A PINK week!

We've had a great week at school! We recognized the "Day of Pink" on Wednesday with an assembly and some activities in our classroom. I'm always impressed with how insightful some students are when writing in the perspective of another person. It's so important to develop empathy. The students finished up their social studies projects and I'm really looking forward to the presentations next week! Another thing coming up is the "Celebration of the Arts" evening on Thursday, April 20th. All next week, the Japanese drumming group Fubuki Daiko will be working with students. Grades 3-5 will be performing on April 20th. As well, every classroom will be showcasing writing projects in the hallways. We are excited to share "The Best Part of Me" with everyone!

Here is Livia's TWAS from her Kidblog account:

On Monday we did social studies. We were working on our European explorer project but I was already done so I got to work on my best part of me writing. I chose my voice because it is big bold and beautiful. I finished that too, so I got to type it up right here on kid blog, you should check it out. We also had gym. We played hockey and it was so fun I almost died! I was sweating so much I could wash my hands with sweat. It was also very fun because my friend Mackenzie was on my team. We also had BHS reads. I am reading a book called dork diaries. It is about a very nerdy girl named Nikki trying to get through the rough times of middle school. To make it even worse her worst enemy Mackenzie Hollister, and her crush, Brandon are there to watch her every move.

On Tuesday we had music. We did.......TAIKO DRUMMING! We had to work in pairs of two. One person would hold the drum and the other person would actually play the drum. We played a pattern that was also a Japanese poem. It was really fun, because after we finished the pattern we got to yell HA! in other words it was just amazing. We also had library. During library me and my friends made birthday cards for a little girl staying at the Ronald McDonald house. I really, really loved how mine turned out. I mentioned my adventures in the Ronald McDonald house in another post, you should check it out if you haven't already. And lastly happy birthday to joy.

Perfect weather for a FIRE DRILL!

On Wednesday it was day of pink! We did two different day of pink activities. The first activity we did was, were we got into groups, each labeled some think else. There were three groups labeled, the bully, the bullied and the bystander. I was in the group labeled the bystander. You would talk about how you would feel as a bystander in a case of bullying. We talked about you could want to help but not know what to say, and how you could want to help but not know how and a whole bunch of other stuff. We also did another activity using the same labels. you had to fill out a sheet on how you would feel if you were in a bullying situation either In the perspective of the bully, the bullied or the bystander. You would have things on written on your sheet such as, I say, I see, I feel, I touch and I wonder. after those things written there would be lines for you to write things down. for example on the lines following I touch you could write things like I touch the tears  on my face or I touch shoulders trying to push trough the crowd. We also had music. We did taiko drumming again but....... WE HAD A FIRE DRILL! All of a sudden in the middle of music the fire bel rang. We went outside the find a surprisingly warm summer day, We lined up and then shortly after the bell rang to go back inside.

These will be displayed on a
collaborative bulletin board,
outside of the gym. 

On Thursday we had book buddies. We made cherry blossoms with our buddies out of tissue paper. We had to use the color pink because cherry blossoms are pink. they turned out so beautiful I was kind of mad that I didn't get to make two so I could take one home. when everybody had made a cherry blossom I was surprised because I thought there should have been way more cherry blossoms considering the number of people that made them. We also had math. We played multiplication bingo instead of regular math because some people from Ms.Dycks were staying in our class due to a number of patrols going to wheelies. I didn't win but I was very close because when we were playing for full house the game ended with me needing to only fill on more spot. LIKE WHY:(

On Friday we don't have school because, well I don't even know why. But anyways tonight me and my family are going to south beach hotel for a night. I am very exited because this is technically my first sleepover with my favorite cousin Caiden. I am so exited because the restaurant there has really good food and they also have a swimming pool and café. The hotel is only a small section of south beach casino. And no, I am not planning on going gambling because I am too young, I am just looking for a really good time with my cousins. I am mostly exited about going swimming because I just found my long lost pair of goggles. The restaurant is to die for. they serve food buffet style and normally, but my favorite way to eat there is from the buffet. One thing I found really funny was my dad is 50 years old and now qualifies for getting coupons for the casino. you are probably not going to read my whole post but just incase you have made it to the end. The last thing I want to say is that the hotel mascot is a dolphin. When you walk in there is a huge statue of two dolphins twirling around each other. It is so cool hehe!

Hope you liked yet another of my very complicated twas and make sure to leave your thoughts in the comments down below. As always have a great day and goodbye!