Room 8 Blog

Hello families, This week we prepared some work for parent-teacher conferences. Students completed their good copies of their Best Part of Me writing. Congrats to Room 8 for finishing their first Writer's Workshop this year! I am so impressed with our class's writing stamina. We are already up to 10 minutes which is amazing!

  Our Book Fair has started. The link below is active.     We are pleased to be hosting a hybrid  ( In-School and Virtual)  Scholastic Book.     Each class will get an opportunity to visit the Book Fair on either Monday, November 21st or Tuesday, November 22 nd .    Your child made a Wishlist that was sent home on Monday. If you would like to purchase anything from your child’s wish list you can choose to do so using any of the three methods listed below.      Purchase Options:    ·          Cash sent in with your child and initialed wish list    o     Initial next to the items you would like to purchase and send in exact cash    o     Please note, that in-school purchases already include GST   o     Cash orders need to be sent in by Thursday, November 24 th   ·      ...

Hello families, This week we honoured Métis Week  through "Rock Your Mocs" day on Tuesday as well as continuing our learning about the Four Sacred Medicines. As a class we took part in a sage smudge and discussed how smudging can help clear negative energy and encourage healing. After we read Becoming a Good Creature  by Sy Montgomery and discussed how we can learn so much from observing nature.

Hello families, This week we focused on preparing for our Remembrance Day Assembly.  We worked with our buddies to make meaningful thank you statements for Veterans, explored the different kids of poppies around the world, and began to gain a deeper understanding of what peace means to us and what that looks like in our classroom, country, and world.  During our assembly room 7 and 8 were incredibly respectful and responsible. Excellent work! Thursday afternoon we walked to MOMMs pet store to deliver the pet donations from our LBS community. Thank you to everyone who donated, it was really nice to see the kids excited about this initiative! The store staff were so pleased and shared that the Veterans Food bank were very appreciative when they picked them up. We are incredibly proud of our students for getting involved in the community and making change.   The Royal Canadian Legion has created a mobile website that allows you to scan your poppy and read stories o...

MOMMS Pet Food Drive To support Veterans and their dogs, our community pet store is collecting donations. These items will help support the pets that bring so much comfort and happiness to those who have served our country. Please send any donations to school with your child, on or before November 10th. They will be dropped off by Room 7 and 8. See the information below for donation details.  

Hello families, This week we welcomed the snow with open gloves! It was great to see students coming to school dressed for the weather and excited to play outside. Students are working on taking care of their belongings and ensuring they are placed safe in their backpack or on their coat hook when inside.