Hooray! Spring Break is here! It’s been a busy term, we’ve been working hard, and we are all ready for a well-deserved break!
This week we had a fun week with Miss Alison from the Young Actor’s Project! We had three sessions and learned some fun acting/drama activities. We played games like “gibberish”, “telephone”, and “Zip,Zap, Zop”.
. Being able to communicate using only body language is an important skill when acting. To practice this we used full face masks to act out scenes without talking Our final lesson focused on “Improv”. Improvisation is unscripted acting. You have to be quick on your toes, focused, and be willing to take risks for this kind of acting. All of you did a great job during our Young Actor’s sessions and some of you have a real knack for acting! Maybe something to consider as a hobby?
Progress Reports are going home AFTER Spring Break; BUT, in preparation for that, you have all taken home your work binders to share with your parents. There is an assignment on TEAMS for you to complete with your parents once you have shared your work binders with them. Please complete this by March 30th. ( This will act as your first blog response for term 3). Your binders should be brought BACK to school after Spring Break. Your progress reports will be sent home on April 2nd. 
(Note: if you are away travelling for all of Spring Break and are unable to share your binders with your parents and complete the response, please do that as soon as you are able to in that first week back).
You also have a small Science activity to do over the break as well. Please check that assignment out on TEAMS.
Our ADST petting zoo creations are in progress. We will continue those after the break. If there are any materials ( that we don’t have at school) and you can bring from home, please remember to bring those so that our building times are productive.
We hope you all have a WONDERFUL 2 weeks off! If you are travelling, we hope you have a great time exploring new places. If you are staying local, we hope you get to rest, recharge, and have some fun adventures close to home!
See you all on March 31st!
Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Gil
Wow! What a week we’ve had! We started off with a desk change and new jobs, which meant a whole lot of moving, adjusting, and getting used to new faces beside us. Finding the perfect partners was a bit of a challenge (because let’s be honest, some of us are easily distracted… or very good at distracting others), but we did our best! Teamwork makes the dream work, and this week, we focused on communicating and collaborating in all subjects.
Your hands might be sore from all the writing, and your brains might be tired from all the thinking, but guess what? It’s working! You’re getting better, faster, and more confident! 3-by-1 multiplication? You’ve got it! 2-by-2? Still growing, but we’re getting there! Keep up the amazing effort!
We also embarked on an ADST project that combines our Math skills with our building and designing skills. We are making a petting zoo! Our understanding of perimeter and area is being applied to this project as we design spaces for the animals that will be living there as well as the people that will come to visit. 
Our zoos need to have spaces for at least 5 different “petting zoo” animals as well as washrooms, a picnic area, and pathways throughout the whole zoo. We are finishing up the planning stages and will be constructing our zoo next week.
and searched for the author’s point in different texts. We started by reviewing the author’s purpose and structure, thinking about why an author writes (to persuade, inform, or entertain) and how they organize their writing. Then, we dug deeper into finding the author’s point and supporting it with evidence from the text. We played a matching game, sorted ideas, and used clues from the text to back up our thinking. Who knew being a reading detective could be so fun?
and wrapped up our learning about the three types of rocks. Using all our notes, activities, and each other’s knowledge, we worked on summarizing and answering questions to prove just how much we know! (Hint: You know A LOT!)
We “travelled” to the continent of Oceania this week! This continent is made up of MANY little island nations. Do you remember how many? The largest of these islands is the country of Australia! 
This is the land of kangaroos and koala bears as well as amazing marine life that can be found in the Great Barrier Reef. Would you ever want to actually visit the “land down under”?
We sorted through different activities to figure out what interests us and what… well, maybe not so much. Next week, we’ll dive into what we value and start connecting the dots to possible career paths. Who knows? Maybe a future doctor, artist, scientist, or astronaut is sitting in our classroom right now! 
We also enjoyed visiting and shopping at the Entrepreneur Fair put on by Divisions 1-4. 
It was so fun to see their “shops” and the many different items they had available to sell. An entrepreneur is a person who creates their own business. Were you inspired by what you saw? If you had the opportunity, what “business” would you consider?
