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Friday December 13

It's Friday! Today was a very busy day . . . in fact the time got away from us as a class. We were so focused on what we were doing that we forgot to head down to the grade 4 celebration of learning. We have since sent a letter of apology to the students in grade 4 and have offered to have some share with us on Monday (if they are still interested). SORRY GRADE 4'S!

What we were busy doing today was celebrating Ms. McCurdys last day with us. Along with Miss. Bowers (the other grade 3 student teacher) they created a building challenge for the students using the elastics from Beakerhead. We combined all three class together, randomly put kids together in groups of three and watched them create some amazing creations using only popsicle sticks, elastics, plastic spoons and pompoms. They were to create a launcher that launched a pompom the furthest. Students had time to plan, then create and then test their designs. Many tried to incorporate strong shapes into their designs. See the pictures below.











Reminders
Tuesday - Field study to the Glenbow Museum
See Mr. Emery's weekly reminders to see the daily festive spirit days
Wednesday am - students in room 7 will be doing their talent show
Thursday pm- Choir will be singing and our displays will be put out for parents to view prior to carolling

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