September 30, 2019

Today students were encouraged to wear an orange shirt in support of Orange Shirt Day.  As a class, room 5 discussed the history behind this day and why it is important.  We each traced our hand and made a pledge that will help others.  Ask your child what they pledged to do.

Important reminders:  

• Our field study to Fish Creek Park is tomorrow (Oct. 1st).  Permission forms were due today.  If your child has not returned their form please send it with them tomorrow morning.  
• We will eat our lunch at Fish Creek Park.  Please pack a lunch that will be easy to eat in a picnic area outside. 
• The weather has not been ideal.  Please send your child in snow pants, winter coat, boots and waterproof gloves/mittens to wear when we are outside tomorrow.

Sept. 27, 2019

This week our AM group continued to look at landscapes and think about questions regarding the land.  The questions we each tried to think about were:

• What do you notice?
• What resources are on the land?
• How could we use them?
• Could we live here?  Why or why not?

Today was the Terry Fox run at Maple Ridge School.  Each of us set a personal goal to run enough laps to spell TERRY, FOX or TERRY FOX.  Ask me what my goal was and how I did with my goal 🏃🎯

Reminders:  

Our trip to Hull's Wood (Fish Creek Park) is on Tuesday, Oct. 1st.  All forms are due Monday.  

Orange Shirt day is Monday.  Students and staff are encouraged to wear an orange shirt to create awareness of the concept of Every Child Matters.  Please visit http://www.orangeshirtday.org/ for more information

September 23, 2019

We continue to examine the parts of a plant 🌱

Last week:

•  we each took a part of a mum plant and looked closely at it, recording what we observed  

Today:

• we visited the Community Garden where we looked for the parts of a plant on different flowers and vegetables
• we found and documented evidence that the needs of the plants were being met or were not being met
• we saw carrots, rhubarb, beets, black tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, sunflowers, gladiolas, pumpkin, strawberries, squash, chives and cucumbers just to name a few

Notice:  Order deadline for photos is Sept. 27, 2019.  Retakes are scheduled for Oct. 23.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

September 17, 2019

Our latest learning in room 5 has included:

• signing in to the computers and learning how to send an email to Mrs. Bowers
• finding the pattern and identifying the rule when filling in an addition chart
• we talked about the Zones of Regulation in Health
• we signed out books from the iLab
• sketching and documenting scientific observations of a tree in the garden

Note to parents:  Scholastic book orders were sent home today.  All orders are due by Monday Sept. 23 📚 Option to order online is available.

              

 

September 13, 2019

We've been very busy the past few days!  Room 5:
-had an orientation in the iLab with Mrs. Ramsey (book sign out starts Monday)
-participated in drawing practice and some of us found it challenging but we persevered
-planned, painted and found pictures to add to our cover page for our visual journals
-has been learning about different ways to balance in Phys. Ed.

Reminder:  Parents, please remember to sign up for Parent/Teacher conferences happening next week 🍎
Have a great weekend!

September 11, 2019

In class we:
-used tiles to create patterns in Math
-identified where Alberta would be located in a topographical map of Canada by looking for the Rocky Mountain range
-everyone has had the opportunity to join Mrs. Ramsey in the iLab this week.  We will rotate the groups each day Mon-Thurs.
-the iLab is opening tomorrow!
-we did a Number talk today - ask me what we had to do
-see my notice
-P/T conferences are next week.  Please remember to sign up for a time

September 9, 2019

Here are today's highlights from room 5:

-it was picture day today
-we answered the question "what would be included in Alberta's story?"
-we read an article about meat-eating plants in Science
-we used the loose parts to show where Math lives within them (ask me what I did with the loose parts)
-we had our first Number Talk
-we have started our group rotations with Ms. Ramsey
-we learned how to play Salute!
-it was indoor lunch today due to the weather
-we welcomed 2 new students to our class

September 6, 2019

In room 5 we:                                                                                                                               

• have been learning how to cooperate and collaborate with our new classmates .                         
• went outside to sketch a tree so that we can track how it has changed over the seasons this year
• started our read aloud of The One and Only Ivan (ask me about it)                                             
• had our first school assembly to talk about expectations at future assemblies and review the      pillars of care                                                                                                                                 
• used loose parts to build creations that reflect our individual personalities (see the pictures        below)                                  
• had our first class meeting to see how everyone was feeling about the first week of school    

       Reminder:  Picture day on Monday 📸                                                             


 

 

 

 
 

September 4, 2019

Hello and welcome!  We've had a busy first few days in room 5.  Some highlights include:

• brainstorming what we need from our teacher and what we each need to be successful this year
• learning how to choose a 'just right' book
• reading The Dot by Peter Reynolds and connecting it to what a growth mindset is and how it can positively affect our learning
• exploring numbers in math puzzles

I look forward to meeting everyone at the Open House on Thursday 5-7pm