Putting Kamala Harris as VP into perspective.See the red box? Until then, she would have been enslaved.See the blue box? Until then, she couldn’t vote. Yellow box? Until then, she had to attend a segregated school. The green one? Until then she couldn’t have her own bank account

A reminder for ALL:

Here’s a way to generate some great conversations at the dinner table! How would you solve this problem using mental math?

Ask your learners about the four 4s task we did in class today (thank you Jo Boaler and Youcubed for the inspiration)! Ask them if they were able to solve from 1-10! Try doing from 11-20 at home! Here are the instructions: youcubed.org/tasks/the-four…

Here is what we came up with for 1-10! Over the weekend can you solve for 11-20?

Because we all need a dose of cuteness

How would you mentally calculate 102-56?

Today we worked on Mark Chubb’s skyscraper challenge! Ask your learner how they felt before, during and once they completed this activity!

Walking Wednesday! Ask your learners what 3 items they noticed on our walk that link to flight! #MentalHealthMatters

New: Liberal leader Steven Del Duca promises to put hard cap of 20 students per class in elementary and high schools. (Not class averages which leads to some classes much higher than others.) He would hire 10k more teachers. The cost you ask? He says $1 billion #onpoli

Ask your learner about the paper airplane they built today! Check out our Google Classroom for the videos!

Parents and Guardians: Ask your learner about our Sara VanDerWerf’s 100 Numbers activity and what it taught them about group work! We had an awesome first day! River Oaks Public School HDSB Math

Thanks to Jo Boaler and Youcubed for providing today’s Four 4’s Math Challenge! Ask your learner how many numbers they were able to figure out or try it at home! youcubed.org/tasks/the-four… River Oaks Public School HDSB Math

Don’t forget we have Forest School tomorrow! It’s supposed to be gorgeous! Don’t forget your water, sunscreen and a hat!

We had a great first week! Ask your learner about their magic spot! River Oaks Public School

REMINDER: Friday, Oct. 7 is a PA Day for elementary and secondary students. #HDSB schools will be closed to students.

Thank you so much to Erica from the Terry Fox Foundation for coming to remind us how courageous and determined Terry Fox was and why carrying on his run and memory are so important! Our run is on October 6, and students can donate until October 13! River Oaks Public School

Thank you so much to MADD Canada for the amazing Virtual Reality presentation for our grade 5 and 6 students! Shout out to Caitlyn for answering all the questions! River Oaks Public School