Friday, February 4th, 2022

 Hi Families,  

Students worked creatively to publish a sensory poem. We continued our work in descriptive writing in order to add interest and paint a vivid picture for the reader.

This week we focused on using a number line to add double digit (grade 2) and triple digit (grade 3) numbers based on place value and benchmark numbers. Next week we will explore subtraction strategies through the use of an open number line.

Enjoy our co created documentation board depicting the many interconnections found in the Arctic Food Web. Ask your child what the difference is between a food chain and a food web. Also ask what an Apex Predator means!

In our second session of Coding with Ms. Thomas, students took the role of either teacher or learner in their partner groups, to support each other with building and reviewing foundational knowledge from our first session. We reviewed safety expectations, as well as basic navigation of the Dash robots and the Blocky program, before jumping into some Task Card work.  

With our Task Cards, we introduced some new ideas: 

• Building code that fits a task description 

• Using a “Repeat” block to build efficient code 

• Debugging our work (instead of blaming our poor Dash bots 🙁) 

Ask your child about the different tasks they were able to code their robot for.  

We look forward to our next session at the end of February.  

Valentine's Day - due to protocols and restrictions we ask that you do not send in any treats or Valentines in this year. We will be celebrating Valentine's Day with some in class activities throughout the day

Upcoming Dates:

Funky Feet School Spirit Day-Feb 10^th 

February 16: Fun Lunch

February  17-18: Teachers Convention- No School

February 21: Family Day- No School 

Beach School Spirit Day-Feb 24^th 

Inside Out School Spirit Day- March 10th