January 31st, 2018

Thank you to everyone who remembered to wear blue or green today for Bell's Let's Talk Day. During Health today the students and I took time out of our day for guided meditation. In our class, we actually begin each day with a mindfulness activity. This is a daily practice for us. However, these are usually very short. Some days we need a little bit more. Remember, most of our guided meditations are available on our Grade 4 or Grade 5 Health page. There is a mindfulness playlist. Try them out at home when you need to find a moment of calm or come back to the present moment. I keep promising students I will add our daily practices to this playlist but I haven't recorded them yet, sorry! 

Thank you, also, to everyone who came prepared to give their Book Talk today. I love Book Talk days! It is so amazing listening to students talk about what they have been reading. You come away with a list of books that you would like to read next. I especially love seeing students trade or loan books to one another after Book Talk. Keep it up Grade 4 and Grade 5. You are amazing. We will have one more Book Talk in February before moving on to Book Clubs in March. 

Agenda
Language Arts:
- Read 20 minutes
- Spelling Test (February 1st)

Math:
- Multiplication Fact Practice (8x, 9x)
- Grade 4: 
- Grade 5: 

Science:
- Classroom Science Fair (March 7th)
- School Science Fair (March 14th)

Health:
- PEAK (Wednesday)

Other:
- Tech & Trades: Grades 4-6, Mondays, 3:15-4:15 pm
- Choir: Grades 3/4, Tuesdays, 3:15-4:15 pm
- Guitar Club: Grades 5/6, Thursdays, 3:15-4:15 pm
- Girls Basketball: Grades 5/6, Mondays/Thursdays, 3:15-4:15 pm
- Boys Basketball: Grades 5/6, Tuesdays, 3:15-4:15 pm
- Cooking Club: Grades 3/4, Mondays, 3:15-4:00 pm
​- Sharpen the Saw Club: Grades 5/6, Wednesdays, 3:15-4:15 pm
- CG Recyclers: Grades 4-6, Day 2, Lunch/Recess
- Chess Club: Grades 4-6, Day 3, Lunch Recess
- Hot Lunches, order at christinagordon.hotlunches.net 
- Reward Day: Snow Painting, Thursday, February 1st