Today’s activities have a bit of an animal theme. In Drama, you can play animal charades and in P.E., you are going to practice all of your animal walks. Don’t forget to get down nice and low for that duck walk. As you are doing these activities, I want you to think about an animal that you would like study so that you can learn more. Tomorrow, you are going to start an animal project in themes.

  Hello Division 8 and Families, I hope that you had a great weekend. It is another beautiful, sunny day for Nature School so you can try an Alphabet Scavenger Hunt today. In math, I have a jelly bean problem for you to solve. Keep sending me the pictures of your work, I love seeing all the great things that you are doing at home. Have a great day.

Today is a special day because it is Naseeb’s Birthday! I know that the Division 8 Students would love to be together today to see Naseeb in her birthday sunglasses and to sing her Happy Birthday. We hope you have a great birthday with your family Naseeb.  

  Here is a picture of the fantastic puppets that you made for the ‘Can Shapes be Kind?’ geometry puppet show. Today, you are going make puppets in drama and use them in language arts. Check out the daily schedule page to see today’s schedule. I am looking forward to seeing what you create. Have a great day!

Last week, I read the news about killer whales that swam into the Burrard Inlet as far as Burnaby. It made me think about our walks in the Mystery Forest and about our stopping point where we look out at the water and see the bridge. I started to wonder what it would have been like if we had been on a nature walk and looked out to see whales swimming in the water. Wouldn’t that have been exciting?! I will miss our Nature School walk today. One of the hardest things about being safe right now is not being able to go outside and play in our usual ways.…

I hope that everyone had a good weekend and that you were able to enjoy the sunshine and dry weather in some way. Today in math, you are going to be working on subtraction using splat. In Language Arts, you are going to make a list. Please check for today’s activities on the Daily Schedule page. Thanks to all of you who have sent your letters to me so far. I am so happy to see what you are doing at home. Please keep e-mailing pictures of your writing, your art, and what you make during ‘centres’.

    Dear Division 8 Families, It was great to connect with you this week and to hear that everyone is well and making the best of the current situation. I know that all of you are doing your very best to support your children’s learning at home and I am hoping that this blog can help you to do that as well. So far, I have not set up any links but they are coming. I would appreciate it if you could take the time to read this letter to your child. Once your child has written their own letter, it would be great if you could take a…