Riddle of the Week: In a one story house everything is pink: the sink, the walls, the floors, the roof. What colour are the stairs?

Reminders

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE GALA

On Thursday January 18th at 3:30pm in the upstairs hallway of Tyee, we will be celebrating our artistic process through the Artist in Residence program.  Please come and join us!

SKATING

WE ARE NOT GOING SKATING THIS FRIDAY.  I made an error and read the schedule wrong.  Apologies. 🙂

BEATY BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM FIELD TRIP POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY 2ND

If you are able to volunteer to drive students to UBC on the morning of February 2nd, please email me!

I need at least 6 parents to volunteer.

** if you previously volunteered, please check in with me to let me know whether you still can!

REPORT CARDS

Just a reminder that reports will be going home at the end of the month.  Division 3 is participating in the VSB Communicating Student Learning Pilot Project, as announced in the fall of 2017.  Please contact me if you have any questions about the change in format and ways in which we are communicating student learning.

WEEKLY WORK

Math

Math Notebooks will be due for all three grades on Thursday this week.

4s: Problem Solving – Fraction resource due on Friday

5s: Problem Solving – Squaring work due on Friday

6s: Problem Solving – squaring binomials work due on Friday

Language

Etymology work will be due on Friday and students will be having an etymology test every second week.

All three grades will be having a test this Friday.

During our Writer’s Workshop, we will continue and finish our Artist Statements for our Artist in Residence project that we have been working on.  These statements are due on Tuesday at 3:00pm and will accompany the art pieces at the gala on Thursday January 18th.

We will begin listening to the CBC podcast “The World this Hour” (4 minutes) to learn how to pull important information out of a news broadcast.  This skill requires time and we will be spending Tuesday and Thursday afternoons learning how to take notes and listen for important stories.

Culture

Every week we will be studying a new body system.   Students will be required to create a representation or model of each body system.  This week we will begin studying the skeletal system. This could be in the form of a detailed drawing, a pasta model, plasticine and cardboard model, construction paper collage, or an online representation using technology etc.

French

We will continue reading The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.  We will read chapters 4-6  in English and study some of the more famous quotations from those chapters in French.  Through this study, students will be learning common, high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures.

Reminders

Skating

Our first skating day is this Friday, January 12th at 10:30am.  Please remember to bring all your skating gear in a bag that you can easily walk to the rink.

Beaty Biodiversity Museum field trip postponed until February 2nd

If you are able to volunteer to drive students to UBC on the morning of February 2nd, please email me!

I need at least 6 parents to volunteer.

** if you previously volunteered, please check in with me to let me know whether you still can!

Report Cards

Just a reminder that reports will be going home at the end of the month.  Division 3 is participating in the VSB Communicating Student Learning Pilot Project, as announced in the fall of 2017.  Please contact me if you have any questions about the change in format and ways in which we are communicating student learning.

Weekly Work

Math

Math Notebooks will be due for all three grades on Thursday this week.

4s: problem solving will be due on Friday

5s: area and perimeter work will be due on Friday

6s: squaring binomials work will be due on Friday

Language

We will begin studying etymology this term. Etymology is the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

Etymology work will be due on Friday and students will be having an etymology test every second week.

During our Writer’s Workshop, we will begin our Artist Statements for our Artist in Residence project that we have been working on.  These statements will accompany the art pieces at the gala on January 18th.

Culture

One of the features of the biodiversity of living organisms is the vast array of body structures, all adapted in one way or another to their environment.  This includes internal body systems which work together to enable an organism to survive.  Despite their diversity, all mammals have similar internal body systems.  The differences reflect adapatations their habitat and food sources.

Bears are particularly interesting. Their similarities to humans are often featured in popular culture, while their  power and strength are viewed with awe. At the same time, people have encroached on bears’ habitats, creating unfortunate encounters in which the bear usually suffers.

We will start our culture studies by exploring both the cultural significance of the bear and the scientific understandings about anatomy and adaptations.

French

This week we will begin reading The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.  We will read 3 chapters a week in English and then study some of the more famous quotations from those chapters in French.  Through this study, students will be learning common, high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures.

Have a wonderful holiday break! Enjoy your time with family and friends.

I am off to Revelstoke tomorrow evening to meet Steve (who has been skiing and ski touring for the entire week!).  We will be spending most days skiing together and with his family.  I will be thinking of you Division 3 and will see you all in January 2018.

Hi Division 3 families,

Unfortunately, I’ve had to postpone the field trip to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum until a date in January 2018.  I did not want to risk the uncertainty of the weather tomorrow and the lack of snow tires on vehicles.  Thank you so much to the parent volunteer drivers.

Apologies for the inconvenience. Tomorrow morning will be a regular morning with our nature walk, work cycle and PE.

Ms. Langille

Riddle of the week: If a blue house is made out of blue bricks, a yellow house is made out of yellow bricks and a pink house is made out of pink bricks, what is a green house made of?

Reminders

DATES TO REMEMBER

Tuesday December 19: Tyee Winter Concert

Thursday December 21: Field trip to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum.  Field trip forms went home on Friday and should be returned with money as soon as possible.  Thank you parent volunteers for agreeing to shuttle Division 3 up to UBC and back!  It has significantly reduced the cost of the field trip.

Friday December 22: Secret Santa exchange

Weekly Work

Math

Math Notebooks will be due on Thursday this week.

Problem solving will be due on Friday.

Language

Spelling work work will be due on Friday along with our spelling tests.

Culture

Students will continue designing their own animals this week based on our learning of the Animal Kingdom.

Criteria and self-assessment checklist: Design your own animal-Animal Kingdom project grade 456

This culture project will be due on Wednesday December 20th by 3:00pm.

On December 22 we will be reviewing our knowledge of the animal kingdom and adaptations by playing kahoot.

Artist in Residence

Students will continue stitching/folding and will begin planning for the exhibition in January.

Hi families,

We sorted through many of our shoeboxes and donations today… thank you!

We are in need of empty shoeboxes so that we can distribute the many donations we still have.  If you have a shoebox laying around at home or taking up space in your garage, please send it in as soon as possible!

The finished boxes will be delivered December 19th.

Thanks,

Ms. Langille 🙂

Great Ted Talk on having a growth mindset

Video

Riddle of the week: What is next in this sequence: JFMAMJJASON_ ?

Reminders

Shoeboxes

Dear Families,

This year Div. 3, 4 & 7 are supporting the charity, The Shoebox Project for Shelters over the holidays. The charity collects and distributes gifts in the form of Shoeboxes to women who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness in the downtown East Side.

About the Charity:

For women who have been displaced from their homes and estranged from their families, the holidays can be a particularly challenging time. Often, women feel disconnected from society, forgotten and alone. Reducing the feelings of isolation and loneliness faced by women living in shelters is one of the most important outcomes of The Shoebox Project. A shoebox gift is a powerful reminder for a woman that she has not been forgotten and that she remains a valued and respected member of her community.

How to Make a Shoebox:

• You can either make a Shoebox at home, or bring in items and the children will wrap and assemble the Shoeboxes in class. If you make a Shoebox at home don’t wrap the box closed. The charity inspects all items before giving the boxes to the women.
• Each Shoebox must be valued at approximately $50 – see the suggested items!
• Consider lining the Shoeboxes with tissue paper first for a more polished, elegant look
• Don’t overstuff your box; make sure the lid fits on properly and doesn’t pop off
• Avoid including items that are overly delicate to avoid anything getting broken in transit
• Don’t forget to write an inspirational message!

Suggested Items to Include:

• Something warm: socks, mitts, scarf, hat, hand warmers
• Something sweet: nut-free chocolate and candy (not alcohol-filled)
• Cough drops, multivitamins
• Body or hand lotion, soaps, toothbrush, toothpaste, floss
• Brush, comb, shampoo, conditioner
• Nail polish, mascara, eye shadow, lipstick, lip balm
• Purse-sized Kleenex, small cosmetic bag
• Gift cards (Tim Hortons, Shoppers, McDonalds, etc.)

Please write the amount on the card or include the receipt

• Subway tokens and bus tickets
• Journals, colouring books, pens, coloured pencils
• Supportive message

What to Leave Out:

• Used goods
• Hotel Samples
• Sized clothing (i.e. S, M, L, XL)
• Mouthwash containing alcohol
• Candles
• Foundations, concealers
• Hand-sanitizers
• Perfume ** (Check your local chapterfor exceptions)
• Razors
• Jumbo-sized containers
• Books
• Anything opened or not packaged

The deadline for the shoeboxes is December 15^th. Please contact Lia Cuccurullo at  lcuccurullo@vsb.bc.ca if you would like more information. I will be dropping off the shoeboxes the following week.

The website is: http://www.shoeboxproject.com/about.html

Dates to Remember

Friday December 15: Field trip to the Gladstone Dance Show, $2 donation

Tuesday December 19: Tyee Winter Concert

Thursday December 21: Field trip to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum.  Field trip forms went home on Friday and should be returned with money as soon as possible.  Thank you parent volunteers for agreeing to shuttle Division 3 up to UBC and back!  It has significantly reduced the cost of the field trip.

Friday December 22: Secret Santa exchange

Weekly Work

Math

Math Notebooks will not be due on Thursday this week.

The problem solving review will be due on Friday.

Language

Spelling work work will be due on Friday along with our spelling tests.

The final copy of our writer’s workshop persuasive writing assignment will be due on Friday.  Students have been working hard through the writing process!

Culture

Students will continue designing their own animals this week based on our learning of the Animal Kingdom.

Criteria and self-assessment checklist: Design your own animal-Animal Kingdom project grade 456

This culture project will be due on Wednesday December 20th by 3:00pm.

French

Students have been learning holiday and Christmas vocabulary and creating a resource tool that they can use to create a small holiday story.

Artist in Residence

Students will continue stitching/folding and will begin planning for the exhibition in January.

Classroom Community

We have circled back as a community to talk about having a growth mindset and what that actually means.  We watched two great short videos this week about how we can actually train our brain like any other muscle in our body.  We can re-wire our brain and re-train our brain to start a new habit or break a bad habit. Perhaps this can spark some discussion around the dinner table this week!

Neuroplasticity: Video 1

Growing your mind: Video 2