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Hello everyone! Weekly Assignments Chart – April 14-17 I hope you had a beautiful long weekend. We will have another video call tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11:00 am, again with students’ video and audio muted. Meeting online is very different than gathering in a physical space but many of the expectations for respect and cooperative conversation […]
Hello all! Hasn’t it been lovely to have a week of sunshine? I know that I always feel happier with clear skies. This is a short update to acknowledge the work that you have already been doing this week. Thank you to all those who have sent me emails, posted their work in their blogfolios, […]
Hello! From my survey to students, titled “How’s it going?” (click here to complete, if you have not already), I learned that not everyone knows how to send an email from their student accounts. Here are instructions! To send an email, you first need to sign into your Office 365 account. So, go to https://portal.office.com. […]
Weekly Assignments Chart – April 6-9 Hello! Good morning, and welcome to our first official week of distance learning. I am looking forward to connecting with students later this morning, for our first Teams Meeting video call at 11:00. Please make sure that you have been able to log into your student email accounts. To […]
Hello everyone! I am grateful to have received emails and messages from many of you over the past few days. It is fun to read about the interesting activities you have been up to! Yesterday, I sent emails to the parent email addresses on file at the school office to send student log-ins and passwords […]
Hi Div. 2! I miss teaching you! I hope you have been enjoying the few hints of nice weather we have had this week. I am trying to get outside more often, even just for walks around my neighbourhood, to get fresh air and watch the signs of spring. This post is an update on […]
Hello dear students and families, I am missing you all a whole bunch! I am disappointed to not be able to spend time with you in class, and miss your joyfulness, silliness, creative brilliance and thoughtfulness. I am sure we are all feeling the strangeness of this time. Staying home for our own health and […]
Hello families! This final week before Spring Break was full of finishing up projects! We worked on Lit Circles final projects to celebrate our learning through this process. We also practiced using thesauri to find synonyms to make our writing more engaging. We worked on our Rube Goldberg machines all week, and the class had […]
Hello families! This week in Math we worked on division of three-digit numbers with remainders. We started by using base-ten blocks to break up three-digit numbers into equal groups. This worked well for many learners. Later in the week, we tackled the long-anticipated long division. I was very impressed with the focus and perseverance through […]
Another short but jam-packed week! We were very fortunate to have not one but two guest presenters this Tuesday! Eric Walters spoke to the intermediate classes about his books, story research and charitable activities. He was an engaging presenter. That afternoon, we welcomed stream keepers into our classroom to teach about our local watershed, the […]