Our Flag Day Assembly is tomorrow, February 14th, from 1:30-2:30. Students are asked to wear a red top, as we will be doing a "living flag" at the end of assembly.
Students have also asked if they can bring valentines to school tomorrow. They will have time at the end of the day for an exchange. Students are sharing their in depth look at Canada and its regions on a collaborative website:
dgsourcanada.weebly.com Currently, students have shared: Ad Campaign posters (connected to our concept of Risk and Security and building skills of persuasion and media literacy) Scratch games (teaching others the location of our provinces and territories while building in CTF and coding) Students have completed the second baking iteration in the CTF integrated project: Become a Pastry Chef. Every group has successfully improved their cake recipe from the first to the second iteration, after reflecting on their observations and revisiting chemistry concepts . Some of the targeted improvements were: increasing the sweetness, decreasing the saltiness, lighter texture, and increasing/decreasing the moisture. Students were able to create fully formed cakes with a better balance in flavor. To complete the process, students decorated and displayed their cakes for a round of judging and cake tasting. In Guided Reading, students are continuing to develop their conversation skills through the use of conversational moves. They are incorporating this into their discussions about character development (ex. What do these actions reveal about the character? How will this event impact my character?) during Grand Conversations.
In Social Studies/Language Arts, students are taking their knowledge and understanding of advertising techniques to create an ad campaign for their national park. This week, they are creating a rationale for how their slogan and images connect to the emotion, purpose, and concept of their ad. They are using Google Slides to create their visuals. In Math, students are applying their understanding of 3D shapes, area, perimeter, and volume to the creation of a city. Once complete, the city will be put on display. |
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