In Flanders Fields

This morning we had our spelling test. Ms. Binks and Mr. Fisher were very impressed with how well everyone did on their test! Keep up the good work! Spelling tests were sent home in purple folders today.

We completed our painted paper poppy art today. The final steps were:
1) On the black side of our circles we had to draw another smaller circle in the middle
2) Using scissors we cut flaps into our black circle but we had to make sure we stopped cutting once we got to the middle circle lines
3) We folded the flaps towards the middle so they stuck up
4) Using black tissue paper we added centers to our poppies

Some completed poppies are shown below:

Today was the last day for us to write our letters to Willy Wonka. Ms. Binks is sending all of the finished letters to the chocolate factory tonight. We are hoping to hear back from Mr. Wonka by next week.

This afternoon we read the poem in Flanders Fields. We talked about the importance this poem has during Remembrance Day and how it is written from the perspective of the soldiers who lost their lives to ensure we have the rights and freedoms we do today. Once we read over the poem, we were sent off to our space to draw out our understandings about what was happening in the poem. We will continue to do some work around Remembrance Day next week.

Mr. Fisher started reading our new novel today called: The One and Only Ivan. We only read two chapters and were surprised that each chapter was only a page long! We learned that Ivan is a silver back gorilla who is also known as the Freeway Gorilla and the Gorilla at Exit 8. We are excited to read more and figure out how the pictures Mr. Fisher showed us fit into the story.

Reminders:
-  Book orders were sent home today. They are due back by next Friday
- Please bring non perishable food items for the food bank
- There is no school next Wednesday November 11