May 31, 2018- How Nose Hill Has Changed

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Please study and find the answers for the questions for the quiz tomorrow
• Swimming forms due tomorrow
• Fresh Air Friday tomorrow, please dress to be out in the weather
• Volunteers needed for swimming, that starts next Thursday!  Three or four volunteers would be great! :) Please email Ms. Jones at sacjones@cbe.ab.ca if you can volunteer.

• Save the date!  This Sunday June 3rd, nine aspen trees will be planted in our Nature ground.  Volunteers are still needed to help with digging.  Please let the Environment Committee know if you can help! We would really appreciate as many hands as we can get!

Top Three Things We Did and Learned Today:

• We completed writing our second event and we started to type it out on the computer.  If we finished before recess, we had to highlight actions, thoughts/feelings, description and dialogue.
• In social, Ms. Jones explained what cause (what people do) and effect is.  We found out India is quite poor, so they do not have a proper waste management system.  Mrs. Lysak also told us about how you have to take vaccinations six weeks before you go there so you don't get sick.
• The grade 1/2s did a play for their learning celebration.  We learned that at one time, people were building and taking away the natural resources from Nose Hill.  This took away the animals homes.  At one point, people protested to make Nose Hill a protected park for the plants and animals to thrive along side with people.

May 30, 2018- Are our lacrosse skills growing?

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Grade 1/2 learning celebration tomorrow @ 11:00am
• Students will be bringing home a "show me what you know" pre-quiz.  Please study and find the answers for the questions for the quiz on Friday
• Overdue library notices
• Library tomorrow- last day for exchange
• Swimming forms sent home today
• Volunteers needed for swimming, that starts next Thursday!  Three or four volunteers would be great! :) Please email Ms. Jones at sacjones@cbe.ab.ca if you can volunteer.

• Save the date!  This Sunday June 3rd, nine aspen trees will be planted in our Nature ground.  Volunteers are still needed to help with digging.  Please let the Environment Committee know if you can help! We would really appreciate as many hands as we can get!

Top Three Things We Did and Learned Today:

• In math, we corrected our errors from yesterday's perimeter activity.  If we finished that, we had to create a design out of centimeter strips.  We will be trading these with a partner to see if they can measure the perimeter of it.
• In science, we recorded our observations of the bean seeds we planted on Monday.  We drew and labeled a diagram/ picture, we measured the temperature and we noted its location.
• In gym, we played a game where Ms. Jones rolled a four square ball across the field.  We were supposed to shoot and hit the ball with our tennis ball using our lacrosse sticks.

May 29, 2018- The Song About the Net

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Students will be bringing home a "show me what you know" pre-quiz.  Please study and find the answers for the questions for the quiz on Friday

• Volunteers needed for swimming, that starts next Thursday!  Forms will be sent home by Thursday.  Three or four volunteers would be great! :) Please email Ms. Jones at sacjones@cbe.ab.ca if you can volunteer.

Top Three Things We Did and Learned Today:

• We looked at an excellent example of an event written by a fellow classmate, and highlighted where they showed strong verbs, description and a character's thoughts and feelings.  We then went back to our own event and added 1 more of each element.
• In music, we started writing a song.  Mr. O'Reilly stated that a song is like writing a story.  We had to come up with a setting and words to describe it.
• In gym, we played a game with scoops called "Not In My Net".  We had to scoop a ball from the middle and carry it over to the other team's net.  Once there was no balls left to collect in the middle, we could scoop one ball from the net and carry to the other.

May 28, 2018- P=Plant a Bean!

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Book orders due tomorrow
• Students will be bringing home a "show me what you know" pre-quiz.  Please study and find the answers for the questions for the quiz on Friday

• Volunteers needed for swimming, that starts next Thursday!  Forms will be sent home by Thursday.  Three or four volunteers would be great! :) Please email Ms. Jones at sacjones@cbe.ab.ca if you can volunteer.

May 24, 2018- Stanley's Party on the Horizon Line

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Library tomorrow
• Book orders due next Tuesday
• Fresh Air Friday tomorrow
• It is going to be hot and sunny all week.  Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather, and send bug repellant, a hat and sunscreen if needed.

Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In art, Ryder came and she taught us how the horizon line can be in different places depending on what you want the eye to look at.  We also learned how to draw using perspective and how to use charcoal and your eraser as tools.
• Today in daily 5, Ms. Jones read us a book called Stanley's Party.  We learned how to slow down the action and to include action, the character's thought/feeling and description in our story events.
• In gym, we did lacrosse.  Ms. Jones had us do a drill called scoop, cradle and shoot.  We earned points for our houses every time we could score into our nets.

May 23, 2018- Using expression to read...in the dark!

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Fun lunch tomorrow
• Book orders due next Tuesday
• It is going to be hot and sunny all week.  Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather, and send bug repellant, a hat and sunscreen if needed.

• Volunteers needed for Thursday afternoon!  We are going to be sketching landscapes at Nose Hill, leaving the school at 1:30 and being back for 3:30pm.  Three or four volunteers would be great! :) Please email Ms. Jones at sacjones@cbe.ab.ca if you can volunteer.

Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• A group presented their reader's theater presentation today.  It was very good because they used expression, different accents and howler monkey howls.
• Today in social studies, we watched short videos about the children who go to school in India.  We learned that in some areas of India, girls go to school in the dark because they have to work for their families during the day.  Lots of them learn how to count numbers and they do a lot of learning through play.
• In math, Ms. Cowdy taught us about perimeter.  We used Sponge Bob to measure, and we found out to measure perimeter, you add all the sides together.

May 22, 2018- The Lacrosse Stick on the Horizon

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Homework: Social due tomorrow
• Book orders due next Tuesday
• It is going to be hot and sunny all week.  Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather, and send bug repellant, a hat and sunscreen if needed.

• Volunteers needed for Thursday afternoon!  We are going to be sketching landscapes at Nose Hill.  Three or four volunteers would be great! :) Please email Ms. Jones at sacjones@cbe.ab.ca if you can volunteer.

Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In gym, we started the lacrosse unit.  We practiced throwing and catching with a net, as well as scooping the ball from the ground.  If you would like to bring your own lacrosse stick from home you can.
• Today in math, we reviewed how to properly use a ruler to measure different objects and lengths.
• In art, we went outside and learned about perspective.  If things are closer you draw them bigger, if they are farther away you draw them smaller.  We also learned how to overlap drawings and about the horizon line.  We then practiced all these new concepts by drawing a landscape in the Whispering Woods and the amphitheater.

May 17, 2018- Parachute fun and games!

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• School photo Tuesday- forms to order this picture are due Tuesday
• No school tomorrow or Monday

• Volunteers needed next Thursday afternoon!  We are going to be sketching landscapes at Nose Hill.  Three or four volunteers would be great! :)

Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In gym, we did parachute games since it was so yucky outside.  We tried to trap each other when a colour was called, we played shark and we did the mushroom (where all of us sit underneath the parachute.
• We went over what a good response in social looks like. A two has the basic answer, a three adds details that we have learned and a four is when we have a strong answer and we can synthesize information and relate to the topic.
• In daily 5, we created one type of beginning for our Nose Hill story.  We are going to write two other types, before deciding which one is the best.

May 16, 2018- Pirates of India

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Math homework due asap
• School photo next Tuesday- forms to order this picture are due Tuesday
• Study spelling- quiz tomorrow
• No school Friday or next Monday

Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In music, Mr. O'Reilly showed us two new songs to play on the xylophone.  One was Pirates of the Caribbean and the other was called Sunny.  Sunny is a harder song because it is fast to play.
• We had a double block of social studies. Ms. Jones read us a book about the different ways children go to school in India.  We also had to read information about transportation in India and answer some questions.  Some students use a swing to get over rivers in the mountain areas.  They also use army trucks near the border of India and Pakistan.  They also have bamboo bridges where flooding occurs.
• In art, we kept working on our sketches in the Whispering Woods.  We learned that the sandpaper in our kits is for sharpening your pencils and to make lead shaving to shade with. We can also use our charcoal pieces on the sandpaper, which you can tap onto paper and use our paper blender tools to colour.

May 15, 2018- Something Weird, Star Wars and Saving the World

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Lots of treats left over- bring 25¢
• Math homework due asap
• School photo next Tuesday- forms to order this picture are due Thursday
• Study spelling- quiz this Thursday
• Running club forms due back tomorrow
• Make sure your child is dressed for the weather- make sure they have hats, sunscreen and bug repellant in this hot, sunny weather.
• No school Friday or next Monday

Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• To start the day today, we had to look at three books and write down their beginnings.  We talked about how to start a story in an interesting manner using: questions/thought/feeling, action, conversation, description, something weird, a sound effect and a problem. 
• A number of our classmates went to MRU to a Destination Conservation Celebration.  They did a solar energy workshop and made a light that was powered by a solar panel.  They also learned about clean water and our school traded an award with another school.
• In music, Mr. O'Reilly taught us how to perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Star Wars" on the xylophones.

May 14, 2018- Sketching Ladybugs

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Treat Day tomorrow- bring 25¢
• Math homework due tomorrow: 
• all- p. 216 #10-14 
• group A -p. 203 of paper textbook #4-6
• group B -p. 216 of yellow text #2, 6, 8
• Study spelling- quiz this Thursday
• Running club forms due back Wednesday
• Destination Conservation select members on field trip tomorrow

Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In art, we started to work with Ryder, our sketching artist in residence.  We all got our own sketching kits and we practiced creating value with a grey scale (light to dark).  We also drew pictures and included shading.
• In social, we worked on finishing some previous work and read about the different landscapes in India.  Some of the different landscapes are: tropical rainforests, mountains (Gnats and Himalayas), Thar Desert, the Northern Plains and the Deccan Plateau.
• Ms. Jones read the book Ladybird Fly, and then we identified the different parts of the story, including setting, characters and events.

May 11, 2018- Saa'kokoto and the Medicine Wheel

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Math homework: p. 211 #1-7, p. 204 #3 & 4, The Same as Me/ Match Game due Monday
• Fresh Air Friday journal- write down everything you can remember about Saa'kokoto's visit today...will be marked for your report card (think of the medicine wheel, the buffalo, the sky and the stars, horses).  Bring back Monday.
• Running club forms due back Wednesday
• Destination Conservation form is due on Monday

What We Learned and Did Today:

• We went to the medicine wheel in Nose Hill Park with Saa'kokoto.  He explained the medicine wheel to us.  The triangles represent man and the c's are the buffalo.  There are two entrances into the wheel to pray and give thanks to Na'a (Mother Earth).  If you go in the morning you enter through the east passageway, if you go in the afternoon, you enter and exit through the west.
• We came back early due to the cold wind.  He told us two stories.  One story was about an eagle and how the eagle helped him after he saved him from sacrifice.  We learned that if we are generous, people will help you when you are in need.  If you are angry, you should not hurt someone else.

May 10, 2018 - Nose Hill Park Tomorrow!

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Math homework: p. 211 #1-7, p. 204 #3 & 4, The Same as Me/ Match Game due Monday
• Fresh Air Friday tomorrow- dress to be outside on Nose Hill (hat, gloves, wet weather clothes, rubber or winter boots) and bring your water bottle
• Field trip permission forms due tomorrow
• Running club forms due back next Wednesday
• Destination Conservation form going home today (for some people) which is due on Monday

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• During our bellringer this morning, we read a chapter book and looked for words and sentences we liked.  We recorded these into our idea banks so that when we write our stories, we have ideas to look at and use.
• In social studies, we started our study of India.  We learned what countries are around India: China, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan.  We also found out it is in Asia. We also coloured the flag and we did a suitcase of what we would pack.  Today, a student brought to school three traditional Indian outfits. The outfits were colorful, and detailed with shiny gems and sequins.
• Today, the grade 6's wrote a P.A.T. For gym, we played silent soccer in our classroom. 

May 9, 2018- Would you like a hot cross bun...from India?

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Field trip permission forms due by Friday
• Running club forms sent home

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• During our bellringer this morning, we read a chapter book and looked for words and sentences we liked.  We recorded these into our idea banks so that when we write our stories, we have ideas to look at and use.
• In social studies, we started our study of India.  We learned what countries are around India: China, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan.  We also found out it is in Asia. We also coloured the flag and we did a suitcase of what we would pack.  The circle in the middle of the flag is known as the "wheel of law."
• In music, we tried three different kinds of xylophones.  The first was quite small and high pitched, called a glockenspiel.  The second was a medium size and it was called a metallophone and the third were larger and called a xylophone.  We learned to play the song "Hot Cross Buns" on them and some of us tried to play it with our eyes closed! It was the first song played by xylophone players.
• We also played games using the parachute!

May 7, 2018- The Dish Ran Away with the Decimal.

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Greg Tang spring challenge due tomorrow
• Bring props for Reader's Theater if needed.
• Field trip permission forms due by Friday
• Two volunteers needed for Friday's field trip

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• In math, we went over a question about distances using decimals.  Then we continued to practice adding and subtracting decimals in the tenths and hundredths place.
• In language arts, we practiced our reader's theater, since we have been busy with our learning celebration.  We finished our props as we will be presenting to both classes tomorrow.
• Ms. Jones read us a book called "The Dish Ran Away With the Spoon."  It was about the riddle, but it was about what happened if the dish and spoon did not come back.

May 4, 2018- May the Fourth be With You!

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Homework- math: p. 207-208 #1-4, 8-10 due Monday; Where in Peru and Music in Peru due Monday
• Greg Tang spring challenge Tuesday
• Book orders due by Monday
• Field trip form for Nose Hill Park next Friday

What We Learned and Did Today on Fresh Air Friday:

• We went outside and re-visited our adopted plants in the nature grounds/ Whispering Woods.  There we drew a sketch of what our plant looks like in the spring and jotted down five observations.
• We were read two books today.  Ms. Jones read us After the Fall, which was about Humpty Dumpty and how he turned into a bird after conquering his fears.  Ms. Cowdy read us Max's Words, which was about a boy that had a word collection and created stories.

May 3, 2018- Its Showtime!

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Homework- Traveling in Peru due Friday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAXRD3EYdvk
• Greg Tang spring challenge due next Tuesday
• Book orders due by Monday
• Fresh Air Friday tomorrow

May 2, 2018- A Tattle Tale Tongue Is Not Wanted

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Homework- Charting Decimals and Hundreds Club (late), p. 202 #8-11 due tomorrow; Traveling in Peru due Friday
• Greg Tang spring challenge due next Tuesday
• Celebration of Learning Rock Show to, wear a solid (one) colour t-shirt tomorrow
• Book orders due by Monday
• Library tomorrow- bring overdue books back

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• We had three more practices for our learning celebration.
• We started adding decimals into the tenths.  Ms. Jones had us practice on whiteboards before we tried some questions on our own.
• Ms Cowdy read us a book called Tattle Tale Tongue.  We learned four different rules about when tattling is a good thing and when it is not a good thing.

May 1, 2018- Dugouts filled with Decimals...

Agenda: 

• Read 20 min 
• Math homework- Charting Decimals and Hundreds Club completion and corrections due tomorrow
• Hats Off for Mental Health tomorrow
• Greg Tang spring challenge due next Tuesday
• Celebration of Learning Rock Show this Thursday 10:45 am-12:00 pm
• Practice for learning celebration
• Book orders due by Monday

The Top Three Things We Learned and Did Today:

• We had three practices for our learning celebration.
• In social studies, we had more time to work on our Traveling In Peru activities.  We learned that there are three railway lines in Peru.  The expensive trains are for the tourists and are quite comfortable.  The cheap trains are very crowded.  Dugout canoes are also known as "water taxis."
• In math, we practiced representing decimals as money.  We were given different coins to figure out and write as a decimal.