Nov. 1

I hope everyone had a great night of Trick or Treating! There sure were a lot of tired kids today, but we did the best we could. I hope everyone gets a chance to catch up on their sleep tonight :)

Today we started to talk about Remembrance Day and what it is. We talked a lot about Peace, what it is, how it feels, and what it means to each of us. We used our senses to help us really feel peace both at home and at school.  We will eventually be talking ab

out how we can help make our school a more peaceful place.  We also shared ways that we already help it be a peaceful, safe place to learn. We will be using these ideas and presenting them in front of the school at our Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 10. We will be sharing our ideas, some art to go with them, and some photos.  Some questions to help a discussion about Peace at home could be:

• When do you feel peaceful?
• What smells are peaceful to you? Sights? sounds?
• How does your body feel when you are peaceful?
• What does peace look like at home? In your classroom?

We will share our writing on the blog as we finalize some of our thoughts and ideas.

Today your child will come home with our first Scholastic book order.  Please do not feel any pressure to order but I do like to participate in the program as it does provide good books at affordable prices.  If you do want to order, you can send back just the order form with your child's name and selections on it.  You can either pay with cash, cheque, or online through Scholastic. The website is here: parentpay.scholastic.ca
If you pay online, be sure to include the reference number on the order form for me. Each order that we receive helps us buy books for our class. I always allow the students to pick the books that they would like for our classroom library.

If you would like to order gifts for your child for birthdays or Christmas, please send me an email or a note in a sealed envelope and we can arrange a pick up time that will be our secret ;)

Coming up:
Mrs. Jordan away tomorrow at Design Thinking Workshop.
Remembrance Day ceremony- Nov. 10