Happy Thursday, everyone! I hope you enjoy a nice long weekend! (There is no school for students tomorrow since it is a pro-d day.)
We finished the week with fun ADST explorations of engineering and design. Students were challenged to innovate within the constraints of limited materials (just index cards). Indeed, we saw so much creativity on display—especially as students rapidly built their own new knowledge through communicating and collaborating.
Challenge 1: Build a Tall Tower
The tallest tower measured was 42.5cm!
Challenge 2: Build a Unique Structure
Challenge 3: Work Together
LANGUAGE ARTS: Today we reviewed the necessary components of sentences and challenged our creativity by trying to transform boring sentence fragments into fascinating complete sentences. MATH: We practiced determining pattern rules again, and then we reviewed place value. We also enjoyed a sidetrack musing about about the concept of infinity and then discussed what it means to write a number in standard, expanded, and word form.
RELIGION: In addition to our scheduled Religion classes, our explorations of faith and the Bible are interwoven throughout the school day. We have been developing our prayer practice, singing and reflecting upon carefully chosen praise and worship songs, and discussing virtues, Bible stories, and the students’ own related big questions. Today the concept of miracles came up and the students were enthusiastic about sharing their own connections and beliefs. It is such a gift to witness the courage, beautiful ideas, and faith of our students. A new song we learned this week is called “House of the Lord” and we had a blast trying out the children’s video with hand actions as a part of our DPA.CHOICE: After a productive academic morning, the students had earned some choice time—many enjoyed extra reading, connecting with friends, drawing, and personal interest projects. Some students have been enthusiastic about designing their own extreme versions of the classic “Snakes and Ladders” game.
Monday, Sept. 25 is PHOTO DAY! Please wear your full uniform, and since we have PE, you are welcome to bring your gym strip in case there is time to change into it to be more comfortable.
Wednesday, Sept. 27 is Mass at St. Patrick’s Parish at 10:45am and full uniform is expected for this day too.
SPELLING: We had our spelling self-quiz today. Here’s a sneak peek at next week’s spelling list. Feel free to start dreaming up your own creative sentences to show the meaning of the words in context!
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Your students must be enjoying your creative way of teaching. Thanks for sending this out.
Tiffany Poirier 
Your students must be enjoying your creative way of teaching. Thanks for sending this out.
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