This Week's Recap

What a busy week we have had! On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we were joined in class by local artist Josh Goff for our CREATE artist sessions. Students created art works that reflected a piece of their identity. I certainly found it informative to see how to break down drawings into shapes. Students produced some amazing pieces!

To continue our exploration into Saskatchewan artists, we visited the MacKenzie Art Gallery on Thursday. Students created two watercolour pieces that showed the same landscape in different seasons. It was very interesting and I really appreciated the different opportunities students had to create works in different media. I've posted a private online gallery of photos from the sessions. For security reasons, I've sent the link to you via email. Please send a quick email if you did not receive this and would like to take a look.

On Wednesday and Thursday we began practicing with the Grade 4 classes for the holiday 'moosical'. Students are doing a wonderful job! I am happy to see so many taking responsibility for their roles and ensuring they are running lines at home. We are emphasizing the importance of pace (slowing down) and expression during our practices at school. A letter was sent home last Monday detailing costume expectations. A reminder that candy canes will need to bring in their white shirts by December 15th. We will be looking for volunteers to help put finishing touches (ribbon) on their costumes.

In Math, the Grade 5s have started their measurement unit. I am very excited as this unit affords so many opportunities for hands-on learning. Thus far we have estimated the distance to the stairwell using our stride length and held a scavenger hunt in our classroom for objects that are 12 cm long using the width of our fingers. While it may seem basic, you can support your student at home by emphasizing how to use a ruler. Some students still require reminders to line up the '0' on their ruler with the end of the object being measured.

On Friday we began unit conversions. These can be challenging, but this interactive (Universcale) does help to emphasize the importance of the skill!

Coming up this week:

• Red, white & green day on Monday 
• Special lunch hosted by the SCC on Tuesday
• Grade 2/3 Bake Sale in support of World Vision on Thursday/Friday
• Presentation on sustainable agriculture by World Vision representative on Friday
• Christmas hamper items due December 12