Highlights:
- Today was Orange Shirt Day. We had a discussion about residential schools.


Reminders:
- Fish Creek Park tomorrow! (Hull's Wood). Dress for the weather (waterproof layers are recommended). Many students had wet feet today - if this was you...try bringing plastic bags to put inside your shoes to keep your feet dry.
- Thank you to Mickey, Jason, Jennifer, and Lindsay for volunteering!

Highlights:
- We did our Journal Covers (VS)
- Today we had our Terry Fox Run. (EM)
- We played Dodgeball in gym this week (SF)
- Today we did the Terry Fox Assembly. We raised about $1000 from Maple Ridge! (AM)
- We have been working on Plant Experiments. We're going to take away or give plant needs (variables) (IP)


Reminders:
- Field Study forms (Hull's Wood) due Monday!
- Photo orders due today ( Can be done online)

Highlights:
- We went to the Community Garden today in Maple Ridge (SF)
- We talked about what plants need after (SF)
- Today we saw watermelon and a bunch of carrots (HW), some tomatoes (MH)
- We did another Math Talk about how many dots there were (SF)
- Ms. Brandley left us off at a cliffhanger in our book. (RJ)
- Today in class we did rewrote boring sentences (IP)
- We played our first Dodgeball today (SF)

Reminders:
- Terry Fox Run is this Friday. We will discuss more, and are working on a plan for inclement weather.

Highlights
- We started learning about all of the parts of a flower (VS)
- We dissected a plant (AM)
- We had a plant talk outside (EM)
- We learned about captions (AV)
- We had our first Math Talk (SF)

Reminders:
- Parent-teacher conversations are Thursday evening and Friday morning. Early dismissal tomorrow (12:30pm) and no school Friday.
- Book orders have been extended to Thursday.

Highlights
- Today we were reading our "Land of Stories" book again (PS)
- We were sketching outside today (HW)
- Our first iLab book exchange will be tomorrow (LJ)
- We did 2 math patterns (SF) growing patterns (HW)
- We looked at maps of North America, Canada, and the World (AM)

Reminders:
- Book orders due Wednesday

Highlights
- We went outside and talked about plants (HW)
- We started our Visual Journal covers (AM)
- We talked about the iLab today and learned some new rules (MH)
- We played math games (Samuel)
- We explored outside and found a slug, a centipede and a worm (ZG)
- Yesterday we sketched outside (Ms. Brandley)

Reminders:
- Book orders sent home - due Wednesday. Please pay online preferably, or sent the paper order with a cheque. No cash, please.
- Conferences are next Thursday evening and Friday morning. The booking system is open.
- Walking letter sent home yesterday that lists the sites we may (potentially) walk to this year.

Highlights

• We sketched - we did a Blind Contour, a Contour, and a 5s, 10s, and 15 s sketch (MH and EM)
• We did Math growing patterns with chips (SF)
• Yesterday we started Ellie's Log to learn about journalling (BO)

Reminders

• Parent Teacher conferences next week