Today, we got the opportunity to learn about water and tested the water from other countries. We learned that other places in the world have to drill to get their water and that we use over 400 liters of water every day. We get our water from the Seymour water shed. We played trivia games and did a taste test of water from Yosemite. It was lots of fun!
By: Euhan, Yobu, and Maddie
This week’s student update on our read aloud comes from Rustam:
Yay! We’ve started a new read aloud it’s called The Wild Robot. I could talk about it all day but, one of my favorite
parts is when the clumsy robot named Roz falls while climbing a tree but then lands on a family of geese!
They all pass away but one egg is luckily intact. So Roz takes the egg because she feels guilty for killing the baby
egg’s family.
Eventually the egg hatches and a baby goose comes out. Roz takes care of him. The book has tons of parts like that
and that’s why I love this book and if you like this book consider “joining” our class. We always have space ALWAYS.
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to come down here.
-Rustam
Just a reminder to please leave all toys at home. We are intermediate students who are working towards developing time management, organization, and collaboration skills. If it is an item that you think will distract you from your independent work or will distract others in your group, please keep it at home. There will be plenty of chances for you to use them outside of school.
Happy Chinese New Year to all of our families who are celebrating! We wish you good fortune and good health. If anyone would like to come in and speak to our class about the festivities taking place, please let me know :)! Div. 4, if you have any pictures or something you’d like to share with our class related to Chinese New Year, let me know as well. This will be a great way to supplement the research we have been doing on the lunar calendar.
Here is a quick link to an interesting article I found about what the year of the rat will mean for you.
We chose to start off Term 2 with an exciting new read aloud. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown is a story about survival, friendship, and overcoming difficult situations. We will soon be posting about our favourite characters and predictions we have. However, we promise not to spill the beans just in case anyone wants to read it for themselves!
We have begun our study of current events and non-fiction texts. For practice, students have been asked to analyze different news articles and how these events are impacting others and themselves. Below are the articles we read in class today. If you happen to find any articles you think are interesting or think the rest of the class should know about, please send them my way :).
Hi Everyone,
It was wonderful to meet all of you at the intake meetings last week. If I have not yet had a chance to conference with you either in person or by phone we can always reschedule at your convenience.
Some upcoming dates that you should be aware of are the following:
Nature Walk Field Trip – Oct. 10 in the morning
Young Peoples Concert – Oct. 9 in the morning
Golf Field Trip – Oct. 18th and Oct. 21st in the afternoon
Please continue to check your child’s planner so they can become more responsible when organizing themselves between home and school.
Thank you for your support!
Hi Everyone,
Here are some important reminders for the week as students have not yet received their planners.
Hi Everyone,
Welcome back to school! I hope you have all had a restful and enjoyable summer break. I can’t wait to get started and am looking forward to getting to know all of you. In the upcoming weeks, you will receive your login and password for your E-portfolio. This is a tool used to better communicate your learning with your parents. Our class syllabus and expectations will be distributed in the following days.
Happy learning!
Ms. Ramen
Dear Division 3 Students & Parents,
I have so enjoyed getting to know all of you over this past year!
Parents, thank you for your constant support and taking such an active role in your child’s education.
Division 3, I am so proud to have witnessed your tremendous growth this year. You all have become more confident in your ability to take on new challenges and unknown situations. Grade 6s, I wish you all the best in your Grade 7 year. I am very excited to see you make your mark on our school community and develop into leaders of the school. Grade 5s, I am hopeful that you will also continue to develop your leadership capabilities and I know that you will have a successful year in Grade 6!
Have a wonderful summer! Keep in touch 🙂
Love,
Ms. Ramen