Tuesday

Hi parents,

We had a decently good day today. There were definitely some moments where everyone was completely on task, working hard, and staying calm, but then there were also a lot of very loud moments, and the students ended up losing a bunch of Dojo points for ignoring the 'sit at the carpet' instruction many times, which in my opinion is one of the easiest ones!

In the morning, we had a discussion about the origins of names of communities and places. We talked about how many neighborhoods in Calgary are named after their geographic landscapes, and many roads and building are named after historic figures. The class was very distracted during this discussion so I'm a bit worried about how much of it sunk in.... if you wouldn't mind brainstorming some other examples over dinner, that would be great.

I'm thinking of names like: "Blackfoot Trail", "Canyon Meadows", "Crowfoot", "Macleod Trail", etc.

In the afternoon, I gave the students a short workbook to practice their graph-reading skills. I feel like all around they did quite well - I think our lessons yesterday helped! The tricky questions continue to be the ones that ask students: "how many more students chose ice cream than cake?" For example.

We went to the Library, had Daily 5, and went outside for Gym. The rest of our day was spent with Work Period!

Have a nice night,

Zac