October 14, 2022

 




This week we walked with Ms. Rowley's grade 3/4 class to the Children's Hospital where there is a new Indigenous space. We explored this space through the lens of Nature as Design. Students took notes, filled with sketchs, wonders and noticings. We also spend some time thinking about how we felt when we went into the tipi for a reflection. Some of the one words that students used to describe how they felt were: collective, peaceful, calm, round, together. 

In math grade 5's learned a new multiplication strategy called the lattice strategy, we played with numbers in other ways through number talks. Grade 6's are working on an project that deals with multplies and were introduced Prime factorization. Practicing and becoming fluent with our multicplication tables is something students can be working on at home. 

Looking at leaves, we continued to gain knowledge about trees by trying to classify them based on thier characteristics (shape, margin, type & arrangement).

We practiced some watercolour techniques in our new art journals that Open Minds donated to our class and created original art pieces using leaves from the natural garden space, layering wax crayon, watercolour paint, watercolour pencil crayons and chalk pastels. 

Upcoming Dates:

  • October 19th - Take Me Outside Day
  • October 20th - Fun Snack - Kernels Popcorn
  • October 27th- Photo retakes
  • October 27th - Halloween Dance put on by Parent Council
  • October 28th - no school (non-instructional day)

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