Remember to take a "pittance of time" at 11:00 am today to remember those who fought for us in the wars.

History of the poppy:
http://www.legion.ca/remembrance/the-poppy/history-of-the-poppy

Two minutes of silence....
http://www.legion.ca/remembrance/promoting-remembrance/two-minutes-of-silence

More information:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_i/

Prime Minister Trudeau at Vimy Ridge to mark the 100 anniversary of the end of WWI:

Family Life

In Family Life we read "Mr. Kosta's Store". What happened in the story? What did Paul learn? We also discussed how saying sorry sometimes isn't enough. Paul had to show he was truly sorry for his actions. What did he do?

Math

On the grade four math quiz......

If you are asked to draw an angle that is 1/4 the size of a right angle, how would you do it? 

Start with a right angle. Use your benchmark to find half a right. Then find half of the half-right angle. Half of a half is one quarter. If the angle is one quarter the size of a right angle, than four of the angles would be as large as a right and eight would be as large as a straight angle. 

Here is a good reference for the future to estimate angles if you do not have a protractor:

Reminders:

• Mathletics assignments
• Drama presentations on Monday
• Progress reports signed and envelope returned