Fantastic Chinese New Year Celebration, Wednesday Feb. 10

Wow! What a great Chinese New Year celebration! I haven’t seen it done so elaborately before in other schools, so it was great to see everyone’s excitement and performances. Thank you to all of Division 5 for their musical contributions; to Shelley for playing piano; to Emma, Sylvia and Shelley for ribbon dancing; to Emma and Sylvia for fan dancing; and to David, Adrian and Shelley for the beautiful banners. If I missed anyone, I apologize, but I was impressed with all of your work and that you all contributed to the school community! (Division 5 is starting to make a name for itself at Suncrest after this and the Reader’s Theatre presentations last week!)

Today we began working on puppet pals, which is an app in which you can make a story, record your voice, create backgrounds, etc. If you have an iPad at home, I highly recommend it. There is a free version, but we are using the Puppet Pals HD Director’s Pass. Everyone experimented with the app today, and we will be using it to make a story about our animals, their migrations, and the biomes where they live.

We are also finishing up our Quilt of Belonging pieces, which are due by EOD Friday.

We read more chapters from Lemoncello and we are now working on a language arts project to create a fabulous game Mr. Lemoncello would want in his collection! The game must 1. Be creative, 2. Be a board game, 3. Involve some strategy, and 4. Not be a game we have copied or found elsewhere. We will construct the games and share them with other partner groups in class.

Tomorrow we have a socials and science quiz on migration. We reviewed material yesterday and today. Please use your binder to study: key vocabulary, push factors, pull factors, criteria for immigrating into Canada, the difference between a 1st and 3rd world country, biomes, migration cues and types for animals, etc. I see many of you left your blue binders here when you packed your bags, so I hope you are all set for tomorrow?

Don’t forget our Reifel Bird Sanctuary field trip slips!

Have a good night!