February 19th- 22nd

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Highlights of our week from the perspective of our students: 

-“In reading, we’ve been using the dictionary to understand words we don’t know yet. Today I looked up “brilliant.” EVK

-“In writing, we were writing bout our long weekend. I wrote about going to the new library. We had Take 1 and Take 2. For Take 1, we wrote our best about our weekend. For Take 2, we had to zoom in on one thing and really elaborate on it.” LC

-“For math today, we had five questions and I finished three. We are working on subtracting with regrouping. We are using a lot of different strategies.” BR

-“In math, some of us did a little bit of times (multiplication) but it was under five for the numbers. We had to show it with things that look like cucumbers.” JM

-“We did a ‘show what you know’ about the four countries that we have been working on for a long time. We had to tell what you know about the countries.” LO

-“We did a new sport in gym, curling. How you do it is one of the teams throws the rock at the button. There are sweepers too.” IB

-“In music, we have been learning about lines and spaces to read our own music. It’s called a staff. We played a game where we lined up in teams and we had letters on certain lines and spaces. If we had to run to them, we would get points if the teammate that was going reached there first.” EM

-“We are going to learn the recorder in music.” GS

-“On Thursday, I played the piano in front of both classes. It was a song by Mozart called “Eine kleine Nachtmusik.” HL

-“In Sibbald U today, we started on our canvases and we chose colours that connect to ourselves and how they make us feel. I chose colours that represent my family and friends.” AM

-“In Sibbald U, there was a scavenger hunt and we had to take pictures of what it was. There were two pictures and then you could make your own collage when you were done.” OR

-“In Sibbald U, we were doing paper bag puppets. I made a girl who likes Roblox. I also made a werewolf.” CM

Thank You
Thank you as always to our wonderful Sibbald U volunteers.

Upcoming Dates
Feb 26 - Scholastic Orders Due
Feb 27 - Pink Shirt Day
Feb 28 - Fun Lunch (Spirit Day put on by Grade 3s) 
Mar 1- Non-Instructional Day - No School 
Mar 12 - School Council 
Mar 21 - Fun Lunch 
Mar 21 – Last Day of School Before Spring Break 
Mar 21 - Student Led Conferences 
Mar 22 - Student Led Conferences

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