Terry Fox Run tomorrow...please wear orange, pink or your beluga shirt

This morning we watched a video about Terry Fox and his journey on the Marathon of Hope. We talked about how incredible he was because of how he wanted to walk across the country of Canada to raise awareness about cancer. We looked at a map of Canada and talked about how far and how long it would have taken Terry to walk across the country. We also talked about how brave he was because of how heavy his prosthetic leg was and how painful it could be for him but that he kept walking.

Today we kept reading more of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We were introduced to the Oompa Loompas. We talked about how the author, Roald Dahl, had a picture in his mind of what they looked and acted like and how he used adjectives to help the readers have the same picture. We also talked about how the way the illustrator and movie makers picture and create the Oompa Loompas could be different too. We will be completing an art project based around these new characters later in the week.

In math today we reviewed elements of repeating patterns. We had to describe repeating patterns by identifying the core (the part of the pattern that repeats over and over), attributes that are changing (shape, size, direction, color) and the pattern rule (ex. ABAB). We created our own patterns that followed a pattern rule or that showed one or more changing attributes. Tomorrow we will complete a task to show Ms. Binks and Mr. Fisher everything we know about repeating patterns.

We will be doing our Terry Fox run tomorrow afternoon. Please make sure that you are dressed appropriately to be running and walking outside. We are asking students to bring a toonie for Terry (or any other amount of money they would like to donate) to help raise money for cancer research. We are also asking that students wear orange, pink or beluga tshirts to show support for different causes. Orange is in support of aboriginal heritage to honor those who were affected by residential schooling. Pink is in support of finding a cure for cancer. Beluga shirts are to show school spirit. The class that raises the most money in the school will be able to pick the activities for their class all week next week in phys ed.

Reminders:
- Mr. Fisher's class has library tomorrow. Please return your books.
- Please fill out and return permission forms and ability forms for swimming. Students who do not have their forms will be unable to join us for swimming.