February 28 - March 4, 2023

-


This week in Room 6, we spent a lot of time continuing to explore our question: “How do we celebrate diversity in others and in ourselves?” One way we did this, was with our continued work in Social Studies on exploring India, Tunisia, Ukraine, Peru, and Alberta through the celebration tables we are going to share next week. We did research on the textiles from these places and continued to connect what we learned to the natural resources and cultures in these areas. When we finished our research, we created paragraphs in groups so that we could make an audio recording of the information that we found. Next week, all of our celebration tables will be set up and we will visit each one and listen to the audio recordings that each group made.

Another way that we explored diversity and acceptance was through our work in Wellness and Literacy. By understanding differences in each other and celebrating those differences, hopefully we can reduce conflict and misunderstandings. However, we are also learning that conflict is natural. Conflict means that each person has a need that wants to me met, like each wanting to read the same book, or use the same playground equipment. We need to learn how to solve conflict and understand each other’s point of view.  Finally, in Wellness we also looked at other behaviors (rude, mean/aggressive and bullying) to understand the difference of each and how we can address each type of behavior that we might see in others.

In writing, we continued to explore paragraph writing and how to make our writing interesting using the “show don’t tell” strategy. Throughout the week we worked through our process of idea generation, writing a draft, sharing and getting feedback, editing and revising when writing about Pink Shirt Day and our experience at the Be Brave Game. We are looking forward to sharing this writing with you at Student Led Conferences on March 9 and 10.

Of course we did so much more! Ask us about:

  • Our class novel “Song for a Whale”, what is happening in the book and our predictions for what might happen;
  • What division means and the personal strategy we use for division;
  • Snowshoeing and floor hockey in physical education; and
  • The Fish Tank observations this week and what information we know that can help us identify what kind of fish they are.

Finally, Mrs. Cooper has a few very important announcements:

  • Conferences on Thursday and Friday will be student led. This means that each student will take their grown-ups to various stations where they can demonstrate the skills we have been working on, and show the progress they are making. When you sign up in conference manager, you will be selecting a 45 minute block of time.  There will be up to 3 other families in the room at that time as well, but enough stations to go through that there will not be overlap. During your scheduled time slot, one of the stations will be to meet with Mrs. Cooper to have a short conference about individual student learning and progress. PLEASE NOTE: The conference manager is not displaying conference booking times correctly in the chart. The school has tried very hard to fix this, but is unable. Please be sure to note the times when you are booking to avoid confulsion. If you are unsure of your time, please check the confirmation email that you recieved or email Mrs. Cooper at tlcooper@cbe.ab.ca . Thursday is a regular school day with conferences beginning at 3:30. Friday there is no school due to conferences.
  • We are pleased to be hosting a hybrid (In-School and Virtual) Scholastic Book Fair from Monday, March 6th till Monday, March 13th. Our class will get an opportunity to visit the Book Fair to see what’s new and exciting on Wednesday, March 8.

        Purchase Options: 

            1. Online using the lVirtual Book Fair Link:                         https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5184684   (Link is active from Monday, March 6th till Monday, March 13th). Online orders will be shipped to the school and sent home with your child when they arrive

            2. In-Person during your Student-Led Conferences   

  • Volunteers Needed for Book Fair!! We are looking for parent volunteers who would be able to help run the Book Fair during the dates and timeslots below.  If you are able to volunteer during any of the time slots please email Ms. Kassam (shkassam@cbe.ab.ca) with the time and day you are available to help. If you are able to volunteer but the time slots do not work for you, please email Ms. Kassam with your preferred time. Please remember in order to volunteer, you will need your volunteer clearance completed and up to date.    

                Time Slots: Thursday, March 9th : 3:30pm – 5:30pm, 5:30pm – 7:30pm 

                      Friday, March 10th : 8:00am – 10:00am. 10:00a,m - 12:00pm, 12:00pm-1:30pm

 * All volunteers are asked to arrive a couple of minutes early to learn the systems and procedures. *

 Important Dates

  • March 6-13 - Virtual Book Fair – opens Monday March 6
  • March 9 - Healthy Hunger (Booster Juice)
  • March 9 & 10 Student Led Conferences (Thursday is a regular school day)
  • March 10 - NO SCHOOL (due to Student Led Conferences)
  • March 23 - Healthy Hunger (Coco Brooks)
  • March 27-31 - Spring Break NO SCHOOL

 

 

 

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

June 4-8, 2023

-
Image
  What an exciting and eventful week!! So much happened for us in Room 6 and we had so much learning! On Tuesday the HAWCs helicopter landed in our school field! We were able to hear all about it from the pilot, mechanic and police officer that works on the helicopter. We learned that HAWCs stands for Helicopter Air Watch for Community Safety. We also learned about how it flies, it’s top speed and how much it weighs. We applied our “observing beyond the obvious” as we sketched in our journal. Another exciting part of the week was our guest Rugby coach! We learned how to hold and   pass a rugby ball. We also played a lot of games to practice running, passing the ball and protecting our flags. We also have been doing a lot of watercolour this year in art. On Monday and Tuesday we used a wet on wet technique to make beautiful dandelion pictures that showed movement and applied the “rule of thirds”. We learned that it is important to use this rule to make our art more interesting for
Read more

June 19-23

-
Image
We had such a fantastic week of learning! We cannot believe it was our second last week together. The year has gone so fast! We had two big highlights from the week, learning about Indigenous Culture and our Tower Garden Salad Celebration. Wednesday, June 21, 2023 was National Indigenous People’s Day. It was a great opportunity for the grade 4s to share with the grade 3s what they have learned this month about the history of Indigenous People in Alberta. We also took some time to go a bit deeper into Indigenous Culture, listening to Indigenous music like the song Ukiuk by the Jerry Cans and also learning about the three Indigenous Flags that were gifted to our school. We also had an assembly and the Land Acknowledgement that we did at our sharing assembly was used for this one. We were very honoured that they asked us to use it. Finally, we all went outside for a whole school sit spot. Here are a few more insights from our class about National Indigenous People’s Day and our learnin
Read more

YEARBOOKS

-
  Yearbook Don't forget to order your 2022/2023 yearbook before the end of the year! Yearbooks feature portrait pages of all grades, photos of classroom highlights and memories as well as images from the special events and spirit days throughout the year! The yearbook is created by parent volunteers for your children to enjoy, and proceeds from sales support school council in offering great opportunities for our students. Pre-order yearbooks will be distributed in September of 2023. PAY ONLINE: Go to  ybpay.lifetouch.ca  and enter our school code:  11352723.    If you have any questions regarding yearbook, please email Holly Gray, our yearbook coordinator at  lbsyearbooks@gmail.com .  The school does not have a list of who has ordered.
Read more