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Friday November 8

Today was a very memorable day. There were some very nice thank-yous during our Thank You Friday circle and then we worked on some art to go along with the Remembrance Day haiku poems we made. Then the school honoured Remembrance Day with a very touching assembly. There were lots of students with special parts including some of our class reciting their haiku poem along with some other grade 4/5s. The Div II choir sang two songs and Ms. Sleno and Ms. King's class sang the Flander's Field song. A few grade 6's shared their letters, which were very deep and the school was addressed by a sergeant from the military. Please have a memorable Monday November 11, as we all remember those who sacrificed so much for us. Reminders: - No school Monday - see you Tuesday
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Friday October 18

With 4 students absent, Thank You Friday felt smaller and faster than usual. After our thanks, the class continued working on their Haiku poems. Today the focus was on nature relating to Remembrance Day. You would think this topic would be too narrow, but there is a lot of nature that can be focused on. Poppy, dove, any kind of weather, the ground could be used. As a class we created a poem about the poppy. Students were able to see that meeting the rules of 5-7-5 syllables per line was not that difficult, but choosing powerful words that had meaning and connected to Remembrance Day was a bit of a challenge. Then the class worked on completing their field trip reflection. To end the morning, we began to watch a video from the CBC called MarketPlace. The episode was focused around recycling plastics from Canada. We haven't finished it yet, but the students are taking jot notes and are finding out that recycling plastics is big business around the world. Its good business.....but is ...
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Monday January 20

Another week and another Mental Monday math opener! Today it was reviewing patterns and writing pattern rules. Some were more challenging to figure out than others, especially writing the rule that made sense. The hardest one was 9, 13, 18, 24, 31....can you figure the out the rule? After this the learned a new math game called the Factor Game. This game practices the multiplication basic facts as well as all factors of products including single digit times double digit. All numbers up to 36 were on the game board. Player A circles a number, then the other player circles all the factors available that make that number. Player B then circles a number and the other player circles all the factors still available. Once all numbers are circled, each player adds up their circled numbers. If a player circles a number that has no factors on the board available, they lose their next turn. They keep the points for that number, but give up their turn to circle factors on their next turn. More tim...
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