Jan 30-Feb 3, 2023

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Just a short post this week because we had a short week - but as always lots of learning! The highlight of our week was having Ms. Sharon teach us about textiles, making fabric and fabric dyes. It is part of our artist in residence work. We are making one part of a larger art installation about "Tables Around the World". We are using our knowledge of the land in Peru, Tunisia, Ukraine, India and Alberta to understand what materials are available and how they might influence the textiles or fabric that comes from that area. We will be continuing this work next week as well. We can't wait to see the final product!

We continued to develop our reading skills during book club. We are practicing reading "like we talk" so it is smooth and interesting to listen to. We are also exploring quotation marks and dialogue and trying to change our voices when different characters speak.

In math we began to explore the relationship between multiplication and division, and are continuing to explore fact families. We are also practicing different strategies for memorizing our multiplication facts. Did you know that in the new curriculum, grade 3s need to know their multiplication and related division facts up to 10 x 10, and grade 4s need to know up to 12 x 12? Ask us how to play "salute" and "multiplication war" to help is improve our recall!!

Mrs. Cooper also wanted to share a quick note about Valentines Day. The staff has decided that we would like to focus on the Montessori virtues of "caring for others" and "caring for place". For that reason, we have made the decision as a school to not give out valentines at school. Instead, we will be choosing a class "caring project" and continuing to look at how we can reduce, reuse and recycle to show caring for our planet.

Important Dates

  • February 9 - Healthy Hunger
  • February 14- Valentine's Day  
  • February 15 – Family Dance 
  • February 16,17- Convention, No School
  • February 20 – Family Day, No School
  • February 22 – Be Brave Hitman Game 
  • February 22 – Pink Shirt Day 



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