Week 4 Div 02 Is Rocking Out!

Hello parents and students.

When is this rain ever going to stop?  It has been terrible outside, but inside the walls of Queneesh some amazing things have been going on!  We have had a lot of positive comments about our behaviour and work habits, which makes me feel so proud of my group of learners.  Thank you for all of your hard work this week Div 02, you guys are truly awesome!

This week was another busy one.  We started some new ideas and continued to review some important ones.  Please take some time to discuss with your child about what they are learning about from the list below.  Discussion plays an important role in learning.

Math: In Math we continued to look at place value and build numbers with base ten materials.  We were introduced to: factors, common factors, greatest common factor GCF, multiples, least common multiple LCM, prime and composite numbers.  We also played games that focused on these concepts.

POD's: We started our podding this week and the students will be focusing on the following big ideas- government and the upcoming election (Socials focus), Chemistry (Science focus) and Reading Strategies (Language Arts focus).  I will spearhead the Chemistry, Mr. Mann will take on the LA focus and Ms. Anderson is going to prepare our one day up and coming voters!

Art-  Arcade Games seem to be a hit.  Thank you parents for your support in helping us get supplies.  I'm looking forward to our big celebration where we invite the primary students to play our games.

LA-  Daily 5 is really cruising along.  The students are working really hard to build stamina and many teachers are very impressed with the positive learning that is taking place.  We also started a writer's workshop where we have been focusing on learning how to start our sentences differently.  Spelling is also well under way and we have had a few students achieve 100%, great job!

Gym- European Handball, Knock the Pin have been the games of focus this week.  Great participation by everyone!

Drama-  The students did a wonderful job performing their backwards interviews and keeping up with Big Fish, Little Fish!

Soon to come: French, Literacy Circles, Heath Career and Education lessons.

Thank you for all of your support parents.  Let's keep the learning ball rolling.  I look forward to learning some new writing strategies during our Pro D that I can integrate into our classroom.

Have a great weekend.
Mr. T