Valentine's Spirit Day started with a bang! The children
were in high spirits and dressed colourfully. Kappa leaders led the school in
game of picking up cinnamon hearts with forceps. In honour of the winter
Olympics, Mr. Browning had a speed skating race for students to participate in
around the gym. The last game was an Olympic trivia game for teachers.
Once back in class, students wrote their spelling test and
then their Fractions and Decimals unit test. Spelling tests are coming home
today. In our pioneer unit, students were challenged to use their inquiry
skills to discover how First Nations Peoples helped the pioneers. We took up
this work and students worked on their Pioneer A-Z Book. Ask your child to tell
you what they learned. Some students have not chosen their pioneer project
ideas. Be sure to get that done this weekend and have your parents read and
sign the project letter.
Next up was our novel study, we discussed the way of life
for members of a pioneer family during the summer time, such as visiting and
making cheese. Normally, students would have 30 minutes of class time to read
the next chapter, but with the in-class speech competition happening next week
Wednesday, we opted for speech rehearsal. A couple of students chose to read
while the rest of us listened to speeches and gave valuable feedback to
students.
Students attended French and gym class today.
Carter treated the class to a homemade sugar cookie treat
for Valentine's Day. Thanks Carter.
Homework &
Reminders
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SJA reregistration forms are due
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REALLY focus on your speeches this weekend.
Think about the feedback you got yesterday and today.
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In-class speech competition on Wednesday, Feb.
Only 3 students will be selected to move to the finals.
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Read chapter 11 of Little House in the Big Woods
and complete reader response pages for Tuesday
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Choose pioneer project topic
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Mark Saturday, February 22, on your calendars as
the SJA Annual Gala - Gala tickets are for sale now ($75/adult & $10/child)
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Tomorrow is a Professional Development Day for
teachers - there is no school for students
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Monday is Family Day - there is no school
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