Monday, May 21st
- Victoria Day. No School. Tuesday, May 22nd - KM club - Spelling tests go home Wednesday, May 23rd Thursday, May 24th - PE. Please wear gym shoes - Blues-Berries Performance 1:30-2:30pm Friday, May 25th - Library. Please sent all library books to school today - Spelling Test Have a great weekend Mrs. Vieira
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Monday, May 14th
- New Spelling words go home - PE. Please wear gym shoes Tuesday, May 15th - KM club - Literature Circle Meeting: Silverwing **last meeting** Wednesday, May 16th Thursday, May 17th - PE. Please wear gym shoes - Michael Bortolotto Presentation; 11am-12pm Friday, May 18th - Literature Circle Meeting: The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Charlotte's Web - Library. Please sent all library books to school today - Spelling Test - Final payday for students :`( - Rick Hansen Foundation Presentation: 1pm-2:30pm Have a great weekend Mrs. Vieira This is something I simply HAVE to share.
On Tuesday, we ended our money unit. Students were very happy to hear that they would continue earning a paycheque and shopping in the story but we will be moving on to other units now. But before we did, I asked the students to complete a self-reflection for me. This is the first time I have done this unit and it's important for me to receive feedback with how well the students got the concepts that were the units Big Ideas. I was BLOWN away by how thoughtful and meaningful some of the reflections were and I HAD to share them with you. Here are some of the highlights from the self-reflections: Before starting this unit, my attitude and/or understanding of money was:
My favourite part of the unit was:
My least favourite part of the unit was:
The thing that surprised me the most was:
Give me at least one example of how grew in one of the core competencies:
As you can see, I believe this unit was extremely successful in learning not just how to count, recognize and add money but the key factors in building a strong sense of Financial Literacy: having a deeper understanding of earning, spending and saving money and the factors that go into each of those. I'm so proud of the students and it's been one of my favourite Math units to teach so far. I hope they have enjoyed it as much as I have. Monday, May 7th
- Spirit Day: Star Wars Day * * Class that is the best dressed gets a Menchies Ice Cream party!** - New Spelling words go home - PE. Please wear gym shoes - Inspire Robots Showcase after school in the gym; 3-4pm Tuesday, May 8th - KM club - Literature Circle Meeting: A Bad Case of Robots and Silverwing Wednesday, May 9th Thursday, May 10th - PE. Please wear gym shoes - Early Dismissal for Collaboration @ 1:30pm Friday, May 11th - Literature Circle Meeting: The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Charlotte's Web - Spelling Test - JKE Spring Carnival! 6pm-9pm ** Mrs. Vieira will be in the dunk tank at 7pm so bring your money to try and sink her J ** Have a great long weekend Mrs. Vieira Exciting things happening in Division 14 :) Yesterday, the students got an extra bonus day with Mrs. Vieira as Mrs. Anderson was away. It was a lot of fun teaching Mrs. Anderson's math. The students are doing a Geometry unit and have been learning about polygons. After the students taught Mrs. Vieira what a polygon was, they read a story (The Greedy Triangle), did a scavenger hunt for polygons around the classroom and then got a chance to create their very own Polygon Creature. We developed some criteria and the students were encouraged to be as creative as possible with this project. The resulting creatures were both adorable and terrifying! I was surprised how many of them dined on humans! The students creativity was certainly flowing with this project and they really enjoyed it. Today, the students started another project that they are excited about. In Language Arts/Social Studies, students have been learning about Aboriginal stories. We have read many stories from various Aboriginal cultures and have talked about their defining qualities. What makes an Aboriginal story different from a Fairytale? Students also learned about plot lines and the different parts a story needs to make it interesting and exciting. Now we are practicing writing our own stories. Today, each student in the class wrote down two nouns on a piece of paper. They could be a person, a place or a thing. Then, Mrs. Vieira drew 3 sets of 3 for story inspiration. The students got to chose which set they wanted to work with and were given the instructions that they HAD to include those three nouns in their story. The students were very inspired and excited to write their stories. So excited in fact, that a few asked if they could take it home to keep working on it. So some of your children may be coming home with homework by their own choice! These stories are due Thursday and I can't wait to read them! Keep checking back for more updates on what's happening in Division 14.
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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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