Wednesday, Feb. 3

 Hi parents,

We had an okay day today! In the morning, the students learned more about the significance of animals in Indigenous stories and artwork. Each student coloured in an animal of their choice, cut it out, and mounted it on paper. The students are working on writing sentences to explain why the animal they chose is significant to them.

There has been a resurgence of unusually defiant behaviour this week, and today about half of the class ended up having to join the Listening Club at recess. It looks like we'll have to spend more time relearning classroom expectations again.

Also - since the start of the year, I have been reminding the students to wear their shoes in the classroom. I feel like this is something that comes up multiple times each day. They keep falling down on our classroom's slippery floor but they aren't learning from it. Today we had a practice fire drill and about 8 kids had to go out in the snow without shoes on. So if your child comes home with soaking wet feet, that is probably why!

We did a fun measurement activity today where the students used 'steps' to measure various distances around the school. They also used their hands, and 'cubits' to measure objects in our classroom.

Have a nice night!

Zac