IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Glenbow Museum Volunteer Call-out! All Grade 3s will be going to the Glenbow Museum for a field trip on Tuesday, March 13th for the whole day. We need 5 volunteers (with police clearance). If you can share in this day of learning, please let Jodi our Room Coordinator know, or you can email me and I will pass it on to her. Glenbow Museum Field Trip Forms Field Trip forms are coming home soon. I am just finishing the document. *sigh* Gone are the days of the single purple photocopied sheets, where parents signed the bottom, cut the strip off, and sent it back to the school, with the dime for the bus. Zoo School This is a callout for volunteers for Zoo School. When: April 9-13 Time: All day. Bus leaves at 8:10, arriving back at the school shortly before dismissal. You can meet up there, and parking at the zoo will be free for volunteers. I will confirm the time our day starts at the zoo if you choose to meet us there. We need 5 volunteers a day. You can contact Jodi (classroom coordinator) or you can email me. You can volunteer for 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days. They have to be whole days. A Zoo School coordinator will be visiting our class on April 4th to go over the program, protocols and expectations. Volunteers are invited to this event. More details to follow. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. IMPORTANT DATES March 13: Field Trip to the Glenbow Museum (all day) March 21: Fun Lunch (Jugo Juice) March 21 & 22: Spring Concert (evening; more information to follow) March 23: PD Day - No School for Students March 26 - April 2: Spring Break April 3: Classes resume April 9-13: Zoo School OUR DAY 105 days to go, 75 days left. Today, we had Pink Shirt Day. The hallways were a sea of pink (metaphor). We talked about how we must take care of each other, what we can do if we someone being bullied (talk with the person on the receiving end), as well as consider what is going on in the bully’s life that they feel the need to do what they do. I picked up a wonderful picture book yesterday, called The Bad Seed, written by Jory John and illustrated by Pete Oswald. A sunflower seed is a Bad Seed, who does mean things and just doesn’t care. He also gives his back story of why he is the way he is. Ask your child what happened to him. The story ends with him deciding he just doesn’t want to be the Bad Seed anymore, and starts making positive changes, even though he still sometimes late or talks during a movie. Students worked on their Pen Pal letters, while I did conferencing with students that were ready for it. I am impressed with the writing I am seeing! Students are giving reasons why, and their voice is coming through. Students also wrote their Elder Shirley reflections in their Visual Journals. We have been learning different ways to take notes and document our learning. Today, I nudged the birds out of the nest to write/document on their own, without me first taking ideas, writing them down, and they copy what they want. Again, they flew! I will continue working with them on their note taking during learning and discussions, a skill that keeps on giving. Okay, maybe not “giving”, but it certainly makes life easier. In gym, students practiced their tennis ball and racket handling skills by bouncing a ball on three rackets as they walked around the gym and others, trying to beat their personal best. We finished the day with Library and Circle, sharing gratitudes in our learning. Students always have the right to participate and to pass during Circle, and all are encouraged to be present and thinking during Circle. Cheerios! Ms Lauf Comments are closed.
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