Don't forget to sign up for parent-teacher interviews tomorrow and Friday. There is no school on Friday, due to parent-teacher interviews. Please feel free to send in a water bottle with your child. We're practicing for our Terry Fox run next Friday and are very thirsty afterwards. Running Club also runs on Monday and Wednesday's at lunch and if your child is interested they can meet M. Trevor outside by the baseball diamond.
In FLA this morning students discussed Terry Fox and what makes him a Canadian Hero. In math, students worked very hard to improve or create another graph using another question they came up with. Their improvements are impressive. We worked on drawing a self portrait in art before lunch and then created a second one with specific instructions on how to draw features, such as your nose, lips, eyes and ears. Next we looked at the difference between having little or few instructions and having lots of specific instructions with feedback and chances to re-do things. We sat in a circle and students shared their thoughts on the difference between their first self portrait and their second. I explained how many things will be like this year. Things they don't know now will be practiced and explained. Students should not to be disappointed if they can't do things right away, because that's my job-teach them how to improve, learn and be better. We don't always start out being awesome, we need time to learn, understand and practice.
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