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Poetry

June 23, 2021 /

We have been reading, Love That Dog, a novel written in free verse. The story is aslo told in diary format, from the perspective of a boy named Jack. In the beginning, Jack doesn’t appreciate poetry, but as time goes on, he is exposed to more styles of poetry and his enthusiasm grows.

As we read the story and poems, the students mimicked Jack’s experience by writing poems of their own, “inspired” by a variety of famous poets. They compiled their poems, along with original illustrations, into booklets and recited them at our Poetry Café.

PE

June 23, 2021 /

Students have been playing a lot of Ultimate, an exciting team sport played with a flying disc. Before playing the game. they learned and practiced the proper technique for making a backhand and forehand pass. They also practiced using the pancake method for catching the frisbee. Next, students learned and practiced defense by being a, “mark” and trying to block a pass.

One of the best aspects of ultimate is the, “Spirit of the Game”. There are no referees, so the players are responsible for following and enforcing the rules and the emphasis is always on fun ahead of winning. At the end of each game, we played a variety of activities emphasizing fair play, honesty and good fun. This has often been the most popular part of the PE class.

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

March 7, 2021 /

This term, we further investigated the idea of equal rights as it relates to the current and historical treatment of minorities in Canada. Students looked at the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and compared it to our class charter. They also read about and viewed examples of social injustice in Canada and abroad. Students will further explore these ideas next term with the goal of identifying possible remedies and solutions to these complex problems.

Line, Colour and Perspective

March 7, 2021 /

Students expressed themselves using their understanding of line and colour by creating several, pleasing works of art. Their snowpal art was a seasonal opportunity to use perspective by drawing and adding embellishments to four, fading snowpals. They also created an interpretation of Warli Art, a tribal Indian art form, using warm or cool colours and geometric shapes. This art project was shared with the school during our virtual Pink Shirt Day assembly.

Rubik’s Cube Challenge

March 7, 2021 /

This term, Division 3 participated in the You Can Do the Rubik’s Cube project. In February, 225 Rubik’s Cubes arrived from the Rubik’s Cube lending program. Since then, the students have been learning about the Cube and developing and using algorithms to find solutions. After solving the individual Cube, they discovered how the squares of the Cube relate to computer pixels. Using this concept, they solved multiple Rubik’s Cubes to collaboratively create a variety of mosaics.

 

Nutrition

March 7, 2021 /

Students tracked their eating over the course of a week and then used what they learned from Canada’s Food Guide to make individual nutrition goals. They also learned about the function and food sources of essential macro-nutrients. They are currently working on nutrition raps as a fun way to present their understanding.

Basketball

March 7, 2021 /

Students had a lot of fun developing their basketball skills while playing a variety of games in the gym. They also developed great hand-eye coordination, warming up their hands doing slaps, taps and wraps. They practiced shooting during games like Around the World and Thing One, Thing Two. Dribbling, using dominant and non-dominant hands, improved during games such as Sharks and Minnows and Home Run. 

Music with Mrs. Nordstrand

March 7, 2021 /

 

During their three classes of music a week, students have:

· Developed and refined ideas and technical skills to learn bucket drumming

· Reflected on creative processes during Virtual Christmas Concert

March 1, 2021 /

Inspired by all the mysteries we read this term, and with the help of Ms. Liu, students took a turn at writing their own who-dunnits. Solving a mystery can be difficult, but we discovered that writing a mystery comes with its own challenges. First, students uncovered the various elements of the mystery genre such as, detectives, suspects, motive, opportunity, clues and red herrings, just to name a few. Then, they used organizers to plan their story outlines. Mini-lessons on writing techniques like, “show don’t tell” and incorporating dialogue helped students tell their story in interesting ways. Next came drafts and re-drafts and finally peer editing, self-editing and publishing.

 

Can you figure out who committed the crime?

Math – Term 2

March 1, 2021 /

 

 

 

 

This term, students completed two units in math, Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers and Measurement. Students used a variety of tools and strategies to understand and then memorize basic multiplication facts to 10×10 and related division facts. They learned to use different multiplication strategies to solve 2-digit by 2-digit and 1-digit by 3-digit multiplication questions. They also learned to use repeated subtraction to divide a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number.   

Students explored the relationship between area and perimeter by measuring and constructing rectangles with equal perimeter and  others with equal area. They also used different strategies to solve problems involving elapsed time. 

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