April 18th, 2017

Welcome back! Today we were fortunate enough to take part in the "Money Matters" from Junior Achievement thanks to some volunteers from RBC as well as Suncor. This presentation is about teaching students how to earn and manage their own money from a young age and is meant to encourage students to be entrepreneurs as well as smart consumers. Today students explored creating their own businesses (eg. walking dogs, mowing lawns), considered the costs, how they would price their business, etc. and kept track of their deposits and withdrawals as part of some fun board games. You can learn more about Junior Achievement at http://www.janorthalberta.org/.

We also welcomed Ms. Proudfoot to our class today! She is a student teacher from the University of Victoria that will be working in our classroom for the next 6 weeks. I know we are all going to work hard to make sure that she feels welcome at Christina Gordon School and that that she learns a lot that she can use to further her education in the teaching profession. 

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Poetry Project (May 2nd)

Math:
- Practice 5x, 10x, 7x, or 11x tables
- pgs. 102 #1-8, 106 #1-6

Health:
- PEAK Basketball (Thursday) 
- Canada Games Class Code: e14812 (see links)

Science:
- WBRSF (April 29th @ Shell Place at MacDonald Island)
- Inventor and Innovator Fair (April 22nd @ Timberlea School gymnasium)

Tech & Trades Academy - Mondays, Tuesdays (3:00-4:00 pm)
Grade 5/6 Guitar Club - Thursdays (2:45-3:45 pm)
CG Recyclers - Day 1 (lunch recess) and Day 4 (lunch)
Snack Shack - Friday ($2) 
Yearbooks - On Sale Now (see poster below)  
CG Registration Forms - due ASAP
Growing Smiles Fundraisers - due April 26th
Multicultural Family Night - April 27th (see poster below) 
Flash Mob - Saturday, April 22nd (see poster below)