A very short week ... but a long post!

Well another "inclement" weather day came upon us (maybe that could be a dinner dazzle word!)

Today we reviewed terms in science about light and sound by making our own wordsearches.
In math, we worked on our numberation skills playing math games. Tomorrow there probably will be homework sent home for everyone though about adding and subtracting decimals. (just a heads up!)
In the afternoon, we had the Grade 2 class join us as we watched "Horton Hears A Who!" I had never seen it before and I highly recommend it!
Here, try out the following activity from "Seussville" about making your own story:
http://www.seussville.com/games_hb/storymaker/story_maker.html

Also, for philosophical parents, you can generate at home discussion about the movie from the site below:
http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/wiki/Horton_Hears_a_Who

Since Friday is a P.A. Day, I would still like to have our science quiz tomorrow. It has a lot of fill in the blank type questions, so I think that everyone will be able to give it a good try. I just want to see where we are with our knowledge of light and sound before we move on.

Health posters are due tomorrow as well.

On a different note, I hope that everyone enjoyed Unique Me day yesterday as well as the Recycle Rock. It was a fun day and I'm glad everyone was able to show off their spirit and uniqueness.
During our character education assembly, I was awarded with the "Green Teacher Award" - I always use reusable containers for my water and lunch and we have done a few projects in class that involve using recycled materials.

Our class is doing a better job of keeping waste and recycling where they belong. I have some really great helpers who are checking the garbage for recyclable materials and the recycling for garbage who are earing "caught being green" awards. Our goal is to get the Green Classroom Award next month! The arrival of our new waterbottles should help with that. They are being sent home with a note and should be washed with soap and water before use (no dishwasher). Everyone is encouraged to put their names on the bottom and use them as much as they can instead of plastic water bottles. I hope to organize some litterless lunches in the near future as well.

Think of the wastes involves with plastic water bottle use.

• The waste in the manufacturing process for plastic water bottles (energy, transportation, etc).
• The waste in the bottling process (energy, water, transportation).
• The potential health risk of chemical leaching into the water the detrimental effect on landfill sites and recycling programs.
• The high rate of uncaptured plastic water bottles

Below is a link that hopfully encourages everyone to use their new water bottles!
http://www.greenlivingonline.com/article/get-rid-plastic-water-bottles