We had a bit of a different week with the smokey air cutting out some of our recesses and canceling our plans for a nature walk. But instead, we got really creative with building materials and moved our bodies a lot with an amazing website called GoNoodle. We were able to finish our pumpkin art this week by completing our lessons on warm/cool colours and transferring our knowledge into something beautiful and unique. Madame says she loves how each pumpkin tells its own story. We were very excited to finally be able to meet with our big buddies again! After so many Mondays away from school, we haven't had many opportunities yet. We were officially assigned to specific buddies and are looking forward to getting to know them. Our big buddies do speak French, but we started out with a get-to-know-you activity in English, just to break the ice and make everyone feel more comfortable. On the "WE" side of our page, we wrote what we have in common. On the "ME" side, we wrote things that we learned only pertain to one of us. In our "house teams" system, Madame was noticing that we were getting a little too competitive and it was having a bit of a damper on the community feel so now instead of just working toward individual victory, we are also working toward a group goal. We brainstormed what we wanted our group prize to be and then took a vote. The idea of all playing a game of Minecraft Education together was the winner! (Madame says that we all have free access to Minecraft Education through the school district, in case any parents are wondering about it). Our current goal is to reach a collective 500 points to earn our prize. (But shhhhh!...depending on how things go, Madame may reduce this number if it's taking us too long to reach it.) The great thing is that Madame now gets to sneak in double-digit addition with multiple numbers as we regularly figure out our collective total. And speaking of community, Madame has been so impressed by the way we have been rallying together, cheering for each other when we reach our reading goals, supporting one another when we're sad, and helping one another when needed. One day this week, someone accidentally dropped the entire box of perler beads on the floor. Hundreds, if not thousands, of tiny beads went flying everywhere. But without missing a beat, half the class was on their hands and knees helping to clean up the mess. Madame didn't even have to ask. A frustrating moment for one person turned into a heartwarming moment. We have been talking about Halloween vocabulary this week and have been getting the song "C'est l'Halloween" stuck in our heads on repeat. Today, we took the time to write in our journals about Halloween and some of us got really creative with our ideas! Extra photos...
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