Highlights

Math

In math today we worked on an adding and subtracting show what you know.  We also talked about many of the different strategies that people could try in order to get the answers to the equation.  We are getting ready to move into more of a focus on number operations in math.

Social Studies and Literacy 

Today we had the second day of Arctic Station 2.  We continued to work on questions that people may have about the Arctic.  We had to write the question and then add the answer underneath the flap in our Arctic Folders.  

Word work

Grade ones worked on the "op" word family words and grade two worked to finish some of their work on Nouns, verbs and adjectives.

Music

In music we practiced some of the belts in recorder Karate. We practiced green, orange and yellow. The green bet was called "It's raining". The yellow belt was called "Gently Sleep".  The orange belt is called "Merrily We Roll Along". We also played still waters at the end of music time.  

Gym

In gym today we practiced accuracy with frisbees.  We practiced many different ways.  One way was to put the hoop against the wall and we had to try and hit it in the middle of the target.  The second way was to work with a partner.  The partner held a hoop over their head and we had to try and get the frisbee to fly through the hoop.  The third way we practiced was that got a new partner and we worked on throwing and catching.

Reminders

 Swimming volunteer updated schedule is coming home today.

Tomorrow afternoon will be the in class field trip about Acadia.

Tomorrow we are invited to wear a hat in recognition of "Hats on Mental Health Day".

Simon Fraser Concert Band Visit Today

Reminders:
We are still looking for two more volunteers to come and help with the in school field trip about Acadia this Wednesday afternoon.  It will begin at 1:00 and volunteers must arrive at around 12:50 for some instructions from the Teachers Pet program.  They need help with running several stations over the course of the afternoon.  Please let me know if you are able to come and volunteer.

Next week swimming begins- see the weekly update for swimming times.  I will be sending home an updated volunteer schedule this week.

Treat Day is tomorrow hosted by room 6.


Learning Highlights:
- We had a practice lockdown this morning shortly after 9:00.

- Before recess we worked in ur journals.  Since we have been working on adjectives and nouns we tried to add some good adjective describing words into our journal writing today.  After we finished writing our journal we went back with a colored pencil and underlined the adjectives.

- After recess today we had our second arctic station in Ms. Yoon's class.  We worked on a question and answer page for our Arctic Folder.  The title for the page is "Things You wWill Need To Know".

- We enjoyed watching the concert band this afternoon.  We liked seeing all the different instruments and listening to the beat of the different songs. We even recognized some former Dr. Coffin students.

-We also had library and some finishing up of journals time.

The Great School Yard Cleanup , Inuksuk Building

Today we did our School Yard cleanup.  All the classes pitched in.  Room one was in charge of cleaning up the garbage in the fences all the way around the school.  We also watched a video about the Great Pacific Garbage patch.  It is twice the size of Texas.  We learned that it is important because garbage kills animals and destroys our home and the animals homes and habitats.  We each tried to make a promise to the earth that we would try to keep over this next year and then longer.

After the cleanup we went outside to the Natureground.  We built mini Inuksuks on the rocks with small stones and some bigger stones.  We took some photos of our day.

Our Visit With Saakokoto

Today we met Saakokoto in the Amphitheater of the Whispering Woods.  He shared some stories with us.  They were all stories that had bears in them.
The first story was called "The Seven Brothers".  The story is a Blackfoot tale that tells how the Big Dipper and the Bear end up in the sky together.  The oldest brother shot all his brothers into the air with an arrow, including himself.  He did this to escape the bear that was chasing them.  This bear happened to be their older sister.  Where they ended up in the sky is how the Big Dipper was formed.

The other story was about a bear and a turtle racing.  This explains why the bear hibernates in the winter.  It is because he is too embarrassed that the turtle beat him in the race.  We all know that the turtle cheated.  The turtle was mad that the bear was boasting about being the fastest and the best looking.

He shared that one of the signs of spring that he saw  a couple weeks ago east of Calgary, he saw about 50 or more eagles migrating back from winter away.  How exciting!  We also shared some of our stories of spring.  He calls all these signs Nature's Gifts to us.

Ted Harrison Arctic Paintings, Environmental Awareness Guests

Reminders:
-Blue in school field trip form coming home today.
- Still looking for at least one or two swimming volunteers for each of our swimming days.  We need three adults for each day.  Please email me if you are able to help.
- Online Safety presentation is tonight, doors open at 6:15.  This presentation is meant for adults only due to the content of the information.


Learning Highlights:

This morning we had two visitors from Churchill High School they were from the Earth Club.  The topic was about waste free lunches.
Here are some ways that you can help us have a waste free lunch:
Reuse plastic or glass containers instead of throw aways.
Use metal straws instead of plastic.
Try not to use Saran Wrap or disposal plastic wrap.
Don't litter the scraps from your lunch.
Put all the food scraps into the compost.
Pick up garbage that you see, that someone else may have left behind.
Use reusable drink containers.

In math today we worked on a subtraction word problem.  We are learning to look for important words that give us clues to wether or not it is an addition problem or a subtraction problem.

This afternoon we worked on Ted Harrison paintings for the covers of our Travel Folders.

Arctic Travel Folders , Journals and Frisbee Games

Reminders:

- May 1st we will be having an in class field trip experience with Classroom Pet.  They will be coming and spending the afternoon with room one, introducing us to Acadia which will be part of the kickoff for our next study in Social Studies.  A parent letter will be coming home shortly.  You can already go on to your student online account to pay for this as well as an upcoming trip to the Glenbow Museum towards the end of May.

We are looking for one or two volunteers to help in the classroom for this Classroom Pet visit on May 1st starting at 1:00 pm.  If you are able to help out please let me know.

- Our new sharing category is to bring a collection.  Our helper tomorrow is Avery.

- We are still looking for some volunteers for swimming especially to help out in the boys change room.  Police clearance is required.  Please let me know.

- There is a notice going home today with the oldest child.  It is for the upcoming Annual Family Dance.

Learning Highlights:

- We worked on our journals this morning writing about our long Easter weekends.  We will be finishing them tomorrow in our finish up time.  

- Mrs. Hamby read us a story called, "Right Under Our Noses; a gift from nature".  It is a story about turning off our devices and getting ourselves outside to notice and enjoy all the things around us.  We also talked about ways that we can make a difference for the Earth and what we can do to have an impact.  Ask me about some of the things that I can do?

- In word work we all worked on a Noun and Verb word sort.

- In math it was our last day to complete the Inuksuk Challenge.

- We began to put our Arctic folders together by gluing in the Map and titles as well as adding the suitcase into the folder.

- In gym we began our next unit which is frisbee games.

- In music we played recorders and some of us got to our Orange belt.  We had to play Merrily We Roll Along.  Now we are working on our Green belt.  Ask me what I have to play to get my green belt.

Mini Parachute Games Outside Today

Today we enjoyed the warm sunshine by playing parachute games outside during our gym time!

Hope everyone has a Happy Easter weekend and enjoys some time outside with family and friends.  See you back at school on Tuesday!

Wednesday, April 13

Reminders:
-If you are planning to attend the online safety evening please RSVP to Mrs. Rennie to let her know that you will be attending.

- Tomorrow is Fun Lunch.

Learning Highlights:
 - Today we worked on our Arctic Folder Check List.  Some of us began to work on Inuksuk cards.
Soon we will be putting our folders together for sharing.
- In word work we worked on verbs and adverbs today.  We identified various verbs and then tried to come up with adverbs to go with them.
- In math today we worked on finishing up our Inuksuk challenge.  Those that were done got to add things from the Arctic landscape to their mural.
- In science today we worked on our Signs of Spring Posters.  We had to add captions underneath the pictures that we took and included, on our posters.  We worked as groups to decorate and add the captions.
- In gym today we played the Shark game with the parachute.

Arctic Travel Folder checklist, Inuksuk Challenge, Arctic Buddy

Learning Highlights:

-Today we made a checklist for our Arctic Travel Folder.  This is to help us keep track of the work that needs to be completed.  So far on the list we have arctic map, arctic information chart, suitcase, and Inuit Artifacts.  We also worked as a class to add more information to our Arctic information chart.  Today we focused on the categories of jobs and culture; people, food, recreation and music.

- In word work we worked with a partner to make mini posters of noun/adjective webs.
- In math we worked to complete our Inuksuk Challenge .  It will be a mural that hangs in the hallway by our classroom.

- In science we worked with our Arctic Buddy teams to answer two questions.
1. What two things worked well?
2. What two things would you change for next time and why?

Reminders:
We still need at least one volunteer for fun lunch in room 1 on Thursday.  If you are available please let me know or come for 11:45 to help with the preparation and handing out of lunches.

Online Safety evening April 23rd, at 6:15.

If you have not returned the yellow notice to indicate your plans for next year please return by tomorrow.

Our helper tomorrow is Ansif.

Monday Routines, Parachute Games, Chromebooks

Learning Highlights:
- This morning we had our usual routine of guided reading and journals.

- In word work today we worked in partners.  We had a grade two paired up with a grade one.  We had to make noun/adjective webs.  In the middle of the circle we had to write the noun that Mrs. Hamby gave us.  All the way around the outside of the circle we had to write describing words for the noun that was in the middle.

- The math word problem today was that Kim had 33 sled dogs.  She wanted to make teams and each sled could only take 6 dogs.  How many teams could she make?  Today we added tallies as a strategy to help us find the solution.

- In computers today we were each assigned a Chromebook laptop for the laptop cart that is in the classroom.  We no longer have our desktop computers in the school.  They have been taken away as they are too old now.

- In gym today we played some parachute games.  We played using a big ball and we also played mushroom and switch spots.

Reminders:
- Please bring back library books if you forgot today.
- Online safety parent night April 23rd at 6:15 put on by the Calgary Police Service.
- Nicholas is the helper tomorrow.

Arctic Buddy Rain test

Because of the overnight snow we were only able to do one of the outdoor activities that we had planned today.  We had out Arctic Buddy rain shower outside.

Today was the day for our Arctic Buddy rain test.  We had ten minutes to do last minute repairs on our buddy.  After that we took the Arctic Buddies outside and then Mrs. Hamby took a big watering can and poured water over top of the Arctic Buddy.




After the rain shower we had to take our Arctic Buddy inside and we had to take off the layers one layer at a time.  As we took off each layer we had to check and see if the layer underneath was dry or wet.  We also had to record the results for each layer.  Once we got to the body of the Arctic Buddy we had to see if it was warm or dry.  We noticed that for many of then the side were dry but the bottom was wet.  Some of us had leaking in from the seams or at the top.  Next week we will be reflecting more on the results of our experiment and then recording what went well and what we would change.