MathémARTiques
Students have two projects due in math/art: Videos to follow soon. Fractions (16cm by 16cm) which is past due... And a pixel art (1000 squares) which is due Monday so that we can use it for the next part on Tuesday...
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Bits and Pieces
This is the email that was sent home this morning: Hello families, A few things to note: 1. Your child is working with the recorder in music. Please send your child's recorder with them to school for music on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Mme Lorenz reports that most students in grade 5 (and many in grade 6) purchased them last year or the year before. If you require a recorder, Mme Lorenz has some quality new instruments for sale for $12. There are a LIMITED number of school recorders available when instruments are forgotten (Mme Lorenz cleans them after every use), but... flu season, anyone? 2. We are going to the musical Mama Mia on Thursday next week, and I'm still missing many permission forms. Tickets and bussing comes to $8/student. 3. Students have had a selection of 13 novels to choose from for our lit circle unit. They were welcome to bring 1-3 of these home over the winter break, but were not expected to have any read by January. I expected a book to be read t
Build a Whale
Tomorrow and Friday, students from our school will be building a whale. Yup, a WHALE. Out of REAL whale bones. Don't believe me? Check out the website: http://strawberryisle.org/research/build-whale They're coming to visit us, and each class will have 30 minutes with this crew. Our time is Friday morning.