Student of the Month-Congratulations to Leo and Kinaya for being selected for November's Student of the Month. You both showed committment to your learning and being inclusive leaders in our WE classroom.

Monday November 23, 2009 is our second trip to Wychwood Barns. Please dress appropriately for the weather. All volunteer helpers please arrive at school at 1:00 pm.

Vow of Silence: I am so proud of the students in Room 206 and showing a commitment to global action by being silent today and showing solidarity. Great Work! Remember that today McMurrich Student's showed that They were loud, strong and silent.

Media Literacy- to get prepared for the Vow of Silence students learned about the different areas of the media triangle. During the weekend, look closely at advertisements either on tv or in the newspaper. How do they promote there product?

Science- disucss with your parents the elements of the water cycle

Math- discuss the concept of time- identify when you have dinner, go to extra curricular, bedtime or family time. Big ideas is to identify time to the 1/4 hour, 1/2 hour and hour and how they are equivalent to one another 1 hour = 60 minutes, 1/2 hour = 30 minutes

Visual Arts- Today in class we learned about two elements of design an artist may use when creating a piece of work. Try to find these two elements (colour and lines) in art pieces at home or in the community and discuss how the artist may have used these two elements to convey an effectively message.

Science- Try to find examples of the water cycle at home and in the community

No school tomorrow.....have a fantastic weekend!!!!

Yellow Homework Binders should be handed in on time on Monday.

Weekly Poems- Please discuss when reading with your child the following:

Litte Poppy- What is the significance of wearing a poppy in Canada?

Wish Fish- Describe a wish that you have and how you can make it come true?

Congratulations to all the students in Room 209 on today's performance at the Remembrance Day Assembly. Your interpretation of peace was well thought out and meaningful

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Remembrance Day-We have been working on the concept of Remembrance Day and using Drama and Dance to interpret the meaning of Peace. We will be performing at the Remembrance Day Ceremony on Wednesday November 11, 2009 at 10:30 please join us at 10:15.

Apple Crisp- Congratulations Room 206 on becoming a baker today. We learned how language and math are integrated into cooking. The importance of working as a team, being organized, measuring and having all ingredients necessary. Thank you to all families for helping out by sending apples to school.

Engineer Meagan came by today for her first visit to talk about Bio dome and how it relates to the water cycle. We are excited about creating our very own bio domes in class and watching the water cycle in action.

High Park- Room 206 are "Nuts about seeds." Despite all the rain we had a fun filled day of learning. Thank you to John and Saima for volunteering on our trip.

Halloween Treats- It is very important to maintain a healthy lifestyle to be productive during the school day. If you choose to send candy to school with your child please ensure that it is a nut free product. Also, we would appreciate students bringing no more than ONE candy or chocolate or chip snack to school a day.

Math-Thank you to Mr Chamale our Math Coach for visiting our class today and working on the concept of place value and skip counting.

Language- Today in language I introduced the concept of peace and the positive and negative attributes. Also we learned how to alphabetically order words with the same letter.