Mrs. Sunday's 4/5s

December 15: Due to the current weather conditions, all @STSWR transportation is CANCELLED. All #WRDSB schools are OPEN. Extended Day Programs and Child Care Centres located in our schools are OPERATING. @WCSSAA games and competitions are cancelled today.

Baking our sourdough this week and making a delicious vegetable lentil soup to share as part of our healthy eating/properties of matter learning. Students should bring a cup/bowl and spoon for Thursday. More info via School-day. 🍜🍞

2 -World Cup -what if you got lost? -fears -injuries or scars -kid businesses -if the school had a cat -what you are reading -future me -fave season -can't live without -sticky things, crunchy things

Update. Some student gen. topics so far: - class pet suggestions - principal for a day -flavour combos (good and bad) -things you do online -the healthiest/unhealthiest meal ever -life lessons -what bugs you -if you were mayor -if you were a YTuber -things your parents tell you

Brilliant student idea today in class meeting. Each morning we're journal writing and I usually supply the prompts and sentence stems. We'll be starting a prompt jar for students to contribute prompts and randomly selecting one each morning. :>

We’re encouraging you to make an impact with our Five Dollar Friday campaign every Friday for the next 7 weeks. $5 can feed 2 students in #waterlooregion – every dollar donated can make a BIG impact for children and youth. nutritionforlearning.ca/donations/ #studentnutrition

Sourdough starter is starting to do its thing. #solidsliquidsgases.

Very important classroom meeting topic: naming our resident cactus. Spiky it is!

Great opportunity for civic engagement families! Consider filling out the survey together to reinforce our government learning while making our region more bike friendly.

@N8ureNate @silwrdsb @wrdsb @nikkirob123 @outdoor_ed @OwlAssoc What a magical classroom.

1/3 Today we explored goldenrod gallfly galls in this meadow with @silwrdsb students. Tomorrow we’ll discuss White Pine (prominent centre) as the Tree of the Great Peace, appropriately timed for #TreatiesRecognitionWeek & #RememberanceDay. The Evergrowing Tree wampum predates…

Feedback helps us improve. Getting student input is a priority for WRDSB. Here's more info on the WRDSB 4-6 student survey and a link for families who wish to opt out. waterlooregional.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0S…

To make sure our schools are safe, caring and inclusive to everyone, we will be asking all students in Grades 4 to 12 to complete our Safe, Caring and Inclusive School Survey between November 14-25. Find out more about this survey in our web post. wrdsb.social/3Up0WOc

Voted by internet and it was a piece of cake! My school board trustee pick understands that public school teachers teach the Ontario curriculum, that we work in partnership with parents to help children develop critical thinking skills and that all children belong in our schools.

Rumour has it, we're down to the last few chocolate bars for our parent council fundraiser! Well done Cardinals.

Parents, we're phasing out Twitter and bringing in a monthly student news team to keep you informed. Our first issue will drop in November.

Bus evacuation safety training today. Ask your student how to stay safe both in day-to-day bus riding, and in tricky situations.

#studentvote is fast approaching. P3 students will be participating in this youth version of the local municipal election. Today we'll dig deep into 2-tier governments and take a look at our ward 6 candidates.

Grade 4s and 5s have been practicing writing daily in their journals. We're working on lots of individual writing goals-- from adding end punctuation, using more description, focusing on our work, and writing longer, more complex sentences. You've got this P3!

A big welcome to Miss Wilhelm, a teacher candidate in her first year at Laurier. We're excited to teach her the ropes and learn from her from now until the winter break. Thanks for welcoming her!

In gym, we're working on throwing and catching games. Yesterday we played "5 for 1" to practice throwing and catching while moving + collaboration in sport. Next week we'll try our hands at European handball. ⚽️🏀⚾️🥎🎾🏐🤾‍♀️