Mundy

 REMINDER: Tomorrow is Pyjama Day! Tomorrow is also hot chocolate tasting! If you would like to bring your own mug, please do! We just ask that you be mindful of the mug you choose (Can it break? Will you be heartbroken if it does break?)  Today we had a busy day. We worked on passing skills in soccer for Phys. Ed. We also played silent soccer. We took up our Social Studies map comparison assignment and wrote a reflection about this.  We introduced Zentangles, and watched some videos for inspiration on new zentangle pattern ideas. This is ractice for an upcoming art project.  After lunch today, we worked on representing decimal numbers in expanded fraction and expanded decimal form.  Finally, we revisited our skits in Science, and worked on enhancing the story plan. Then we had a chance to go practice them outside to wrap up our day!

Discussion starters for today:  1. What did I work on in Music today? Who is in my group? 2. Why is it important to maintain consistent tense throughout our writing?  3. What did I do in Makerspace today?  4. How do you play Round & Roll Decimals?  5. Who was in my group for our Science skit?  6. What is the human threat that we making a skit about? 

 Hello!!  Today we had a community circle to start our day. We shared 3 highlights from our weekend. Ask me about the video Gabriel shared during circle!  In Phys. Ed we played soccer!  We worked hard on progressing our folktale writing today. Ask me what stage I am at.  In math we started working on rounding decimal numbers. This is a good review of the rounding rules that we learned earlier this year.  Most of us finished up our Map Scavenger Hunt in Social Studies today.  Today was a busy day!! 

 Reminder: Parent-Teacher conferences are tomorrow and Friday. Sign up if you would like to meet!  Today we debated that hospitals should be prioritized above wetlands.  Ask me how Newton Bal was today! Ask me about our Map scavenger hunt in Social.  Ask me about Makerspace! 

 We started our day off with a friendly debate. The debate sentence was: Students should wear uniforms to school.  Ask me if I agreed or disagreed.  Ask me what a rebuttal is.  In PE we got to play Newton Ball! This game incorporates three different sports; ask me which ones! We finalized our riddles today! They are engaging and fun to read.  For literacy stations we had some groups try new things; readers theatre and word ladders.  Decimal pickle was a blast! Ask me to teach you how to play, all I need is paper, pencil and a deck of cards. We continued working on our wetland creature diagrams in science. 

Ask me about:  1. My science riddle! 2. My city in math 3. The game we played in DPA  4. Discussion question during read aloud: Rania spends more time at work than at home with her family. Her daughter Sophie is feeling sad and mad that her mom spends more time with Rez, but she is also proud of her mom because her work is important. How would you feel? What solutions could you give Rania? What advice could you give Sophie? 

Happy Thursday!  We worked hard on fixing up our writing pieces in our 7minutes of writing this morning. In phys.ed we got to play handball! We focused on teamwork.  We started building our paragraphs for Social Studies. The students are using their research to write paragraphs about indigenous veterans of war.  As we continued practicing working with decimals, the students worked on visualizing decimals using online tools.  Finally, we completed a solid review of vocabulary and concepts in Science. We are writing riddles on main vocabulary.   

 We came back from Fall Break and we had a marvellous time in Music! We played the witches broomstick game. When we did Folktale writing, we wrote it in our writing journals. We had to improve it or add more adjectives. We also had to draw a picture based on a description Garlock; he had two horns that bent on the end, he had very dark scales, and very sharp claws and scary teeth. In math we did Basic Facts and for decimals we worked through a worksheet, we ordered them, write the numbers, and adding and subtracting decimals. We learned about indigenous people and how they were treated in and after war. 

 Today we had our Remembrance Day ceremony. We did some more exploration about the history of Remembrance Day, the symbol of the poppy, and Indigenous Veteran's Day.  We had our first assembly of the year. The students were VERY respectful. We heard performances by the grade 3's and 4's. Rhythm and Claire did a fabulous job leading the assembly. Taylor and Josh represented our class as our wreath layers.  We went outside for some Daily Physical Activity.  In math we started a fun project reviewing coordinate points. Ask me about it! We finished up our maps in Social Studies today.  Have a FANTASTIC fall break! See everyone back on the 15th!

Important information: Tomorrow is our Remembrance day assembly. This will begin at 11:00.  Fall break starts Thursday!  Today we played handball in gym! It was so much fun, the kids got a good sweat on!  We took notes on indigenous veterans of war today, to prepare for a written task.  We worked on our poppies again!  We practiced adding and subtracting decimal numbers in math.  We read a book called Carson Crosses Canada, and then we started colouring 3 different types of maps. Ask us about the maps!  

  Thank you to all families that contributed photos this year for our NLS Fall Family Fun and Virtual Pumpkin Patch video!  You can view the video by clicking  HERE !  We had a busy day today!  We started the day off with a Fire Drill.  The kids went to music today; ask them what games they played. After music we started focusing on Remembrance Day. We listened to two books that focus on the word peace . We then filled out a poppy to add to our whole school display of "Peace is ______".  We learned the skill of finger crochet today. We are planning to make poppies to decorate our classroom wreath.  We also read a poem about the indigenous heroes of war, followed by meaningful discussion.

This morning we started our day with.... 7 MINUTES OF WRITING. as always. Lots of creativity showing during this time.  Phys. Ed was outside with Mr. Newton today. The kids played Yoshi again.  We practiced mental math in Math. Check out the mobiles here.  For Field Study Friday we went outside and used our cartography skills to map a birds eye view of the school and school yard.  We completed our sugar skull art and Tim Burton art!  Remembrance Day Assembly: Nov. 8 Important dates: No school November 9, 10, 13, 14 Parent-teacher conferences: November 23, 24

7 minutes of writing was fun, as always! The picture prompts today were space-inspired and survival inspired.  In Phys. Ed we played a new game called Yoshi Tag. It was amazing! Ask me about the rules.  When we came inside, we presented some of our written work to the class, and then we had art. Some students finished up their Tim Burton selfies, while others worked on Day of the Dead inspired sugar skulls. Ask me about the Day of the Dead festival, and how I decided to design my skull.  We read more from A Rover's Story. Ask me what is happening! After lunch we continued working on reading and writing decimal numbers to the thousandth.  Ask me how to play Junk It with decimal numbers!  For science we explored the idea of how a food web/chain would be effected if an organism was over hunted or over populated.