RamsayRowland

  February 22-25th  The month of February is coming to a close real soon! We have been so busy immersed in all the daily learning, fun, discovery and community bonding that it is hard to believe that we reached 100 Days AT School this week.  Here is a glimpse at our week: Citizenship: I can show kindness to others. I can understand that people are different. I can share my ideas with others. For Pink Shirt Day: we began by looking at the history of why it started and how it has grown. After we had the pleasure of learning from our Grade 2/3 class about being an Upstander and what that really meant. From there we shifted our focus to a book called, The Invisible Boy , by Trudy Ludwig. This book sparked a fantastic discussion on the messages found in the story and illustrations. From there we tackled the question - "What can we do to make the world a better place?" Using the Think, Pair, Share collaborative strategy, students came up with lots of thoughtful ideas that we hope t

  Feb 14- 16th This week was short but very memorable and jam packed with learning and friendship. Our week started with Valentine's day. Students were very excited to participate in the tradition of handing out cards to their peers. We have also been focussing on, "what are positive affirmations for us to say to ourselves and others?" During circle, we have been practicing positive affirmations we can say to ourselves and others to lift us up, carry us through the hard times and just to be kind. From there, students generated a list and then used these to create little messages to fill our classmates' Friendship Jars.  This week we were also very fortunate to participate in a virtual presentation - The Virtual Anti Bully Magic Show. This was a great tie in for us around belonging, kindness and Pink Shirt Day which is coming up next week.  Here is a summary of that presentation: This week in math with Ms Rowland, we focussed on Subtraction, what it means, the process

  February 7-11th-  This week was another awesome one packed with activities, learning and super weather.  Here is a glimpse into our week: I can Identify similarities or differences between cultural traditions and communities. Under the leadership of the grade 4/5 and 5/6 classes, we spent time this week learning about Carnaval de Quebec, which gave us some insight into the Winter Carinival such as where it takes place, activities and origins. We also learned about how maple syrup is made and sugaring off. We were fortunate to be able to take part in games set up by the older students as well as to have a tasty maple treat from the Sugar Shack. Thank you very much to the grade 4/5 and 5/6 classes for this wonderful learning experience.  I can create narratives with structure and detail. This past week we took our story maps and created a story that included a beginning, middle and end. Our focus was to pay close attention to writing complete sentences with capitals and punctuation as

  February 1-4 A brand new month always means new and exciting things to look forward to! Here is a reminder of some of the events coming up - 8 – Winter Carnival (Cabane a Sucre) - the grade 4/5 & 5/6 classes will be leading us through activities as well as an opportunity to have a tasty treat from the Sugar Shack 14 – Valentine’s Day – Healthy Heart Day  ** Students will be encouraged to create Valentine's or kindness cards for their classmates. We ask that if students are creating cards that they make one for all their peers in their class. We will exchange cards on Monday, February 14th. Students will be bringing home a list of their peers names early this week.  15 – Virtual Anti-Bully Magic Show 23 – Pink Shirt Day I can recognize the effects of heating and cooling and identify methods for heating and cooling. (Hot and Cold Temperature) This week we explored how to read a thermometers and how to relate the temperatures on a thermometer to our outside weather and liquids s