"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects."
-Albert Einstein IMPORTANT INFORMATION Pyjama Day Tomorrow! The class voted today for Pyjama Day tomorrow! Students may choose to wear their pyjamas tomorrow. Students have been advised that proper footwear is still required in the school, meaning clean and with soles. I have also advised students that stuffies stay at home. In the past, stuffies have gotten wrecked, distracted from learning, and become projectiles whipping past my head, and my poor back can’t handle the deking anymore. Callout for Yarn! The Grade 3 team is currently getting the Peruvian Centres together. We are asking for brightly coloured wool to be donated to the class for a weaving centre, and a Worry Doll centre. Also, if anyone has wooden beads that are burning a hole in your pocket, we are more than happy to take them off your hands. Halloween Halloween is fast approaching, and here is what we have planned. Students are invited to dress up for the whole day. From 1:30 – 2:30, we will be having a wee Halloween do, of strategic games and a build project. We do not need any volunteers, as I will still be doing curriculum instruction during this time. As per CBE regulations, students may bring in a HEALTHY snack (e.g., fruits, veggies, cheese, crackers, …), as I’d like to send them home as relaxed and ready as they can be for the evening. Please let Jodi know if you are able to bring in some snacks. There are 23 students in our class. Jacket Racket Coat Drive Grade 6 Students are collecting warm winter coats, toques, snow pants (why that is not a compound word is beyond me), and mittens for children in the K-Gr 12 age range. Please make sure the items are in gently used condition at most before donating. They are collecting items until November 1st. IMPORTANT DATES October 25: Fun Lunch (Little Caesar) October 26: Family Dance (evening). October 31: Halloween. November 1: Last day to donate to Jacket Racket. November 7: Photo retakes. November 10: Remembrance Day Assembly at 10:45 am. OUR DAY 33 days under our belt, 147 days to go! It’s not everyday that you come home from school excited to brush your teeth! Students went through five different Rocks & Minerals Centres, one of which was making toothpaste. Did you know that toothpaste includes the rock limestone, which has been crushed (and is also an ingredient of Tums®)? Your child is coming home with a small bag of their toothpaste. The ingredients are: calcium carbonate (pulverized Tums®, sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), and water. In the afternoon, we came up with a list of when it is appropriate to interrupt the teacher during instructions or discussions. The list includes: Broken Bones, Blood, Barfing, a natural disaster (tornado, earthquake, or tsunami), an alien invasion, Duran Duran has entered the classroom, fisticuffs, a stampede, WWIII, a dinosaur attack, an animal is roaming the hallways, or we are being torpedoed. Students continued to work on their Rights Visual Journal spread. It is interesting to see their choices of what they consider the most important rights, and to hear their reasoning behind it. After gym, I read the story Infinity and Me, by Kate Hosford, and illustrated by Gabi Siatkowska. Hopefully the ideas of infinity are not going to stir up the “swirl of the midnight mind”, from the book The Liszts by, well the book is over there across the room, and I am being too lazy to get it. Oh! Wait! Google! Standby… It’s by Kyo Mclear and Julia Sarda. Cheerios! Ms Lauf Comments are closed.
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