Adventures in Room 8: Weekly Update

Date: Friday, October 7th, 2016

Looking Back
This is a list of concepts/activities covered this week that are
meant to spark conversation about learning.

Ask Me About

Gr. 3 Student Learning Assessment (SLA): Digital Numeracy

Writing Assessment: Where would you go on a trip and what activities would you do
there?
Mathletics: skip counting, patterns, place value
Intro to Coding: What is an algorithm and how is it changed into a code to become a
program? 4 x 4 Puzzle activity
Creating a drawing continuum and drawing criteria
What is an engineer? What three problems does an engineer try to solve?
What is the engineering process? Does an engineer have to repeat any of the steps?
What is a fair science test? How many variables (factors) do we change in a fair test?
Why?
Social: I wonder questions about the 7 Continents
Gym: Floor Hockey - stick handling skills
Fine Arts: Circle Art Project
School-wide Musical: Auditions and Rehearsal Time
What are you thankful/grateful about in your life?

Looking Ahead
at the Week
Monday

No School (Thanksgiving Day)

Tuesday

Fine Arts
Rehearsal Time (2:00 - 3:00pm)

Wednesday

Library Exchange

Thursday

Reading Buddies
Rehearsal Time (2:00 - 3:00pm)

Friday

Fine Arts

Notes:

Weather: As the weather changes, please make sure that students have a pair of
indoor shoes and come dressed for the weather. Due to the painting of the gym and
stage area, gym will be outside this week.
Halloween Dance: The We Care Club will be hosting a Family Halloween Dance on
Friday, October 28th at 6:00pm. This is our last push to reach our goal of $10 000 and
complete the building of our school in Haiti. Please mark your calendars! More details
will come soon.