Friday
- Had some time to catch up on unfinished work for the first 30 minutes of the day
- Had an Opera Performance Assembly
- Worked with our little buddies
- Continued our Wonder Art work
A Read-a-thon package went home earlier this week... Be sure to get caught reading and start bringing in gently used books to donate!
Happy Weekend!
Thursday
- Continued with a word work activity for our Wonder Art projects (that are looking AMAZING)
- Played a math game called Around the World
- This week we started soccer in gym
- Mr. Wadja worked with us in social studies - read a story and took some notes
"The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth." - Chief Seattle
- This was an important quote we read today in our story
- In science we wrote the definitions for the terms "waste, producer, consumer, decomposer"
Wednesday
- Started writing some of the rising action in our stories
- Continued reading Wonder - we will be finishing the book soon and watching the movie next week
- Played some multiplication games in math
- Went over the natural waste cycle in science
- Started our Wonder Art Portraits
- Had gym with Mr. J
Tuesday
- We started writing the introductions of our stories. We started by reading several introductions of story books to get an idea of various ways to start a story and hook our readers
- Took some notes on multiplication strategies
- Zero the hero - any number multiplied by zero (0) is always zero (0)
- One never wins - any number multiplied by one is always that number
- Two - skip count by 2s or double the number
- Three - 3.. 6.. 9.. and 12.. 15.. 18.. 21.. 24... and 27... 30 (tune of row, row your boat)
We continued taking notes for skip counting by 4s, 5s, and 9s. We will work on the remaining number multiplication strategies another class
- Had music with Mrs. Smith
- Brainstormed kindness words about our classmates for an upcoming art project
Monday
- Today we continued brainstorming our plot diagram for our own stories
- We had time continuing to review legends that we started with Mrs. Wadja last week
- Started reviewing the concept of multiplication. Practice basic facts at home to help us out with our math in class
- Started our new science unit "Waste in our World"
Check out one video Mr. Abdulghani showed us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HBtl4sHTqU
Monday, March 2, 2020
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
- 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!!
- 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
- 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)
-
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!!
- 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)
-
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!!
Monday, January 27, 2020
Monday January 27 - Thursday January 30
Thursday
- Today we did some paragraph writing all about our character. Ask you child to tell you about their interesting character!
- Still continuing practicing subtraction with 3 digits - used that skill to solve some riddles
- Had our final day of gratitude!
- Continued an art project with our buddies
Ski Days are:
Thurs. Feb 6
Tues. Feb 18
Thurs. Feb 20
Tues. Feb 25
No School tomorrow!! Staff PD Day
Wednesday
- Today we discussed the story element of "character". What it means and what makes a character exciting/engaging
- Students began brainstorming and documenting ideas on a character that they would eventually like to write about (thinking about character traits, their background, their interests, etc.)
- Continued working on 3 digit subtraction.
- Finished reading Via's perspective today in Wonder, next we will be moving onto Summer's perspective. (it is very interesting to notice how the same event is viewed from different characters perspectives so far)
- Had time to continue buffalo research in Social Studies (we are getting close to finishing)
- HEADS UP - NEXT THURSDAY IS OUR FIRST DAY OF SKIING/SNOWBOARDING
MORE INFO TO FOLLOW ON HOW THAT DAY WILL LOOK!
We are still looking for volunteers for 3 of the 4 ski days if you are available to come join us for a fun day on the slopes!!
Tuesday
- Brainstormed character traits and what we know about Via in Wonder
- Started subtraction with 3 digit numerals
- Had 4 new science centre involving light and using terms like reflection, refraction, optical devices and more!
Monday
- Had a great guest speaker today! Ask your child her special connection to our class and what she taught us about!
- Started she more work on subtraction!
- Had gym with Mr. J
- Ms. Jonasson was away this afternoon
- Today we did some paragraph writing all about our character. Ask you child to tell you about their interesting character!
- Still continuing practicing subtraction with 3 digits - used that skill to solve some riddles
- Had our final day of gratitude!
- Continued an art project with our buddies
Ski Days are:
Thurs. Feb 6
Tues. Feb 18
Thurs. Feb 20
Tues. Feb 25
No School tomorrow!! Staff PD Day
Wednesday
- Today we discussed the story element of "character". What it means and what makes a character exciting/engaging
- Students began brainstorming and documenting ideas on a character that they would eventually like to write about (thinking about character traits, their background, their interests, etc.)
- Continued working on 3 digit subtraction.
- Finished reading Via's perspective today in Wonder, next we will be moving onto Summer's perspective. (it is very interesting to notice how the same event is viewed from different characters perspectives so far)
- Had time to continue buffalo research in Social Studies (we are getting close to finishing)
- HEADS UP - NEXT THURSDAY IS OUR FIRST DAY OF SKIING/SNOWBOARDING
MORE INFO TO FOLLOW ON HOW THAT DAY WILL LOOK!
We are still looking for volunteers for 3 of the 4 ski days if you are available to come join us for a fun day on the slopes!!
Tuesday
- Brainstormed character traits and what we know about Via in Wonder
- Started subtraction with 3 digit numerals
- Had 4 new science centre involving light and using terms like reflection, refraction, optical devices and more!
Monday
- Had a great guest speaker today! Ask your child her special connection to our class and what she taught us about!
- Started she more work on subtraction!
- Had gym with Mr. J
- Ms. Jonasson was away this afternoon
Monday, January 20, 2020
Monday January 20th - Friday January 24
Monday
- We started up literacy stations again - first time in the new year! Each student completed two stations
- Read a little bit of Wonder, ask how Auggie's first day of school went
- Continued working on addition with 3 and now 4 digit numerals
- Worked on the concept of shadow and examined how moving a light source will change the shadows length
- We will be doing some science experiments OUTSIDE tomorrow, so please make sure to dress for the weather
Tuesday
- Today we made our own sundials and went out to track the shadow of a pencil crayon on a paper plate throughout the day (morning, mid day and afternoon)
- Completed the next two literacy stations
- Missed gratitude journals yesterday, so did two responses today
- Added some scientific terms to our glossary (sundial, eye, nearsighted, far sighted)
- Read some more of Wonder
Please note - tomorrow we have the mobile escape room FIRST THING - please try to be on time so you do not miss out on this awesome experience!!
Wednesday
- Had the best time with the mobile escape room - there were four different activities - get your child to explain them all to you and which one they liked best!!
- Worked on addition with 4 digit numerals
- Got to explore the science fair
- Continued working on Social Studies research from the Glenbow museum
- Watched a Magic School Bus video about light
Thursday
- Finished our literacy stations
- Continued practicing 4 digit addition
- Started reading from Via's perspective in Wonder
Friday
- Today we had music
- did our next gratitude reflection
- We had catch up research time for Social Studies
- Met with our buddies and made some fun crafts for Chinese New Year
- Had a school wide math challenge
Happy Weekend!!
- We started up literacy stations again - first time in the new year! Each student completed two stations
- Read a little bit of Wonder, ask how Auggie's first day of school went
- Continued working on addition with 3 and now 4 digit numerals
- Worked on the concept of shadow and examined how moving a light source will change the shadows length
- We will be doing some science experiments OUTSIDE tomorrow, so please make sure to dress for the weather
Tuesday
- Today we made our own sundials and went out to track the shadow of a pencil crayon on a paper plate throughout the day (morning, mid day and afternoon)
- Completed the next two literacy stations
- Missed gratitude journals yesterday, so did two responses today
- Added some scientific terms to our glossary (sundial, eye, nearsighted, far sighted)
- Read some more of Wonder
Please note - tomorrow we have the mobile escape room FIRST THING - please try to be on time so you do not miss out on this awesome experience!!
Wednesday
- Had the best time with the mobile escape room - there were four different activities - get your child to explain them all to you and which one they liked best!!
- Worked on addition with 4 digit numerals
- Got to explore the science fair
- Continued working on Social Studies research from the Glenbow museum
- Watched a Magic School Bus video about light
Thursday
- Finished our literacy stations
- Continued practicing 4 digit addition
- Started reading from Via's perspective in Wonder
Friday
- Today we had music
- did our next gratitude reflection
- We had catch up research time for Social Studies
- Met with our buddies and made some fun crafts for Chinese New Year
- Had a school wide math challenge
Happy Weekend!!
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