March 22, 2018- From Metamorphic rock to spring break

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min
• start to bring recyclable building materials from home such as paper towel rolls, newspaper, etc.
• No school Friday, spring break until April 3rd
• Greg Tang spring challenge: 
  Dear Parents,
  Are you looking for an activity that will allow your child to continue learning and have fun during spring break? Then check out Greg Tang’s Spring Math Challenge! (gregtangmath.com/spring)
  Students can go to gregtangmath.com to complete the activities on the attached game board.
  This is an optional activity. Students who complete the challenge can earn a certificate and a chance to win a personalized signed copy of one of Greg Tang’s books, as well as a prize from Ms. Cowdy and Ms. Jones.
  It is fine for students to get help from you or someone else if they need it. They can also move to harder or easier levels of the games to make them more or less challenging.
  After your child completes the activity, just sign their sheet and send it back to school with them by May 8th.

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• We had our last day with the jungle safari course.  Ms. Jones changed the rules for the last few minutes and allowed us to go back to the nearest red mat instead of going back to our original base camp.
• In science, we reviewed the rock cycle to see if we could remember what we learned yesterday at the Glenbow.  We had to put five pictures in order and label each picture, as well as the process each rock goes through.
• In math, we had an Easter egg hunt.  We had 12 eggs to find and each one had either a division or a multiplication question.  Only one person found them all!

March 21, 2018 - Have you ever had the Sedimentary Sandwich?

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min
• Homework: study your spelling words this week, test tomorrow
• start to bring recyclable building materials from home such as paper towel rolls, newspaper, etc.
• Greg Tang spring challenge
• No school Friday, spring break until April 3rd

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• We went to the Glenbow Museum. We went with a guide who talked about different types of rocks. Metamorphic, Igneous, Sedimentary. 
• We checked out the 'Black Gold' tapestry (Black Gold = Oil) How oil is connected to industry/jobs, the process of making it (9.5 years).
• We did an art project at the Glenbow, where it showed a story from our lives through pictures. Creating a story board that represents a significant time in our lives.

March 20,2018- Peru Comes to Rooms 4 & 5.

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Homework: study your spelling words this week, test Thursday
• Field trip to the Glenbow tomorrow- please be on time.  You need to bring a non- heatable, wasteless lunch. Also, there is an allergy to strong smells, so please do not bring scented hand sanitizers or wear scented creams.
• start to bring recyclable building materials from home such as paper towel rolls, newspaper, etc.
• Greg Tang spring challenge

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In the morning, a lady named Juliet came to talk to us about Peru.  She brought items for us to look at such as a rug made of llama wool, a soft rock shaped as a Peruvian hat and a figurine of a girl in a canoe.  She also showed us a video and showed us how to dance to Peruvian music.
• During computer lab, we had to write ten facts we learned about the Peru presentation.  Did you know the coldest temperature in Peru is usually around 28 degrees Celsius?
• Today, our student teacher Mr. A read us some Harry Potter.  He has now received his invisibility cloak and is in the restricted section of the library looking for information about Nicholas Flamel.

March 19, 2018- Help! We are in a jungle safari!

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Homework: study your spelling words this week, test Thursday
• Treat day tomorrow- bring 25¢
• We will have a special presenter tomorrow to talk to us about Peru
• Please save the date! We will be having a field trip Wednesday (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.
• start to bring recyclable building materials from home such as paper towel rolls, newspaper, etc.
• Greg Tang spring challenge

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In gym, we started our jungle safari challenge.  If you went off the lines, touched the mats, "snakes" or walls, you have to return to your base camp mat.
• At the end of the day, we continued our Fresh Air Friday experiment as a class using sugar cubes instead of ice cubes.  We noticed that by the end, the cubes had no edges and there was no colour on the cubes.  They looked rounded like a marshmallow.
• We finished a sheet about the rules of Quidditch while Professor Jones read chapter 11.  There are 700 ways to get a foul, which is like a penalty.  It is a game for wizards, although we have played a Muggle version.  We also learned that Snape was injured by Fluffy during Halloween, when he tried to get by the three headed dog.

March 16, 2018- Shaking the Mayan Temples

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Homework: spelling words sent home to study for next week
• Field trip Wednesday

• Please save the date! We will be having a field trip March 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

What We Learned and Did Today:

• Today we watched a video.  It explained how the Mayan temples were covered by trees and the jungle (ice wedging and root wedging).  We answered some questions about how it happened and determined that mountains do not last forever.  Then we got into partners and gathered some materials and went outside.  The experiment we started was called Ice Rock Shake Data Sheet.  We gathered a coloured ice cubes and three other ice pieces from the playground.  We shook them in a cup and we wrote down what happened the coloured ice cube.  The cube started to lose its edges and became rounder.

March 15, 2018- Learn your "troll" times tables!

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Homework: spelling homework due tomorrow
• Fresh Air Friday- please be dressed for the weather and bring snowpants

• Please save the date! We will be having a field trip March 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• At the end of the day, we had a catch up time to complete our social and science tasks for the week. With social, after we had finished colouring our spanish colours picture, we had to look up some words in Spanish and Quechua.  Hola means hello in Spanish.
• During computer lab, we worked on our ninja multiplication skills.  If we finished early, we could do kakooma or work on our Greg Tang math spring challenge.
• In math, we divided dividends with a divisor that was determined by the roll of the dice.  Using whiteboards and blocks, we would figure out the quotient with a partner.  If we got the answer right, we earned points for our houses.  Some of the answers had remainders, which was the left over blocks after dividing equal groups.

March 14, 2018- There is a Troll climbing on the red, yellow and green traverse wall.

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Homework: practice basic facts for multiplication ninja, spelling homework due Friday
• Field trip form for the Glenbow due asap
• Volunteer field trip forms going home today
• Bring library books from home for book exchange tomorrow

• Please save the date! We will be having a field trip March 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In gym, we used the new transverse climbing wall.  After the safety rules were explained, we went across the wall first with our hands only.  When we had gotten used to the grips on the wall, we tried crossing the wall using our hands and feet.
• In science, we had a listening quiz to see what we learned from our special guest's presentation yesterday.  Some people found it easy while others had a harder time with it.  We then went over the sheet we did last day and started to read about the three types of rocks. One fact we learned is that basalt and granite are made from magma.
• In Harry Potter, we were asked to answer questions about the game of Quidditch while Ms. Jones read Chapter 10.  A troll is loose in the dungeons and is wandering the corridors!

March 13, 2018- Every Good Bear Deserves Fish and do Geology

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Homework: peru national symbol to complete by tomorrow
• Field trip form for the Glenbow due tomorrow

• Please save the date! We will be having a field trip March 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In science, we had a special guest come in to talk about rocks and the Canadian Arctic Islands.  There he studied many sedimentary rocks.  Studying the rocks, they were able to determine that a land mass was once where the Arctic Circle is and they named it Crockerland.  We learned that a geode is formed when water enters the rock with minerals and the minerals stay behind.
• In music, Mr. O'Reilly showed us a video called Brother Bear.  He wanted everyone to sing along.  He taught us how to read music by using the riddle, "every good bear deserves fish."  These are the music notes on the lines of the staff.
• In gym, we practiced more underhand serves for badminton using a forty degree angle and flicking our wrists.

March 12, 2018- Hola badminton!

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Homework: practice your multiplication tonight, quiz tomorrow morning
• Field trip form for the Glenbow due Wednesday
• Geologist expert in tomorrow afternoon

• Please save the date! We will be having a field trip March 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• At the end of the day, we finished our detailed sketches of Peru's national sights.  We made sure to include a shading technique in our work.  If we finished, we coloured a picture that was labeled with Spanish words to colour, as it is one of the languages spoken in Peru.
• In math, we played two different multiplication games to practice our multiplication skills, as we have a quiz tomorrow.  The games we played were multiplication war, criss cross and t-ball multiplication.
• In gym, we started our racquet sports unit with badminton.  We started by practicing our serves over the net.  Then we got into teams of four, and we played a mini-game with the team across the net from us.

March 8, 2018- Knock! Knock! Who's there? Knock it off!

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Homework: Mathletics assignments due next week
• Field trip home going home today for the Glenbow
• Bring back planning form by March 12
• Geologist expert in next Tuesday

• Please save the dates! We will be having a field trip March 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In science, we learned about the three types of rocks: sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic.  We also had to read some information about minerals and identify the incorrect word(s) in a sentence.
• In math block, we worked on using our division strategies to solve questions and if we finished early we got to play a division game called Knock It Off.
• During Daily 5, we worked on our journals about what we would do with a problem.  Ms. Jones was very impressed with the thought and time we were putting in to our answers and how we were adding details.  

March 7, 2018- The Three Headed Dog Guarding Machu Picchu.

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Homework: colouring national symbols, flag and coat of arms of Peru due tomorrow (one day late), group B math p. 312 #3, 6 (use base ten, cross multiplication and lattice) and 7
• Field trip signature forms need to be returned by tomorrow- one missing
• Bring back planning form by March 12
• Fun lunch tomorrow

• Please save the dates! We will be having a field trip March 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• Today in social studies we drew a national sight you would see in Peru and we had write a couple of facts about them.  Some of the sights drawn were the tomb of Francisco Pizarro, Machu Picchu and Chan Chan.
• While Ms. Jones read of Chapter 9 of Harry Potter, we had to rate different events that happened in the story.  0 was not exciting and 10 was awesomely exciting.  Most of the class picked the part where the children ran into the gigantic three headed guard dog that took up most of the room.
• Today in gym, we played another game of Quidditch.  Ravenclaw played against Slytherin and Hufflepuff played against Gryffindor.  

March 6, 2018- The Incredibles in Peru

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Homework: practice basic facts for ninja math, colouring national symbols of Peru due tomorrow
• Field trip signature forms need to be returned by tomorrow- one missing
• Bring back planning form by March 12
• Fun lunch this Thursday

• Please save the dates! We will be having a field trip March 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• Today we went to the Bella Concert Hall and we listened to a show called Music from the Movies by the Royal Canadian Artillery.  They played songs from Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, E.T., Harry Potter, Moana, The Incredibles and Star Wars.
• In social studies, we learned about some symbols from Peru.  We listened and wrote down facts about each one and coloured the flag and coat of arms.  Did you know that the chinchona tree bark makes a medicine that cures malaria and fevers.
• After lunch in music, we finished our music project about the instrument families.  We also had to write a reflection of what we liked about the field trip today.

March 5, 2018- Quidditch, brought to you by Snape and his goat

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Field trip tomorrow morning to Mount Royal- please be here on time as the bus leaves at 9:10am
• Field trip signature forms need to be returned by tomorrow
• Wear your Dr. Coffin t-shirt/ hoodie or something green tomorrow.  Don't wear your hats.
• Planning form being sent home today
• Fun lunch this Thursday

• Please save the dates! We will be having field trips next week on March 6th (Mount Royal) and 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• Today in science, we finished classifying rocks.  We identified limestone, sandstone, basalt, obsidian, shale and marble.  After that, we looked up our birthstones and recorded them with a picture in our Rock On books.  We are working towards getting a Geologist Expert brag tag.
• During Daily 5, we continued learning about creating "thick" questions using the sentence starters, "What if," "What might happen," and either "Why do you think," or " How would you feel if."
• Today in gym, we played Quidditch (Muggle edition).  There were chasers that tried to put a quaffle in the hoop for five points.  The seeker watched for the snitch (a bouncy ball) to catch.  The seeker who caught the snitch would earn 20 points.  The beaters would tag the chasers that had the quaffle.  If they did, the chaser would have to freeze and pass the quaffle to another chaser in their house.

March 2, 2018- Ladybird, Ladybird fly away in your Dr. Coffin Hoodie

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Field trip forms need to be returned asap
• Mount Royal field trip Tuesday morning
• Hoodies and t-shirts given out today- please write your names in sharpie on the tags

• Please save the dates! We will be having field trips next week on March 6th (Mount Royal) and 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

What we did today on Fresh Air Friday:

• Today we listened to a story written by Karen Gummo, an artist in residence two years ago.  Ms. Jones read us another story about winter.  We developed a ideas bank in our journals, where we wrote down the descriptive words and phrases from the stories that we liked.  Then we went outside, and using those phrases as examples, we created descriptive observations of the scenery outside.  We described the birds flying overhead, the sky and the snow (which we have tonnes of AGAIN!)
• We wrote our spelling tests, and our marks will turn into points for our Hogwart's houses.

March 1, 2018- Harry Potter doing Luge in Peru

Agenda:

• Read 20 min
• Spelling test tomorrow
• Field trip forms need to be returned by tomorrow 
• Fresh Air Friday tomorrow- please dress to be outside
• Mount Royal field trip Tuesday morning
• Please save the dates! We will be having field trips next week on March 6th (Mount Royal) and 21st (the Glenbow).  Please check your CBE accounts for fees for field trips.

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• Today for social studies, we directed our attention to Peru.  We made a suitcase and packed items we would need there as it is hot and humid.  After library, we mapped out where Peru is, which is in South America.  Countries that border it are: Columbia, Brazil and Ecuador.
• In the morning, we were sorted into our Hogwart's houses.  We were called to a stool and put on a hat.  For each house, one student was chosen as a prefect and they sit at the front of the house row. Ms. Jones and Ms. Cowdy then announced our house.  We have house points to earn if we do a good job of being in line or listening. 
• For our math olympics, we did the luge event as a class.  We had to add, subtract and multiply equations that had an answer of a room number.  We had to map the route on a given school map.