Walkathon This Friday

We hope everyone enjoyed their Professional Day yesterday!  The teachers worked on the School's Goal of new curriculum development, and then took a Marimba class with Mr. Mathewson!  We are so lucky to have such a fine set of instruments and such an amazing music teacher.  It was a great day!

This week, we continue to work on our Day I Was Born Projects.  Students have had a tonne of class time so far, and should be finishing up their writing and research by now, and beginning their timeline and presentations.  Your child should try and tackle a small piece of it each day.  Students are also working on a creating a game for P.E. and a short presentation on an extreme environment.  Both of those projects are being done in class time in small groups.  It's going to be a great week.

Just a reminder that the Walkathon is this Friday.  Last week the kids took some time to examine the PAC's budget for this year.  We discussed where and how the money was being spent, and how it benefited them.  It was great for them to take some ownership over the fundraising.  Plus, it is a contest for laps run!  Last year, Div 2 won most laps run for an Intermediate Class.  We are primed to try again this year!  For our theme, we've been throwing around a bunch of ideas, but so far, "Wolfe Pack" is our frontrunner.  Check in with us later!

  

Science Assignment

This week we've been discussing extreme environments.  The kids will be researching the following:

Which environment do you think is the most important to explore? Why?

Which environment so you think is the most difficult to explore? Why?

Support our answer with facts please.

(Start with your textbook and then look online for farther facts.)

We can't wait to explore the answers on Tuesday.

Miss Kelly & Mrs. Soper

Homework Board/Calendar

Sorry, forgot to post this yesterday!

Ted Talks & To Do Lists

We spent some time over the last two weeks talking about Mindfulness.  We've discussed how the brain works - file cabinets and pathways - and strategies to control stress.  Things like deep breathing, positive self talk, a walk or sip of water, or even a snack can help you talk your amygdala down and help you refocus, but it turns out that stress is not all bad.  We watched the following Ted Talk:

Caring will be a major part of our classroom's stress management and we hope to share that caring in the community.  We'd love volunteer ideas, so please share if you have any ideas.

The kids are working on their Day I Was Born project for Social Studies.  All project sheets need to be signed by tomorrow and the kids need a plan of how they are going to keep track of their notes.  Hints about the project:

• Don't miss any points!  Use the To Do List to ensure that you have all the necessary elements. 
• Be sure that your kids keep track of their sources on bibme.org AS THEY RESEARCH! Internet source notations include a date that they were accessed and thus cannot be found at the end of the project.  
• Be creative and have fun! 

Don't forget to sign up to Remind.com this week so we can start sending you some photos!  

Mrs. Soper & Miss Kelly

Welcome to Division 2

It's hard to believe that summer is over, but we are so excited for the new school year ahead!  We have a fabulous new class, a new curriculum, and a whole bunch of exciting new ideas.   Information about our class will be handed out at Meet the Teacher night Wednesday, and sent home with students whose parents did not attend on Thursday.

Just a reminder that there will also be a parent information session about our new band program before Meet the Teacher at 5:30.  We are very grateful to Mr. Mathewson for continuing this wonderful program in his own time.

We are also thrilled to have Libby Taylor as our class parent this year.  She will be collecting email addresses for a parent list at Meet the Teacher as well.

Here is a look at what's happening in Division 2 this week:

  
Talk to you next Monday!

Miss Kelly & Mrs. Soper