Science Project

Due Dec 18th 

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, 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, 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, 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.  

Pillar of the Month: Lucas - This month’s pillar was empathy and Lucas is the definition of it.  He cares for his friends, his classroom, and his school work.  He always asks someone what’s wrong and always tries to help his friends in school and social situations at recess.  Well done Lucas!

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!

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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!