Thursday December 17, 2020

 Thursday December, 17, 2020

We had a wonderful last school day of 2020 in our class today! It was calm as we worked on some poinsettia water colour art with Mr. Kelly and the results were stunning.  We loved how each student created something original and that reflected their unique way of looking at things!

We had fun in PE with Mr. Der doing some seasonal Just Dance moves to warm up and then playing a Santa Sleigh relay game.

In the afternoon we worked on our visual journals and adding in our cinquain poems to our art from The Wild Robot.  Later we watched a movie and enjoyed a snack together.

Thank you everyone for a great day!  Thank you as well to everyone who send lovely gifts and cards.  Mr. Kelly and Mrs. Zwack appreciate your kind words and generosity.

If your child was away yesterday and/or today and you would like to come and pick up anything tomorrow before 11:30 please email and let us know!

Please Read the information below.  It has also been sent via email!

See you in 2021!

Dear Kindness Grade 3 and 4 Parents,

 

We are sure that everyone is ready for a break and some rest and family time.  We thank you all so much for the amazing support you have given over these past few challenging months.  As we prepare for the upcoming break and for the week of online learning from Jan. 5 to 8^th, we would like to share the following:

 

Each student will bring home a green duo-tang today.  Please put this in a safe place!  All schoolwork completed at home will go into the pages of this duo-tang and will be returned with your child for assessment the following Monday.  

 

Inside the front cover of the duo tang are your student’s CBE ID number, their google account, and the password that works for both Iris and Google.  

 

Mr. Kelly’s Google Meet code will always be kindck

 

Mrs. Zwack’s Google Meet Code will always be kindaz

 

We will send a schedule for our team meeting times home once it is finalized.  This is a general idea:

	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:30 - 9:00 AM	Soft Start/Ignite
9:00 - 10:15 AM	Block 1	Literacy	Literacy	Literacy	Literacy
		Literacy	Literacy	Literacy	Math
10:15 - 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 - 11:15 AM	Block 2	Math	Math	Math	Art
		Math	Music	Music	Gratitude
11:15 - 12:10 PM	Lunch
12:10 - 1:25 PM	Block 3	PE	PE	PE
		MIndful - Draw	Mindful - Draw	Mindful  - Draw
1:25 - 1:40 PM	Break
1:40 - 2:25 PM	Block 4	Inquiry	Inquiry	Inquiry
		Read Aloud	Read Aloud	Read Aloud
2:25 - 3:05 PM	Soft Exit	Soft Exit	Soft Exit

 

 

 

 

There was an email sent from the office that also outlines expectations regarding technology and participation/assignment completion.  

 

All students should be able to get into the Google Classroom that we set up and practiced going into in October.  They sign in to their Google account and then click into the 

“Kelly Zwack Kindness” classroom.   This is for both groups!

https://classroom.google.com/c/MTU1Njk2OTU4Nzk2

 

Epic Books will be available during the day over the holidays and during the week of online learning.  The class code is gyi2321

 

We encourage you to have your child practice signing in to their g-mail and to the google classroom and google meet over the holiday to ensure everything will work for them on Tuesday Jan. 5.  If you have any issues we can assist on Jan 4 but will be teaching right away and most of the day on the 5^th so will not be able to troubleshoot at that time.

 

We have entered a few math items into Google Classroom where your child can have fun practicing basic addition and subtraction facts over the holidays.  We have been working hard on this at school and it would be a great way to review as well as helping practice connecting in the google classroom.  

 

Please check your email on Sunday Jan. 3 just in case we have extra information to share before we start on the 5^th!

 

Happy and safe holidays to everyone!                   Mr. Kelly and Mrs. Zwack