Category: Important Reminders

Projects and Updates April 25th!

Hello Everyone!

Here is a quick update of the projects we will be working on for this unit on “Getting Our Needs Met”! Projects meet our learning needs in socials, language arts, science, ADST, career education, and financial literacy, as well as the curricular and core competencies.

Element Superhero or Villain:  Please see the two handouts in your binder, given out on April 14th, about creating a superhero or villain based on your selected element from the periodic table. You will do research on the element’s properties, using the brainstorm handout. Then, you will incorporate those properties into a creative 8.5 x 11 illustration of your superhero/villain. Finally, you will write a 2 page creative story about your superhero/villain. Please see specific criteria on the two handouts. The picture is due Friday, April 29th. The rough draft of the story (before self and peer edit) is due on Friday, May 6th.

Personal Budget:  Each person has been given a job and salary in a pretend job. You will pretend you are starting out in this job, and that you will be living on your own and paying for your own expenses. We brainstormed in class the many expenses you will need to consider and research, so you can make a personal, monthly budget. Please keep into mind those unexpected expenses and savings. Make a spreadsheet in Excel to show your budget. We should be able to complete these by Monday, May 9th. Time will be given in class, and you can also access Excel from home as needed. You don’t need to use formulas, but if you know how to, you are welcome to set them up. The spreadsheet needs to be readable, aesthetic, and take into mind the variety of expenses required.

MACC MALL:  You and a partner will be creating your own business! More on this in class, as we brainstorm what is needed to run a business. You will use the design cycle considerations to make a product that will sell, and then actively try to make a profit, taking into consideration production costs. Our MACC Mall event will be held later in May, so more details to come soon.

Independent Project: Notes, bibliography, and primary research are due by May 31. Please make sure you have gone to the public library for book resources, and that you use the many books our librarian has pulled from District libraries (which must stay in the classroom) to do your research. If you are having trouble with primary research ideas, please come see me this week, so I can help you get on track. Ms. D will spend time in May going over again how to do the formal bibliography, and time will be given in class to work on independent project. That said, it is important everyone set aside time at home to do some, as well, so we stay on target for finishing by end of May.

Crystals and Peeps: As part of science, we will be doing some fun experiments in class, as we have time, over the next two weeks. Stay tuned!

EPIC Reading: Please do take time to read some of the geology and economics related books I highlighted in EPIC.

Earth School: Ted Ed has an Earth School series we will be talking about in class. You can also go online and see their series of videos, as we won’t have time to do them all in class! Just Google Earth School.

Daily Work/Handouts: As a reminder, please make sure you turn in your daily assignments from the last two weeks. This includes any editing practice, science learning handouts, or the math/economics practice.

Student Leds: We have a committee of students who will be making a welcome sign for the event, and we look forward to welcoming families on May 4th. Remember, May 4th and 5th are early dismissals at 2PM. Please see your planner for your confirmed time, or if you aren’t sure, check in with Ms. D before May 4th.

Thank you, and more to come soon!

Ms. D

Remote Learning Schedule ***only if needed for school functional closures***

Hello Everyone —

As Promised, here is our daily schedule for Remote Learning. Please see my previous post that explains more.

**Please note: This is only used if we have a functional closure or everyone goes to remote learning. The school will inform you if this is the case. In the meantime, if you are absent, you can check MS Teams for brief updates as they are available. We have gone over this in class as of January 10th.**

During Remote Learning, please do the following:

  1.  Have a dedicated space in your house for virtual learning.
  2.  Try to keep a regular routine that is the same each day, following our schedule, just like you did for in-person learning, as this is healthier for you instead of sleeping in or spending the day on video games!
  3.  Check the blog and School Email once daily.
  4.  Check MS Teams 3 times daily.
  5.  Participate in Whole Class Meetings. Every morning on Teams, plus one optional read aloud session at 1PM.
  6.  Participate in Small Group Meetings. You won’t do this every day, because I only meet with 5-6 students at a time. So, check blog and your TEAMS calendar for weekly, rotating schedule.
  7.  Follow the schedule below when not in a meeting. Do assignments on TEAMS; check TEAMS channels for things to see, do, or to comment on; and if done with both of those, go to Optional Learning Activities and do an activity of your choice. You can switch around schedule blocks as you want, for example, if you want to do MAKER in the morning instead of the afternoon, or FITNESS with your parents in the evening. As long as you make time for each category, each day.
  8.  Don’t spend the whole day in front of the screen. Do some activities without a computer and make an effort to connect with one another. 🙂

Here is our DAILY SCHEDULE, EVERY DAY OF REMOTE LEARNING:

I suggest printing this post and putting it up somewhere in your learning space.
Each week of remote learning, I will make one blog and MS Teams post about the week and re-post this schedule for you.

8:45 – 9:00 AM

SET UP
Get yourself ready to learn, Log in, Check Mail

9:00 – 9:30 AM

MORNING MEETING
Join us on Teams, Whole Class, Link in Your Teams Calendar.
Time for Discussion, Class Game, Seeing One Another!

9:30 – 10:00 AM

UNIT/LA/MATH Independent Time
Look at Teams Assignments, Participate in Team Channels, Do Projects,
Email Ms. D Questions

Use Optional Activity List for Ideas if finished with required assignments.

10:00 – 10:30 AM

FITNESS Independent Time
You can do your own fitness routine, look for ideas on MS Teams                                      Fitness Channel, or use an idea on the Blog’s Optional Activity List.

But, be active for 30 minutes! If you can’t do it at this time, you are welcome to do it later in the day. The schedule blocks are flexible.

10:30 – 10:45 AM

BREAK/SNACK
Open time to stretch and get food, just like at school.

10:45 – 11:30 AM

UNIT/LA/MATH Time
Look at MS Teams Assignments and Channels, Do Projects

OR

Small Group Meeting with Ms. D
Discuss Unit/LA/Math Topics in groups of 5-6 students.
See Blog/Teams Calendar for Schedule and Link to Join

11:30 – 12:00 PM

SERVICE/CONNECTION TIME
Ideas for this are on MS Teams Service/Connections Channel or
the Blog’s Optional Activity List.

Connect socially with someone, help out at home, or do a fun activity of choice.

If you can’t do it at this time, you are welcome to do it later in the day. The schedule blocks are flexible.

12:00 – 1:00 PM

LUNCH
Ms. D unavailable via email and TEAMS, but available any other time from 9-3.

1:00 – 1:30 PM

AFTERNOON READ ALOUD
Teams Meeting Whole Class for teacher read aloud – OPTIONAL
Link to join in Teams Calendar

OR

INDIE READING
Ms. D will dismiss at some point for independent reading, so have something to read!
Use EPIC or other ideas from the Optional Activity Page on the Blog.

1:30 – 2:15 PM

MAKER TIME

Making things — crafting, art, offline things!
Ideas on MS Teams Assignments or Optional Activities on Blog

If you can’t do it at this time, you are welcome to do it later in the day. The schedule blocks are flexible.

2:15 – 3:00 PM

GENIUS HOUR TIME
Work on Independent Project Research. Check Assignments for Project Steps. Check Teams Channel for Ideas, as well.

or

Small Group Meeting with Ms. D
Discuss Independent Project Ideas, Connect with Classmates
Check Blog/Teams for Schedule. Link to Join in Teams Calendar.

If you can’t do it at this time, you are welcome to do it later in the day. The schedule blocks are flexible.

Assessment: How Does It Work?

Hello Everyone,

While I have detailed our assessment process before, I thought it might be a good time for a reminder!

First, Ms. Driussi is hosting evening sessions during the next two weeks about how assessment is changing at the school. Please note, we will not be changing how we are doing assessment. The sessions are primarily for classes in the school that are transitioning this year to using the B.C. Proficiency Rubric, which we have already been doing in Div. 5 for the last year.

Our process to assess and report student learning to you will not change in Div. 5. So, you don’t have to attend the school info sessions unless you have a child who is in another division. Then, it may be a good idea to hear the session, especially if you are new to the school. We had a similar session in my classroom last fall when I started using the proficiency rubric.

Second, please encourage your child to complete e-portfolio posts. As you may have already seen, Ms. B and I are going through the posts and adding comments to let students know if they are on the right track. Please feel free to also comment! These posts will shape our reflections when we communicate progress for term one on the report card.

Third, in class we have been going over the words associated with the proficiency rubric to ensure we all understand them. I often say that the proficiency rubric is easier to understand, with its words of emerging/developing/applying (proficient)/extending if you create a LIFE RUBRIC. Think of one thing that you do daily. We put up posters of the four parts of the rubric on the walls in class, Ms. D said an activity, and then students moved to the part of the rubric they thought they were in.

For example, where are you on “cleaning your room?”

EXTENDING — I can clean my room independently and use sophisticated skills, some of which I learned on my own time, such as feng shui arrangements, Marie Kondo folding, organizing boxes I created myself, to clean it. No one needs to tell me to clean my room. I could teach someone else how to clean a room, and I probably remind other people to “get to it!” I even developed my own personal schedule for cleaning and posted it on the fridge.

APPLYING — I can clean my room independently and use a complete set of skills I have been taught to organize it — for example, vacuuming, making my bed, and picking up materials to put into organizing buckets I have been given. No one needs to check in on me as I am cleaning my room. I feel confident doing it myself.

DEVELOPING — I can clean my room myself with some guidance. For example, someone might need to check in on me and say, stop reading and get to cleaning! Or, maybe I need help getting the vacuum out and turning it on. Maybe I need some advice on how to fold corners on the sheets. But, I have a partial understanding of what to do and can do some of it myself.

EMERGING — I can clean my room with guidance, as I am beginning to learn how to do it. I might need assistance deciding when the room is dirty, staying on task and not making new messes while cleaning it up, or not shoving dirty laundry under the bed but instead putting it in the hamper. My parents are showing me how the vacuum works, as I haven’t done that before. My parents came in and modelled for me how to clean, so I can learn how to do it next time on my own.

**Try this at home as a discussion. Try something like — making your own lunch, making dinner, riding a bicycle, or playing with a sibling.

Fourth, students will receive rubrics for assessment. By Tuesday, everyone will have the Human Body Corporation one, for example. You will notice, we follow these steps when using a rubric or assessing a mini project:

  • Teacher will hand out a rubric and criteria to review and keep. 
  • Student can use the rubric and criteria to stay on track for the project.
  • When the project is complete, the student will do a self-assessment, indicating where they think are at with regards to the proficiency rubric. They will also indicate areas of strength and areas of stretch/improvement.
  • Sometimes a peer will provide input. The student will write down any peer feedback they feel is important to remember. 
  • Teacher will review the project and add feedback.
  • Teacher will use words associated with each level of the proficiency rubric to indicate progress AND will relate those words to the learning intention and standards from curriculum. For example, “Johnny is developing his understanding of how to apply his independent research skills.” 
  • Teacher will break down the comments into subject areas when needed, as many of our assessment tasks are trans-disciplinary.
  • Rubric will be sent home with the student for signing.
  • Parent signs and student returns with it to school so we know it has been seen.

Last but not least, we will be having a meeting together the first week of December. I will be setting up meetings with each parent and student, so we can meet together to discuss progress and make goals. Prior to the meeting:

  • Students will complete a written reflection for the report card and relate their progress to the strengths and goals they talked about on the e-portfolio.
  • Teacher will complete the proficiency rubric and comments for the report card.
  • Parent will review the student e-portfolio and complete a parent questionnaire distributed in late November and bring it with them to the meeting.
  • We will meet together for a 20-30 minute meeting before or after school.
  • Student will read their reflection, then the teacher, and the parent.
  • We will make and record goals on the report card.
  • The report, including the parent questionnaire, goes to Ms. Driussi for review and signing.
  • Student and teacher will sign.
  • Final copies of reports go home before Winter Break. There will be 2 copies, and you need to send one back to school for our file.

I hope this helps you to understand our assessment process! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Ms. D

Welcome to MACC 4/5 2018-2019!

Dear Parents:

Welcome to a new school year of MACC at Suncrest! I look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, September 4th!

Some notes for everyone as we start up our first week!

Tuesday, please arrive at 8:50 AM, meet in the gym for a welcome assembly for students and parents. At 9:15 AM, students only will come to portable 3. Parents are invited to stay in the gym for coffee offered by our Suncrest PAC. Meet other parents! Dismissal is at 10 AM from portable 3.

Wednesday – Friday, please arrive at 8:50 AM, and pick up is at 3PM.

Supplies: You don’t need to bring anything for Tuesday. Bring snack and lunch for the rest of the week. You will not need to purchase classroom supplies, as a fee will be collected in September for the school to purchase communal supplies for everyone.

Inside Shoes: To help keep our room clean for all our exciting building and making this year, I am asking students to please have a pair of inside shoes to wear in the classroom as soon as you are able. The best option is a pair of runners, which we can also use in the gym to keep the floor clean while exercising. Thank you for your help!

If you have any questions, please let me know. I am looking forward to a great new year and see you on Tuesday!

Ms. DeTerra (or Ms. D for short!)

Our TO-DO List!

Hello Everyone,

***Don’t forget to check out the website from Usborne we found on Spaceships!

Here’s what we are working on right now, so you can stay on top of things!

  • Spaceship Prototype: Finish your individual sketch design for Wed., June 6th. We will then share designs with partners in class to plan for next week. Start looking at your recyclables for supplies you think may be useful!
  • Core Competency Reflection with Parents: Finish the reflection form with parents at home tonight. Due back to school ASAP, Wed. June 6th.
  • Independent Project: Notes, Bibliography, Primary Research due June 11
  • Literature Circle: Assignment 4 and 5 will finish up the book. Due June 14
  • Rocket Math Part 2: Due Monday June 11, class time given
  • NASA Space Math Challenge Activities: Ongoing, due by June 18
  • Self-Reflection for Report Card: We will do this in class before end of week.
  • Poetry: 5 poems from the packet, a limerick about MACC, a tanka about science or nature, and another poem of your choice are due by June 8th, Friday.
  • Journal: Journals will be collected and looked at the week of June 11
  • French: Finish 10 quizzes from French_games.net, and complete French investigation on topic of choice
  • Canvas Science Poetry Art: We need magazines!! Please bring magazines! Also, please choose and refine one poem you will put on this canvas. Type it.
  • Wool ART: Ongoing to finish before we leave for the year
  • Paper Rockets Flight: Sometime this week

Important Dates:

  • June 11  Independent Project Notes/Bibliography/Primary Research Due
  • June 13  Build all day, Applied Design Workshop with Mr. McKillop
  • June 14  Unit/Math Quiz
  • June 15  Sports Day, 1 PM dismissal
  • June 18  All Missing Work Due
  • June 22  Independent Project Presentation 12-2:30
  • June 25  Recognition Assembly 9AM
  • June 26  End of Year Party 1-3 PM at Rumble Water Park
  • June 28  Last Day 9-10AM, Reports Distributed

Quick Update May 29th! — End of Year Coming Up!

Hello Everyone!

We are continuing our unit work by discussing space, rockets, spaceships, storytelling, myths and more! So, here is a quick update on what we are doing:

Myths and Creation Stories: Students had the opportunity to read a variety of myth and creation stories from different cultures including First Peoples of Canada. We are looking at how stories are used to explain or teach things, to give a message, or to deliver a moral, and we are comparing creation stories from different cultures to see how they are the same or different around the world.

Science and Poetry: Students have been given a packet of poems written in a variety of literary forms and using a myriad of literary devices. They have been asked to choose different forms or devices and write five poems by this Friday. The theme of the poems is science, and the purpose of the poetry is to teach something about a science concept! Ms. D read a few examples of science poems in class, and you can look on this Pinterest page for more examples.

Using ART to Communicate an IDEA: We will use one of the poems about science to create a multi-media piece of art! We started yesterday by painting the background of an 8″x10″ canvas with a blend of cool or warm colours. Then, we will add a poem to the artwork, along with some images, using acrylic medium. But first, we need to write our poems! Following this, we will also do some felting work (needles, wool, and creating 2D artwork through textiles), using art again to communicate an idea about science. Everyone will have two beautiful things to walk away with, I hope, by the end of the year!

Space Math: Students are finishing Rocket Math, due on Friday so we can mark it together. I went around today ensuring everyone knows how to measure angles, as there is geometry involved in several of the questions. If this is done, students are working on NASA’s Adventures in Space Math. Don’t be discouraged if some of these questions are hard, as the booklet has a range of math from grades 4-9. Read carefully, ask questions, and do your best! 

Space Stuff! There have been a few readings given to students about the Earth, Sun, and Moon, and their relationship. Today, we watched a video on Tides, and I posted other space videos on the Articles of Interest page, under Arts and Sciences Unit. In a previous blog entry, I asked everyone to think about whether or not they could answer some basic questions about space, so please review that, the readings I gave you, and the videos online to see if you can find the answers! And, we will continue doing some building and fun activities around space, such as flying paper rockets soon!

SPACESHIP! Thank you to everyone (I wrote down your names!) who contributed to the discussion on spaceship design! You can still go and continue thinking about what our spaceship prototypes need. Today, I asked everyone to begin sketching a preliminary spaceship design independently. Remember, it is a spaceship we are doing, not a rocket, even though spaceships need rockets to get into space in the first place. Later, we will compare designs as we begin to make a more final plan in groups. A prototype is a model, so we won’t be flying these, but the model can have some working parts to explain your spaceship idea.

French: For beginning French students, we have returned to doing French_Games.net, and you can choose 10 lessons to do and take the quizzes from those lessons. Following this, we will be doing Duolingo work and playing some French games. For French immersion students who have more knowledge, I have asked them to combine French with the poetry we are doing, to write a French poem. Save the poems you write, as they can be submitted in future years to the District’s Words competition in the French Poetry category.

Important Dates:

June 1 — Dragon Boat Last Session, Poetry/Rocket Math Due EOD, Early Dismissal 2PM

June 4 — No School Pro-D

June 6 — Volunteer Tea for Parents Who Volunteered This Year 2PM

June 11 — Independent Project Notes, Bibliography, and Primary Research Due

June 13 –– Spaceship Applied Design Day

June 15 — Sports Day, Early Dismissal 1PM

June 18 — Last day to submit any missing assignments for report cards

June 21 — Lunch Treat for Reading Around the World Finishers

June 22 — Independent Project Presentations 12-2:30 PM

June 25 — Recognition Assembly 9-11 AM (Gauss/Abel Certificates Presented)

June 26 — Class Picnic and Water Play at Rumble Park 1-3 PM

June 27 — Grade 7 Leaving Ceremony 9:15-11 AM

June 28 — Last Day 9-10 AM; Report Cards Sent Home

Update February 26th — End of Migration Unit

Hello Everyone!

Thank you to all of the parents who came with us on the snow adventure field trip to Britannia Mines! We couldn’t do it without your support. We also want to thank the Suncrest PAC and Britannia Mines, as both provided financial help for us to do the trip.

The field trip marked the beginning of a new unit, but before we move on, we have some projects to finish!

  • Monday we have a unit quiz, which will be done online.
  • Everyone has memorized their character speech and will turn it in to Ms. D. We will finish costumes and props and then present our speeches as a group.
  • We are making a puppet pals presentation on a migratory animal. If your storyboard is complete, you can move on to making the presentation Monday.
  • We are working on our tiny house for math. If your rough draft is done, you can get the materials to start building the house on Monday!
  • We will spend time working on a French dialogue this week to say aloud with a partner.

Then, we will move on to our next units on Getting Our Needs and Wants Met!

Unit Focus Statement:  Humans create a variety of systems and tools to get their needs and wants met.

Areas of Inquiry:

  • Understanding Needs versus Wants
  • Systems we create to get our needs and wants met
  • Government systems 
  • Our use and management of natural resources (renewable/non-renewable)
  • How we use scientific information to get our needs and wants met (Identifying Rocks and Minerals, Geology, Geography, Chemistry, Elements)
  • Basics of economics and trade here and around the world
  • Math: Where’s the Money? Financial Literacy, Division, Excel, Spreadsheets
  • French: Using French language to talk about what we have or don’t have
  • Core Competency Focus: Critical Thinking

I look forward to posting some new pictures from our last two units in coming posts!

Also, please note:

Division 5 does not have student led conferences this week. We will have our conferences on April 11th between 3-7PM. I will send home a letter after the break to sign up for specific times. Please mark the date. Thank you!

Even though we do not have student led conferences this week, students are still having an early dismissal at 2PM Wednesday February 28th, and a late start of 9:55 AM on Thursday March 1st.

Thank you,

Ms. D

 

Our First Day Back! January 8th

Hello Everyone,

Just some quick updates from MACC n’ Cheese.

  • Reifel Bird Sanctuary February 2nd: Please ask your parents if they are willing to drive on Friday, February 2nd, for our field trip to the bird sanctuary. We need about 8 more passenger spots to make this work.
  • Gym Shoes: Make sure on Monday/Wednesday/Friday you have runners. You can’t run in boots, so you will have to sit out if you don’t have proper shoes. Having to sit out multiple times can affect your mark. Thank you for remembering proper footwear.
  • Report Card Envelopes: Please return report card envelopes, signed.
  • Most Influential Machine: Choose the machine or technology you think has had the most impact, positive or negative, on humans and the world. Do 15-30 minutes of research on this item tonight. You will be creating a PowerPoint of at least 10 slides that explains what the machine/technology is, how it works, its history, and the reasons you think it is the most influential. We will work on these all this week.
  • City of Ember: Please finish the novel before end of week. Please complete questions in your journal.
  • Tree Art: Great work today discussing the elements and principles of art, drawing trees outside, creating the outline of your tree, and finelining it. Next step — zentangle! If you didn’t finish the outline and finelinining part, use silent reading tomorrow to complete it so you stay on track.
  • Britannia Mines Trip All Day Feb. 23rd, Friday
  • Absences: This is a short term overall, and we have our next report card on March 16th before Spring Break begins. If you know you will be absent for a few days, please let me know the dates. Check the blog while away and ensure you stay up to date. When you return, make sure to check in and complete work that was missed so it can be counted for term two report cards. Work for term two is due by March 2nd.

As you consider which machine or technology to choose for your PowerPoint, check out this list of some of the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century.

Have a great evening!

Ms. D

Quick Update on Friday, November 17th

Hello Everyone!

Just a quick update of what we are doing as we head into the weekend!

  • TED TALK: Everyone has finished writing these, and we will print them in class on Monday. Please practice your speech over the weekend, as we will present them on Thursday, November 23rd.
  • UNIT-TECHNOLOGY: We began our unit by defining technology and creating a poster to document our current feelings on whether technology is a benefit for humanity overall, or not. We began talking about technology pros and cons, and we read two great parodies by Ayn Droyd to talk about the impact social media and personal tech devices have had on our lives.
  • UNIT-SIMPLE MACHINES: We identified the types of simple machines, and we have begun trying to identify where we see them in the more complex machines around us. We discussed how a machine is something that was designed to make work easier — we hope! Today, students lifted Ms. D with a large wood lever to discuss how levers work! We discussed LOAD, FULCRUM, and EFFORT, and how the distance of the load from the fulcrum can make work easier or harder. Please finish the Simple Machines Handout for Monday.
  • MATH: We are finishing up some math material from unit one, reviewing types of graphs, practicing some more with decimals, and we even talked about probability using Monopoly and Yahtzee games today. Some students are still working on making their Google Form Survey online for our math project, and hopefully the surveys will all be ready early next week to send out!
  • ART: If you haven’t brought a rock yet, please bring one for Monday!
  • FRENCH: Please finish all French quizzes on Human Body, Numbers 1-20, and Foods from French-Games.net before Thursday, November 23rd. Some of you may need to catch up at home with the lessons, so you can do the quizzes more quickly in class and show results to Ms. D. We will have a formal quiz on Dec. 1st on saying the ABCs in French, saying your numbers 1-20, and writing the basic human body parts. Everyone is making a vocabulary list for themselves using the website to study. French Immersion students are working in the French Literature Books on French summaries, as well as reading Debrouillards Magazine for further French practice.
  • BUILDING! Please bring in any tubes you have at home in the recycling!!
  • NO SCHOOL NEXT FRIDAY NOV. 24th
  • CARIBOU Results Posted, please check online

That’s all for tonight. Have a great weekend!

Ms. D

Quick Update Wednesday October 25th!

Hello Everyone!

Please see these three sections: Things to Think About Tonight, Events Coming Up, and Field Trip Survey Results!

Things to Think About Tonight!

We enjoyed discussing the results of our science germ experiment (post to come about this soon with pictures) and applied math skills with fractions, division, decimals, and percentages to the job of analyzing data! Please finish the conclusion for your lab in your journal, in paragraph form, with at least 8 full sentences. Questions to answer: What did you learn from the experiment? What would you do differently next time? What would you communicate to the principal about our experiment?

Everyone has a topic for their TED TALK, which will be a public speaking project for language arts. Remember, your topic needs to be something you care about! Tonight, please figure out the key idea behind your talk. Then, make a quick outline of the main things you will talk about that support the idea. What do you want to say about your topic? For example, if you are talking about cats, what is it about cats you would like to say? What idea would you like us to walk away with? Due tomorrow.

Reminder to everyone, if you want to upgrade your checking in assignments we recently did, you are always welcome to do so. Any mark that is a check or check minus can be upgraded by adding detail and resubmitting. Ms. D won’t ask you for them, though, so it will be up to you to remember.

We will not be having a math quiz Thursday. Instead, we will do a checking in on Monday.

Disease PowerPoints will be completed Friday, so make sure you are using class time well. Monday we will be talking about final projects that will help bring together what we have done during the unit.

 

Events Coming Up!

On Friday, we will do the PUMPKIN PATCH! Students will receive pumpkins and go collect one of their choice in the field next to the school. It is a good idea to have BOOTS and a PLASTIC BAG, as the pumpkin may be dirty. Take the pumpkin home, wash it, and then clean the insides out. Don’t bring it back until Tuesday morning, Halloween!

On Halloween Tuesday, there is a COSTUME PARADE in the afternoon. Students should not come to school in costume. Bring costumes to school and change for the afternoon. This is so students may carve pumpkins in the gym in the morning! No weapons or very scary costumes, please, as we will be walking amongst younger students for the parade.

Our student HALLOWEEN COMMITTEE is planning a HALLOWEEN PARTY, so stay tuned for more details as they ask everyone to contribute something to the fun!

 

FIELD TRIP SURVEY:

Thank you to the 21 parents who participated in the field trip survey. Here are the results:

  • The majority are interested in a first aid workshop. While not guaranteed, as dates have to work for us, Ms. D will be looking into it.
  • The majority would be okay with additional major field trips, such as Britannia Mines and Museum and Reifel Bird Sanctuary.
  • The majority support participation in Dragon Boating in May/June if it is still available for this coming year.
  • The majority support having an end of year outdoor education event.
  • It was a 50-50 split on how to pay for field trips, so Ms. D will be posting amounts and opportunities as they arise, not as one lump sum.
  • Thank you for field trip and speaker ideas. As we begin a new unit, please think of friends and family who can contribute to our unit with their expertise!

Have a great night!

Ms. D

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