I hope you have been enjoying this lovely long weekend. I loved getting to spend time with my family and friends, as well as taking advantage of the lovely weather (even Saturday was warm, with the rain).
In the week that just past, we acknowledged the Day of Pink by reading stories about different kinds of families and talking about how everyone has the right to be themselves and be loved for who they are. Each student in the class filled in their own gingerbread person outline with symbols, words and images that they felt represented them. The figures were then passed around the class and every class member wrote down one thing that they really like or appreciate about that child. These are now displayed in the classroom for everyone to see how amazing each and every member of class 3D is. I have also posted a picture of each child's figure to their individual Seesaw account so that you can enjoy them as well.
We continued with the idea of identity and choosing representations of ourselves by looking at the meaning that various First Nations associate with different animals. Each student in the class has chosen an animal that they believe best represents themselves and will be writing a persuasive paragraph to convince us of their choice. Once their writing is complete they will have a chance to make a representation of the animal using art techniques based on the works of Norval Morrisseau. He is one of Canada's best know Native artists.
To prepare for this activity we have continued to read and deconstruct other pieces of persuasive writing, with a focus on providing proof/details/examples to support our arguments.
In Math, there was a continued focus on fractions. As well as our daily Math Challenge.
In Spelling, we focused on the prefix "dis". The spelling quiz will be first thing tomorrow morning.
We also enjoyed four more book reviews. K.N. shared "Finley Flowers" about about good friends and the issue of bullying. A.S. told us about Ronald Dalh's book, "George's Marvellous Medicine". He felt that it was a great book that was funny and full of surprises. J.S. presented "Old School", one of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. He recommends readers who enjoy comedy try out this series. A.T. presented "Ghost". He blew everyone away with his well organized and presented slide show of his review. We learned a lot about the book, Day of the Dead and C.P. We are looking forward to our next four reviews!
Don't forget that the days of the cycle have once again shifted. We will have gym tomorrow (Tuesday) and Thursday. Library is on Wednesday and Music is Thursday and Friday.
Enjoy the last of your long weekend!
Ms. Sparling
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