Tuesday February 28, 2017

Today we had a special visit from the Alberta Wildlife Association. Ms. Andrea gave us lots of information about wolves. We talked about where they live? Where they are endangered? How many toes they have? What do  they hunt?  See if you can remember some facts from the presentation today.

We continued working on using our racquet skills in gym using badminton, ping-pong and balloon racquets.

Important Dates to remember:

March

10^th Snack Day

13^th School Council 7pm

22^nd Student Centred Conferences (4:15 – 8pm)

23^rd Student Centred Conferences (8:00am-12:00pm) NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

24^th Non Instructional Day – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

27^th- 31^st  SPRING BREAK

Circle of Courage Spotlight for Friday March 3rd– Colby and Muskkan  See Friday Jan. 27th blog for further details.

Friday February 24, 2017

Yesterday in Math we read a story about the “MaSloppy’s” They had a very unorganized house and need to count and organize various items in each room. Students were given the opportunity to think of their own strategies and organizational methods to count and organize various items in our classrooms.

Here are some ideas they came up with so far:

Try counting and organizing with labels, items at home such as pencils, socks, shoes etc. 

We had a visit from our buddies today and showed them how much progress we are making in our reading.

Please keep reading every night for 15 minutes to enhance your child’s decoding abilities and reinforce their understanding of what they are reading. Having a quick conversation about the text or making a connection to their own personal life is a great way to engage our budding readers!  Keep up the great work everyone!!

Important Dates to remember:

March

10^th Snack Day

13^th School Council 7pm

22^nd Student Centred Conferences (4:15 – 8pm)

23^rd Student Centred Conferences (8:00am-12:00pm) NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

24^th Non Instructional Day – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

27^th- 31^st  SPRING BREAK

Circle of Courage Spotlight for Friday March 3rd– Colby and Muskkan  See Friday Jan. 27th blog for further details.

Wednesday February 22, 2017

We had a successful pink shirt day! Way to show your school spirit! We had gr. 8 visitors from William D. Pratt school visit us today. They helped us design logo’s for our Pink shirts we made.

In writing we talked about adding more detail to our work. We discussed what a noun is (a person, place or thing). We also talked about adding “juicy” words (adjectives) in our writing to try and describe our nouns in detail.  For example: "The majestic caribou moved calmly down the slippery rock. Students are working on describing their silhouette art in writing, telling a story that they create from their art-work.

Important Dates to remember:

March

10^th Snack Day

13^th School Council 7pm

22^nd Student Centred Conferences (4:15 – 8pm)

23^rd Student Centred Conferences (8:00am-12:00pm) NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

24^th Non Instructional Day – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

27^th- 31^st  SPRING BREAK

Circle of Courage Spotlight for Friday Feb. 24th –Jeana and Avery See Friday Jan. 27th blog for further details.

Tuesday February 21, 2017

Today we had music and we were successful “passing the beat” Talk to your child at home about what this looks and sounds like.

We started using racquets in gym today. We experimented using different types of racquets to keep balloons in the air. What racquet did you use?

Wednesday February 22^nd is pink shirt day in celebration of anti-bullying awareness. Students are invited to wear pink to school that day or alternatively Royal Oak Blue. Please see the below link for more information on Pink shirt day

http://pinkshirtday.ca

Important Dates to remember:

22nd - Pink Shirt Day! – Wear pink to school !!! (or Royal Oak spirit wear)

Circle of Courage Spotlight for Friday Feb. 24th –Jeana and Avery See Friday Jan. 27th blog for further details.