May 30, 2019

Our Day in Our Words

- We started our day with Ignite and then in phys. ed. we did our circuit
- In literacy we read the chapter "Closed Skies" in Silverwing
- In Math we learned more about division. Some groups played math games and some worked on problems.
- In inquiry we learned about west coast indigenous drawings and how they symbolically represent information about the animal.

Here's a link to practice our division facts
https://www.coolmathgames.com/0-math-lines-xfactor/42

Reminders:

Ride to School on June 4th, 2019

Bike to School day is a growing campaign that was initiated in 2014 and with the coming of 2019's Bike to School day, has spread to plenty of schools and is expected to have thousands of kids riding their bikes to school on June 4th!

At Bike to School Day, getting kids active and engaged with the outdoors, their bikes, and each other is a huge goal of ours. With the digital world becoming more and more interlaced with our world, it is important to remember the small initiatives that can keep you healthy and grounded. Bike to school day is a project that encourages students and their parents to take part in and build a healthy lifestyle while also showing them that it is fun and beneficial to do so.

- The Hope Pod classes are going to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park. This is only a grade 3/4 field trip for our pod. We will be leaving the school at 9:15 am and returning by 2:15pm. We need 16 - 20 volunteers. The link to sign-up is below 
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080B4BAEA929AA8-glenbow3

May 29th, 2019

Our day in our words......

- Some of us read the next chapter in Silverwing
- In Literacy we continued to work on our suspense writing.
- During lunch some of us did "Running for Reading"
- During math we continued our work with division
- In inquiry some of us collected natural materials outside for our butterfly habitat
- We were able to capture a caterpillar go into a chrysalis


Reminders......

Parents:) 
We are going on a field trip the Glenbow Ranch June 13th.   We are in need of some volunteers.  Below is a link to sign up if you are free.   Thanks!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080B4BAEA929AA8-glenbow3



- Wondertime is this Friday

Ride to School on June 4th, 2019

Bike to School day is a growing campaign that was initiated in 2014 and with the coming of 2019's Bike to School day, has spread to plenty of schools and is expected to have thousands of kids riding their bikes to school on June 4th!

At Bike to School Day, getting kids active and engaged with the outdoors, their bikes, and each other is a huge goal of ours. With the digital world becoming more and more interlaced with our world, it is important to remember the small initiatives that can keep you healthy and grounded. Bike to school day is a project that encourages students and their parents to take part in and build a healthy lifestyle while also showing them that it is fun and beneficial to do so.

May 28th, 2019

Our day in our words.........

- We started some new ignite activities today.   New activities are, GarageBand, French conversation, division games, maker space, glazing beads

- We worked on suspenseful writing in literacy.  We had to use the Magic of 3 to write this.

- Some of us read the next chapter in Silverwing.

- We continued division with our math groups.   My group worked on questions with remainders.

- During inquiry we continued work on the life cycle of the Painted Lady Butterfly.   We began research on what is needed for the habitat of the butterfly.


Reminders....

May 27

Our Day in Our Words

In ignite, we talked about new activities that we can do

At lunch you could participate in running for reading which is happening every day at lunch.

We had  CCT and we watched Harry Potter

In inquiry we were looking at a butterfly forming a chrysalis - it looked kind of like a peanut

We learned how to create suspense in our stories using red flag words and the magic of 3

Reminders:
- Running for Reading is every day at lunch this week

Our Day in Our Words

Phewww!! What a busy week!

Today we began the morning gathering our work from last nights" Learning Walk. A big shout out to all who attended. Thank you for sharing in our successes. 

We moved on to a Friendology Activity where we discussed healthy friendships as a class. Ask me what qualities I look for in a friend? How do I know if a friendship is "Healthy"?

We had a great movement break and then headed back inside to watch a wonderful KG Peace assembly. Mr. Neily played the guitar and was awesome. It was really cute seeing all the cool things the Kindies did. 

We finished the morning with a Gratitude Circle where we shared what we were thankful for this week. 

Reminders:

During CCTime next week Ms. Kinsman will be showing students the film version of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" as a follow up given that they have finished reading the novel.

Running For Reading

Starting next Monday, May 27^th and running until

Thursday May 31^st, we will hold our Running for Reading Activity. The sessions will run from 11:45-12:15. Students who attend all four sessions and give their best efforts will be entered into a draw for prizes from Scholastic. These prizes will range from novels and books to Scholastic nick knacks like erasers and pencils.

Students can walk or run and will enter their name at the end of each session for inclusion in the draw.

The draw will be held Friday June 1^st and awards handed out that morning.

All participants will get a Freezie for showing up and giving their best!!

Our Day in Our Words

Day of the Student Led Learning Walk

Today was another blistering paced day chalked full of activities and preparation for the Learning Walk tonight. We are o proud to show you all of the work we'v been doing studying the Temperate Rain Forest and all of the interconnected ways animals live in this amazing region of North America.

We got some time to play in the sunshine today and talked with friends to brush up on the knowledge we'd like to share with you this evening. We also continued on with our class read aloud book, Silverwing. Things are getting tense for Shade!!


Reminders:

• Student Led Learning Walk  tonight, starting @ 6:15pm.
• Running for Reading next week

Our Day in Our Words

Today we had quite the busy day. We started the day completing our "Clips" videos about the Interconnected ways nature works. Some groups began reflecting on their Clips entries into IRIS. Ask me if its up yet!! 

During our flip flop we continued on with labelling our scientific drawings and identifying the animals' adaptations.

After lunch we continued to solidify our skills in division and long division. We had a great movement break outside (beautiful outside) and then finished the day completing the painting portion of our scientific drawings. We used water color pastels and pencil crayons to bring life to our animals. We can't wait for you to see them on Thursday night!

Reminders:

• Student Led Learning Walk  this Thursday night starting @ 6:15pm.
• Running for Reading next week

Our Day in Our Words

First thing this morning we went into the Gathering Space to learn about how to use the Clips app to demonstrate our learning about interconnectedness in nature. We had PE outside and we played kickball and other ball games. During our Literacy half of the flip flop we recorded our observations about ho our caterpillars are growing. We think they're before the cocoon stage.
During break we had a mini lesson about how to talk about weather in French. Il pleut aujourdhui!! During Daily 5 we read to ourselves and had a writing block.

After Lunch we continued our work in division and then had a "cool" outdoor break. We finished the day watching a David Suzuki video and taking notes on the interconnectedness of nature and salmon's role in the temperate rainforest. Check out the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QywX3K6KIqk

Reminders:

• Student Led Learning Walk this Thursday!
• Running for Reading will begin next Monday. 

May 16, 2019

Today in Our Words:

Some people painted backgrounds for our puppets during Ignite

In Inquiry, we took post it notes and drew animals from the Great Bear Rainforest and then we wrote how they were interconnected and used tape to connect them all

In Daily 5 we had our WTW quizzes

The peace ambassadors taught gym today - the games were teaching us about the rights of the child

Instead of doing our novel study today we got caterpillars and we observed them

Reminders:
No school tomorrow or Monday - Happy Long Weekend!
Bring in your toonies for Right to Play

May 15th, 2019

Our day in our words......


- We read the book Silverwing.   It was an exiting chapter.   We were introduced to some very scary and mean pigeons.
- Peace Ambassadors taught PE today.  One of games they taught was called "Protect the Child".  We had a lot of fun.
- In Math we continued learning division.   One of our groups had to break numbers into equal groups.
- In inquiry we split up into groups with the whole pod.   We had to write down the animals we have been learning about.  We also wrote down different environment i.e.. ocean, forest, river   We had to then think about how they are all interconnected.
- During snack we checked out the cartoon version of Silverwing from the 90's.   It was actually pretty good.  It can be found on Youtube.



Reminders......

Words Their Way Quiz Tomorrow 

- No school Friday or Monday.
- Bring in your toonies for "Right to Play"
- Tomorrow is a FULL day.   Dismissal at 3:05pm

May 14th, 2019

Our day in our words....

- During ignite some of us worked with the Geo boards.   I created a Stampeters Logo.

- We had PE outside today.   We played Ultimate Football.   It's like Ultimate Frisbee but with a football.

- We read Silverwing and we were introduced to a character named Goth who eats other bats.

- We had puppets this afternoon.   We learned how to move our puppets and make them come alive.

- During inquiry we read about Wolves and Bears.   We had to highlight the "triple-scoop" or descriptive words or phrases.

Reminders.......

- Bring your toonies for Right to Play.

- There is no school Friday.  It is a PD day.

- There is no school Monday.   It is a Holiday.

May 13th, 2019

Our day in our words.....

- In PE we went outside today.   We played ultimate ball.  It was fun
- We read the next chapter in Silverwing.   We are on chapter 6.
- We got into our Words Their Way Groups.   There will be a quiz on Thursday.
- In inquiry we looked at the interconnectedness of nature.   We are focusing on the Salmon and how it connects to it's environment.   We learned about "foundation species"
- We were asked to act out something we learned in groups of 4.


Reminders.......

- Bring in a Toonie to help fundraise for "Right to Play"

- Friday is a PD day.   No school.
- There is no school Monday May 20th.   It is a holiday.

OUR THIRD ANNUAL GLAZED 8 DONUT RACE WILL TAKE PLACE SUNDAY, 

JUNE 2, 2019! 

The Glazed 8 is a race of varying lengths for kids, adults, families, and friends that combine two of the best activities around: running & eating donuts. And, the bonus of the event is that all money raised goes towards our community - specifically, Eric Harvie Elementary School and new this year, Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation. We are in the third year of the event, have donated close to $4000 and eaten nearly 500 donuts and 2500 Timbits!

Please check out our Instagram and link to our Eventbrite page for more information. 

Email: glazed8yyc@gmail.com 

Instagram: @glazed8yyc

Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2019-glazed-8-tickets-60644793209 

PW: Glazed8YYC

Our Day in Our Words

We had full morning of activities today. We discussed the beginnings of friendship and how to meet new people in a positive and friendly way during our Friendology 101 course. We continued our work with division in math and specifically worked on explaining and showing our thinking in our journals. We had a really active movement break then came back inside for a round of Daily 5 and Inquiry assignment completion. We finished the morning by viewing a great assembly from the Peace Pod about "The Seven Sacred Teachings" honoring indigenous ways of knowing. 

We finished the morning back in class sharing our gratitudes for  a great week with one another.

Reminders...

• Please return your plant/flower fundraising orders if you are interested.  
• PAINT NITE AT ERIC HARVIE SCHOOL tonight
• Spring school photos orders due May 15.
• Please be practicing your word lists at home.

Thursday May 9, 2019

Our day in our words...

We had a busy day today!  We worked on our puppets with Ms. Wendy and thought about how our puppet should move and speak.  We also had our final presentation from the Just Like me Me program.  We have been working hard in our math groups exploring 'equal groupings' as we explore division and finally, we researched our animal's adaptations which help it live in its environment.

Ask me about...

how can we use 'person first' language when referring to people.  As well, how can we help those that live with disabilities every day.

Reminders...

• Please return your plant/flower fundraising orders if you are interested.  
• PAINT NITE AT ERIC HARVIE SCHOOL tonight
• Spring school photos orders due May 15.
• Please be practicing your word lists at home.

Wednesday May 8, 2019

Our day in our words...

We have begun to 'map' Shade's journey from our novel study, Silverwing.  Visualizing and summarizing are 2 of the strategies we use to understand what we read.  We continued our work in math exploring how division and multiplication are related.  In inquiry we are delving deeper into our research of our animals.  We learned about animal adaptations and will be adding these to our scientific diagrams soon.

Ask me about...

animal adaptations.  Today we learned what an adaptation is and are beginning to explore what adaptations our research animals have.

Reminders...

• Today your Spring school photos came home.  Orders due May 15.

April 7th, 2019

Our day in our words.....

- In PE we played soccer but on these square scooter things.   We also used very tiny hockey sticks.   It was really fun and amazing!!

- After snack we had daily 5.   Some of us finished work.   Some of us read, did WTW or wrote.

- In Math we stared division.  It was fun.   We took a number and had to split it into groups.

- During inquiry we did our scientific sketches of our animals.


Reminders.....

Ask me how many ways I can split the number 24 into equal groups.

Monday May 6, 2019

Our day in our words...

Today we continued our Words Their Way work.  Today during our blind sorts, we determined the words that we need to spend extra time reviewing at home and in future practice times at school.  We played scooter soccer (scotter) in gym.  We reviewed numbers in French today and began to notice a pattern.  In Math we did some review.  Some of us reviewed area while others reviewed subtraction.  Finally in Inquiry, we began to create scientific diagrams of the animal we have been researching.  We used our keen sense of observation to draw 'what we see' as opposed to 'what we THINK we see'.  

Ask me about...

what I noticed about my animal today that I have never noticed before. 

Reminders...

• SPRING FLOWER FUNDRAISER - Last week this week, please get your orders in soon.
• STUDENT LED LEARNING WALK MAY 23/19 - Please mark your calendars to join us from 6:15 – 7:30 pm.
• RIGHT TO PLAY’ ACTIVITY DAYS & FUNDRAISER – PEACE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM - We are encouraging all students to bring a toonie during our blitz on May 15/16 to strengthen connections and learning in the world through play! 

• OUR THIRD ANNUAL GLAZED 8 DONUT RACE WILL TAKE PLACE JUNE 2/19! - The Glazed 8 is a race of varying lengths for kids, adults, families, and friends that combine two of the best activities around: running & eating donuts.  And, the bonus of the event is that all money raised goes towards our community - specifically, Eric Harvie Elementary School and new this year, Glenbow Ranch. We are in the third year of the event, have donated close to $4000 and eaten nearly 500 donuts and 2500 Timbits!! Please check out our Instagram and link to our Eventbrite page for more information.Email: glazed8yyc@gmail.com Instagram: @Glazed8YYC. Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2019-glazed-8-tickets-60644793209 Password: Glazed8YYC

April 3rd, 2019

Our day in our words.....

- We started our day with daily 5.   We did two rounds.

- Today we read chapter 3 of Silverwing.  We then had to write a summery of the chapter.

- Today during snack we went outside.   Some of us played a game we made called "Elemental Battle".  It's really fun!

- We did a class clean-up and gratitude circle.



Reminders.......


-   Rosie would like to remind everyone that tomorrow is
 May The 4th Be With You.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

Thursday May 2, 2019

Our day in our words...

We had the opportunity to participate in the program, Just Like You, that taught us about different disabilities that others live with.  These included sensory, physical and hidden disabilities.  We also came to understand what it might feel like to live with these disabilities through a variety of activities.  In math we continued to explore area using a variety of materials to help us measure rectangles and squares.  In Inquiry we continued our research on animals and continued to work on our puppets in preparation for our work with our artist-in-residence.

Ask me about...

What I learned in our presentation today.  What is your greatest 'take away' and how will you live differently now that you have had this experience?

Reminders...

• Please remember to be working on your word lists at home that you received this week.  

May 1

Our Day in Our Words

We finished making the armature of our puppets

In PE we did relay races with scooters

In math, we got to go around and use different tools to measure the area of rectangles and squares. It was really fun!

In Ignite, some of use prepped materials for our puppets

In French, we learned weather phrases