September has almost come to a close and 4D has been a busy
place. We’ve got the beginning of the year jitters out and most of the
paperwork is in so we’ve been getting down to business. Friday was the Terry
Fox run and we did some research about his life before hitting the pavement
with the school.
Other highlights of the last couple of weeks included our
discussion about citizenship and what aspects of life should be rights and
which should be privileges. The discussion was heated and it was fantastic for
me to see how opinionated and responsive the students can be. I’m excited to
see what topics we will get into throughout the year.
Another highlight was an estimation lesson, “Combien de
courges?” Ask your child to explain what this entailed and test their
estimation skills next time you have a bag of potatoes. I’ve never seen nine
year olds get so excited about squash!
A feature of 4D is our window. Here’s ‘la fenêtre’ from
September. The bulletin board is student directed and is meant to be a creative
space to wonder what we might see outside if we had a real window to the
outdoors!
I hope you are enjoying the blog so far. I encourage you to
take a look at the other pages as I will be updating all of them throughout the
year.
