Wednesday, April 12th

Science
Students are wrapping up their work on their Animal Hearing Trading Cards.  You can view your child's work on Google drive - and if they want to work on it at home, the research links are on this blog (scroll down a few posts).

Inquiry
Students have been placed with a partner and are beginning to explore either an endangered UNESCO World Heritage Site, or a tentative World Heritage Site.  They will be working towards persuading the deciding UNESCO body (all you parents) that their site should be the one that is saved or inscribed at the upcoming Celebration of Learning on May 4th (save the date!)

Hockey Pool
There may be a hockey fan or two in the class :-) so we are holding a Play-off Pool for Round 1.  No money will be exchanged - this is for bragging rights and math only!  Students selected the team that they think will win each series and for each correct team, they will collect 25 points.  We will do the same activity for each round, and tally our points as the playoffs continue (hopefully they are done by the end of June)!  Go Flames Go!!

Circle Meeting
In our Circle of Courage meeting today, the students discussed some important issues that both they and we (teachers and adults) have been noticing.  I've been hearing the occasional complaint about students feeling like they are being excluded or that other students are following them around or not being kind.  We reminded ourselves about one of the most important rules in our classroom: Take Care of Each Other.  Friendship issues are not easy and as parent I know how important they are to our children's overall well-being.  One student suggested that if they have a concern or bad thought about another person they should talk to their parent, and their parent may help them understand more about the situation.  What a great idea!  Parents, if you hear something from your child that you think I need to know about, please don't hesitate to contact me.