November 4, 2022

 Hello Families, 

We had a fun filled week of hands on learning between our pumpkin exploration and our sensory snack time. Thanks again for everything you continue to do to support our school learning. 

Through research and documentation, we continue to learn about celebrations and food in India (grade 3 Social Studies). We have also started some research on pumpkins, their uses, and stages of the lifecycle (grade 4 Science). Students are demonstrating increased confidence with recording key information in jot note form, and accessing various online sources to synthesize information and demonstrate comprehension.  

We continue to work towards showing, and communicating our understanding of mental math strategies through opening tasks and math conferences. This week we also introduced Which One Doesn't Belong tasks in connection to our School Development Plan for increasing students mathematical vocabulary to build awareness of their metacognition. 

Having the opportunity to drink sage tea was a huge interest point for students this week.  We made a class rule that we will continue with tea drinking on Tuesday's only... Tea Time Tuesday! All tea provided will be herbal and caffeine free. If you'd like your child to particpate, please send a mug with them each Tuesday. From experience, a mug with a lid is preferred (ie. travel mug), however, a regular mug will also suffice. Here's a blog link to the importance of tea service in the Montessori classroom if you're interested: http://www.montessori-blog.org/2017/12/04/grace-courtesy-making-tea/

Overall, it was a wonderful, exciting, and busy week! Here are some photos....

Poppy Fund Donations

 

Students will be given a poppy on November 10th while honoring Remembrance Day at school.  If you would like to send in a monetary donation to support the Poppy Fund that day, it would be greatly appreciated.  You can also show your support by donating online through following the link: https://legion.ca/donations 

 

MOMMS Pet Food Drive

 

To support Veterans and their dogs, our community pet store is collecting donations. These items will help support the pets that bring so much comfort and happiness to those who have served our country. Please send any donations to school with your child, on or before November 10th. They will be dropped off by Room 7 and 8. See the information below for donation details.

Friendly Reminders: 

• Monday, November 7 - Photo Retake Day 

• Friday, November 11 - No School - Remembrance Day

• Monday, November 21 - Sunday, November 27 - Hybrid Book Fair (more info to come) 

• Thursday, November 24 & Friday, November 25 - Conferences (more info to come)