Artwork

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to let you know I posted your pictures of your stunning fall landscapes for you to share with your families.  You can view them on the Art Gallery page.  I hope your families will enjoy seeing your work on our blog, since we haven’t been sending your artwork home.  Please let your parents know that you have started collecting your artwork and some writing pieces, which you are compiling into a memory book.  Your book is like an invitation to your readers to come to a “Thinking Party”.  It will be completed and taken home at the end of the school year.  I am hoping you will treasure your work and keep it for many years to come, so you can remember what you were like when you were in Grade 4 or 5.  : )

 

White Jade Tiger

Division 5 has started reading “White Jade Tiger” written by Julie Lawson, a teacher turned author of more than twenty books for young readers. Based on actual events in the Fraser Canyon during the building of the CPR, it describes the experiences of Chinese workers as the main character, 13 year old Jasmine, time-travels to Victoria’s Chinatown of the 1880s. With her new mysterious friend, 16-year-old Keung, they travel to the Fraser Canyon where they search for his missing father who, 3 years earlier, had left China for “Gold Mountain” with a jade amulet from ancient times that carries a curse.

Dear Students,

From Chapters 1-13, please post a quote from the book or short summary of an event and your reaction/response to it. (Remember to explain using multiple sentences.)