Sept 30 - We Did It!!!

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Health Sleep Patterns Sheet due Thursday
3 Book box final Journal entry due Monday
4 Please remember your green folders everyday!

Highlights
Terry Fox Run today! Room five did an amazing 127 laps altogether! It was a nice cool day for running!

Sept 29-Run Across Coffin for Terry Fox

Agenda:
1 POTW was due today, if you didn't hand it in, please hand in tomorrow.
2 Bring your sleeping journals back and forth in your green folders everyday.
3 We had an author visit today. An orange sheet is coming home with information about ordereing his books. we just want to advise you that some of the books are rated young adult and may not be appropriate for grade 3 and 4, please use your discretion
4 Terry Fox Run: bring your water bottle, dress for the weather, proper running shoes. the pep rally /assembly will be from 10:30 to 10:45 and the race will take place from 10:45-11:30.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned in health you should look at your sleep patterns and decide if it is good for you or not.
How did you show what you learned?
We are continuing to fill out our sleep tracker over the next week.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to learn about the amount of food and water that your body needs.

Sept 28- Ears and the Parts

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 POTW due tomorrow!!! Please hand in to the red bin!
3 There are still 6 people who have not brought back their Handbook Form
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about hearing and vibrations.
How did you show what you learned?
We did a graphing activity to show how many decibels each sound has.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to identify loud sounds in the school and we will measure them using a decibel measuring app on the iPad.

Sept 27 - The COPS Experts

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 POTW due Thursday
3 Toonies for Terry
4 Big Box Fundraiser
5 Fun Lunch Online order form guidelines (Fun Lunch Oct 13)
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned the method of COPS. It is like CUBES, except we used it in our journal.
How did you show what you learned?
We used different colours of highlighters to underline our mistakes in our Book Box writing.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to fix our mistakes (editing) and rewrite a good copy of our work.

Sept 26 - Albert-an Einsteins

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Handbook Forms
3 Library Tuesday
4 POTW due Thursday. Don't forget to have your parents initial it before you hand it in.
5 Big Box Fundraiser

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to label the borders of Canada.
How did you show what you learned?
We labelled the borders on a map of Canada, we also coloured Alberta blue. We also coloured the flag, the Great Horned Owl and the Wild Rose which are the provincial symbols.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn about the history of Alberta and the people who lived here.

Sept 22-This Is Bedtime!

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Handbook Form
3 Health - count the hours of sleep and what your routine (15-30 mins before bedtime) is. Please try to do 5 out 7 days. Record it on your sheet in your green folder. Due next thursday.
4 Big box of cards fundraiser coming home tonight
5 Scholastic Book Fair
6 NO SCHOOL tomorrow
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that we need 10 to 11 hours of sleep.
How did you show what you learned?
We have to fill out a chart at home this week.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn what our sleep routine is.

Sept 21-What's the Pattern?

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Scholastic due tomorrow
3 Still waiting for some handbook forms
4 Parent Conferences tomorrow night 
5 No School Friday - Conferences
6 POTW due tomorrow
7 Book Fair tomorrow after school

Highlights
What did you learn today?
Math: We learned about the problem solving strategy of looking for patterns.
Gym: We did some practice for the Terry Fox Run
Journals: We talked about what a finished journal looks like for seed survivor.
Art: We worked on our leaf art which we coloured with oil pastels.
Music: We had a fire drill and we played a game where you can't say the number 3.
How did you show what you learned?
In Math we worked on a problem about Fuzzies getting sick and we made a chart. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to start a new art project in art and practice finding a pattern word problems.

Sept 20-Seed Survivor

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Handbook Forms
3 Scholastic due Thursday
4 Book Fair Thursday after school and Friday morning.
5 Parent conferences Thursday 4-8pm No School Friday 
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about how much space is actually available for crops in the "Seed Survivor" presentation. We did a funny game in gym where we had to move an object around a circle without hands.
How did you show what you learned?
In Math we solved the problem of the day by drawing a picture, writing a number sentence and a word sentence. In science we wrote in our journal about what we learned in the seed survivor presentation and why it was important to us.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more problem solving strategies in math.

Sept 19-A Bunch of Hoopla!

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Parent viewpoint coming home to fill out for conferences this Thursday and Friday. Please send them back in the green folder or bring them o your conference. Thanks!
3 POTW due Thursday- in green folder.
4 Thank you for sending the green folder back and forth everyday. It is really important that it comes into class with the students even if it is empty. This is a great way to establish a routine that increases responsibility and helps parents to know if homework is coming home.  I will help them to ensure that their homework gets in the green folder, and it will be their job to make sure it gets into their backpack and back to school.
5 tomorrow is library day, don't forget your library books.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about how to pick out just the right book for you. We also learned the problem solving strategies guess and check and draw a picture. We played a game with hoops in gym. We also started a new art project. Ask me about it!
How did you show what you learned?
In Daily Five we picked a just right book and read them. We increased our stamina to be able to read independently for 3 mins. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to colour our art with oil pastels.

Sept 16-Mini Cartographers

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Scholastic due Thursday Sept 22
3 About Me to finish for Monday
4 Handbook forms
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the cardinal directions. We also learned that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. We learned that a map maker is called a cartographer. We also identified landmarks that will help us tell north, east, south and west in our school yard.
How did you show what you learned?
We became cartographers and we named the trails and areas in 
Whispering Woods and voted on the names of two trails. Ask me about that!
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn how to use a compass and we need to finish voting on the names of the Whispering Woods paths and areas.

Sept 15- Wake Up!

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 All About Me due tomorrow
3 Please bring back your FAF journal if it is at home
4 Scholastic due next Friday
5 Tomorrow is FAF. Please dress for the weather, bring water bottle, snacks, etc. We will be going to WW, schoolyard and Barrett Park.
6 For health, for the next week, please write down when you go to sleep and when you wake up, and see if you are getting 10-11 hours per night. Write down your routine and see if you can make any changes to improve your sleep routine.
Highlights
What did you learn today? 
In music we learned about rhythms, we learned about Beakerhead and we did our performance with our bubblewrap instruments and filmed it to be uploaded to Beakerhead tomorrow. We learned about what time we go to bed and what time we get up and how much sleep we need,and we talked about doing calming things before we go to bed. Today in Math we had buddies and used whiteboards to make subtraction problems with the number 70 45 and 25.

Sept 13 - Whispering Woods Wednesday

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Forms
3 Thursday evening is the Welcome Back BBQ
4 Beakerhead filming tomorrow in Whispering Woods
5 All About Me due Friday if it is in your green folder
6 Scholastic due next Friday Sept 22
7 POTW due tomorrow morning

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned to make instruments from sticks and bubble wrap for the Beakerhead challenge. We made bows and percussion sticks from wood we found in the whispering woods.
How did you show what you learned?
We went to the whispering woods and practiced our rhythm and instruments with our music teacher, Ms Stephure.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to film our Beakerhead challenge and learn how to do it front of a camera.

Sept 13- Beakerhead

Agenda:
1 Read for 20 mins
2 POTW due Thursday hand in the red bin on Ms Cowdy's desk.
3 Handbook Forms
4 Think about how we are going to build a bubble wrap bunny and if you have some things at home that you would think would help to build it please bring them tomorrow.
5 Scholastic orders are due Friday
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We went to the cafe and heard everyone different ideas about stamina, we worked on our Beakerhead project.
How did you show what you learned?
We shared our ideas about what we should do for the Beakerhead ingenuity challenge which includes bubble wrap and nature and music.
What do you need to learn next?
We need practice reading stamina. Our goal is 3 mins. Today we only lasted 17 seconds.

Sept 12-Filling a Bucket

Agenda:
1 Read for 20 mins
2 POTW (Problem of the Week) is due Thursday. If you are in grade three, please try three different tries to figure out the answer, grade four 4 different tries and then you can ask me for a hint. Please have your parents initial this week's case file before you hand it in.
3 Form about School Handbook in green communication folder.
4 Please send back any school forms in the communication folder.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about how to fill a bucket.
How did you show what you learned?
We read the book about how to fill a bucket by doing nice things for other people.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to practice filling people's buckets.

Sept 9- The Listening Walk

Agenda:
1 Read 20 minutes
2 Bring back forms if you have not already. Please send them in the green communication folder.
3 Fresh Air Friday Journal entry for homework if not finished in class. Please look in the green communication folder for the fresh Air Friday journal. If your child has brought their journal home, they need to complete it at home and bring in back in their communication folder on Monday. The assignment was to list five sounds they heard and the objects that made the sound. 
**A note about Homework in Room 5**
Daily reading is always on the agenda list, reading to self, aloud or with an adult is one of the most helpful activities you can encourage your child to do. A Problem of the Week will be coming home Mondays and handed in by Thursday of each week. Any other homework that is sent home will be tasks or assignments that they did not get finished during class time. Check the communication folder for any unfinished items.
4 Please send the green communication folder back and forth daily.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the listening walk, which was a book we read. 
How did you show what you learned?
We went to the whispering woods and we had to try and hear stuff that was in the woods. We then recorded the sounds we heard in our field journals.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to name the trails in the Whispering Woods.

Sept 8-The Daily Five

Agenda:
1 Read 20 mins
2 Green communication folder coming home with Welcome Back BBQ notice
3 Please send back forms in your green folder ASAP
4 Find out what stamina means.
5 Please bring water bottle.
6 First Fresh Air Friday. Please dress for the weather. We will be in the school yard and WW
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the Daily Five, which is the program we will be using for language arts this year.
How did you show what you learned?
We made an I-chart (Independence chart) for Reading to Self. We read a book to show the three ways to read a book.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn the rest of the daily five.

We Made it to Day 2!!!

Agenda:
1 Read for 20 mins
2 Green Communication folder coming home tonight with important forms to fill out and return by September 9, 2016. Please send your forms back and forth in the communication folder. 
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We had a quick lesson in multiplication.
How did you show what you learned?
We had five minutes each to fill out each sheet with adding, subtracting, multiplication and division facts. This is so Ms Cowdy knows where she has to start with each student in math.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to work on our basic fact learning and practice.

First Day Back!!!

Agenda:
1 Read 20 minutes
2 Make sure you have running shoes for inside shoes and gym.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned facts about each other.
How did you show what you learned?
We played the skittles game and we made name tags that had 3 facts and a fib.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more about the routine in room 5.