Dear Parents, Today, we read more of “Castle in the Attic” – then we explored modelling fractions with cuisenaire rods. Some of the models they made with these rods to symbolize fractions was really neat. I believe that manipulatives and hands-on activities work to expand…

Dear Parents, Today, we welcomed our new student to the classroom 🙂 The kids were very excited to meet him and were very welcoming! We went around the classroom and introduced ourselves and the students each told him something about ourselves. Then, we worked on…

Dear Parents, This morning, I announced that we are getting a new student tomorrow! The kids were all very excited to welcome the new student to the classroom 🙂 We read more of “Castle in the Attic” and then worked on benchmark fractions on a…

Dear Parents, Today, the students started off with Music in the morning. After DPA, we worked on our introduction to our new topic of fractions. I used a rubix cube online: https://ruwix.com/online-puzzle-simulators/ to model various fractions such as asking the students (in relation to one…

February 2020 Newsletter

Dear Parents, Happy Friday & Last Day of January! 🙂 Today, we started off with Gym with Ms. D’s class – we played the game “Sharks” where you are trying to keep your basketball within the bounds of play while dribbling, by blocking while intercepting…

Dear Parents, Today, we had our ninth spelling test and then Ms. Schmidt came in to do a lesson on listening and what good listening looks like. Then, we worked on creating our own colour by numbers, long division style. The students were tasked with…

Dear Parents, Today, we continued to work on long division – we will be practicing it for the rest of the week as well. Students seem to be getting the hang of it, but are still a bit confused when it comes to long division…

Dear Parents, Today, we did our drawings for the Heart & Stroke Foundation of us doing heart-healthy activities such as exercise, sports, and eating heart-healthy foods. Then, we continued to work on long division. I gave out a worksheet which is due tomorrow and we…

Dear Parents, Today, we had our energy projects and weekend journals due. I was disappointed that less than half of the class handed in their energy projects and journals. Students taking responsibility for their work is very important to me, so I have told them…