Friday 18 December 2020
Thursday 17 December 2020
Thursday, December 17th
Reminders
1. share me your science project mashackelton@educbe.ca
2. help your parents with chores around the house and yard
3. be thankful
4. have a happy and safe holidau
5. Merry Christmas!!
Thank you for all the gifts, cards, and treats! It means a lot to me being away from my family. You all have raised great children!
Much love
Pillars of Care Winners for Dec
All of these students deserve these awards!
Care for Others: Jaime - During math Jaime has been very helpful in our fractions unit taught other students his tips and tricks he’s discovered.
Care for Learning: Sloane - For always completing every project to the best of her ability and bugging Mr. Shackleton to have it marked ASAP!
Care for Place: Dayton - During our city building project Dayton always, without asking, helped any student put away any of their supplies they used. Thank you!
Care for Self: Simon - He has demonstrated great persistence in learning, being social, and participating in recess games outside! Keep it up Simon!
Pillar of the Month: Lhanz - Thank you Lhanz for being generous to Mr. Shackleton and future grade 6s by sharing your city project as an exemplarWednesday 16 December 2020
Wednesday, December 16th
Reminders
1. Study for Science Test this Thursday!!! ---- tomorrow!!!
2. Science project Due Dec 17th - Thurs
3. Science unit test Dec 17th - Thurs
4. Study again for science test!
5. If science research project is done online SHARE to mashackelton@educbe.ca
thank you
6. Pyjama day tomorrow!
Today we read and had gym. After that we did our fractions test, hopefully we can mark them tomorrow!
Then we did some festive Christmas activities before doing some science kahoots to help us study for the test.
In the afternoon we had one final push to finish our leaf research project.
We hope everyone has whimsical Wednesday!
Virtual Christmas Concert Links
Anderson: https://youtu.be/kaffiXA1VRE
Baxter: https://youtu.be/tSDbXwaAsGc
Beechey: https://youtu.be/Cl4w9uWg4to
Berry: https://youtu.be/O8bv-CaWjdc
Byrne: https://youtu.be/XGTyX9ErIxo
Craig: https://youtu.be/EaKsxZemVz8
Fisher: https://youtu.be/cD3d1S9k0zQ
Wu AM: https://youtu.be/YefI5rJ9kM4
Wu PM: https://youtu.be/K1kFjQJh1Yw
Lancee: https://youtu.be/ak4nFPmu8xU
Mueller: https://youtu.be/VxudAzzom9Q
Pulvermacher: https://youtu.be/tmuqNrQY_1I
Shackelton: https://youtu.be/M9N7rA-om1I
Wallace: https://youtu.be/xidGH809eGw
Sterne: https://youtu.be/ILZywrC8iis
Winston/Sadowsky: https://youtu.be/0HIxQB4dwZ4
Young: https://youtu.be/4ZXlyqImIU4
Tuesday 15 December 2020
Tuesday, December 15th
Reminders
1. Study for Science Test this Thursday!!!
2. Science project Due Dec 17th - Thurs
3. Science unit test Dec 17th - Thurs
4. Fractions test Dec 16th - Weds .... hopefully you brought home the extra sheets I left.
Today we read before gym. After gym we practice for the math quiz tomorrow. I made tons of extra worksheets for students to bring home to practice with or they can use mathletics.
When then started a festive film for LA while students worked on Christmas cards.
After recess we worked studying for science by doing kahoots.
In the afternoon we worked on our science projects.
We hope everyone has twinkling Tuesday!
Monday 14 December 2020
Monday, December 14th
Reminders
1. Study for Science Test this Thursday!!!
2. Science project Due Dec 17th - Thurs
3. Science unit test Dec 17th - Thurs
4. Fractions test Dec 16th - Weds
I am in the office Monday Tuesday Wednesday this week filling in for isolating admin.
We started off with reading and getting to know the sub. After gym we worked on some test reviews for the fractions test Wednesday.
After that did our big desk clean and had snack.
After snack we got the art supplies out and started making personalized Christmas Cards until recess.
Once recess ended we studied for our science test using kahoot.
After lunch, mindfulness, and recess we worked on our science projects to end the day.
We hope everyone has musical Monday!
Thursday 10 December 2020
Thursday, December 10th
Reminders
1. Study for test tomorrow
2. Study for test tomorrow
3. Social test Friday Dec 11th
4. Science project Due Dec 17th
5. Science unit test Dec 17th
6. Fractions test Dec 16th
7. Bring in nonperishable food items for the food drive if you can :)
Today we read and had gym with the gym teacher. For math we did a fraction unit review that we will be peer assessing tomorrow, followed by mathletics.
In LA, we practiced using common lit, read a story and answered a variety of question types. If you were away today its on your common lit account.
Then we studied for social doing kahoots without my hints.
Everyone had a turn in our appreciation circles.
Then we worked on science projects while I handed back the social city rubrics and gave the students verbal feedback 1 to 1.
We hope everyone has a thrifty Thursday!
Wednesday 9 December 2020
Wednesday, December 9th
Reminders
2. Social city write up! ----only a few students left to hand in then I will mark all the cities!
3. Social test Friday Dec 11th
4. Science project Due Dec 17th
5. Science unit test Dec 17th
6. Fractions test Dec 16th
7. Bring in nonperishable food items for the food drive if you can :)
STUDY FOR YOUR SOCIAL TEST!
Today we read and went over snow rules. After gym we worked on placing fractions on a number line.
We had snack then finished The Giver movie. We shared our feelings on it using precision of language, tomorrow we will be doing comparisons, and pros and cons of movie vs book.
After music we did social studies kahoots to study for our test Friday.
In mindfulness our appreciation circle went quite well, thank you to those students who shared.
We ended our day working on our science research project.
We hope everyone has a Winter Wonderland Wednesday!
Tuesday 8 December 2020
Tuesday, December 8th
Reminders
1. No school this Friday
2. Social city due Monday the 7th ...extended to Wednesday AM
3. Social test Friday Dec 11th
4. Science project Due Dec 17th
5. Science unit test Dec 17th
6. Fractions test Dec 16th
7. Bring in nonperishable food items for the food drive if you can :)
STUDY FOR YOUR SOCIAL TEST!
Today we did a reading about social studies with questions to help for our quiz. Went to gym and after had time to touch up social before we started to final watch The Giver movie! (we are 1 hour in)
After that we did fractions for math: converting them to pictures and improper to proper.
We then did some kahoots to study for our social test.
Mindfulness tomorrow will be a sharing circle. Pick a virtue our class needs tonight and a special object in your mind you want to share to the class about, no pressure to bring it in.
Then we had time to work on our science project.
We hope everyone has a time traveller Tuesday!
Monday 7 December 2020
Monday, December 7th
Reminders
1. No school this Friday
2. Social city due Monday the 7th ..ext4ned to Wednesday AM
3. Social test Friday Dec 11th
4. Science project Due Dec 17th
5. Science unit test Dec 17th
6. Fractions test Dec 16th
7. Bring in nonperishable food items for the food drive if you can :)
8. I will be here 230-330pm on Monday to allow students to finish what they did on the weekend for their projects.
Today we read, changed spots and cleaned the class before gym.
During math we worked fractions again with a focus on drawing mixed number fractions and making equivalents of them.
Then students had time to finish / print their social write ups / clean the room / help other people finish painting or gluing.
We talked about covid outbreaks for health today, and we studied for a social unit test by doing kahoots (online multiple choice quiz).
After all that we had an our to work on our science leaf project.
We hope everyone has a magic Monday!
Science Links
Copy and paste these links below to help you!
Top Tree Species in the City of Calgary
https://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/Planning-and-Operations/Tree-Management/Top-Tree-Species-for-Calgary.aspx
Guide to the Common Native Trees and Shrubs of Alberta (68 page pdf)
https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/5654dd7f-9c73-496d-9163-99fc6601be6f/resource/7c8a17bd-3e50-4b45-975f-689ae8a6336e/download/2009-guide-common-native-trees-shrubs-alberta.pdf
A Beginners Guide to Tree Identification
https://www.thoughtco.com/identify-name-tree-using-leaf-key-1343488
Leaf Facts for Kids
https://kids.kiddle.co/Leaf
Margins And Shapes And Arrangements:
https://www.thoughtco.com/id-trees-using-leaf-shape-venation-1343511
Thursday 3 December 2020
Thursday, December 3rd
Reminders
1. No school this Friday
2. Social city due Monday the 7th with the write up. I will accept late projects but I will be marking them after school on Tuesday so I can clear the clutter out of my room by Wednesday.
3. Social test Friday Dec 11th
4. Science project Due Dec 17th
5. Science unit test Dec 17th
6. Fractions test Dec 16th
7. Bring in nonperishable food items for the food drive if you can :)
8. I will be here 230-4pm on Monday to allow students to finish what they did on the weekend for their projects.
9. Study for your tests nightly. Read those guides a min. once per night.
Today we had a farewell pj party for Ms Nelson, as today was her last day. We did lacrosse-esq skills in gym today. For LA, we finally finished The Giver and will be comparing the book to the movie next week.
In math we compared and learned how fractions are decimals and how decimals can be percents.
We had music with Mr. Wiens today too.
In the afternoon we worked on our leaf identification project (due in 2 weeks) and our social city project - due Monday!
We hope everyone has Christmas Tree Thursday!
Wednesday 2 December 2020
Wednesday, December 2nd
Reminders
1. No school this Friday
2. Social city due Monday the 7th with the write up. I will accept late projects but I will be marking this after school on Tuesday so I can clear the clutter out of my room
3. Social test Friday Dec 11th
4. Science project Due Dec 17th
5. Science unit test Dec 17th
6. Fractions test Dec 16th
7. Bring in nonperishable food items for the food drive if you can :)
Today Ms Nelson handed out presents to the class as tomorrow is her last day. Then we went to the gym for a sport thats similar to lacrosse in skill set.
In LA we worked on our Giver write up, and a kahoot on it.
In math we worked on converting fractions and mixed number fractions into decimals.
In science we started our leaf project and looked through old examples from previous students --- Due Dec 17th
During social we worked on our city and students were focussing more on the writing aspect of it ---Due Monday!
We had a fire drill this afternoon too, and the students were outstanding!
We hope everyone has a whimsical Wednesday!
Tuesday 1 December 2020
Tuesday, December 1st
Reminders
1. No school this Friday
2. Social city due Monday the 7th with the write up. I will accept late projects but I will be marking this after school on Tuesday so I can clear the clutter out of my room
3. Social test Friday Dec 11th
4. Science project Due Dec 17th
5. Science unit test Dec 17th
6. Fractions test Dec 16th
7. Bring in nonperishable food items for the food drive if you can :)
Sorry on Mondays I get scattered brained with my admin meeting sometime and forget to post.
I will post more science study notes tomorrow so they are on here too.
We have a super busy next 3 weeks and will be working hard until the break!
We did reading and gym to start the day. Went further in our novel study that is almost complete :)
In math we continued with converting fractions and expressing numbers into decimals and fractions.
In the afternoon we started the science research project and looked at how previous students of mine have completed it.
Then we moved onto our social cities that are due this Monday.
There will be no spelling tests as we have a math, science and social unit tests this month, as well as two projects too.
We hope everyone has a toon Tuesday!
Social study test review and notes - Friday Dec 11th
Test is Dec 11th this everything they need to know!
Science notes
The Forest Ecosystem – Notes You Need!
• The forest is an ecosystem (community of living organisms interacting with
non-living components)
• The biotic (living) components include:
o All plants (producers)
o All animals (consumers- 3 types: herbivores, carnivores, omnivores)
o Earthworms, mites, millipedes, carrion beetles, ants, maggots, fungus,
molds, & bacteria/ microscopic soil organisms (decomposers)
• The abiotic (non-living) components include:
o Water
o Rocks & soil
o Sunlight & air
o Chemicals
• Trees have a significant affect on conditions inside the forest (under the
canopy)
o They break the wind: with less air movement, there is less drying
o They shade the ground, this lowers the air temperature and also
reduces drying
o This causes forests to be more humid with moist soil
o They contribute leaves, branches and stems to the material on the
forest floor that decomposes into humus
• Herbivores (like deer and caterpillars) can have a negative effect on plants
and trees because they eat the leaves – tent caterpillars consume every part
of the tree that is edible to them – spruce bud worms kill the growing shoots
of spruce trees – Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers peck rows of shallow holes
around the trunk of trees to draw out sap – blight and other fungi/bacteria
gets on leaves, then travels into the wood of tree stems, destroying the leaves
and sections of the tree
• There are 4 levels of the forest: canopy, understory, floor and subfloor
o The canopy: is the top level, is formed by the leaves and branches of
the tallest trees. Up to 35% of precipitation that falls on a forest is
intercepted by the canopy. Different birds (owls, orioles) and insects
(aphids, tent caterpillars) live here.
o The understory: is home to the smaller trees and larger shrubs. It
provides sheltered space for birds and small mammals to travel.
Many insects, lichen, squirrels, woodpeckers and many other birds
can be found here.
o The forest floor: ferns, wildflowers, and other soft stem plants, tree
seedlings, butterflies, dragonflies, mice, weasles, deer, skunks, and
rabbits live and find their food sources here.
o The subfloor: includes the soil, leaf litter, mushrooms, insects,
salamanders, toads, and moss. The soil is a storehouse for growth and
covers the bedrock. Worms, bacteria, soil insects, tree roots, spiders,
millipedes and centipedes are found here.
Monday 30 November 2020
Science Research Project - helpful links
Copy and paste these links below to help you!
Top Tree Species in the City of Calgary
https://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/Planning-and-Operations/Tree-Management/Top-Tree-Species-for-Calgary.aspx
Guide to the Common Native Trees and Shrubs of Alberta (68 page pdf)
https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/5654dd7f-9c73-496d-9163-99fc6601be6f/resource/7c8a17bd-3e50-4b45-975f-689ae8a6336e/download/2009-guide-common-native-trees-shrubs-alberta.pdf
A Beginners Guide to Tree Identification
https://www.thoughtco.com/identify-name-tree-using-leaf-key-1343488
Leaf Facts for Kids
https://kids.kiddle.co/Leaf
Margins And Shapes And Arrangements:
https://www.thoughtco.com/id-trees-using-leaf-shape-venation-1343511
Friday 27 November 2020
Friday, November 27th
Reminders
1. Picture retake orders due Dec 2nd
2. Non perishable food items for the Food Drive
3. Social City Project Due Monday, Dec 7th. Next week will be last week of in class time.
4. No school Dec 4th
5. Make sure your child is connected to my google classroom as the 1st week after Christmas Break, Jan 4th - 11th we will be online. Its their educbe.ca email.
6. Basic fact quizzes sent home to be signed and returned
Today we marked our math and reviewed common mistakes the class is making ... like forgetting their decimals.
Then we did fractions on mathletics to mix it up.
In LA we read one of the most intense chapters of the book and learned what "released" was, and what happened to old receiver of memory.
Then we worked on our city projects before cleaning the room and heading out for gym.
We hope everyone has a frosty Friday!
Thursday 26 November 2020
Thursday, November 26th
Reminders
1. Picture retake orders due Dec 2nd
2. Non perishable food items for the Food Drive
Today we went to the library to start our day, then followed it up with basketball in gym.
After that we did our basic fact quizzes. We will be handing them back tomorrow.
In LA we continued The Giver and are getting closer to the climax of the story, very exciting stuff today!
In the afternoon we had recess, science (finished human interaction / uses for forests), then lunch.
After lunch we had mindfulness and recess again. We ended the day with our social projects. We will assign a due date at the end of Friday.
We hope everyone has a thirsty Thursday!
Wednesday 25 November 2020
Wednesday, November 25th
Reminders
1. Picture retake orders due Dec 2nd
2. Basic fact quiz Thursday
3. Non perishable food items for the Food Drive
Today went by so fast as Wednesday's do. We read and prepared the students for another one of Ms. Nelson's evaluations from MRU. Then the kids played floor hockey with Mr. Sadowsky.
When they came back they worked on ordering fractions highest to lowest, converting them to percent, pictures, and doing greater than. It was an excellent lesson.
For LA we continued to work on our novel study.
Before lunch we we continued learning about human interactions with the forests on its own
After lunch we had mindfulness and then worked on the social city project afterwards. .
November Pillars of Care Winners
Care for Others: Dawson - He has been an excellent classmate and friend this past month. He has been helping people cut their cardboard for our city project, promoting healthy and safe play outside with his friends at recess, and has been helping his peers with fractions.
Care for Learning: Ann - She has been outstanding this month in all of her assessments. Ann has been nearly perfect on multiple math tests, earned great marks on her reading comprehension assessment and has been an active leader by showing the entire class how hard someone can work on their projects.
Care for Place: Rilley - He has been instrumental in keeping the classroom, his spot, and floor clean. Lately, we have been building cities and Rilley makes sure everyone helps clean up the mess at the end of the day. Thank you so much Rilley!
Care for Self: Blake - He has taken care of himself to the next level by implementing the feedback and discussions we had at parent-teacher conferences this past week. I am really happy and proud to see Blake asking for help and advocating for himself during lessons.
Tuesday 24 November 2020
Tuesday, November 24th
Reminders
1. Picture retake orders due Dec 2nd
2. Basic fact quiz Thursday
3. Non perishable food items for the Food Drive
Apologies for the lack of blogs on Thursday and Monday! My mind slipped there. Parents who didn't attend interviews and wish to contact me, please do so through my email or by phoning the school.
Today we read and worked on our dribbling skills in basketball. For LA we are diving deeper into The Giver about a society controlled by the government...eerie or timely...lol.
In math we started learning about what mixed number fractions are.
In science we learned about all the exterior and interior of a leaf. Then we moved into breaking down how to classify leaves.
In the afternoon we had about 75mins to work on our social city project.
We hope everyone has a timeless Tuesday!
Thursday 19 November 2020
Mayor's Annual Christmas Food Drive at BHS
Beddington Heights is participating in the Mayor's Annual Food Drive this year! Please bring in any nonperishable food items for the Calgary Food Bank! Also, we are collecting monetary donations. This will be a great act of kindness and show a great deal of care for others during a trying time of year for those who are less fortunate. The drive starts today and ends Dec 11th. Thank you for your support on this!
Wednesday 18 November 2020
Wednesday, November 18th
Reminders:
1. Parent teacher interviews Thursday 330-730pm, Friday 8-1pm, please sign up online through your my CBE account
2. No school Friday
3. Talk to your child about keeping snow on the ground
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63DZ7nLpSDE useful website for city planning / drawing
B) Bring in anything you want to use to build your city if you are not drawing it.
5. School clothing order posted on previous post! Check it out! Order whenever, but if you want to get the clothes in time for Christmas order this week! Its to help fundraise for parent council too.
6. Math tests sent home to be signed
Today we read, played bball, talked about memories in relation to the Giver.
Corrected the math tests.
And worked on our city planning.
We hope everyone has a winter Wednesday!
Tuesday 17 November 2020
Tuesday, November 17th
Reminders:
1. Parent teacher interviews Thursday 330-730pm, Friday 8-1pm, please sign up online through your my CBE account
2. No school Friday
3. Talk to your child about keeping snow on the ground
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63DZ7nLpSDE useful website for city planning / drawing
B) Bring in anything you want to use to build your city if you are not drawing it.
5. School clothing order posted on previous post! Check it out! Order whenever, but if you want to get the clothes in time for Christmas order this week! Its to help fundraise for parent council too.
Today in class we kicked it off with silent reading and basketball in gym. We then had to do a goal setting lesson on IRIS to prepare us for parent teacher conferences this week. We set goals in math, LA, and health. We also picked 3 strategies for each goal to achieve them, and we filled out the understanding myself as a learner section so you parents can learn a bit more about how your child(ren) view themselves.
Then Ms. N took over for The Giver.
After that we had our math test! I hope to get marked by the end of tomorrow, I know shocking right?!
Once math was over we started working on our city planning. We reviewed the rubric and task and watched a couple videos about birds-eye city drawing to help with their understanding of perspective.
We hope everyone has a turnip Tuesday!
Time Sensitive school clothing order - parent council fundraiser
BHS is doing a clothing order! Round 1 sadly ends today! If we order it today we can get it before the Christmas break! We know this is super rushed, but we just found out about it today and they finally approved the new designs!
Website:
https://www.elevateathletics.ca/beddington put in the full website.
If it doesn't work, go to www.elevateatheltics.ca then hit enter, ....then do the /beddington and hit enter again, it seems to work for me that way.
or
you can also go to www.elevateathletics.ca/schoolapparel and then click on the Beddington logo.
Email:
info@elevateathletics.ca
Delivery Method:
It is completely hands-off for us this year. You place yours orders online, pay online and the products are delivered right to their house
Helps the School:
10% of each order goes towards our parent council for the school!
How to order:
Go to website, pick your colours, sizes, apparel and order it online through their website.
Monday 16 November 2020
Monday, November 16th
Reminders:
1. Parent teacher interviews Thursday 330-730pm, Friday 8-1pm, please sign up online through your my CBE account
2. No school Friday
3. Multiplication and Division quiz tomorrow
4. Talk to your child about keeping snow on the ground
Today was an awesome Monday - it felt great to be back! We started off the day catching up and silent read. They had floor hockey with Mr. Sadowsky.
We then continued with our novel study of The Giver. We finally learned about Jonas' job as the receiver of memory.
In math we practice for tomorrow's quiz.
We then prepped for the meeting the finance minister and education minister. The students were great and asked excellent questions!
We then introduced the city building project! Tons of questions were asked. We are going to start tomorrow in class with the planning of it.
We hope everyone has magical Monday!
Principal's Message About Parent/Teacher interviews this week
Principal's Message - Beddington Heights |
Official student–centered conferences are scheduled for this upcoming Thursday and Friday. Grade 1- 6 interviews will be Thursday evening (3:30pm-7:30pm) and Friday (8:00am-1:00pm) during the day. Kindergarten will have a slightly different schedule, as interviews will run both Thursday (8:00am-7:30pm) and Friday (8:00am-1:00pm) during the day. Some teachers may be contacting you to make other arrangements to complete their interviews earlier in the week. Interviews will be booked in 15-minute time slots with 10 minutes of discussion. A 5 minute buffer to accommodate for technology and other contingencies is in place to keep interviews running smoothly and recognize those who are waiting for their interview time. Interviews will focus on student goals in literacy, math, and a personal well being goal. Interviews will be held virtually using Microsoft Teams. Once you book an interview, you will automatically receive the URL in your invite. If you are using a laptop, you will not need the Microsoft Teams App as Microsoft Teams can be accessed on your browser. If you choose to use your phone, you will have to download the app beforehand. If you would like to schedule a separate meeting with administration, there is an opportunity for you to do so. As part of the interview process, when you log into Microsoft teams, you will enter into a virtual lobby where you will wait until the teacher admits you. Please be patient. Teachers will get to you when they have completed their previous interview. Please respect the time limits set for the interview to ensure that everyone has sufficient time to meet with their child’s teacher. We are excited to bring this opportunity to you as a new method of conducting interviews. While we do prefer to see you in person, we recognize that this method is necessary during our COVID health pandemic as we continue to focus on student learning. Brian Hebert Principal Beddington Heights |
Tuesday 10 November 2020
Tuesday, November 10th
Reminders
1. Poetry project - still 5 students not done
2. Vaccine forms were due today, deadline Monday. The Vaccines are Friday, Nov 13th
3. No school Wednesday (tomorrow)
4. Remembrance Day Celebration tomorrow ...watch on TV, pause for a minute at 11am please
5. Picture Day retakes this Thursday!
6. Media Release forms for being virtual meeting with Premier Jason Kenney --- we are 1/10 class selected participate in this in all of AB. The web meeting is next Monday. PLEASE get these in
7. I am away Thursday and Friday
8. Multiplication and Long Division assessment Monday Nov 16th
Today was quite the day! We read and did basketball today in gym. In LA we continued with our novel study of The Giver.
They had a fun lesson and received their jobs in the community, was funny to watch the students get a random job based on what others think of them.
We then had snack and did our Remembrance Day virtual assembly. We also had some class discussion around it.
We ended the day with math work to prepare for our test next week.
We hope everyone has a toontastic Tuesday!
Monday 9 November 2020
Monday, November 9th
Reminders
1. Poetry project deadline is Monday 9th, no more class time will be dedicated to this! ----still 5 students not done
2. Vaccine forms were due today, deadline Monday. The Vaccines are Friday, Nov 13th
3. No school next Wednesday
4. Remembrance Day Celebration tomorrow
5. Picture Day retakes this Thursday!
6. Media Release forms for being virtual meeting with Premier Jason Kenney --- we are 1/10 class selected participate in this in all of AB. The web meeting is next Monday.
7. I am away Thursday and Friday
8. Multiplication and Long Division assessment Monday Nov 16th
Today went by so fast! We read and caught up. Then they had floor hockey gym with Mr. Sadowsky.
We then dove into The Giver and did chapters 2-3. They are really into the story so far.
We then finished our wreath and 3D poppies, it looks really good and they put in a solid effort.
Then we talked about the media release form with Jason Kenney and the implications of it and how lucky our class was to be selected.
After lunch we had mindfulness, recess, and the student school satisfaction survey. After the survey we did multiplication and division on mathletics practice for the quiz next week!
We hope everyone has multitask Monday!
Friday 6 November 2020
Friday, November 6th
Reminders
1. Poetry project deadline is Monday 9th, no more class time will be dedicated to this!
2. Vaccine forms were due today, deadline Monday. The Vaccines are Friday, Nov 13th
3. No school next Wednesday
4. Spelling test #4 was sent home to be signed and returned
Today we dove right into The Giver with Ms. Nelson. They did a lot of text previewing, reading, listened to the audio book too, and answered questions. I think she did a really great job!
We had gym and our snack and some time to study for the spelling test.
We did the spelling test and corrected it.
Then we started working our wreath for Remembrance Day. We used our hands with a message "We will never forget you" for the leaves of it. Then we started making 3D-poppies. We didn't get them done, but will finish on Monday.
We hope everyone has a safe weekend and a fabulous Friday.
Thursday 5 November 2020
Thursday, November 5th
Reminders
1. Poetry project deadline is Monday 9th, no more class time will be dedicated to this. We are starting our novel study on Friday!
2. 2 math assessments have been sent home to be signed and returned, and writing assessments.
3. Picture forms are due back this Friday.
4. Vaccine forms were sent home today, please return them ASAP. Due Friday!
5. Spelling quiz tomorrow
6. YMCA forms due Tuesday
Today Ms. Nelson led reading and basketball in gym. Then we did our tri weekly. basic fact math assessment and then corrected them.
We had a class meeting about our new LA unit, Remembrance Day, the new seating plan, any issues they felt important about, and me being away next week on Thursday and Friday.
In social we learned about how a motion turns into a bylaw. I sent them a challenge to ask you parents tonight :)
In science we are learning about leaf classification - shape, arrangement, edges.
Then I gave them the final 15mins of the day to get into partners to quiz each other for the spelling test tomorrow.
We hope everyone has a thumping Thursday!
Wednesday 4 November 2020
Wednesday, November 4th
Reminders
1. Poetry project deadline is Monday 9th, no more class time will be dedicated to this. We are starting our novel study on Friday!
2. I forgot AGAIN to send home the math tests and writing assessments, tomorrow!! They are just sitting here lol, I will get them to you all!
3. Picture forms are due back this Friday.
4. Vaccine forms were sent home today, please return them ASAP. Due Friday!
5. Basic Fact quiz tomorrow
Today Ms. Nelson led a new seating plan and gym. She will be leading the first hour of each day starting tomorrow and following that up with hourly LA lessons. Eventually math too!
Today we worked on long division to prepare for our basic facts tomorrow; we did word problems, charts, and computation.
The students had 1.5hours for poetry, those were done did typing.com, math, and wrote a story.
In social we learned about the leaders across the 4 different society types - rural, urban, First Nations, and Metis.
In science we learned more about light, the sun, photosynthesis, the transpiration process, and the parts of a plant.
We hope everyone has a wicked Wednesday!
Tuesday 3 November 2020
Tuesday, November 3rd
Reminders
1. Poetry project has been extended ... this WEDNESDAY is the last working period for the project!
2. We have a student teacher, Ms. Nelson, who started today. She will be starting doing a novel study with the class, which is why we need to get poetry out of the way.
3. I forgot to send home the math tests and writing assessments, tomorrow!!
4. Picture forms are due back this Friday.
5. Vaccine forms were sent home today, please return them ASAP.
Today we read and talked about vaccines in the morning. They had floor hockey with Mr. Sadowsky.
About half the class handed in their poems today!! And tomorrow is the last day for it!
In math we worked on our basic facts and did more long division. We added in word problems to the mix today.
In social we learned about how citizens and community members can help the city when it can't afford certain services.
In science we covered the basic process of photosynthesis. We will be starting leaf classification and identification soon, so we can begin the end of unit project.
We hope everyone has a toonie Tuesday!
Monday 2 November 2020
Monday, November 2nd
Reminders
1. Poetry project has been extended ... this WEDNESDAY is the DEADLINE!
2. We have a student teacher, Ms. Nelson, who started today. She will be starting doing a novel study with the class, which is why we need to get poetry out of the way.
3. I was away with Covid-like symptoms this past week. I was negative, so no worries for anyone :). The class did really well when we were away.
4. Bring back your reading sheets so we can tally it up! WE WANT THE PRIZE!
5. A few tests and items have been returned home to be signed and returned back to their folders.
6. Tomorrow, even more items will be sent home to be signed - science, LA, and Math assessments.
Today in class we read to start and caught up about my time off and Halloween.
In gym we are doing basketball on one half of the gym, today we worked on dribbling and passing skills.
We had an hour to work on our poetry that as much needed even for students who thought they were done.
In math, we practice all 4 operations with decimals, then zeroed in on long division problems.
We had music and recess and snack.
Afterwards, we completed the school story, "If a Beluga had some Bacon" and did the required pictures for it to finish off literacy month.
In science we worked on our complex food chains.
We hope everyone has a Mustang Monday!
Tuesday 27 October 2020
Pillars of Care Winners for October
Care for Others: Secoya - She is always looking out for her friends inside and outside the classroom. Outside she makes sure everyone has a friend to talk with and checks on them if they are feeling ok. Keep up the great attitude Secoya!
Care for Learning: Kyte - He excels in his school work! Kyte tries his best at all times and always wants to learn more. His thirst for knowledge is contagious with his peers.
Care for Place: Amelia - She always volunteers to help with cleaning the technology, her own spot, the tables we use throughout the day, putting away her desk items and overall sets a great example for the rest of the class to follow.
Care for Self: Leah - She always wears her mask, and her greatest strength is advocating for herself. She does not hesitate to ask questions she needs answered to help with her learning.
Monday 26 October 2020
Monday, October 26th
Reminders
1. YMCA grade 6 forms due this Thursday --- or you can bring it yourself to any local Y you go to
2. October 29th is Halloween dress up day at BHS
3. Poetry project due November 2nd
4. Spelling Test #4 Nov 6th - Social term words
Today we started off by recapping the weekend and read. Then in gym we were inside today with soccer and hockey nets.
After that we had 1.5 hours to work on our poetry ...with the focus of adding literary terms to our poems, with also had snack during this.
In math we started Long Division. We will add in decimals soon. We focussed on 1 digit by 2/3 digits problems.
After recess we looked at our new social spelling terms for the test Nov 6th. They had to look up the word and use it properly in a sentence. i.e Bylaw - The city passed a new bylaw today about wearing masks in public spaces.
In science we are learning about the function of leaves to tie in with energy collection and the water cycle.
We hope everyone has a multiverse Monday!
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