Mr. Pressey

Friday February 28 We had so many great animal presentations today.

Wednesday February 26th Dear Parents/Guardians, On Monday, March 2, O.S. Geiger will be hosting  Le Bûcheron (Lumberjack).  He will be teaching our students about Canadian traditions and cultural diversity through stories, music, spoons and dance. Our Grade 4 – 6 students will learn some traditional French-Canadian dances and spoons. These students will then present these dances and music during a school-wide presentation at 11:00 a.m. In the afternoon, students will learn about the maple syrup making process and its’ historical roots with Indigenous peoples who then shared this skill with the early settlers. Students will also make a maple syrup treat called maple taffy. This is heated maple syrup poured on crushed ice and then students will roll their popsicle stick on the maple syrup creating a maple taffy treat! If you have any questions or concerns about these events or if your child has food allergies to maple syrup, please contact either Ms. Peltier, Mrs. Murphy o

January 26-30 Just a reminder to all of the parents that Monday will be the last day to submit Scholastic Reading orders. In Math we explored several areas. We looked at reading graphs. We explored some problem solving that involved unknowns and used our understanding of these to create our own problems. We also learned more about what equal means. We continued to develop our mental subtraction strategies and developed our spatial vocabulary and visualization skills during our Quickdraw activity. During our Science activity we continued to explore the animal classes. Some students have completed their investigations and are now developing slide show presentations explaining their learnings. Please remember that Friday is our It's a Crime Not to Read pizza party at the Saddletown Library. Here are some of the mammal drawings that students have done, including some of the research facts that they have discovered about mammals.