May 31-June 4

Hello families, 

Happy June! Can you believe there are only 15 days of school left? I feel like we just started the school year! We had a very hot week! We struggled through the heat a bit, especially in the afternoons, but students did a good job staying focused on their work. We also had a lot of fun spending time outside! 

This week students were challenged with some addition with missing addends for their math fact practice. It was a great challenge and our beaded number lines came in handy! This week we also practiced some skip counting!

As a class, we have been learning about honeybees by reading books and watching videos and taking jot notes as a class. Students showed a lot of interest in learning about bees and wasps when we were learning online so I thought it would be nice for us to learn together! 

This week we have been working on a project about communities! We reviewed the three types of communities: urban, suburban and rural. Students are working with a partner to create "community shape art" using our geometric cabinet material and paper.  Some students chose to sketch a plan first. They have been working so hard and are very engaged in the activity! This week we will finish up the artwork and will continue to talk about how communities work together and students will create brochures for their communities. 


This week we also had our own Orange Shirt Day. We enjoyed re-watching our classroom land acknowledgement and reviewed the importance of a land acknowledgement and what it means. Some students had heard about the recent event in Kamloops and we re-visited the idea of reconciliation and ensuring we don't make the same mistakes in the future. 


Upcoming Dates

  • Every Friday until the end of the year - School T-Shirt Day
  • Monday, June 21st - National Indigenous Peoples Day
  • Friday, June 25th - Last Day of School
  • Monday, June 28th - Appeals Day
  • Tuesday, June 29th - PD Day
  • Wednesday, June 30th - PD Day

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