SMY Calm-Ins

This morning we gathered in the gym to talk about how keeping our minds healthy and calm is essential for learning.Tomorrow will be the first day of our Calm-In school wide initiative. Calming music will be played every morning on the intercom (inter-calm as Nyah pointed out) to help the students start their day peacefully.

We'll Huff and We'll Puff...

Today we discovered that structures become more stable when weight is added to their bases. We filled the base of one cylinder with pennies and soon felt like the Big Bad Wolf when he encountered the pig's brick house! 

Geometric Relationships!

Today we had fun creating with 2-D shapes and discovering the relationships between shapes...3 rhombuses can make a hexagon! A rhombus and a triangle can make a trapezoid! Lots of different combinations.It was an extension of the turtle making activity some of the kids did last week during Thursday's Snow Day!

Week at a Glance!

Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we will have a full week of learning this week with all the 3W students! We will keep the same word wall words for another week! Looking forward to seeing everyone in the morning!

Snow Day Fun!

The fluffy snow made for some serious outdoor fun today! 

Week at a Glance

Ottawa 67's Visit!

We enjoyed an inspiring visit from the Ottawa 67's today. They shared the importance of teamwork and perseverance in achieving goals!

Read and Black Spirit Day!

Tomorrow afternoon, a few players from the Ottawa 67's Hockey Team will be visiting our school and speaking to the students about bullying prevention. Students are encouraged to wear red and black to support our hometown team!

Métis Jig!

The students enjoyed learning how to dance a Métis Jig this morning with Brad Lafortune!

Library Time!

Alivia, Junior and Lakota enjoyed a story together during our weekly library time!

Characteristics of Different Shapes

Over the past week, we have been exploring symmetry, types of angles (acute, right, obtuse) and types of lines (intersecting, perpendicular, parallel) during our geometry lessons. Today, pairs were given a shape and asked to discover and record its characteristics. Tomorrow they will present their findings to the rest of the class.

Week at a Glance

What's Your Word for 2019?

This week, the students chose a word goal for themselves for 2019! Each student thoughtfully chose a word to help them focus on an area of their lives in which they want to improve or grow. Once they chose their word, students explained the reasons for their word choice, and provided action steps on how they will work toward their goal!

Let Me Out!

A group of early finishers built this amazing rectangular prism this morning then decided to lock poor Davio in - as in Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200! Nothing could stop Davio's strength and willpower and he broke free!

We Got the Rhythm!

Today during Music, we talked about the difference between beat (steady) and rhythm (changes). The students experimented creating and echoing a variety of rhythms using drums made by previous SMY students. The picture below shows Emily trying to figure out which student is leading the other students to change the rhythm on their drums.Tomorrow, the students will learn the value of quarter, half and eighth notes and use this knowledge to read a variety of rhythms

Week at a Glance

I hope all families had a wonderful Christmas Break! I am SO excited to be reunited with the students tomorrow morning and to hear their many tales from the holidays! Below is the Week at a Glance - I will be including a Weekly Precept -  the hope is that these precepts generate some thoughtful discussions in class and help us be the best versions of ourselves for the new year!