"I Have Gifts & Abilities & a Desire to Succeed!"
February 26th, 2021
Written by: A.J. & H.M. with edits from Mrs. Will
Our authors of this week's post have decided to spice up our blog with some colour coding!
Mrs. Will's Messages:
- The kids absolutely CRUSHED their volleyball unit. I am continually impressed by this class's habits of cheering each other on, offering helpful tips, noticing and celebrating students as they make improvements in their phys. ed. skills, and their overall commitment to showing sportsmanship. I'm also grateful that they don't think it's "uncool" (yet) to have this old lady teacher join in and play on their teams...
- If, as a parent/guardian, you are trying to come up with ways to bond with your child over what they are learning in school, I highly suggest you ask your child to teach you some math games they know. All of the games can be played using dice, cards, and/or dominos. One of the best skills your child can work on is practicing and memorizing their multiplication facts up to 9x9 - this will help them get better at division and they will be able to apply multiplication to bigger concepts like order of operations questions, algebra, and area & volume!
- Fridays... While Friday's are a half day this year, I feel it's important to remind everyone that they are still important learning days. We still work on all core subjects each Friday (Literacy, Math, Science, and Social) and most students are in a small group for extra help in either literacy or math that is scheduled for every Friday. If they miss Fridays on a regular basis, they then miss that support they need to be successful in grade 6.
