GMS Achievers Assembly

On Wednesday we had our monthly achievers assembly. Our virtue for the month of April was fairness. We have been talking about what fairness looks like and sounds like. At the end of the month, our class chose two students who they thought demonstrated fairness. The winners of this month's virtue award goes to Khadija and Zaid! Congratulations!

Daily 5 Assembly
On Tuesday we teamed up with the primary classes for Daily 5 in the gym! The students in our class were great leaders and read with the Grade 1/2 students.

Happy Blogging!
Our blog has really taken off over the last 2 weeks! The class is having so much fun reading, writing and commenting on eachother's blog posts. I'm so happy to see such excitement about writing and I'm so proud of how positive and encouraging the kids are in the comments they leave! We have also added "blogging" as one of our daily 5 rounds this week! If you wish to check out your child's blog page and comment on their writing, please sign in as a guest using the password "noexcuses".  The blog is a great way for students to develop their writing at home!

Writing with Phenomenal Words
This week we have started a "Phenomenal Word Jar" to help expand our vocabulary.  During Daily 5, students can add any interesting words they come across in their reading by writing the word and definition out on a post it note and placing it "in the jar". We are encouraging each other to use phenomenal words during their work on writing. The jar has been bursting with interesting words - I have a feeling we will need to get a bigger "jar" soon!

Important Dates:
Friday, May 16: PD Day - No School
Monday, May 19: Victoria Day - No School