Friday Oct 28th:

Notices:

November calendar went home today. Check for upcoming events.

The November calendar and November Food program are also posted on the side under "Important pages, calendars, etc"

Monday is Orange and Black day (no costumes)

Parents are always welcome in the class. Come and hang out or even clean out their desk if you feel so inspired.

We started the day with the weekly spelling test. The tests were marked and handed back to the students. The spelling test was followed by Art where we made mirror image cut out pumpkin designs. The pictures look very simple and effective but they are deceptive because they are not easy to make as they involve a fair amount of abstract thinking. Some of the students also worked on adding chalk pastel to the oil pastel drawings we did in our last art period.

Thanks to N for bringing in cookies for the whole class. Remember Monday is orange and black day, (no costumes) and if the students want to bring in treats for a little social that would be OK.

After recess we read and continued with the art project started before recess, as well the students who had finished worked on their mini books (not due until Tuesday the 1st). For math the students broke into their three groups. My group went to the computer lab where we used the Smart Board to work on problem solving with money. The students worked on questions like; how many different ways can you make 26¢ using coins, etc. These are the types of questions asked on the provincial FSA tests for students in grade 4, 7 and 10. Questions that check thinking and the application of math concepts rather than just computation.




After lunch the students went to buddies where the students made Halloween pumpkin lantern like things and read with the little buddies. After that I had a meeting so Mr. D the VP, came in and did an assignment with the students before we cleaned up and finished the day in P.E.

See you all Monday.