Wednesday

Hello families,

This morning we talked about Thanksgiving and read a story about realizing what things in life are really important. We discussed how it's better to have really awesome friends and family than a really awesome toy. We then brainstormed things that we are thankful for and wrote a list in our writing books. We talked about lists needing a title and how we can use dashes or bullet points. Students were able complete a second Word Work centre today as well. Instead of Daily 5 today, we got together with our Grade 3 buddy class and talked about buddy reading and the different ways we can share books with someone.

In the afternoon we finished our Cosmic Kids yoga during Mindful Minutes and had a little more time to work on our "I am thankful for..." lists. We then split up into our literacy groups with Miss Ireland and Mr. Link. Ask your child what they did in their group today!

Today students are bringing home field trip forms for Fort Calgary. If you have offered to volunteer, you were given a blue volunteer form. Please let me know if you'd like to volunteer and I can send a form home for you. I have challenged students to return their forms by tomorrow but they can be returned any time on or before Tuesday, October 9th.

Students also brought home a yellow sheet with the title "Family Culture and Identity Interview." Today we started talking a little bit about identity and culture and how our identity is often made up of the things we want to share with someone new. Sometimes identity can be something unique about us (ie. being a vegetarian) or something that a lot of people have in common (ie. being a Canadian). Over the next few days, please take some time to talk about the 5 questions with your child a jot down some key information. This will be used next week to support students in an identity activity. We would like to have these back by Tuesday, October 9th. 

 Have a great evening! Remember tomorrow is fun lunch!

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