This week is week #12 of distance learning! We have been experiencing a lot of flip-flopping in the weather patterns. Quite frankly, I wish the weather would just make up it's mind because my outdoor plants were not happy in last week's cold streak! I sincerely hope that your family continues to maintain a schedule that enables everyone to stay happy, healthy and productive.
As was mentioned one of my posts last week, I will be holding 'office hours' each Monday from 10:00-10:30 a.m. Have a look at last week's posts for more information. Your child received an google hangout invitation to my office hours last week. This is not a mandatory hangout but simply a chance for your child to log on and ask me any questions they may have.
Tuesday June 9th, I will be working on report cards and out-of-the office ALL MORNING. I will be back on Wednesday June 10th!
On Thursday, June 11th @ 2:00 p.m. Mrs. OBrien will lead us in a second virtual ‘Praying in Colour’! Perfect for all ages. Please feel free to join along with staff members, students and family members! Grab some colouring utensils, some paper and get creative and reflective! Simply click on the link below, shortly before 2 p.m. on Thursday to join our virtual google meet. In order to be able to join the meet directly, please login using your child’s OCSB google account. Say ‘hello’ and wave and then mute your mic (to eliminate excess noise). We would also ask that you not use the chat box during this time of prayer. Our themes on Thursday will be around well-being, equity and peace.
We had a very busy but productive class hangout last Wednesday with 16 students in attendance! We reviewed learning expectaions and covered some important housekeeping items (overdue library books, work assigned for the week, office hours and the purpose for office hours, etc.). The number talk portion of the hangout went well but students are reminded to bring appropriate items to the hangout for the math mini lessons (whiteboard, markers, paper, pencils, etc.).
We also shared our news and there is a lot going on: Derel hosted special visitors at his house and also had a visit from his cousins; Iviya made brownies with marshmallows on top; Jessica and her family made lollipops and she says they were pretty good but VERY sticky; Julia is loving her Ninjaline course and also had lots of fun last week celebrating her Dad's birthday (there was a drive-by parade birthday celebration for her Dad); Layla has made a few trips to Ardene to get some cool items and she is also excited about going to her aunt's place in Petawawa this week; Mila's dance teachers hosted a Zoom class and they played last year's dance recital over Zoom since they were not able to have a recital this year; Naomi biked to her cousin's house with her Dad and sister. She also got FIFA 20 for her Nintendo Switch; Nicky continues to Facetime his cousins and bike with his family; Remi's puppy went for another round of vaccinations and is doing great; Saphira celebrated her sister's graduation from Algonquin college. She and her family decorated the house and got an ice cream cake! They had a lot of fun; Austin celebrated his cousin's birthday by playing soccer and visiting outdoors; Jacob's Dad got a new gravel bike and Jacob made a Lego Technic car which he shared with us; Sarah has been reading lots of Raz kids books and helped to clean up the basement; Maryam finally lost her wiggly tooth and received $10.00 from the tooth fairy under her pillow; Kristen took her dog to the green house centre and she rolled in the dirt so much that she needed a bath when she got home; Mrs. Heagle enjoyed a wonderful walk with her husband at an outdoor nature reserve and was amazed to hear all of the Spring Peepers (frogs) singing away.
We finished our Hang out by playing a Kahoot that I put together all about measurement. We will do another Kahoot this coming Wednesday at our hangout, so if your child is able to bring a hand-held device to the hangout to use, in addition to their computer, it would be really helpful.
The main forcus in Language this week will continue to be reading, short writing assignments and the 'Collaborative Memory Slide Deck.' In math we will be reviewing addition and subtraction concepts including: adding and subtracting whole dollar amounts, adding and subtracting using mental strategies, estimating sums and differences, adding and subtracting four-digit numbers, addition and subtraction problems.
Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions or concerns or need to touch base with me for any reason, I can be reached each morning via email at: ruth.stratford@ocsb.ca
Sincerely,
Mrs. Stratford
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