Today was an exciting day: not only was it payday but it was Jump Rope for Heart! We were very lucky to skip first thing in the morning before it got too hot. Our class did a great job skipping with their little buddies. They were such wonderful leaders and role models and they kept great energy all the way until the end. And here is the Week at a Glance for April 30th - May 4th Monday, April 30th - New Spelling words go home - PE. Please wear gym shoes Tuesday, May 1st - KM club - Literature Circle Meeting: A Bad Case of Robots and Silverwing Wednesday, May 2nd Thursday, May 3rd - PE. Please wear gym shoes - Literature Circle Meeting: The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Charlotte's Web - Spelling Test Friday, April 27th - Pro D Day. No school for students. Have a great weekend Mrs. Vieira
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Monday, April 23rd
- No spelling test this week due to end of week activities - PE. Please wear gym shoes Tuesday, April 24th - KM club - Literature Circle Meeting: A Bad Case of Robots and Silverwing Wednesday, April 25th Thursday, April 26th - Municipal Awareness Day Field Trip (am) Friday, April 27th - Jump Rope for Heart Day!
- Literature Circle Meeting: The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Charlotte's Web - Payday! - Fire Drill @ 1pm Have a great week Mrs. Vieira We have been having an amazing time with our money unit in school. Of course, students are LOVING their paycheques and shopping at the store, but they are also really enjoying the discussion and activities we have been doing around earning, saving, and spending. This week, we have been focusing on spending habits. It's very interesting to watch the students different reactions after they have been paid. Some spend their paycheques as soon as the money is in their hands. Some, spend a little and save the rest. Very few save their entire paycheques. On Tuesday, we discussed the idea of spending habits and the term "living paycheque to paycheque". We put up this scale and had the students self-identify where they felt they fell on the scale. Then we had a great discussion about wants vs. needs and how adults need to balance their wants and needs in the real-world. Student then got to practice it themselves with an art collage activity. Then today, students learned an important but not so pleasant lesson about the downside of living paycheque to paycheque. After our lesson, students were introduced to the scenario of a special event coming up in their lives; something that cost money but occurs between paycheques. They want to participate but if they have spent all their money, they won't get to participate because they can't afford it. So when the students were told that for the rest of class they could play Prodigy but only if they could pay $10 for the privilege, some students were pretty upset to find out they didn't have enough money. Some creative solutions were suggested (e.g. returning items to the store for a refund, borrowing money from a friend, etc) but ultimately, those things were not allowed because I really wanted them to understand the lesson behind this activity: living paycheque to paycheque is not always a wise thing to do. Plus, borrowing money is a dangerous habit to start. There were many disappointed faces and a few tears but I feel the message of the lesson really sank home and I have a feeling some students might be changing some of their spending habits after payday next week.
I encourage you to have a conversation about this activity with your child. What message did they take away from the lesson? What are your own spending habits like? Are they similar or different from your child? The earlier we speak to children about money and spending habits, the better. Have a great day Mrs. Vieira Monday, April 16th - New spelling list goes home - Wheelchair basketball starts and runs all week. Please wear gym shoes Tuesday, April 17th - KM club - Literature Circle Meeting: A Bad Case of Robots and Silverwing Wednesday, April 18th Thursday, April 19th - PE. Please wear gym shoes Friday, April 20th - Spelling Test - Library. Please bring all library books back to school - Literature Circle Meeting: The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Charlotte's Web - Scholastic Order due Have a great week Mrs. Vieira Thank to to everyone who was able to send their child to school wearing either a jersey or green and yellow. The support is amazing to see. We did have a discussion in class about the tragedy and watched the video Tom Cochrane made of his tribute song for the Humboldt team. You can find it HERE. Some emotions came out during the video and discussion and we talked about how it was alright to feel whatever emotion they were feeling at the moment and to not be afraid to talk to an adult or someone they trust about how they are feeling. We talked about all the different ways people are handling their emotions, such as leaving the hockey sticks outside, donating to the GoFundMe page or organizing events such as Jersey Day. Your child may have questions or concerns about the Humboldt tragedy and that's ok. Feel free to have whatever conversation you feel is appropriate with them. In other news, students received their new literature circle books today. Most are excited. A few......are not. :) There are 4 books we are reading this term: Charlottes Web, A Bad Case of Robots, The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Silverwing. More information about meeting dates and expectations can be found HERE. Also, on Tuesday we completed an amazing art project inspired by Roy Henry Vicker's artwork in the book "The Elders are Watching". Click HERE to check them out. They turned out AMAZING! Have a great rest of your week, Mrs. Vieira It seems I'm a little slow getting back into the swing of things! I've completely forgotten about updating the blog and sending out the Week at a Glance! My apologies. Please find attached the Week at a Glance
Wednesday, April 11th - Field trip forms for Municipal Day at TOL due today - No Spelling Words this week Thursday, April 12th - PE. Please wear gym shoes - Wear a Jersey in support of the Humbolt Broncos - Library. Please bring all library books back to school (different this week due to Heritage Fair) Friday, April 13th - Payday for students - Early Dismissal for Collaboration @ 1:30pm Have a great rest of your week. Mrs. Vieira |
All about Mrs. VieiraI'm new to JKE and new to the school district but I've been a teacher in B.C. since 2008. I love art, animals and my family, which includes my daughter who is 1 year old. Archives
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