to Freshgrade. If your child's is missing, it is because we are still in progress because of absences. We are hoping to have all of them up by the end of the week.

PE POPS will be up on Freshgrade by Wednesday as we couldn't make time for them last week. Check out the photos of our Tennis sessions to see the skills that your kids are developing in that workshop.

Here is to a great week in Division 3.

Your teachers,
Ms Bridal and Ms Powers