Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Field Trip have been sent home and are due before Friday

*** Thursday Sept 19th, students attending WE Day, please meet at the front of the school for 6:50am, bring a litter-less lunch. I will pass out McMurrich t-shirts to wear on top of your own when you arrive. Students not attending this field trip have a schedule to follow that has been shared with them and is posted on the classroom door.

WRITING: student questionnaire focussing on goal setting; free write practice will be ongoing

MATH: exploring transformational geometry: practising translations, rotations and reflections

CLASS COMMUNITY: 
** discussions focussed on building understanding of a Fixed vs Growth Mindset
*** Big Idea: How might differing perspectives and relationships with the environment impact relationships between groups over time? - support students in the development of critical thinking and critical literacy skills in learning how to identify stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, and bias in a variety of sources.

VISUAL ARTS: reviewing colour theory and the elements & principles of design (focussing on the use of line to convey movement)