Thursday, 13 December

Today was started with another double band block to prepare for Wednesday's concert.  NOTE: band will be switched from Monday to Tuesday next week (Mr. Grice will be at another concert event on Monday).  It is clear that some students are practicing and others are not.  Please encourage your students to practice all of the tunes, not just the ones with which they feel familiar.

After recess we practiced the last column of our spelling test and then split up for math.  The 7s worked on their decimals practice set on pp. 88-90.  Please complete the set up to #13 for homework. Four students chose to do the integers unit test re-write at lunch; all improved their mark!  Good work; I'm glad you care enough to put in the extra time.

Following lunch, we completed some personal reading and then transitioned to socials to finish our second podcast in the series of six talks.  The students really seem to enjoy the process.  This time I added some scribes to the side of the whiteboard that had the PowerPoint slides showing while the podcast was playing.  Again, the students were engaged in the discussion; in fact, we could talk all day if I'd let them.  Some have approached me to say that they have been thinking of an inquiry question about the Egyptians that they'd like to pursue.  That's exciting for me.  We ended the day with more p.e. testing.  Again today, everyone's behaviour was very good.  Some had a bit of difficulty staying quiet after they completed their individual test, but I recognize that it is simulating and people want to discuss their results.  I only ask that we all stay quiet so that everyone has a chance to focus on the cadence in order to do as well as they can.

Tomorrow morning is the last chance to drop off donations to our Elves' Club hamper. 

Enjoy the rest of your day.