Week of January 9th - January 13th

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 Hello families,

Happy Friday the 13th! It has been a great week back with the kids, I hope they have been excited as well. 

This week we jumped back into Ancient Athens and wrapped up our first unit studying a historical model of democracy. We ended the unit with a bang with our first debate. Debating is a great way to see their confidence in the material as well as their ability to express their opinions and facts mixing in ELA into their Social Studies assignment. They had to spend time collaborating and researching and we are making progress on our ability to take jot notes and summarize important information. They did great and I hope they take what they have learned into our next debate in the second term. 

In Math the 5's explored measurement and perimeter while the 6's were challenged with problem solving questions that incorporated different skills we have learned this year. As the classes start to go to Open Minds next week, we will have an opportunity to mix our 5's and 6's together again and work through geometry as a whole class. 

Speaking of Open Minds... THANK YOU we have three volunteers added to our list this week!! Unfortunately due to police checks I may be losing two volunteers as well (Monday and Tuesday are looking to be at risk of having too little). Again I ask if you are able and are already cleared to volunteer (police checks won't come in in time if submitted this week) it would be amazing to have you join us! 

If you hear the desperation in my voice and think you can swing a Monday or Tuesday (and are already cleared to volunteer), signing up would be amazing!! 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EABAD2FA5FDC43-arts

Have a wonderful weekend!

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