"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Eistein IMPORTANT INFORMATION Callout for Yams! I mean 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. I will post on Monday rules surrounding weapons, props, and masks. 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. Peruvian Artifacts We will begin our Peruvian centres shortly. 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 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 36 days under our belt, 144 days to go! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a bird! More specifically, it’s a pigeon! And even more specifically, many pigeons! A father from a student in Ms Parent’s class came in today to share his passion for pigeon racing. He brought his beautiful birds in, answered questions, and then sent the birds flying! Some students were randomly selected to hep launch them into the air. We will address this more on Monday, and tie this in with Science - Animal Life Cycles and Needs. (We all washed our hands before settling in for our Story and Snack.) Our Grade 5 Buddies came in, and they taught the class a place value game called The Trading Game. This was a wonderful introduction to place value, which we will begin next week, along with number lines, numeracy, and how they tie in with addition and subtraction. Following Buddies, I asked the class how they wanted to fill in the last 25 minutes of the day (suggestions had to relate to something we are doing in the classroom), and an overwhelming amount of requests came in for … GUESS MY NUMBER, which is a fabulous activity on the number line. I wrote down a number between 1 and 1000 on a small piece of paper, and students had to ask specific questions to find the answer. (20 Questions style.) We used maths language, such as greater than, lesser than, even, and odd, we used a double t-chart, and talked about strategies to ask intentional questions, not just, “Is it 482?” We got to our number of 916. Spring boarding off of this, and thinking about Monday Morning Blah Blah, I am giving some “homework” for this weekend. Your child has been asked to talk with you about number lines and place value. This is a brief discussion to prime their brains for maths next week. Kind of like pushing that wee button that gets the gas pumped up on the lawn mower three times before starting it. Your child will be either writing about their weekend, writing about an artifact that represents who they are (which thy will be bringing in and sharing with their table group), or any topic they want. To help them with their writing, and to build up their word bank for when they write, please discuss with them their topic. Cheerios! Ms Lauf Comments are closed.
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