Wednesday, March 8th 2023

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Hello! Happy Wednesday.

My apologies, yesterday's blog post didn't publish properly (so it never posted). I have include some photos from yesterday in today's blog post.


Today we:

  • had an interesting discussion about learning languages, and learned there are over 6900 languages in the world!
  • did our daily word work activities
  • played badminton games in gym class
  • did one final task for factors/multiples
  • played prodigy in math
  • did read to self and literacy centres (and tried some new literacy games the school just recieved)!
  • learned about 4 key words for our next unit in social studies - these words are: vibrant, sustainable, equity and unity (and had a discussion regarding these words, what they mean, and how they relate to our new social studies unit)
  • finished our research about 4 Calgary monuments (for our new social studies unit)
  • finished the day with using razkids, math games or literacy games
Reminders:
  • Thursday, March 9th: In-Person Conferences in Evening (4:30pm-8:00pm)
  • Friday, March 10th: No School for Students/In-Person Conferences (9:00am-2:00pm)
  • To be a parent volunteer the CBE requires clearance checks. Follow this link (CBE | Get Involved) if you are interested in volunteering!











 

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