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Day: April 14, 2014

This Hour Has 24 Minutes

This Hour Has 24 Minutes

Well, not really but it is a short week. And I wanted to pass on a slew of news and exciting events here in Grade 4!

First of all, a couple of reminders:

  • No Spelling or Memory Verse: As it is a short week, there will be no spelling list or memory verse for this week.
  • Beach Day: Students are going to the beach tomorrow (in our imagination anyway). Students can come to school in appropriate beach apparel. No bikinis or spaghetti straps. If students do not want to dress up that is fine; they can just wear their uniforms tomorrow. It is also most likely going to rain tomorrow. So students should also bring something warm to wear on top just in case.
  • Jeans Day: On Weds, Highroad is once again doing a fundraiser for BC Children’s Hospital. Students can donate $5 to wear jeans. Students can pay their $5 at the office to receive their button. If students are not wanting to donate, they can wear their uniforms as usual.
  • Fencing: Students will need to bring pants for tomorrow to wear for fencing. They can bring their pants in their bags and change into them for gym. More about fencing below.

About a week ago, the Intermediates received a class set of Chromebooks to use. We are very excited about the Chromebooks! If you do not know what a Chromebook is, here is a little video describing them:

Basically, Chromebooks are a very affordable computer that allows us to have the power of a laptop with the power of the internet. Students will be using the Chromebooks as often as possible for their school work. The students have already been using them and have really enjoyed the ease of use and how fast they are. Just today, we had students talking about traits of good writing. I posed a question to the students on what they thought made a piece of writing good. Students used the website, Mentimeter, to submit their thoughts. Using the site, we could display all the student’s ideas immediately in one place as students submitted their answers. It was a lot of fun and students were incredibly engaged. We also used them today to do some work on computer programming skills. Here are some pictures of students at work (click on the picture to see a larger view):

Today we also started fencing. No, we didn’t build fences around the school! Instead students got to meet an actual competitive fencer and learn some moves with modified safety swords. Students learned some preliminary moves and lunges, then had some fun practicing their lunges with practice swords. We also played some games with foam swords, playing a modified “Capture the Flag” style game. We had lots of fun. We have two more sessions for Fencing, with another session tomorrow and one on Thursday where students will get to use actual fencing equipment and foils. They are completely safe to use. The swords do not have sharp edges and with the equipment, students should be completely safe and have lots of fun. Here are some pictures of our first day!

 

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