Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Tuesday, October 1

Our day started with reviewing all that we had learned yesterday at the Dare to Care, Take the Time Day.  Some key points were:

- everyone has a story
- difference between rude, mean and bullying behaviours
-rude- unintentionally doing something unkind to someone
       examples- budging in line, stepping on their foot, bragging about getting the best score on a test 
- mean- intentionally doing something unkind to someone once or twice
        examples- name calling, pushing or hitting on purpose, telling someone you are smarter than they are
- bullying- intentionally hurtful behaviour to others that goes on for a week or more, imbalance of power, often lack of regret or remorse

Students wrote a personal reflection on the day with specific details to support their ideas.
Some questions they considered when writing their reflections included:

  • What were the highlights for you?  Why?
  • What did you learn?  
  • How will you share what you learned with others?
  • How will you make a difference in our Bridlewood School community?
In science, we began an experiment today relating to How Trees Drink Water, initiated by a student in the class.  We are using celery, food colouring and water.  We have three colours (red, purple, blue).  We have included a larger celery stalk as well as a smaller one.  As we were setting up the experiment, some student questions that arose were:
  • Can the celery suck up water without roots?
  • How is the internal part of the celery like a tree?
  • Do the leaves on the celery have the same parts as the leaves from trees we looked at?

We spent time looking at a cross section of the celery as well as some of the leaves using microscopes and magnifying glasses.  The leaves we looked at do have the same internal parts as the tree leaves.

We read a story, When I was Eight, and watched a video relating to Orange Shirt Day.  








Reminders:
- Scholastic book orders due tomorrow
- Return Friday Journals
- Bring in leaves to add to our pile for composting
- Sell ADmazing coupon books! $10.50 from each book sold by individual students will go towards reducing your cost of Outdoor School in the spring

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