Oct 28-Nov1 End of Week 9

End of Week 9! Have a safe and fun Halloween! 

Important for next week!
Swimming Monday and Wednesday 
No school on Friday, Nov 1 as it is a non instructional day
Remembrance Day Assembly Friday Nov 8 at 10:45
Ms Cowdy will be away Nov 4-Nov 8. Ms Brunsch will be the guest teacher for the week.

Special Report from our classroom bloggers:

Dhvani, our Social Studies blogger says:
This week in Social Studies, we had to finish our survey titled, What Would Make Brentwood a Better Place or Community?`We had to see which one of the places that we came up with had the most people vote for it.

Nicholas, our Math blogger reports:
In Math this week, we worked on our Halloween math problems and decreasing patterns.

Jiarui, our Daily Five blogger reports:
There are 4 choices in daily five, read to self, word work sheets, work on writing and listen to reading. (Raz kids) This week in read to self, we read for 30 minutes, for word work sheets, we have a dictionary work sheet and work on writing, we got to finish our spooky story. (write and type)Last but not least, is listen to reading, we go to Raz kids, an online website and read books for about 30 minutes.


Here are some pictures of our Halloween dressup:

Agenda for the Week of Oct 28- Nov 1

Agenda for the Week of Oct 28-Nov 1
Bloggers are 4 special people:  Jiarui, Nicholas, Leo and Dhvani. They will be reporting on the things we did this week. 
Photographer:  Malik
Recess Green Team: Joachim and Yafet

Important Items This Week: 

• Swimming on Monday and Wednesday
• Halloween Parade Thursday at 1:15pm

Halloween Parade info:

Halloween costume expectations and parade details – be respectful of the costumes you are choosing for your child to wear to school. We also discourage violent type or extremely scary costumes.  Do not bring all of the props or extra items that go along with your costume. Leave props at home. Bring your costume to school, Ms Cowdy will let you change into it at 1:00pm. The Halloween parade will start at about 1:20 pm. 

• No school Friday

Monday:

• Welcome Back to Week 9!
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Tuesday: 

• Today was treat day
• Swimming happens tomorrow. PLEASE remember your swimsuit and your towel and your underwear. We will be leaving the school at 1:45, so parents who are volunteering please be here at 1:40pm. We still need volunteers for Wed Oct 30 and Wed Nov 6. Email Ms. Cowdy if you are available. kjcowdy@cbe.ab.ca
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Wednesday:

• Library Day today
• Running/Walking Club

Thursday:

• Halloween Parade

Friday:

• No school today - Non Instructional Day

Oct 21-26 End of Week 8

End of Week 8!

Important for next week!
Swimming Monday and Wednesday this week
Halloween Parade Thursday afternoon at 1:20pm
No school on Friday, Nov 1 as it is a non instructional day
Halloween Parade info:

Halloween costume expectations and parade details – be respectful of the costumes you are choosing for your child to wear to school. We also discourage violent type or extremely scary costumes.  Do not bring all of the props or extra items that go along with your costume. Leave props at home. The Halloween parade will start at about 1:20 pm. 

Reminder for students:

Students please look after your belongings and put them in your backpacks and zip your backpacks up. There seems to be a lot of extra hats, mitts, etc. being left on the shelves rather than being put away. Outdoor footwear stays down on the mat and indoor shoes go up on the shelf, or left in the classroom.

Special Report from our classroom bloggers:

Yafet, our Social Studies blogger says:
In Social Studies this week we had to look at a mural that was near the swimming pool and find out what was important to people in Brentwood by sketching and thinking about the objects in the mural. We also looked at the painting son the side walk behind the community garden as well as the paintings in the community garden.

Leo, our Math blogger reports:
This week in math, we continued in increasing number patterns. We also had to do our Halloween math problems and correct our math stretch corrections.

Nicholas, our Daily Five blogger reports:
In Daily Five, we did our groups in daily five.There were five different things Ms. Cowdy gave us. We started guided reading groups, we are writing our spooky story in Work on Writing, and we did a dictionary scavenger hunt in Word Work.

Dhvani, tells us about Science this week:
In Science, did a lot of review for the Science test about light and shadow. The test had questions about light and shadow that we learned throughout the unit.
Here are some pictures taken by Jack, this week's photographer:

Agenda for Oct 21-26

Agenda for the Week of Oct 21-26
Bloggers are 4 special people:  Dhvani, Nicholas, Leo and Yafet. They will be reporting on the things we did this week. 
Photographer:  Jack
Recess Green Team: Malik and Jiarui

Important Items This Week: 

• Please send your swim form if you haven't

Monday:

• It was great.

Tuesday: 

• Welcome back to Week 8!
• Today was treat day
• Study for Science test tomorrow

Wednesday:

• Science Test
• Library Day today
• Running Club

Thursday:

• Swimming begins. PLEASE remember your swimsuit and your towel and your underwear. We will be leaving the school at 1:45, so parents who are volunteering please be here at 1:40pm. We still need volunteers for Wed Oct 30 Wed Nov 6. 

Friday:

• FAF - dress for the weather

Oct 14-18 End of Week 7!

End of Week 7!

Important for next week!
Science Test on Light and Shadow Wednesday
Swimming starts Thursday
Treat Day on Tuesday

Special Report from our classroom bloggers:

Malik, our Social Studies blogger says:
In Social Studies this week we id surveys from grades 1and 2 and grades 5 and 6.

Dhvani, our Math blogger reports:
This week in math, we continued in increasing patterns and decreasing patterns on the grid paper. We also had to correct our math stretch corrections.

Leo, our Daily Five blogger reports:
In Daily Five, we wrote spooky stories.

Yafet, tells us about Science this week:
In Science, we are studying for a test all about what we have learned so far in Science. We will bringing home our Science duotangs to study for the test next Wednesday.
Here are some pictures taken by Katie, this week's photographer:

Agenda for the Week of Oct 14 - 18

Agenda for the Week of Oct 14-18
Bloggers are 4 special people:  Dhvani, Malik, Yafet and Leo. They will be reporting on the things we did this week. 
Photographer:  Katie
Recess Green Team: Jack and Nicholas

Important Items This Week: 

• Please send your swim form if you haven't

Monday:

• Thanksgiving Monday - No school today

Tuesday: 

• Welcome back to Week 7!
• Swim Forms are due back today

Wednesday:

• Picture Day today
• Library Day today
• Running Club
• Dr. Coffin staff will be hosting a literacy-based ‘curriculum evening’ tonight  from 5 pm to 7 pm. All parents and guardians are welcome.

Thursday:

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Friday:

• Scholastic Forms due today
• FAF - dress for the weather

Oct 7-11 - End of Week 6

End of Week 6!

Important for next week!
Tomorrow is a non instructional day, so there is no school. It will be an extra long Thanksgiving weekend as there is no school Monday either.

We also had a visit from our elder, Saa'kokoto. He showed us a picture of the golden eagle he met this summer. He asked us to draw a picture of it for him.

Work that may be coming home to finish if it didn't get done in class:

• Math Stretch - Red Duotang
• Science experiment about the eye - Green Duotang
• complete the sentences booklet - Purple Duotang

These are all due on Tuesday. Please help your child remember to check in their backpacks to make sure these duotangs come back. We need them everyday.

Literacy Night - please bring your parents from 5pm-7pm and learn about our language arts program.

Swim forms are due Tuesday!

Picture Day on Wednesday!

Special Report from our classroom bloggers:

Jack, our Social Studies blogger says:
We got ideas from Room 7 and Room 2 for our survey options.

Yafet, our Math blogger reports:
Today in math we learned about increasing and decreasing patterns. Decreasing patterns get smaller and increasing patterns get bigger.

Dhvani, our Daily Five blogger reports:
In Daily Five, the grade 3's were doing the SLA and the grade 4's were writing if they went on a voyage, where would you go and what 5 things would they bring? We also had to finish our purple duotang.

Malik, tells us about Science this week:
In Science, we are still learning about light and shadow. we discovered that some stuff in our school grounds reflect light and some stuff doesn't.
Here are some pictures taken by Maria, this week's photographer:

Agenda for the Week of Oct 7-11

Agenda for the Week of Oct 7-11
Bloggers are 4 special people:  Dhvani, Jack, Malik and Yafet. They will be reporting on the things we did this week. 
Photographer:  Maria
Recess Green Team: Katie and Leo

Important Items This Week: 

• Swim forms are coming home today. They are due Tuesday Oct. 15th. We also need volunteers, so if you have your security clearance we would love to have you along.
• Scholastic forms went home. They are due Friday, Oct. 18th
• self portraits are coming home tonight
• bring snow pants

Monday:

• Welcome back to Week 6!

Tuesday: 

• Brag tags were given out for completing Raz Kids as I instructed - students are welcome to work on this at home to. Google raz kids login - Teacher name kjcowdy and then select their name. They should know their password. The go into the reading tab in the top left corner and choose level up. They need to listen to the book, read the book and do the quiz. 
• School Council Meeting tonight at 7 pm - all are welcome

Wednesday:

• Library Day today
• Running Club

Thursday:

• All Math Stretches and corrections are due today. Students who did not complete the work will be given Uh Oh's and it will be sent home over the weekend to complete. Your help in watching for the red duotang in their backpacks and helping them establish a time to get the work finished would be appreciated.
• Saakokoto here all day

Friday:

• Non Instructional Day - No school and Monday is Thanksgiving so no school on Monday either

Sept 30 - Oct 4 End of Week 5

End of Week 5!

Important for next week!
Next Friday is a non instructional day, so there is no school. It will be an extra long thanksgiving weekend.

Special Report from our classroom bloggers:

Katie, our Social Studies blogger says:
We did a survey to ask what Brentwood community would like.

Malik, our Math blogger reports:
We worked on patterns and relationships in problem solving. The questions are hard lots of the time.

Yafet, our Daily Five blogger reports:
This week in daily five we were reading our books to our partners. We also did our purple duotangs.

Jack, tells us about Science this week:
On FAF looked at reflection. We did some experiments on rainbows and refraction.

Here are some pictures taken by Max, this week's photographer: