Today we had our PJ day party! Students worked as a team to fill up our Star Jar, by showing great focus, teamwork, co-operation, listening, participation etc. They worked as a group towards this reward for a few months! The jar is now empty and ready for more stars!

In Math today, our grade 3s were each sharing the properties of 3D shapes, while the grade 2s explored 2-d shapes, building virtual and pattern block play structures and then discussing the shapes they used!

For Kindness month, our students made heart art and decorative bags. We have also written secret messages of appreciation to each other for the past two weeks! All around the school, kids are getting tickets when they are “caught being kind!” Our mission = spreading kindness!

Math congress - when our students share their work, solution, and/or thinking while other students ask questions, make connections, add on, or provide a different strategy for solving the problem. We are all mathematicians in here!

Students rotated through a variety of fitness centres today working on building their strength, cardio health, and flexibility. Ask them which exercises were their favourites, and which were the most challenging!

For our introduction to sculpture making lesson, students experimented with making shapes and adding texture.

We are currently exploring multiplication and division concepts. Here are some examples of how you might see or hear your child thinking through a problem.

Today we read The Snail and the Whale. We are learning how to ask deeper thinking questions as we read. Here are a few of the questions the students asked, and the answers to their interesting questions.

Today’s math centres were game-based, to reinforce the students’ understanding of multiplication and division concepts and get them talking through different strategies they have for solving. Practise can be fun! (There are activities and games posted on the Google classroom).

This is a glimpse of part 1 of our radial symmetry paper relief art sculptures. They should be finished next class - stay tuned for the finished products!

Today we shared the marble mazes we made in a team STEM challenge. Ask your child what they learned and what they found challenging in the process!

Radial Symmetry Art = Amazing!