Monday, September 20

 Hi parents,

Today was a good day for our class, and a pretty typical Monday too.

In the morning, we talked about 'place value', and did some Morning Math problems in which students had to identify the number in occupying various place-value spots in large numbers. For example, students would be asked to identify the number in the 'hundreds' place in the number '1458', by circling it or underlining it.

We watched this Terry Fox video and had an awesome discussion about Terry Fox, cancer care, and how we can all help to raise money for the cause. I love teaching about Terry Fox because he continues to inspire children without fail - even after the Terry Fox Run! Today, a group of students decided to challenge themselves to do 100 laps around the playground during recess, to train for our upcoming run.

The Terry Fox Run is on Wednesday, September 22. Please see the blog note below for additional information!

The students wrote about their weekends in their journals. We talked about how we can use the "5 W's" (Who, What, Where, When, Why) to add detail to our writing. 

For example, instead of just writing, "On the weekend I watched a movie", students could elaborate by explaining who they watched it with, what movie they watched, why they picked that movie, and where they watched it.

We got to visit the LBS Library and check out books, for the first time in over a year! Students are still required to leave their library books at the school, so if you find any in their backpacks, please send them back!

In the afternoon we did Daily 5, practiced the new spelling words, and had Music class.

Have a nice night!

Zac

Terry Fox Run 2021 

We will be having our Annual Terry Fox Run on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. Teachers will be discussing with students the life of Terry Fox and the contributions he has made to cancer research as well as coming together in the afternoon for a virtual wrap up assembly.  Students are encouraged to wear blue/white/ or their school t-shirt on this day. 

Students can dedicate their run to someone who they know has been affected by cancer. Please speak to your child prior to our run and if they choose to dedicate their run to someone, they can share this in their class sharing circle prior to or after their run. 

Should you wish to make a donation online, please use the following link to donate through the Terry Fox website: 

http://www.terryfox.ca/LakeBonavista 

Let’s keep Terry’s dream to find a cure for cancer alive!