Week 34

We had fantastic, amazing and eventful week!

In Science we will be starting our new Plant Unit.

In Social Studies, we started our Persuasive letters. Our letters need to include an introduction, body and conclusion. In our introduction we had to a greeting, what brought us to Alberta and explain why we moved to Alberta, such as it's rich soil and free homes. In the body of the letter we included about about our life in Alberta, such as where we would build our homestead, what materials we might use, what we would build inside our homestead, what items we would have on our homestead and the types of chores we might expect to do on our homestead. In our conclusion, we need to talk about how and why life will be better in Alberta.

In Math, we created multiplication word problems and solved them using the CUBES strategy and then the different multiplication strategies: standard algorithm, distributive property, area model and partial products. 

Passion Projects!

Reta's Passion Project was about pennies. We learned that pennies are made from zinc and plated with copper. They don't make pennies anymore because it costs way too much money to produce (1.5 cents to produce 1 penny).

In Damian's Passion Project we learned about the Flames. The Calgary Flames of have a "farm team", the Stockton Heat. The Flames have three jerseys, the home, away and alternate. Calgary has other hockey teams which include the Calgary Hitmen, the Calgary Inferno.

Gurpreet's Passion Project was about the Taj Mahal. The legend has it, there was a King who had 14 children. Shah Jahan had 3 wives in total. He build the Taj Mahal for his 2nd wife after she died. She died while giving birth to their 14th child. Currently the king and queen are buried under the Taj Mahal. The King build was planning to build another Taj Mahal made of black marble for himself, but unfortunately he died. He planned to be buried in the black marbled Taj Mahal, but instead his son buried beside in 2nd wife in the Taj Mahal which broke the symmetry.

Reminders:

• Update: Math Check-in Quiz on Thursday (not Wednesday)
• OH Ranch field trip on Wednesday, May 29th, 2019. Please make sure you at school on time, as the bus will be leaving right away. Make sure you wear closed-toed, strong and sturdy shoes and wear sunscreen, bring lots of water, a hat, sunglasses and a zero waste lunch
• If you are in Track and Field, forms are due Monday, May 27th.
• Please return library books on Tuesday, May 28th.
• Friday, May 31st is Crazy Hair day

Our spelling pattern next week: 

Form the possessive of a plural ending in s by adding just an apostrophe, as in armies –armies’. If the plural does not end in s, form its possessive by adding an apostrophe ands, as in men – men’s. 

Here are a few examples:

passengers’

armies’

families’

thieves’

ranches’

benches’

umpires’

airlines’

dresses’

hostesses’

banjos’

pianos’

mens'

childrens'

bodies’

daisies’

televisions’

members’

governments’

businesses’

Have a splendid, excellent, wonderful, weekend!

Celebration of Learning - May 23rd

• Please see below for details surrounding the Celebration of Learning on May 23rd. 

Grades K,1,2 Celebration of Learning: 5:30 – 6:30 

• 5:30 – 5:50 pm - Opening program in the gym 
• Doors open at 5:20 – please proceed into the gym and grand hall with your child/children and find a seat
• 5:50 – 6:30 pm - Please visit your child’s classroom.  If you have more than one child, please split your time accordingly.  
• Please exit through any door except the front doors to allow the second group to enter with ease.  

Grades 3, 4 Celebration of Learning 6:45 – 7:45

• 6:45 – 7:05 pm Opening program in the gym 
• Doors open at 6:35  pm – please proceed into the gym and grand hall with your child/children and find a seat
• 7:05 – 7:45 pm  - Please visit your child’s classroom.  If you have more than one child, please split your time accordingly.  

Handchimes and Choir Instructions: 

• ALL choir and handchime students need to be at the school by 5:15 pm. Please enter through the north doors where Ms. Kreze will meet you.  Both the Grade 1-2, 3-4 choirs and handchime students will be performing at each celebration.  
• NOTE: Grade 1-2 choir members will need to stay for the second performance but can leave right after (around 7:00 pm).  Grade 3-4 choir members will arrive prior to their celebration time at 5:15 pm and will be supervised by Ms. Kreze after the first performance.

Week 33

We had a fabulous, fantastic and creative week!

In Science, we had made our final tweaks before our final race. After our final race, we reflected on our building experience, such as how far our vehicle moved, was I supportive of other peers, if we used our plan to guide our building and if we reflected throughout our building. Lastly we used the rubric to assess ourselves.

   

In Math, we have been doing the Standard Algorithm. First you put the bigger number on top of the smaller number. Then multiply the digits on top starting with the ones, tens and hundreds. You need to regroup your number is a 2 digit number. You put the number in the ones place under the equals sign and carry the number in the tens place to the next number.

This week we played the math game 4x4. If you get the same number beside each other (to the side, or up or down) you multiply them, and then you add all the products to find the total. The goal is to have the largest total. Albert and Leah tied for 1st place!

We created a t-chart with 1 column titled "In my Head" and the other column titled "Use a Strategy". We had to pick numbers from the circles and decide if you could do the equation in your head or if you needed a strategy. 

Next week in math we will be applying our multiplication strategies to solve word problems. We will once again use the C.U.B.E.S. strategy to help us with math word problems.

C - Circle key numbers

U - Underline the question

B - Box any math words

E - Equation with equals sign

S - Solve and check

 In Language Arts, we practiced answering comprehension questions. The MUST HAVES include: 4-5 sentences, we need evidence from the book, and restate the question in your response. The COULD HAVES include: it could have a prediction, definition or connection.

In Social Studies, we started our Homestead challenge. We will try to build a homestead that will be prosperous during seasonal changes and environmental challenges. We will have a budget to purchase items for our homestead.

Also we hope you liked the Mother's Day coasters! A lot of love was put into these symbols of our appreciation for all that you do for us. 💗

Reminders:

• OH Ranch Field Trip forms due date extended to Wednesday, May 22nd
• This Friday, May 17th is a PD day - No school for students
• This Monday, May 20th is a Holiday - No school for teachers and students
• Please see below for details surrounding the Celebration of Learning on May 23rd. 

Grades K,1,2 Celebration of Learning: 5:30 – 6:30 

• 5:30 – 5:50 pm - Opening program in the gym 
• Doors open at 5:20 – please proceed into the gym and grand hall with your child/children and find a seat
• 5:50 – 6:30 pm - Please visit your child’s classroom.  If you have more than one child, please split your time accordingly.  
• Please exit through any door except the front doors to allow the second group to enter with ease.  

Grades 3, 4 Celebration of Learning 6:45 – 7:45

• 6:45 – 7:05 pm Opening program in the gym 
• Doors open at 6:35  pm – please proceed into the gym and grand hall with your child/children and find a seat
• 7:05 – 7:45 pm  - Please visit your child’s classroom.  If you have more than one child, please split your time accordingly.  

Handchimes and Choir Instructions: 

• ALL choir and handchime students need to be at the school by 5:15 pm. Please enter through the north doors where Ms. Kreze will meet you.  Both the Grade 1-2, 3-4 choirs and handchime students will be performing at each celebration.  
• NOTE: Grade 1-2 choir members will need to stay for the second performance but can leave right after (around 7:00 pm).  Grade 3-4 choir members will arrive prior to their celebration time at 5:15 pm and will be supervised by Ms. Kreze after the first performance.