First Week

I am super excited to be joining the RBES staff and beyond thrilled to be teaching your children in 3FM. Although I only spent two afternoons with the students this week, they were two awesome days. We spent some time getting to know each other and talking about what we think a good learner does; what a good learning environment looks like and what a good teacher does. The students and I really emphasized the importance of respect for others - both in and outside of the classroom. We also enjoyed a discussion reviewing the idea of community and working together as a group. The analogy we discussed involved the idea that we are all individual music notes - and although we are all different, together we can be a beautiful song!

I also wanted to give an update on what we will be beginning to cover in Social Studies and Science. Throughout the year we will be studying four countries, Ukraine, India, Tunisia and Peru. We will be learning about these countries and comparing  the various aspects of life in these countries with our lives in Canada.

Our first unit in Science is Rocks and Minerals.  It's always a favorite of the students in which they get to explore rocks; learning about the types of rocks and classification of rocks through their different properties.  To kick start the unit we  will be taking the grade 3 classes on a walk to collect some rocks for their  investigations. I will also be asking the students to each bring in an egg carton - so if you have any on hand - please send them in with your child.

Thank you. 😄 I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!