March 16

Important Dates and Information
- Student Led Conference: Please book your conference time! Students will lead you around the class to different stations to be completed. On Tuesday (March 20th) is when the conference booking closes.
- There is an assembly on Tuesday March 20th.
- Spring Break starts on March 22nd to April 2nd.

Student-Led Conference
At this student-led conference students will have the opportunity to share their learning with you in the areas of Writing, Math, Science, Physical Education, Art, and IRIS documentation. There is no set order in completing the stations. We look forward to seeing you. If you wish to have a private conversation regarding your child, we can arrange a time to meet after Spring Break.

Math Game


Science: Rocks and Minerals

As we wrap up our Rocks and Minerals unit, we have invited Mr. Gray to come back to our classrooms today to share our findings as well as asking more questions related to rocks. Students were fascinated by matter from space affects the rock cycle. We really appreciate Mr. Gray's expertise and spending his time with us.



Weekend Journal
This weekend, students will be bringing home their Weekend Journal in order to write about a Wonder precept they have chosen. Next week, in the gymnasium, we shall be watching the movie Wonder on the last day of school before Student Led Conferences and Spring Break.

Their journal entry is based on the following precepts below in blue. Students chose one to write about. They will write about what the precept means and what the precepts means to them or how they connect to it. They can elaborate on their thinking with descriptions, examples and connections either to the book or something they have experienced. Students should be writing at least 5 sentences minimum. In order to show an in-depth understanding of the precept it is encouraged students write more than five sentences and take their time to understand what the precept means.

Everyone deserves a standing ovation once in their life because we all overcometh the world- Auggie Pullman

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers - James Thurber

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. - Blaise Pascal

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can - John Wesley's Rule

Evergreen Theatre
 
Evergreen Theatre came into our school today in order to perform "The Sinking Island". Katie Swells is one of the best young sailors on Storm Island Nova Scotia. After years of hard work and getting to know a sailboat, she’s finally ready to be a part of Storm Island’s biggest sailing race; The Big Circle. But things take a turn when Katie returns home from vacation and discovers that The Big Circle has been cancelled. Her best friend Sam the Seal tells her the water is rising off the island, making the race unsafe for young sailors. Determined to prove herself, Katie sets sail to try the race on her own, followed by a worried Sam. The Sinking Island is a funny and thoughtful nautical adventure that shows how our changing oceans affect the world around us.

Thank you to those students who volunteered! We hope that students learned about our impact on the environment.

 



Some of the concepts that could be discussed, that learned through the play are:
-Climate Change
-Paris Agreement
-Algal Bloom, Algae, and Phytoplankton
-Hermit Crabs
-Glacier Melting
-Atlantic Herring
-Plastic/Garbage in the Ocean
-Tidal Zones/Tidal Animals
-Hermit Crabs