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Junior Achievement
Jannette and I were quite impressed by your business plans and ideas to provide a good or service. There are many things to consider when starting a business, including: start-up costs, pricing, advertising, employees, location, advertising, etc. A good plan is carefully thought out and considers all of the factors or issues that may come …
Self-Assessment
Here you are self-assessing some of your artwork from this term. I am always so amazed at how well you are aware of your strengths, improvement and effort put forth into your work. We have done a fair amount of self-assessing this year on much of our learning. As a learner, why do you think …
Optic Art
You really persevered through this Op Art project, taking the time to colour carefully using complementary colours. You also chose some unique symbols to represent our themes of the month (love, friendship, empathy, acceptance, respect, kindness and inclusion). Are there some other symbols that you can think of that fit our themes? Much like the …
Amygdala Glitter Jars
You did such a careful and fabulous job making your amygdala glitter jars this afternoon. Each one of them is unique, colourful and above all, a great strategy to help you self-regulate. I hope you will find them useful whenever you find that your amygdala is feeling a little frazzled and needs some help to …
Growth and Fixed Mindset
After doing our mindset survey this week, you may still have some questions about the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. Here is a short video that explains both. Which mindset do you have? Do you have a little bit of both or are you strong in just one of them? Do …
Character Containers
What a fabulous job you did through the process of creating, writing about and now presenting your character containers. Each box represents who you are at this stage in your life and what you value. I hope you have had a chance to think about what your strengths are as an individual, what is important …
All I Want For Christmas
How does math apply to real life? Today, the grade five students wrote their wishlists for the holidays to estimate how much it would all cost. After brainstorming your list and researching the prices, you had to use some mathematical thinking to determine the estimated total. Some of you certainly had big items on your …