Wednesday November 6

Morning math was solving a word problem. Today the problem could have been solved in a number of different ways. Repeated addition, repeated subtraction and even division if they were feeling confident. Music and gym followed and then the class worked on revising their haiku poem and self assessing, or if they wanted to make a new poem and self assess the new one. The students who are going to share their haiku poem at the Remembrance Day assembly practiced reciting their poem with effective pauses and clear volume.

 In the afternoon the challenge book question was reflecting on how they are good students. It was a very personal and reflective entry. After this the class worked on completing a map of Canada by using the cut out labels to paste onto a map. Students were to glue on the names of all ten provinces, 3 territories, all the capital cities, including the capital of Canada, labelling the salt water oceans that border Canada, and labelling the 5 Great Lakes. This activity took longer than expected so it was not completed fully.

 Reminders:
- an email was sent home regarding the assembly on Friday, please try to be here by 10:40 so it can start at 10:45
- Monday November 11 the school is closed

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