Dear Parents, Today, we started off our day with some basketball! We played a riveting game of dribble line tag, practiced chest passes and bounce passes, and practiced from free shooting with Ms. D’s class. Then, we had our shops open for business for Day…

Dear Parents, We had a great day today, the students opened their shops for business on Shop Day 1 and business was booming! The students did a really good job and they were writing down all of their business transactions on a piece of paper….

Dear Parents, This morning, we had our Math money quiz. Most students did fairly well, but some marks were lost due to not re-checking calculations. I will be posting the marked quizzes on Fresh Grade this afternoon/evening. Please let me know if you have any…

Dear Parents, Today, we reviewed the contents of the money quiz tomorrow, which includes correct spelling of the coins. We also explored financial literacy and money by playing Money Metropolis online, here is the link: https://www.practicalmoneyskills.ca/games/moneymetropolis/ This game allows students to earn money by doing…

Dear Parents, Happy Monday! We had a lovely day today! The students started off with playing guitars and learning a new song in Music this morning. A reminder for all students to come on time as it disrupts the learning and morning routine if they…

Dear Parents, Today, we went outside for Gym – the snow was so deep and the students had so much fun sledding! Just a safety reminder to continually reinforce is that I do not want students standing up on their boards – I am worried…

Dear Parents, Welcome back after our very snowy day yesterday!  Today, we had our eighth spelling test, which I have finished marking and will post on Fresh Grade tonight. We also had more Winter Break presentations and I will post the rubrics on Fresh Grade…

Dear Parents, Today, we watched some more Winter Break presentations and read more of “Castle in the Attic” as a class. Then, the students created wallets for their upcoming money shop project! The students were later today given $20 of money and the job of…

Dear Parents, Today, the students started off with Music in the morning by playing Hot Cross Buns and the C chord. Then, we worked on money word problems by using long division. We will be continuing to explore long division as it is a more…

Dear Parents, Happy Snowy Day! Today, half the class went with Ms. Dittrich to play in the Gym and the other half I took outside to play in the snow 🙂 It was a lot of fun, but quite cold! Then, we worked on Math…