Sept. 28 - SOGO Run

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Our Terry Fox Run is next Friday, Oct. 5th. Student are encouraged to  bring a toonie. The assembly will be at 10:30, the run will start at 10:45 Any parent volunteers that would like to join us please email Mrs. Saunders mlsauders@cbe.ab.ca  
3 Please return Scholastic Book Order by Monday
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about different kinds of maps, like Google Maps, O-map, tepoggographic map, and how to use maps with legends. 
How did you show what you learned?
We ran around Nose Hill locating the flags and using our beepers to scan the computers at each flag destination that we got to. 

Sept 27- SOGO to Nose Hill

Agenda:
1 Read
2 SOGO Adventure Running tomorrow - please come dressed for the weather as we will be running outside. You need to have outdoor running shoes. 
Friday is Nose Hill the whole morning until 12:00pm.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to navigate using a map.
How did you show what you learned?
We did orienteering with Coach Ben and Kim and had to read a map and find various stations located throughout Nose Hill.
What do you need to learn next?
We will adventure to Nose Hill again tomorrow.

Sept 26 - Words Words Words

Agenda:
1 Read
2 SOGO Adventure Running tomorrow - please come dressed for the weather as we will be running outside. You need to have outdoor running shoes. We still need volunteers for 
Thursday is Nose Hill 1:00-3:15. 
Friday is also Nose Hill the whole morning until 12:00pm.
Let me know by email if and when you are available. 
Thanks!!
3. Bring back any library books you may have at home.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that words are important, powerful and interesting. We learned how to count syllables and how to collect words in our Word Book.
How did you show what you learned?
We added to our WOW journal entries from yesterday and embellished them with juicy words from our Word Book.
What do you need to learn next?
We need finish writing and edit with COPS.

Sept 25 - The Waste Cycle

Agenda:
1 Read
2 SOGO 

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about the waste cycle and that it never ends. We also learned about producers, consumers, and decomposers.
How did you show what you learned?
We cut out images, words and arrows then arranged them in order to illustrate the waste cycle.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish assembling our waste cycle page and glue it together.

Sept 24 - WOW

Agenda:
1 Read
2 SOGO Adventure Running tomorrow - please come dressed for the weather as we will be running outside. You need to have outdoor running shoes. We need volunteers to help run the stations everyday of the week. Room 5’s schedule in the school yard:
Mon 2:15-3:15 
Tues 1:15-2:15 
Wed 2:15-3:15
Thursday is Nose Hill 1:00-3:15. 
Friday is also Nose Hill the whole morning until 12:00pm.
Let me know by email if and when you are available. We really need people for the Thursday and Friday to go to Nose Hill. 
Thanks!!
3 Problem of the day - Red duotang 
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about Work on Writing and building our stamina for writing.
How did you show what you learned?
We wrote about the most important person in our life (no hard feelings).
What do you need to learn next?
We need to COPS our writing.

Sept. 20 - Nature's Waste in Our World

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Parent teacher conferences and book fair tonight and Friday morning.
3 No school Friday
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned what waste is in nature.
How did you show what you learned?
We did a walk in the whispering woods to observe the waste in nature and then discussed as class what we found.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more about waste in our world so that we can help the environment stay clean.

Sept 19- Learning Goals

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Conferences are Thursday night and Friday morning
3 Homework is being sent home: all students have red duotangs; and some some students have to finish writing their three paragraphs for Friendship Interview in their black writing journals.
4. Book fair starts tomorrow night
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about how to make learning goals. 
How did you show what you learned?
We wrote at least 2 goals in our journals and plans on how to reach them.
What do you need to learn next?
We have to write our goals on IRIS.

Sept 18 - Climate vs. weather

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Please bring parent viewpoints to the conferences
3 Scholastic book Fair Wish lists are coming home today.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about climate in Alberta and we learned about the difference between climate and weather.
How did you show what you learned?
We discussed how different activities are affected by the different seasons. We wrote the definition of climate, and researched the weather for cities in Alberta for tomorrow. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish our research and talk about Alberta's climate.

Sept 17 -

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Parent Conferences Thursday and Friday - Parent viewpoint sheets coming home.
3 Complete and return scholastic book orders

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to interview someone in the class that we did not know very well.
How did you show what you learned?
We interviewed a classmate and recorded their answers on the interview sheet. We also started writing paragraphs about the classmate we interviewed.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish our paragraphs about the classmate we interviewed.

Sept. 14 Terry Fox Run Route

Agenda:
1 Read
2 September Scholastic Orders were sent out - please take look through 

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned where to go for the Terry Fox Run
How did you show what you learned?
We ran one lap of the Terry Fox run and then we came inside and glued a map of the community into our journal. Then, we wrote down the Terry Fox Run Route with steps and instructions.
What do you need to learn next?
We have to learn how many laps our whole school will do together.

Sept 13- Including Others

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Problem of the Day #7 and 8 are homework if not finished.
3 September Scholastic Orders will be sent out on the last day of the month. 
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We read a story called "The Invisible Boy" and we learned that some people in our class can feel invisible at times. So to help them feel less invisible we can say "Hi" to them and we can partner with them. 
How did you show what you learned?
We answered questions about the story and worked with a partner that we never worked with before. 
What do you need to learn next?
We may still need to learn other ways to make everyone feel included and not invisible in our class.

Sept 12- Alberta's Landscape and the Rocky Mountains

Agenda:
1 Read
2 BBQ tomorrow night - Important Message - Urgent Need for Volunteers!

"This is a reminder that the Welcome Back Bbq will take place on Thursday, September 13th, from 5pm - 7pm.  Due to the impending bad weather, this event will take place indoors.

There are still many volunteer spots that need to be filled to make this event a success.  If you are able to commit to one of the tasks and /or shifts, please email Saya at sayantani.sanyal@gmail.com, or text at 403-889-9945, with your name, the task, and the shift which you would like:

1.  Set up (will start at the new time of 3pm):

2 volunteers needed

2.  Grill (cooking of the hamburgers, hotdogs, and veggie dogs):

4:30pm - 5pm     3 volunteers needed

5pm - 5:30pm     3 volunteers needed

5:30pm - 6pm     3 volunteers needed

6pm - 6:30pm     3 volunteers needed

3.  Bbq table (handing out and replenishing supply of hamburgers, hotdogs, and veggie dogs):

5pm - 5:30pm     3 volunteers needed

5:30pm - 6pm     3 volunteers needed

6pm - 6:30pm     3 volunteers needed

6:30pm - 7pm     3 volunteers needed

4.  Potluck table (overseeing and keeping tables tidy; replenishing drink dispenser):

5pm - 5:30pm     3 volunteers needed

5:30pm - 6pm     3 volunteers needed

6pm - 6:30pm     3 volunteers needed

6:30pm - 7pm     3 volunteers needed

5.  Clean up (7pm):

2 volunteers needed

3 Return Forms
4 If the Red Duotang comes home in your backpack tonight, it means you have homework in Problem Solving. Every morning we work on our red duotangs and answer 2 questions. We have to show our work and write a word sentence for the answer. We get a happy face stamp if it is correct and an orange circle if it is wrong. Ms Cowdy will re-mark ones that you get wrong if you let her know you corrected it. Any problems not finished in the 20 min time period will be homework. Each day the problems will be posted on the blog below so you can do your homework or corrections.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned more about Alberta, for example the Rocky Mountains boarder the South Western part of the province.
How did you show what you learned?
We read about Alberta an answered questions and highlighted key parts in the reading.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish our activity on answering the questions about Alberta.

Sept 11 - A Coat Covered in Arms

Agenda:
1 Read 
2 Thank you to everyone who has returned your forms - if you haven't yet, please bring them ASAP
3 BBQ forms due - Family BBQ is this Thursday!
4 Please discuss as a family one thing that you wish Ms. Cowdy knew about you (for our journal writing activity).

Running Club Information:

Run Club is back! Starting this Wednesday, September 12th Mrs. Saunders and Mrs. Armour and any students between grade 1 - 6 are welcome to sign up. We will be running every Wednesday around the "Terry Fox loop" (one km). We will try and increase our stamina each week to get ready for the Terry Fox whole school run on Friday, September 28th. We will meet between 12:00-12:10 at the picnic tables with our lunches (time to go to the washroom and get a drink) to sign in and start running. We will eat together AFTER we run. We will stop running by 12:40 to make sure everyone has a chance to eat and cool down before the bell. Recording our laps will be a fun motivator to see how far we can run altogether.

Let's go run!

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that we will be studying Alberta in Social Studies. We also learned about the Alberta Coat of Arms.
How did you show what you learned?
We colored the Alberta Coat of Arms as a title page for our Social Studies duotang. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more about our province, Alberta, such as the history and landscape.

Sept 10- Highlighting with COPS

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Power School forms are due tomorrow 
3 BBQ is on Thursday - please return forms by Wednesday

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We continued making our rock fish. We also learned how to edit with COPS.
How did you show what you learned?
We finished painting the backs of our rock fish and added details with other colors. We continued with our Would You Rather writings and then used highlighters to edit our Would You Rather writings with COPS.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more about editing such as how to organize our writing.

Sept 6 - What would you rather be?

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Indoor Shoes, pencil case/box
3 Forms coming home today
4 Fresh Air Friday tomorrow, bring a "used" treasure that you can fit in a paper bag for our treasure hunt. It must be something small and something you are willing to give away as a treasure for someone else to find. 

Note about Pick up and Drop off doors for Arrival and Dismissal:

We are working hard to establish routines with our students. One routine we could use parent help with is our dismissal routine of students going out their classroom’s assigned door. This is the door that we also enter the school when we come to school. If parents are meeting students at the end of the day, we ask that parents meet students outside their dismissal door or establish a meeting spot somewhere outside. We are hoping our main door will become a door used only when parents are picking students up for appointments or when they have business in the office. Thank you for your help establishing this new routine with our students.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to add more details into our journal entries about what we would rather be.
How did you show what you learned?
We made sure to have at least three sentences per page. We wrote reasons about what we would rather be and then explained why we did not want to be that other thing. 
What do you need to learn next?
We have to learn how to edit with COPS (Capitals, Organization, Punctuation and Spelling).

Sept. 5 The Everything Blog

Agenda:
1 Read for at least 20 minutes
2 Remember to bring indoor running shoes
3 Remember to bring tool box
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We watched a reading of "Would You Rather Be A Bullfrog" and brainstormed ideas on how to write sentences. We also learned that our school will be making a CBC Music Class Challenge. 
How did you show what you learned?
We wrote sentences in our journals about what we would rather be.
We also continued designing our rock fish and started painting them. 
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish writing our journals an painting our fish.
We also need to learn what instruments we will use and what song we will present.

Sept 4 - Only One of You!

Agenda:
1 Read for 20 mins.
2 Bring a pencil case or tool box - sometime during the next week of school please.
3 Please bring your indoor shoes

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned that everyone is unique. That there is only one of you.
How did you show what you learned?
We began our plan for our Rock Fish that shows what patterns we like, and a symbol that represents us.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to finish our rocks by painting them.