Students, please note the following in your agendas: 

• All library books due tomorrow
• Bring Gift for exchange tomorrow (Check blog)
• Reading homework - Bring back Friday
• Science test tomorrow
• The following students have overdue ITN - Austin, Harley, Kelsey, Madison, Taylen, Eric, Cassie, (Bany tomorrow)
• Awards assembly tomorrow in p 6
• Christmas spirit day tomorrow
• Math assignment due TOMORROW (Post assessment Friday)
• Word of the day: Refugee
• Ask me about : Yoga

Copy Of E-mail from Tuesday

Hi All!

My apologies if any of these addresses are incorrect or if I'm sending this to anyone twice (or three times).  Last week I sent out an e-mail survey asking if anyone is interested in doing a gift exchange in our classroom.  Since the majority  answered "yes", we WILL go ahead with an exchange.  I'm getting a lot of questions about what this will look like.  I hope this will answer most of them.  

If you/your child wishes to participate in the exchange, please send a gift on Thursday (between $5-$10).  Boys will bring a "boy" gift and girls a "girl" gift.  (Or gender neutral!) Please indicate somewhere on the wrapping the gender of the intended recipient!)

We will do a fun type of exchange on Friday at our potential party afternoon. (Dependent upon how the next few days go).  This would be the time to send Christmas goodies if you're so inclined.  (I promise I won't complain :))

If you have any other questions, please reply to this e-mail and I'll answer as soon as I have a second!

Joyfully yours, 

Miss S. 

Margarine - Random Fact

It’s illegal to serve margarine instead of butter in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin, which is known for its dairy products like butter, actually banned the sale or use of margarine colored to look like butter back in 1895. The law wasn’t repealed until 1967 after a Wisconsin State Senator and butter enthusiast underwent a blind taste test and discovered that margarine tasted better.

From 1967 until now, it’s still been illegal to serve margarine as a replacement for butter in diners. Breaking this law is punishable by up to 3 months in jail, though that’s never been enforced. The law also requires that butter be served in Wisconsin’s schools and at state institutions, including prisons.

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Interesting/Its-Illegal-To-Serve-Margarine-Instead-O/44279#fCkehIIUTOrJmftG.99

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Last day of ticket sales for lunch with a teacher tomorrow ($.50 per ticket)
• Email sent to parents today
• Thursday is Christmas spirit day
• Science test Thursday
• WOTD - ____________________
• Ask me about : Family Group Activity

Agenda - Friday

Students, please note the following in your agendas: 

• Health questions (Rosa Parks, Holocaust etc) due MONDAY
• Science test - Thursday
• Library books MUST be returned by December 19th (Thursday)
• Social report/project AND MAP are OVERDUE
• Social not handed in - GOLD SHEETS DUE MONDAY MORNING! MUST BE SIGNED BY MOM OR DAD!
• Ask me about: Our Multiplication Challenge (If 15/20 students can tell me ALL facts from 6x1 to 8x9 on February 13th)

Agenda - Tuesday Early D

Students, please note the following in your agendas: 

• Social Projects due TOMORROW
• Science test next week
• Health questions due Monday (Rosa Parks, Slavery, Residential Schools etc)
• Ask me about - Secret Santa Gifts

Jaywalking

Bogota had a big jaywalking problem. We guarantee you'll laugh at the mayor's solution.

If you're from Latin America (like I am), you'll know that jaywalking is a pretty big problem there.

Even when people have perfectly good and safe ways to cross the streets, they'll still jaywalk, leading to more traffic and less safety.

This is exactly one of the problems that Antanas Mockus, a political newbie elected to be mayor of Bogota, decided to tackle.

He realized that one of the most powerful motivators for people was social pressure.

This gave him a crazy, but effective idea. He hired mimes to hang out on busy intersections. Anytime they saw a jaywalker, they would follow them around, mimic them and mock their behavior. What was the result?

The people being mocked obviously felt embarrassed and didn't do it again. But it also had another effect: The bystanders didn't want to be mocked themselves, so they started obeying pedestrian rules.

The program was so successful that the program was expanded from 20 mimes to over 400! This mayor has a lot of really fun and interesting ideas to solve problems. To read more about the way he governs, read the source.

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Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/#jQOCXQoPIJsJbt8D.99