I hope you all were able to enjoy a great long weekend last weekend. We had a Remembrance Day Ceremony at school last Thursday. There were a lot of parents there, but if you weren't able to attend, I wanted you to be able to see the banner that Mrs. Teague put together with the kid's artwork - it was beautiful! It looked so lovely hanging in the gym with banners from other classes. I meant to snap a picture of it that day, but forgot! I rehung it quickly on our wall so you'd be able to see it. The kids should be proud of this!
A reminder that the kids have Library on Thursday mornings. Please help them to remember to bring their library books in the book bags that day so they are able to take out new books each week!
Hopefully you noticed that the kids came home with a lot of homework today :) The Second Step worksheet shouldn't take them long. They can return this to me next Thursday.
I'm very excited about the map assignment! We spent a lot of time talking about it today and I hope they are as excited to map their rooms as I am to see the finished products. I showed them an example I made (I mapped my daughter's room) and told them I'd post a picture of it here for them to look at if they needed help or ideas.
The project instruction sheet goes over what is required on the map - title, legend, symbols, compass, labels. They know it should be a "birds eye view". We spent a great deal of time also talking about what it means to make it neat. They should use a ruler to make straight lines. They should do the map in pencil first, but can outline it with a fineliner when it is ready. They can use pencil crayons or crayons to colour it - please no felts. They should use their very best printing! This is due NEXT Thursday. Oh - I also told them it is much easier to map a tidy room - so hopefully you'll have some clean bedrooms this weekend too ;)
Have a great weekend!
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