Monday, February 24, 2020

Monday February 24 - Friday February 29

Friday
- We continued our visual journal reflections on our time at WinSport
- Had a music reveal from the Opera. Our Composer and Director were both here!
- Had gym with Mr. J and worked on our parachute skills
- Worked with our Grade One buddies
- Today was Mental Health Friday - we as a school worked on Mindful Coloring

Thursday
Ms. Jonasson was away today

Wednesday 
- Worked with Mr. A on a Pink shirt day activity
- Did some more notes of classroom supplies in French
- Reviewed the rubric for problem solving we did with Mrs. Harms a couple months ago and did a practice word problem together

Tuesday
Had a beautiful last day at WinSport!!
Please remember that tomorrow is Pink Shirt Day

Monday 

- Today we discussed the story element of plot. We mapped out the plot for a popular childhood story. Later this week we  will be starting to brainstorm the plot of our own stories
- Mr. Abdulghani led a lesson on Perimeter
- Did a school survey on the laptops
- Read some more of Wonder we are getting close to finishing
- Remember - tomorrow is the last day of skiing/snowboarding 
Please be here at 9 am 
Dress for the weather
Pack a healthy lunch with lots of snacks and a water bottle 

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Tuesday February 18 - Friday February 21

Friday 
- Today we had some time on iPads to play math and literacy games
- Met with our buddies and watched the Lorax and talked about ways to take care of our world
- Had an assembly about next Wednesday which is PINK shirt day!
- Read a bit of Wonder - we are back to Auggie's perspective

Thursday
- Had another great day at the hill!!


Wednesday
- Tomorrow with skiing the weather looks beautiful. Some students may wish to take off their coats when on the hill NOTE - if they take off coats they need to have a long sleeve shirt/sweat on (arms covered) no t-shirts allowed
- Got to officially meet Mr. Abdulghani 
- Did a writing assignment with our student teacher
- Read some Wonder and worked on the character Justin
- Read I am Not a Number  and started working with Mrs. Wadja on thinking like a historian to find out what events lead to Residential Schools - we will be working on answering this question the next several weeks by looking at Alberta's history
- Met with Darin, the composer of our Opera who shared some music with us
- Went to see our buddies and they showed us their class history museum

REMEMBER TO BE AT SCHOOL AT 9 AM FOR SKIING/SNOWBOARDING TOMORROW
get a good night sleep tonight to be rested for tomorrow!!


Tuesday
Had a chilly morning at the ski hill, but a beautiful afternoon
Amazing to see how much improvement has happened these last two days
Next ski day is this Thursday!!

Monday, February 10, 2020

Monday February 10 - Wednesday February 12

Wednesday
- Today we had some extra time to finish our social studies research
- Read more of Wonder
- Decorated our Valentine's Bags and had a mini celebration!

Enjoy your long weekend
DO NOT FORGET WE ARE BACK TUESDAY AND WILL BE SKIING - COME DRESSED FOR THE WEATHER WITH A HEALTHY LLUNCH AND LOTS OF SNACKS!! 


Tuesday
- Did some literacy stations - worked on some word work and non-fiction stations
- Reviewed perimeter in math
- Had some time to finish our Buffalo research from the Glenbow Museum. About half of us still need to finish (some maybe sent home next week to get some extra time to finish up)
- Had a review checkin for Light and shadow in Science
Tomorrow we will have time to handout Valentines to classmates

The Grade 3s made these adorable Koala's to raise money for the World Wild Life Fund to support the animals who lost their homes in the Australian fires
Koalas are available to purchase for $3.50 (Ms. Jonasson already got hers!)




Monday
- Welcome to a short learning week
-Mrs. Campbell sent us an email with some pictures of her new baby Preston - he likes to sleep all day and stay awake all night!!
- We did some writing about our time skiing and snowboarding. We wrote about what we enjoyed, a challenge we were faced with and how we tried to overcome those challenges
- Did some logic puzzles for Valentines Day
- Added some terms to our science notes (concave and convex lenses)
- Continued reading Wonder we are still reading from Jack Will's perspective


Monday, February 3, 2020

Monday February 3 - Friday February 7

Friday
- Today we had gym with Mrs. Tran's class
- Finished our groundhog math and found out who the groundhog kidnapper was
- Did a friendship tree with kind words for our buddies
- Worked with buddies on making artwork showing the Northern Lights
- Read some more of Wonder
- A list of students names was sent home today. We will have time next Wednesday to handout Valentines if students wish to give Valentines to their classmates

Have a fantastic weekend!

Thursday
Skiing today was awesome!!
Get a good rest tonight!!

Wednesday
Ms. Jonasson was away today

Tuesday
Ms. Jonasson was away today, but wanted to remind everyone that Thursday is Math Night!



Monday
- We planned and wrote a little bit about the setting of our stories we will be writing later this month
- Started our Groundhog Mystery Math - the math skill we needed today was multiplication
- Practiced our recorders in music
- Visited Ms. Splelay's class and explored their family artifact museum!
- Saw some videos and took some notes on different optical devices (telescope, microscopes)
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FYI - SKIING IS THURSDAY!!! THE BUS WILL LEAVE AT 9:15 SO WE ASK STUDENTS BE IN CLASS AT 9:00 SO WE CAN TAKE ATTENDANCE RIGHT AWAY
- DRESS FOR THE WEATHER
- BRING A HEALTHY LUNCH, HEALTHY SNACKS AND A WATER BOTTLE!
- NO MONEY IS ALLOWED. NO STUDENTS WILL BE PURCHASING FOOD/SNACKS/DRINKS ETC
Please wear the coat you will be wearing skiing Thursday on Wednesday to we can attach your lift ticket in advance!!