Happy Monday!

Hello families and friends of learning!

As Term 1 winds down, we are busy, busy, busy working hard in class to ensure we continue to produce and 

hand in our best work in all three subjects.

This morning in Math, we approached our mental math a little bit differently. After Mme Careen wrote a question on the board, we had five minutes to complete it on our own using one method, and then we had 5 more minutes to meet with a partner to have them teach us their strategy. After reviewing each one, we chose which one we preferred and explained why. We will continue to approach mental math questions this way over the next while until we gain confidence in applying two methods to solve one question on our own.

Also in Math, we made a study checklist for our upcoming assessment on Wednesday.

In Français, we had our third CFOO presentations and we showed that we are a group of creative Knights! Our presentations have improved so much over the past 6 weeks; Mme Careen was very impressed with the high standard we continue to set for ourselves when both preparing and presenting our speeches! Bravo!

Finally, in Science, we started recording our daily observations in our Tomatosphere journals. We will observe and record data daily throughout the next 30 days, and will note: the classroom temperature, the time, how many seeds have germinated and any additional info, such as if we watered the peat pots, removed the greenhouse covers, etc. After we model this process together for the first 15 days, students will be in charge of updating their own observation logs to keep track of all important data (that we will then review and use at the end of the experiment time).

Our daily observation log.

No germinated seeds, yet!

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Agenda items:

1. Goals and inspiration boards - The written part of our assignment (the goals themselves) are overdue. There are still many students who have not submitted their good copies. Please ensure they are handed in soon! Our last period to work on the inspiration boards will be tomorrow. After that, students will be required to stay in over the noon hour until their work is complete. 

Our hope is to have our inspiration boards displayed for your visit tomorrow evening!

2. Speaking of tomorrow, we hope to see you here at the school tomorrow evening for our student-led conferences. Please stop by any time between 4:00-7:30. Looking forward to sharing our learning with you!

3. Math assessment - Wednesday.

4. Last day of Term 1 - Thursday.

Have a great afternoon! :)