(Very!) Fresh Air Friday, November 29th

We are continuing to practice our hockey and ringette skills in gym - we are using the coloured lines
to help us warm up with the puck or the ring and learning about defense and offense. When we have
only one person to focus on as our "opponent" it helps us to spread out and look for someone to pass to instead of "ganging up" on the puck/ring. We will continue this next week!


We did a fun "hands on" demonstration of the rock cycle using Starburst Candy!
First we formed the 3 pieces together (without the rushing river!) and made
a sedimentary-like rock, then we added heat and pressure and they transformed
into metamorphic-like rock, Mrs. Armour then showed us what happened when she
added extreme heat (the microwave for 30 seconds - not quite like a volcanoe!)
It was like molten lava that hardened like a igneous-type rock. Check out these
pictures...


Today we had Big Buddies. They shared their first draft of their "Battle Bunny
Books" and we shared our Place Value Circles or our stories. Then some of us
played chess!


We read the story Snowflake Bentley  Ask me about it!
Then we went outside and investigated snow crystals...we found out when
it's cold (-17C!) and dry, the crystals and flakes are different from when it's
warmer and wetter! We used black cardboard that we put outside for a few
minutes so the snow wouldn't melt and so we could see the snow
more easily!


Monday: Library

GLENBOW FIELD TRIP (correction on the date!) Wednesday, December 11th.

We need volunteers, so thanks for letting Mrs. Armour know if you can come and
investigate Rocks and Minerals and discover the pioneering men and women who first settled the West and began building our great city ... Calgary!

We will leave the school at 9AM and be back by 2:30PM. 

Pajama Day Tuesday, November 26th!

Hi there! We are writing this on Monday to remind you it's PJ day tomorrow. We can wear our PJ's and bring a stuffie (just make sure it fits it our backpack, thank you!).

In Math we are continuing to work on word problems. Some of us work at the carpet and some of us work at our desks. We need to highlight the important number words, make a number sentence, then a word sentence.

Here is one: 

At the track meet, it took Grant one minute to complete a full lap of the track. If he does seven laps, for how long did he run?


Today we read Polar Express and discussed similes...as hot as the desert, as cold as a popsicle, as fast as....? Ask me how many I can think of! We also drew in our art journals - the beginning, middle, middle, end to keep us focused on the important parts of the story. We will be writing tomorrow answering the question "If Santa gave me the first Christmas gift, what would it be?" If you can discuss the difference between "important and lasting" gifts vs. "fun, short-term" gifts that will help us think about what gift we might ask for. (The boy in the Polar Express asked for a simple bell off the sleigh - why do you think he asked for that when he could have asked for anything? Hmmmmm.)


In gym we practiced ringette skills with the rings and shooting and going around a cone and then we did a relay!

Today we went to the website www.geography4kids.com and clicked on "earth structure" and then "rock types" on the side bar. Ask me if I can describe the 3 types of rocks and give an example. We also reviewed minerals - they are made of crystals and are inside rocks - do you know your birthstone?

FIELD TRIP TO GLENBOW MUSEUM on Monday, December 9th! We will need volunteers, so thanks for emailing or talking to Mrs. Armour if you are available. The forms will be coming home soon.

FESTIVE EVENING is Thursday, December 12th - Save the date!

Tuesday, November 19th

Yesterday, we started an art project inspired by an artist named
Wassily Kandinsky - try this link to find out more!
https://www.wassilykandinsky.net/
We are connecting 3 digit numbers with the number of coloured circles.
Here are some pictures. Ask me about it!

Today we had an adventure with rocks and minerals! We investigated with magnifying glasses and a chart and tried to classify which were rocks and which were minerals. Some of us were thinking
about our birth stones. If you have time tonight you can look it up.



Today we had our CBC music project rehearsal - tomorrow is the real thing! We will be videoing
in the morning. Mr. O'Reilly has asked us to please WEAR our GREEN DR. COFFIN SWEATSHIRTS or TSHIRTS and BLACK PANTS. If you don't have a school shirt, please wear
just wear BLACK...thank you! Mr. O'Reilly will post the video on YouTube at a later date and will
let us know when we can watch it.



Reminder: Teacher/Parent Conferences are on Thursday 4-8pm and Friday 8:30 - 12pm. Hope to see you all there!

Spirit Day on Tuesday, November 26th is PJ Day! Please come to school in your PJ's! You can bring a favourite stuffy, it just needs to fit in your backpack.