This week in Div 3, March 9th to 13th

Dates to note this month and next:

March 9th Sooke Sing OUT at EMCS see Ms Vally's weekly for details
March 11th Online Safety Presentation in the PM (Reminder: no cell phone use at school; our school phone is available to students who need to connect with home)
March 13th Jump Rope for Heart MORNING and BREAK the RULES DAY (PAC fundraiser)
Spring Break March 14th to March 29th
April 9th FUTURE JOURNEY DRAGONS Open House at Journey 6 to 7:30.

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Funwork this week:

Math: We are continuing to work developing the concept of fractions, part versus whole and parts of a set. We will be continuing to build students' number sense looking at how fractions relate to division and, in turn, multiplication. In the Spring, we will do some math fact rehearsal to complement working on bigger numbers; www.multiplication.com is a great source of practice over the break.

Language Arts: We are working on idea generation in writing; this involves brainstorming and drafting story ideas from writing prompts. Our goal is for students to develop one of those ideas into a published story which they will share at our open house in April. We continue to read "Parvana's Journey" and "Sadako", two historical fiction novels. Students are developing their comprehension skills working on double entry journals. They are also developing some perspective on the world; we are very lucky to live in Canada.

Social Studies: Students will be guided through an inquiry into how Natural Resources draw immigration from other parts of the world (eg. pull factors).  We will also be looking at what push factors drive populations away from their homes.

Science: We will be looking at soil in preparation for Spring planting! Did you know that you can test soil PH using a purple cabbage?

Here's to a lot more fun and learning this last week before Spring Break.

Your teachers,
Ms Powers and Ms Bridal