Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Robotics Competition Day - Wed. Feb. 13

An instructor from Robotics Manitoba will be instructing students on how to build their own robot. Students need to have their robot design ready for Friday . Many of the materials will be supplied such as motors, base, batteries, etc. Students have already assembled their own remote.

Students will test their robots in a variety of competitions against their peers.

I Love to Read Month Starts Feb.1

This Friday, Feb. 1 is snuggle up with a book day which means wear your P.J.s

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Winter Activity Day Feb.22 at Bittersweet

Winter Activity Day is approaching quickly.

Snowshoeing and X-Country skiing.
Appropriate clothing is very important.

We will have hot dogs and hot chocolate.   

Regular bus times.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

ELA

Students are currently making a booklet/scroll/poster/scrapbook of Ancient Greece.


We will be using history "Ancient Greece" to increase vocabulary , enhance creative writing and build critical thinking skills. Mythology will be used as a vehicle to decipher difficult text.

Spelling City will be used for weekly vocabulary and spelling words from the novel "I Am David" and stories based on ancient Greek mythology.

Monday, January 7, 2013

I Am David

We will be reading a novel called I Am David which details the life of a twelve year old boy in a 1950's USSR conentration camp. The focus of the novel will be mood and emotions.
Students have received an outline of the novel study.