Updates!

These first few weeks have been flying by! We've been working a lot to get to know each other a bit better, and to set some directions for us as a class. This week we created a Vision together for our classroom. Our 7-56 Vision this year is:

We are here to learn so that we will be successful in the future. We are here to meet other people, work with them, and have fun.

We have all been brainstorming for ways that we can be brave this year, after watching Sara Bareilles' song "Brave". Stay tuned this weekend for a video on what we came up with. 

Tomorrow (Friday) we will have a whole school assembly in the afternoon with a guest speaker. 

We have started into the exciting world of blogging! Though we had some technical difficulties this week, hopefully everything will be set up by the end of the day tomorrow. You can find our blogs at: 

7-5: http://kidblog.org/hyland75/

7-6: http://kidblog.org/Hyland76/

We will have blogging assignments to complete every other week, however students are more than welcome to blog whenever they would like! All students have been given a blogging agreement that should have come home to be signed. If you haven't seen it yet, check with your child. 

Next week will be a busy week. On Tuesday we have our Picture Day, and on Thursday is our first school dance. In addition, our WE Team is planning a Welcome Week, so there will be events on all week. There will be a hot dog lunch on Tuesday. Hot dogs will be $1 each and all money raised will go towards the Terry Fox Foundation. Remind your student to bring some money on Tuesday if they are into hot dogs. 

Mr. Sklapsky and I have noticed that a few students have been struggling to complete math homework this week. We are encouraging students to either use their paper agenda or their digital agenda to help them keep track of work that needs to be done. If you could double check with your student to make sure that they have taken care of all the work that they need to, it would be great! 

Until next time, 

- Mr. Hyland