Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 Parent Conferences tonight
3 NO SCHOOL Friday - Parent Conferences
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about how a pulley can help us lift things easier.
How did you show what you learned?
We did an experiment and used the scientific method to create a question, form a hypothesis, make some observations and draw a diagram and made some conclusions to answer our question about pulleys.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to do an experiment with levers.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Apr 26 - Gymtastic!
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 Tipi Story finished and shared
3 POTW due tomorrow
4 Parent conferences Thursday 4-8pm and no school Friday,
conferences 8-12pm
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We played parachute games in gym today.
How did you show what you learned?
We played popcorn, cat and mouse and mushroom.
What do you need to learn next?
We can play the Shark and Lifeguard game. Please come to class tomorrow with suggestions for other large field games that you would like to play.
1 Read 30 mins
2 Tipi Story finished and shared
3 POTW due tomorrow
4 Parent conferences Thursday 4-8pm and no school Friday,
conferences 8-12pm
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We played parachute games in gym today.
How did you show what you learned?
We played popcorn, cat and mouse and mushroom.
What do you need to learn next?
We can play the Shark and Lifeguard game. Please come to class tomorrow with suggestions for other large field games that you would like to play.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Apr 24 - We Learned About Pulleys Today!
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due Thursday
3 Parent conferences on Thursday 4-8pm and Friday 8-12pm
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned more about pulleys. We learned that pulleys can change the direction of the force, which makes it easier to lift something.
How did you show what you learned?
We watched a demonstration of how we are supposed to do our work for each center.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to start doing our simple machines centers.
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due Thursday
3 Parent conferences on Thursday 4-8pm and Friday 8-12pm
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned more about pulleys. We learned that pulleys can change the direction of the force, which makes it easier to lift something.
How did you show what you learned?
We watched a demonstration of how we are supposed to do our work for each center.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to start doing our simple machines centers.
Friday, April 21, 2017
Apr 21 - Site Manager is Hard Work!!!!
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 Literature Circle Groups - Work is due next week during your guided reading time
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We each had a certain job and worked in groups to complete our task on a community walk.
How did you show what you learned?
We chose our jobs based on what we thought we would be good at. These jobs were Site manager, researcher, cartographer assistant recorder, local expert, cartographer, research assistant recorder. We walked down to Barrett Park and then we walked the perimeter of the school and WW. We were writing down the street and building names.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to find out what the names mean and we need to fill in our What Kind Of Worker Were You Today rubric to see if we did a better job at our new job than we did on the field trip.
1 Read 30 mins
2 Literature Circle Groups - Work is due next week during your guided reading time
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We each had a certain job and worked in groups to complete our task on a community walk.
How did you show what you learned?
We chose our jobs based on what we thought we would be good at. These jobs were Site manager, researcher, cartographer assistant recorder, local expert, cartographer, research assistant recorder. We walked down to Barrett Park and then we walked the perimeter of the school and WW. We were writing down the street and building names.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to find out what the names mean and we need to fill in our What Kind Of Worker Were You Today rubric to see if we did a better job at our new job than we did on the field trip.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
April 20- I Feel Sad
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due tomorrow
3 FAF tomorrow - dress for the weather, we will be going outside
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about garageband in Music.
How did you show what you learned?
We explored by putting soundtracks together and seeing what goes with what emotion card that we picked.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn how to take small bits of music to put together to make a song that expresses the emotion we picked.
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due tomorrow
3 FAF tomorrow - dress for the weather, we will be going outside
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about garageband in Music.
How did you show what you learned?
We explored by putting soundtracks together and seeing what goes with what emotion card that we picked.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn how to take small bits of music to put together to make a song that expresses the emotion we picked.
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Apr 19 - Old Timey Canada
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due Friday
3 Fun Lunch tomorrow
4 Group 5 Literature Circle Week 1 Work due
Highlights
What did you learn today?
When we arrived at Heritage Park, we started our field trip by taking a walking tour of the community. We stopped at the Cottage hospital where we completed a Keys to the Community activity. The other group started by learning about Colonel MacLeod's sandstone house. Halfway through we switched. The second program was all about the Famous Five and Nellie McClung. Ask me about the pink tea!
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due Friday
3 Fun Lunch tomorrow
4 Group 5 Literature Circle Week 1 Work due
Highlights
What did you learn today?
When we arrived at Heritage Park, we started our field trip by taking a walking tour of the community. We stopped at the Cottage hospital where we completed a Keys to the Community activity. The other group started by learning about Colonel MacLeod's sandstone house. Halfway through we switched. The second program was all about the Famous Five and Nellie McClung. Ask me about the pink tea!
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Apr 18 - NO ONE LISTENS!!!!
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due FRIDAY
3 Field Trip tomorrow - we leave at 8:45, please be on time, have your wasteless lunch and tools you need to do your job.
4 Those of you who have not brought your field trip form back, please bring tomorrow.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that gravity is a force that holds us to the earth so we don't float away.
How did you show what you learned?
We talked about our gravity information sheet that is in our duotangs.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to go over all our notes and do the experiment to learn what WORK is.
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due FRIDAY
3 Field Trip tomorrow - we leave at 8:45, please be on time, have your wasteless lunch and tools you need to do your job.
4 Those of you who have not brought your field trip form back, please bring tomorrow.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that gravity is a force that holds us to the earth so we don't float away.
How did you show what you learned?
We talked about our gravity information sheet that is in our duotangs.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to go over all our notes and do the experiment to learn what WORK is.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Apr 13 - HUGE SUCCESS!
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 No School Tomorrow or Monday
3 Field Trip Forms due next Tuesday
4 Literature Circle Groups - Week 1 work due next week
Highlights
Learning Celebration was a HUGE success! Thank you to all the parents and grandparents and guardians who came out to learn about our projects! Destination Conservation raised at least over $100.
1 Read 30 mins
2 No School Tomorrow or Monday
3 Field Trip Forms due next Tuesday
4 Literature Circle Groups - Week 1 work due next week
Highlights
Learning Celebration was a HUGE success! Thank you to all the parents and grandparents and guardians who came out to learn about our projects! Destination Conservation raised at least over $100.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Apr 12 - Smashed Glass
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 Scholastic due tomorrow
3 Celebration of Learning is TOMORROW!!!! Don't forget to bring your money!
4 Field Trip to Heritage Park next week on Wednesday April 19,2017. Please bring your forms back as quickly as possible.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We made glass fused fence sun catchers.
How did you show what you learned?
We designed a rough copy of a nature image that we would like to do on the glass. We then used glue to put glass pieces in a mosaic style on a small square of glass.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to wait for the glass pieces to be heated or fused in the kiln and then we will attach them to our chain link fence in the school yard.
1 Read 30 mins
2 Scholastic due tomorrow
3 Celebration of Learning is TOMORROW!!!! Don't forget to bring your money!
4 Field Trip to Heritage Park next week on Wednesday April 19,2017. Please bring your forms back as quickly as possible.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We made glass fused fence sun catchers.
How did you show what you learned?
We designed a rough copy of a nature image that we would like to do on the glass. We then used glue to put glass pieces in a mosaic style on a small square of glass.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to wait for the glass pieces to be heated or fused in the kiln and then we will attach them to our chain link fence in the school yard.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Apr 11 - I Like Simple Machines
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 Scholastic - Thursday
3 Learning Celebration on Thursday from 1-3pm. Please drop in for as little or as long as you want to come let us show you what we have learned!!!
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about Simple Machines today.
How did you show what you learned?
We got a booklet that explains each of the simple machines and then we had to read it and write a fact and a picture for each machine on our title page.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to know this information to complete our center activities that we will be doing over the next three weeks.
1 Read 30 mins
2 Scholastic - Thursday
3 Learning Celebration on Thursday from 1-3pm. Please drop in for as little or as long as you want to come let us show you what we have learned!!!
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about Simple Machines today.
How did you show what you learned?
We got a booklet that explains each of the simple machines and then we had to read it and write a fact and a picture for each machine on our title page.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to know this information to complete our center activities that we will be doing over the next three weeks.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Apr 10 - I Like Clay Trains (ugh)
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 Treat Day - bring your $0.25
3 Learning Celebration is on Thursday 1pm-3pm
4
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We had Clay for Kids today.
How did you show what you learned?
We made trains that had symbols of our province Alberta on them. some of the symbols students used were prairies at night, forests, sun (because Alberta is so sunny) Albertasaurus, Rocky Mountains, red leaf for fall- a season we have in Alberta, bones and plant remains that turn into fossils, lodgepole pine
What do you need to learn next?
We need to anxiously await (2 weeks or more) for when our art has been fired in her kiln.
1 Read 30 mins
2 Treat Day - bring your $0.25
3 Learning Celebration is on Thursday 1pm-3pm
4
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We had Clay for Kids today.
How did you show what you learned?
We made trains that had symbols of our province Alberta on them. some of the symbols students used were prairies at night, forests, sun (because Alberta is so sunny) Albertasaurus, Rocky Mountains, red leaf for fall- a season we have in Alberta, bones and plant remains that turn into fossils, lodgepole pine
What do you need to learn next?
We need to anxiously await (2 weeks or more) for when our art has been fired in her kiln.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Apr 6 - These Kids Are Hard At Work!!!!
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 Family Dance tomorrow night
3 Scholastic - April 13
4 FAF tomorrow - come dressed for the weather
5 Green Letter about the Learning Celebration for parents
6 Learning Celebration projects are due tomorrow. If you are NOT finished, you need to take it home to finish on the weekend.
7 Clay For Kids on Monday afternoon
1 Read 30 mins
2 Family Dance tomorrow night
3 Scholastic - April 13
4 FAF tomorrow - come dressed for the weather
5 Green Letter about the Learning Celebration for parents
6 Learning Celebration projects are due tomorrow. If you are NOT finished, you need to take it home to finish on the weekend.
7 Clay For Kids on Monday afternoon
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Apr 5 - Simply Simple Machines
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due tomorrow
3 Scholastic Orders April 13
4 Our Celebration of Learning will take place Thursday April 13, from 1pm -3pm. All parents are welcome to come! Destination Conservation will also be holding their wasteless bake sale to fundraise for the one use food wrapper recycling box that we want to buy. Please stay tuned (haha...tuned) for the times of our musical ukelele presentation during our celebration.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We are starting a new unit on Simple Machines.
How did you show what you learned?
We watched a Bill Nye the Science Guy video on Simple Machines.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn to build and use some simple machines.
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due tomorrow
3 Scholastic Orders April 13
4 Our Celebration of Learning will take place Thursday April 13, from 1pm -3pm. All parents are welcome to come! Destination Conservation will also be holding their wasteless bake sale to fundraise for the one use food wrapper recycling box that we want to buy. Please stay tuned (haha...tuned) for the times of our musical ukelele presentation during our celebration.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We are starting a new unit on Simple Machines.
How did you show what you learned?
We watched a Bill Nye the Science Guy video on Simple Machines.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn to build and use some simple machines.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Apr 4 - Mount Mountie!!! Not Peppa Pig
Agenda:
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due Thursday
3 Scholastic due Apr 13
4 Family Dance on Friday
5 Still accepting donations for raffle basket
6 Soccer Camp flyer
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned more about the artifacts in the Mountie crate.
How did you show what you learned?
We sketched and wrote some information about each artifact on a sheet of paper in our SS duotang.
What do you need to learn next?
We would like to learn how the mounties made their clothing, weapons, and other supplies.
1 Read 30 mins
2 POTW due Thursday
3 Scholastic due Apr 13
4 Family Dance on Friday
5 Still accepting donations for raffle basket
6 Soccer Camp flyer
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned more about the artifacts in the Mountie crate.
How did you show what you learned?
We sketched and wrote some information about each artifact on a sheet of paper in our SS duotang.
What do you need to learn next?
We would like to learn how the mounties made their clothing, weapons, and other supplies.
Monday, April 3, 2017
Apr 3 - Were There RCMP Back In That Time?
Agenda:
1 Read 30 min
2 Compost Fundraiser Form - Due April 11
3 Celebration of Learning Project is due Friday
4 POTW - Thursday
5 Family Dance is Friday - bring in your donation stuff for our bin
6 Don't forget your indoor shoes!!!
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We got to see the artifacts from the RCMP crate.
How did you show what you learned?
We studied the artifacts and tried to figure out what they were for and what they were called.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to sketch them and write about them in our learning journals.
1 Read 30 min
2 Compost Fundraiser Form - Due April 11
3 Celebration of Learning Project is due Friday
4 POTW - Thursday
5 Family Dance is Friday - bring in your donation stuff for our bin
6 Don't forget your indoor shoes!!!
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We got to see the artifacts from the RCMP crate.
How did you show what you learned?
We studied the artifacts and tried to figure out what they were for and what they were called.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to sketch them and write about them in our learning journals.
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