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Food for Fun notices:

We began the day thinking about those things we are thankful for.  The students worked on filling out their answers to the following information:

I am thankful for the taste of:         

I am thankful for the feel of:

I am thankful for the smell of:

I am thankful for looking at:

I am thankful for the sound of:

I am thankful for dreaming about:

I am thankful that I can pretend that:

I am thankful when:

I am thankful how:

I am thankful for what the:

I am thankful for being where I can:

I am thankful for thinking about:

I am thankful for being allowed to do:

I am thankful for being:

I am thankful for giving:

I am thankful when I get: 
But most of all I am thankful for:

After working on the I am thankful sheet we stopped and began our fraction unit.  The students were given some shapes. Yellow shapes to represent 1 whole, Red shapes to represent halves, and Blue shapes to represent thirds. The students were then posed the question 1 yellow = how many red? and how many blue.  They then had to prove that 4 red = 6 blue.  The students then worked with the pieces to make patterns. 

This activity gave us a lot of talk and discussion using math words.

 

After recess we went to the computer lab and the students typed out their M.E. writing assignments.  Those students finished typing their stories worked on the computer drawing pictures to go with their stories.  

Mrs. Awalt came at 1133 and took the students to music.

After Lunch the students had 15 minutes of silent reading then we went to Social studies.  We are exploring Canadian themes based on the Canadian mint looking for designs for the 2017 Canadian dollar.
There are five categories for choosing a new Loonie.  We will examine one of the topics a day for the next 5 days.  Each topic and design  talks about us as a nation. 

Our Passions

Our Wonders

Our Achievements

Our Character

Our Future

 

After lunch the students read for 15 minutes then we moved into our social studies.  We are looking at what Canada stands for.  We are doing this through a vote taken by the Canadians on coins for the 150 th anniversary of Canada in 2017.  By looking at the coin designs we learn about different aspects of Canada from exploration, first nations, to Canadian achievements and about our shared values and diversity that define us as a nation.

 

 

 

Go to 

 

 http://www.mint.ca/store/coin-design-contest/contest-vote-form.jsp?lang=en_CA&rcmeid=van_CoinDesignVote  

 

and vote for your favorite designs. 

The students picked their favorites from the

OUR WONDERS Collection

Beauty is everywhere you look in Canada’s breathtaking landscape, flora and fauna, and drew and wrote about their favorite choice.  Tomorrow we will look at the collection entitled

OUR PASSIONS

Our Canadian passions run deep and keep us driven all year long.