February 28, 2017- Tuesday at the Glenbow

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: practice multiplication facts, math mystery #17 due Thursday
**There is a typo on this week's math mystery.  The sentence should say there are 3 more rabbits than birds.  So sorry about the confusion!**

What did we do today?

• Today we went to the Glenbow Museum. We were in two groups, one group did an drawing activity of a circle, square and a triangle. We learned what a circle meant and how to read symbols. We looked at some symbols on a Siksika Shield, Woman's Leggings and a Tipi. The second group focused on choosing three artifacts and they made a title and story for the group of artifacts. Both groups went to 'Using Natural Resources' to find four or more artifacts that relate to natural resources. Afterwards, we returned to our parent groups and read the information about the natural resources. We looked at artifacts and guessed what industry they were from and what they were used for. We decided which two industries our community would practice. The industries we chose were: Farming and Ranching and Hydroelectric Power. 
• We ate lunch together at City Hall.
• At the cafe we shared what we learned about symbols and the stories that we made about the three artifacts.

Questions:
1. What are some of the new things that we learned?
2. What were some of the stories that the students made up in Ms. Jone's group?
3. What does the square represent?
4. Where will we go for our next field trip? 

February 27, 2017- The 100th day of school!

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: practice multiplication facts, math mystery #17 due Thursday
Field trip tomorrow, please bring waste-less lunch, nothing to heat up please!

What did we do today?

• This morning in math, we continued mastering our ninja skills by practicing our multiplication facts and earning our belts/ beads. We also got a new math mystery to solve by Thursday.  We will get marks for CUBES, solving the question, showing our work and writing the answer in a sentence.
• In gym, it was the first day of Jungle Safari. We had to do this silently!  Some of the tasks were crawling under or over various objects, balancing a ball on a racquet while walking on a bench, walking only on the green lines, not getting touched by the skipping ropes on a crash mat and going across bars with the ropes to support you.
• After gym, we went to visit our little buddies and to see their 100th day projects.  Some had 100 stickers, 100 pom poms, 100 Lego pieces, 100 Shreddies, 100 beads.
• During science time, we started to talk abou how we are going to demonstrate our learning for our learning celebration in April.  Then we had time to work on our title pages.
• In health, we reviewed what Brain Eater is and the strategies we can use to defeat it.  We assigned a tipi group member to keep track of our Brain Eater moments.
• After lunch, we worked on our Daily 5 activities and we got a new chart to keep track of our progress.
• At the end of the day in social studies, we talked more about the different ways the Blackfoot hunted the buffalo.  We watched two videos about Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump.  We started to journal about the sneak game we played Friday, as well as the ways they hunted.

Questions:
1. Which technique did they use first to hunt the buffalo: the jump or the corral/ pound?
2. What will we learn tomorrow during our field trip?

February 24, 2017- Catch the buffalo!

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: practice multiplication facts
Field trip form due Monday
Planning form due Monday
Field trip next Tuesday

What did we do today?

• We started the day with Daily "3", and caught up on some reading and writing tasks from the week.
• We were put in groups today.  Our job was to act as surveyors and count the trees in a certain area of the Whispering Woods on a given map.  We had to count how many trees were on the Dr. Coffin property.  We counted a total of about 1 837 trees!  Ms. Jones reminded us about how Mrs. Gummo, our resident artist from last year, stated that every tree represents one buffalo that used to live on the land.
• We played a game called Sneak Up outside where two students were the buffalo and the rest of us were hunters.  If the two buffalo turned around towards the hunter, the hunters had to stop and freeze.  If the buffalo saw any movement, they would call the hunter out and they would become a rock.  One thing that we learned was that there were three different ways the Blackfoot hunted the buffalo: using a buffalo jump, a pound to corral them or they chased them on horses, once they got horses in the 1800s. We also learned that the buffalo allowed white wolves near their herds.

Questions:

1. What was the most efficient way of hunting buffalo?
2. What are some of the other techniques they used to put up the tipis?
3. What is the actual number of trees in the Whispering Woods?
4. What other animals did the buffalos allow near their herds?

February 23, 2017- How Different Am I?

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: practice multiplication facts
Field trip form due Monday
Planning form due Monday

What did we do today?

• This morning in math, the grade 4 groups added and subtracted decimals while the grade 3s finished their fraction review.
• In gym, we finished the centers we did not do yesterday.  To practice for Jungle Safari next week, we had to travel and complete each station before traveling in silence to the next.
• In Read Aloud, Ms. Jones started a book called Wonder.  It is about a character named Auggie, who has facial differences.  He is afraid to go to school because he feels everyone will stare at him.
• Before lunch in music, we continued our ukelele sessions and posted our videos to IRIS.
• In language arts, we continued writing our different story starters for our tipi tales. We also wrote a summary sandwich in Daily 5.  We identify the main characters, the setting, a summary and a personal connection we made.
• In social studies, we finished building our tipis and if we were done, we worked on our science title pages.  On them we have to include certain facts and pictures to represent them.

Questions:
1. No time today!

February 21, 2017- Tipi Tuesday

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: practice multiplication facts
Tomorrow please wear pink for anti-bullying day

What did we do today?

• This morning in math, we continued mastering our ninja skills by practicing our multiplication facts and earning our belts/ beads.
• In gym, the climber was set up in the gym, giving us two more stations for gymnastics. One had ropes while the others had ladders and bars.
• From after recess to the end of the day, we continued and finished our tipis.  We finished painting, then we had to put the poles up into a stable and supportive structure.  Lastly we put the designed buffalo skin around the poles and we attached them together with pipe cleaners cut at 10cm each.  Once we had put our tipis together we set the tipis up in the middle of the group's circle, with the girls sitting on the south side and the boys on the north.

Questions:
1. When will we start Jungle Safari and how many times will people get around it?- Jungle Safari starts next week.

February 15, 2017- Dr Coffin is awesome because...

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: practice multiplication facts
No school Thursday, Friday and Monday

What did we do today?

• At the start of the day in math, the grade 4s worked on comparing and ordering fractions while the grade 3s finished their representing fractions activities.
• This morning in gym, we had cards with certain movements and balances which we had to do on the equipment.  We had to perform each one during our turn to create our routine.
• After recess, we started to paint our tipi "buffalo" skins.  We had to finish drawing the designs with Sharpie.  On the bottom or skirt of the tipi we had to have symbols of Mother Earth.  We drew spirit animals in the middle and the stars and heavens at the top.
• Instead of doing our Daily 5 activities, Ms. Jones gave us a speech bubble shaped paper which we would have to write why Dr. Coffin is awesome.  They will be displayed on the bulletin board by the office.  
• In music, we finished our diagrams of the ukelele in our music journals and we answered two questions.  Then we went to a quiet spot to practice our songs.
• At the end of the day we had the opportunity to do a desk clean.  We also had to check our book boxes to make sure our book choice were current and after that we had to finish our math.

Questions:
1. What will our tipis look like when they are finished?
2. How hard will it be to put the poles together to construct the tipi?
3. How long will it take for us to put our tipis up and how long does it take in real life?
4. Will the tipis be sturdy and strong enough to last a long time?

February 13, 2017- Tipi talk

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: finish colouring hand art, practice multiplication facts
Valentine's list sent home today for tomorrow
Bring newspaper and magazines for tipi building tomorrow
No school Thursday or Friday this week

What did we do today?

• At the start of the day in math, we did Multiplication Ninja Monday and then after gym worked on fraction activities on Mathletics.
• This morning in gym, the gymnastic equipment was back up so we explored different balances, travel and jumps.
• After recess until our health class in the afternoon, we talked more about tipi designs and we learned about how tipis were set up.  We also made notes and sketches in our social duotang.  Women sat on the south side of the tipi and the men sit on the north side.  The door is always pointed to the east so that they are greeted by the sun and will warm them up. Then we got into our tipi groups and we created a design for the tipi we are going to make tomorrow.
• At the end of the day in health/art, Mrs. Wilkens read us a book about being kind.  We then made little valentines to put on the bulletin board in the hallway.  Our valentine writing had to include something we learned and about being kind.

Questions:
1. I wonder what materials the Blackfoot used to paint their tipis.
2. I wonder how long it takes to make and put up a tipi.
3. I wonder why the spirit animals have lifelines drawn on them.

February 9, 2017- The Art of the Blackfoot Tipi

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: practice multiplication facts
Drumming assembly on Friday starting at 10:45am
Please dress to be outside tomorrow for Fresh Air Friday

What did we do today?

• First thing this morning in math, the grade 3s worked on their Shady Works activity and then we learned about fractions in sets.  The grade 4s played a decimal place value game and we learned how to order and compare fractions.
• The grade 5/6 science fair was today.  We got to hear and see what they have been working on since November.  There was booths about bottle flipping, flower food, how many carbs are in different drinks, how fast a Gatorade would cool and how fast certain chocolate melted.
• After recess in gym, we played silent soccer in the classroom since the science fair was in the gym.
• In music, are spots for tomorrow's show were decided and Mr. K taught us something called a jam session, where we make up our own rhythms.  We also practiced our song for tomorrow.
• In Daily 5, we finished our assignments, hand art and social questions.
• At the end of the day in social studies, Ms. Jones read us a book about how tipis were given to the Blackfoot.  We were also given a map of the range the buffalo once roamed. As anthropologists, we studied pictures of tipi designs and sketched them.

Questions:
1. I wonder who will be chosen for science fair?
2. What are the different meanings of the different tipis?
3.What is the main design put on tipis?

February 8, 2017-Lets Get Crazy with Cursive!

Agenda

Read for 30 min.

Practice multiplication facts

Bring back POW- 'Math Mysteries' due tomorrow

What did we do today?

For Social we continued practicing mapping

Daily Five - we worked on finishing our tasks

Health - we finished our 'Grump Grumpaniny' and did circle talk

Music - continued drumming and introduced three new, big drums

 Questions:

What are the different, resources questions that we asked in Social?

What are the names of the big drums?

What is the secret phrase for our drumming?

February 7, 2017- Double Daily 5

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: math mystery due Thursday, practice multiplication facts
Treat day tomorrow- bring 25¢
Drumming assembly on Friday starting at 10:45am

What did we do today?

• First thing this morning in math, the grade 3s worked on their Build A Bar activity while the grade 4s had a new assignment which included money.
• In gym, we played King's Gold.  There were ten blue or red fluffies and a striped ball in a team's hoop.  The teams had to steal each other's fluffies.  Once all the fluffies were taken we could steal the striped ball, which would end the game.
• In library, we had book exchange, but we also had to log into IRIS and set a goal for ourselves to work on for the rest of the year.
• During music, we were broken up into three groups and given a pattern.  We played our patterns together.  We also played a rhythm game.
• In Daily 5, Ms. Jones worked with two different reading groups while we worked on finishing our Daily 5 tasks for this week.
• At the end of the day in social studies, we outlined and coloured the six regions of Alberta and we made five questions about the natural resources we could find there using a map.

Questions:
We were so busy we ran out of time again!

February 6, 2017- The little djembe drummer class

Agenda:

Read 30 min

Homework: math mystery due Thursday, practice multiplication facts
Treat day tomorrow- bring 25¢
Library tomorrow
Drumming assembly on Friday starting at 10:45am

What did we do today?

• First thing this morning we practiced our ninja skills until gym.  After switching our table groups and recess, Ms. Jones introduced us to our math case.  We have to CUBES the problem, solve it, show our work and write a sentence answer to get full marks.
• Since the gymnastic equipment will not be put up this week, we played a game of dodgeball in gym.  
• For health, Mrs. Wilkens taught us a new Unthinkable called Grump Grumpaniny.  We watched a video, which was a clip from the Big Bang Theory where Sheldon needs to stay in his routine.  Then we went and wrote about when we have been a Grump Grumpaniny.
• We had our first drumming session today playing the djembe.  We learned lots of different rhythms as well as the A,a,B, b and c notes.We also learned how to hold the drum and hand positions to make each note.
• In Daily 5, Ms. Jones worked with two different reading groups while we worked on finishing our Daily 5 tasks for this week.
• At the end of the day in art, some of us finished our illusion art project.  If we did finish, we were tasked with drawing Nose Hill Park and estimate how many trees are in the park.

Questions:
1. What will we be doing tomorrow for gym?
2. How many trees are there in Nose Hill Park?

February 2, 2017- You Won't Learn This In Grade 6

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Please bring back envelope signed

Homework: practice multiplication facts
No school tomorrow- PD day

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What did we do today?

• This morning, the grade 3s finished their work from yesterday in math.  The grade 4s learned how tenths and hundredths can be similar and did an activity.  If we were done, we went to a site called Fraction Cafe.
• In gym, we played silent soccer in the classroom because the gym was being set up for their learning celebration.
• After recess, we finished our math work and then we went on the computers and did Mathletics.  There we had to finish two activities Ms. Jones gave us.
• Today in music, Ms. Stephure retaught Kumbya and Alice the Camel had Five Humps. Then we went off to practice it on our Ukeleles in partners.
• In health, we got to write about the Space Invader, who gets into your personal space. We had to write about a time we were a Space Invader or when we had to deal with one and what strategy we should of used.  We shared our strategies after.
• For Daily 5, we continued to work on our reading centers.
• At the end of the day, we went to the grade 5/6 learning celebration.  They sang us a song, then we went around to their projects and learned what they did in their sky science unit and learned more about black holes, different planets and phases of the moon.  We also learned about stars, moons, neutron stars, the ninth planet, constellations, different galaxies, gravity and the mythical stories around the planets and stars.

Questions:
1. Ran out of time today.

February 1, 2017- Snowy Winter Walk Wednesday

Agenda:

Read 30 min
Report cards sent home yesterday- please bring back envelope signed

Homework: math mystery due tomorrow, practice multiplication facts

What did we do today?

• This morning, the grade 3s finished their math assignment from yesterday.  The grade 4s learned how fractions and decimals are related, and worked on a task to show fractions as a decimal.  If we finished, we went into Mathletics and worked on fraction activities.  Some us worked on our heptathlon project.
• In gym, the gymnastic equipment was set up.  We explored the box horse, benches, the ramp and the ladders.
• After recess, in social studies we continued to work on our buffalo sheet.  If we were not done sketching our artifacts, we had today to finish them as they have to be returned to Fort Calgary.
• Today we participated in Winter Walk Day.  We went walking in a winter wonderland for 15 minutes around the school.
• In language arts, we continued to work on our Great Trash Bash journal.  We need to include three paragraphs of how we can reduce our waste at school and at home.  At the end, we should have seven paragraphs.
• In music, we played a song called Kumbya and we learned and sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow.  We also learned our F chord.
• We ended the day with our Daily 5 activities.

Questions:
1. Ran out of time today.