Captain Cook, Library, Reading, The Legend of the Raven, Ted Harrison and math.

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Tomorrow is the last day of school before Valentines day so the students will have time to pass out their valentines and have a few treats.

We began the day with M.E. morning exercise.  The reading today was on Captain Cook.  After reading a page of information on the life and travels of Captain cook the students answered multiple choice questions, and completed a crossword puzzle using the same information.

ME was followed by Library where the students read stories from Saskatchewan on their reading journey across Canada.

After recess the students read for 25 minutes then we wrote Social Studies valentines based on information in the chapter about sailing to the new world.  We looked at ninja turtle valentines, mario brothers valentines and came up with what makes up a valentine.  The students had to review information in the chapter and come up with 4 possible valentines.  Students wrote things like " I love you like a sailer loves his boat," or "Your love takes me to a new world."  It was interesting as the students who are great writers of stories or information often have trouble with this while those students who have trouble writing are often very good at writing little cheesy quotes.

After lunch I read the Coastal First Nations legend of how the raven freed the stars, moon and sun.  We read the legend and looked at the art of the great Canadian artist Ted Harrison. The students then drew a picture of part of the legend in Ted Harrison style. 

We finished the day with multiplication math.

Great day everyone... Yes you can bring in a snack and Valentines. See you all tomorrow...

Pictures will be added later.