Well, I hope everyone made it through this Halloween season safe and sound. I can honestly say that I didn’t notice a difference in the behaviour of the students on or after Halloween. I am very thankful to have a group of mature students who understand the importance of focusing on their job as students when at school.

What learning took place this week?

Students began learning about world geography this week. We just started becoming aware that our globe is divided into hemispheres by ‘imaginary lines’ that run both vertical and horizontal. We also learned that North America (Canada) are located in the Western Hemisphere.  This is a large project that incorporates the work we have been doing on Quality of Life. The hope is this visual representation of their learning will be ready for conferences at the end of the month.

We are coming to the end of our Patterning unit in Math. Students have been exposed to several learning tasks on growing (increasing/decreasing) and repeating patterns. Room 7 has also had the opportunity to work alongside Ms. Moore and Mrs. Giffen during Math this week. We are focusing on how important it is for a mathematician to communicate clearly and in an organized fashion. This week, the focus was on including pictures, words, and numbers when solving a pattern word problem.

Students will be starting the next inquiry unit in Science next week. We will be completing 3 collaborative building tasks next week to kick off the unity. If you have any empty shoe boxes, cereal boxes, toilet rolls, and/or egg cartons you would like to get rid of, please bring them Monday.

Remembrance Day is upon us and the students will be working through various tasks to discover both the TOLD and UNTOLD stories of this day. If you have any personal stories that you would like to share with the class, please let me know and I would be happy to set aside time for the students to share about their families past.

Just a reminder to bring back your cookie orders if you are interested.

Upcoming Events…

*Sunday, November 4th - Daylight Savings Time (turn clock back)

*Thursday, November 8th - In School Bat Presentation

*Friday, November 9th - Remembrance Day Assembly

Have a wonderful first weekend of November. Remember to move back your clocks on Sunday at 2:00am!!

Take care,

Teresa