September 10th -14th

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Students are settling into their routines and continuing to make connections. Throughout our first full week, they engaged in a variety of tasks!

This week, the students:
-continued exploring various spaces in the classroom to focus on the different areas where they learn best.
-used criteria to reflect on their writing and spent time revising their work.
-went on a ‘Listening Walk’ through the Learning Grounds. There, they focussed on their sense of hearing and created a Sound Map where they recorded the sounds they heard.
-began to incorporate descriptive vocabulary such as sound words (boom, swish, pop, snap, buzz, etc.) into their writing about their favourite place.
-completed a ‘Show What You Know’ on a range of Math topics. This will help guide us on where to go next.
-were provided an opportunity to share what they already know about Hearing and Sound. Then they focussed on uncovering what sound is through and various experiments. After these experiments, students were able to explain that sound is the result of a vibration.
-continued to work on teamwork by completing several hula hoop challenges in PE. The students were even able to accomplish the hula hoop challenge with all 45 students together!

Reminders:
Please sign up for Parent-Teacher conferences for Thursday, September 20th from 3:30 -7:00 pm and Friday, September 21st from 8:00-12:00 pm. This first interview is a chance for you to share more information about your child with us.

We will be having a Scholastic Book Fair during the conferences on September 20th and 21st, therefore we will not be sending Scholastic book order forms this month.

Upcoming Dates:
September 20th - Welcome Back Barbecue
September 20th - Parent Teacher Conferences 3:30 - 7:00 pm
September 21st - Parent Teacher Conferences 8:00 - 12:00 pm (Non-Instructional Day)
September 27th - Terry Fox Run
September 28th - Orange Shirt Day



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