Dear families,
It sure is nice to have this sunny gift on Earth Day weekend. The grade 4s did an excellent job of presenting their cardboard arcade creations to the school at our Earth Day assembly. They hosted a lunch-hour arcade on the stage in the gym shortly afterwards and the games are so popular that we’ll have to host more to include more grades! Homework It’s been wonderful to see students incorporating our “better ways to say” words into their writing. The new list of words is posted here for reference: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vxp1Uc1JLwtl4KkdzGXvtrnoiLDQ5zIKNkV2y5P44z0/edit?usp=sharing I look forward to reading student responses to the Earth Day homework. Math - Fractions This week we looked closely at improper fractions (fractions impropres) and mixed numbers (nombres fractionaires). This is a helpful video to help with the concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk2oP6FZ6HA -We will be having a math test on fractions in early May. May Field Trip to Young People's Theatre We are off to Young People's Theater on May 8th for their production of Salmon Girl. The play ties in nicely with our unit on Indigenous Peoples of Canada. In order to make this trip possible we will need at least two parent volunteers.
I won't be sending home field trip forms because the forms in the fall for Beauty and the Beast covered this trip as well. Payment I will set up leave school cash online form on Monday. Admission is $13.20 per student. Volunteers are also charged the same admission. Please let me know if your child has a planned absence on May 8th so I can update the invoice. About the play: As far as Margie is concerned, she is the best fisher in her family. Then one day she slips on the rocks and tumbles into the water. But instead of drowning, she sprouts fins and a tail and discovers she can breathe! Margie’s perspective changes as she learns from animals and elders, of her Indigenous forebears, the Salmon People. This beautiful dance-drama encourages you to consider your own relationship to the world around you. About the themes we will be exploring in class surrounding the play. Students will explore the values and teachings of the Coast Salish People that are woven throughout the play. They will be encouraged to examine the environmental and cultural concerns of Indigenous peoples, and explore these on a local, national and global scale. In the pre-show unit, students will create personal connections to ideas that are fundamental to Indigenous ways of knowing, with a particular focus on the importance of salmon and their positive contribution to the act of environmental stewardship. In the post-show unit, students will establish connections between problems the characters experience throughout the play and the physical realities they encounter in today’s society. They will collectively brainstorm ways to give back to and protect the environment in their own communities. Through these explorations, the goal is for students to be inspired and empowered to learn that even the smallest act can make a difference. Bon weekend! M. Quigg
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