day 5. Mon. Feb. 6- physed
day 1. Tues. Feb.7- library, reading with a parent
day 2. Wed. Feb. 8- health, reading with a parent
parent/teacher on-line interview system closes
day 3. Thurs. Feb. 9- physed
day 4. Fri. Feb. 10- computers, music
Feb. 13- Report cards go home at the end of the day, 100th day of school
Feb. 14- Happy Valentine's Day!
News/Reminders:
- Thank your for sending flyers and pamphlets to school with your child. We certainly do not need anymore.
- Thank you for signing up for treats for our Valentine's Day party. If your child would like to bring small treats for everyone to put in their Valentine's bags, please make sure that everything is peanut/nut free.
- Students' 100 day collections are due the week of Feb. 13- Feb. 16. Notes have been sent home. Please let me know if you have any questions.
- Please ensure that your child brings back their green workbook to school every week with the worksheets placed inside. It is much easier when everything is kept together in one place, rather than receiving single sheets throughout the week. Thank you for your help.
Barbara and Kara have decided to begin their own fundraiser to help rescued cats in Toronto. They have been busy creating posters and informing staff and students about their initiative. The other students in the class have been influenced by their hard work and dedication. Some of the students have decided to create posters for general pet food donations. However, the girls are strongly sticking to cat food donations ONLY.
The girls and I have done some research and found out that Toronto Cat Rescue is a shelter which provides foster care for rescued cats before they are adopted. There is one location in Etobicoke. I have reminded the girls that they should not be asking for any money, however they are welcome to ask staff and students for any extra cat food that they may have at home.
In fact, if you have any cat food OR any pet food that you would like to get rid of, please send it to school with your child. I certainly do not want anyone to go out of their way to buy any food. This is a huge initiative for the girls and I support their dedication and hard work. Here is the website: www.torontocatrescue.ca if you would like more information. I will drop off any food that gets donated. There are also other items that you may donate listed on the website. Thank you.
Way to go, Kara and Barbara!
What did we do all week?
In Social Studies, we are learning about our local community. The students are learning to ask meaningful questions which will lead to further discussions. Asking "good", open-ended questions is not an easy task. We are learning to ask "thick" questions which take more thinking time and research to answer.
We celebrated Groundhog Day on Thursday!
STEM Challenge: Make the tallest tower
(science, technology, engineering, math)
During our STEM activities, I have the opportunity to observe my students as they work together, encourage each other and come up with new ideas. At the beginning, I could hear a lot of "YOU ARE COPYING US! STOP LOOKING AT US!" However, now the children have learned that taking another group's ideas isn't exactly STEALING or CHEATING. They are learning to use each other's ideas to improve their own work.
Literacy Centres: magnetic letters and sentence building
Math: We learned about 2D (flat) shapes
We love geoboards !!
We began learning about 3D solids.
We used different solids to build our own creations.
We built skateboarding parks, farms, parks, castles, towns etc.
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