Sydney Helmke

Grade 3/4 French Immersion/Junior Core French teacher

⚾️ Blue Jays
🏈 Ravens
🏀 Raptors
🏒 Maple Leafs
🥎 3rd baseman

[Sydney Helmke @MmeHelmke]

Another great task to experience productive struggle. Each group had 16 cards, 4 per person. Each person needed to make a rectangle the same size as the rest of their group. They could trade cards but there's a catch- NO TALKING 🤫

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Problem solving and team work! Groups had a lost of rules they had to follow to create a design. What was initially challenged resulted in pride for their determination. Love that productive struggle

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New year, same level of @Bmesrimes fans

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I loved using centres as a way to connect with small groups and learn a bit about them with a fun activity to start us off ⭐️

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📷PHOTO DUMP📷

Been slacking on the posts! Here's a snapshot into some of our recent learning!

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Some of our Maverick family are vendors!! 🩵💛

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📚LIBRARY📚

I really appreciate the stillness in the library. And the heated floors.

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I hear this really cool vendor named CraftsBySyd will be there selling resin products, simmer pots, signs, and more. So check her table out.

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Super excited for the market! So many talented students, staff, parents, and community members will be there

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One week until our first ever Holiday Market!! Free admission!

We hope to see you from 10 am - 1 pm on November 26th! 🎄

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🪿SPECIAL GUEST🪿

It seems JME's mystery goose has made it into our room. Where did you come from Gary? How did you get here?

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🍁REMEMBRANCE DAY🍁

Love seeing the process of our poppy art from beginning, to hanging on the wall ❤️

Looking forward to a great Remembrance Day assembly

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Save the date!

Holiday Market at Janet Metcalfe…Sunday November 26th from
10 am - 1 pm in the school gym. Admission is FREE!

Over 30 local vendors for your holiday shopping! 🎄

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🔦READ IN THE DARK🔦

We had extra fun reading with our buddies today with the help of a finger flashlight!

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Friends is my all-time favourite show. It's given me pure joy, helped me get through some tough days, some traumatic times, relax at the end of the day. Chandler was my absolute fav. Matthew Perry is more than Chandler,but in that role alone he brought so many people happiness🕊

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🐞LADY BUGS🐞

We were so amazed by the dozens of lady bugs just outside the library today! So many great questions like: why are they there? Do they have nests? Is it true that they're lucky?

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👾MONSTER👾

We started our descriptive writing assignment with drawing a monster out of a stain! We put together "français" and "art" together to get FRART. Kids got a kick out if it, lol

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⚡️HIGHLIGHTS⚡️

The days were busy this week but here are a few snaps of our learning

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🪢HUMAN KNOT🪢

Thanks Mlle Thomson for the fun ice breaker! 3/4FI and 2FI are learning buddies AND gym buddies. Each person held hands with someone else in the group. They had to work together to untangle. SO. MUCH. FUN.