Quick check in!

Our short week is FLYING by!!!

Yesterday, students completed the first digital SLA focusing on English Literacy. Tech issues and an overwhelmed website tried our patience throughout the morning. It took five periods to complete and all students made me proud with their patience and efforts. Period six was a fantastic break! I was able to play basketball with the students and watch them relax and have some fun! I must admit, I enjoy teaching gym once a week - it gives me a chance to see them and interact with them in a different environment.

The afternoon was filled with math, which was great! The students explored increasing patterns, wrote pattern rules and extended the patterns. We also took some time to review subtraction using Touch Math. Students definitely find subtraction more difficult because they are not used to counting back from numbers higher than 10. Instead of a ten second count down, have your child practice counting back from a higher number when getting ready to go into the vehicle, tie their shoes or clean up a small mess. Most students struggle to count down 13, 12, 11, 10, so any practice would be beneficial.

This morning we tackled our last digital SLA focusing on Numeracy. The tech issues have been fewer, which is appreciated by all. While the students were in music, I was able to sit down and write some specific feedback about our experience with the pilot SLA assessments. Mrs. Kloschinsky asked all grade three teachers to provide feedback so that she could pass it on to the powers that be. I have repeatedly told our students that this was the first time grade three students have written SLAs and that they are definitely not perfect. I have repeatedly thanked them for their efforts and patience. I am relieved that they are complete and that we can get back to a regular schedule.

A few important things to take note of:

- There is a family movie night happening on October 24th.
Doors open at 6pm
Movie starts at 6:30pm
Tickets are $5 per family
The movie playing is The Lego Movie
There will be a concession and a LEGO door prize.

Tickets are being sold in the morning between 8:15-8:45am and at lunch from noon - 1pm.
Funds raised will be put towards purchasing new Smartboards and other tech equipment for the school.

- Hot lunch orders for November are due by October 24th.

- Milk tickets are always available to purchase.


As always, if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us at your earliest convenience.

Take care,
Jolene Milson