October 31, 2019- One spooky blog....

Important Info:

Swimming Monday and Wednesday next week- remember your swimsuit, flip flops, goggles, towel and an extra snack. Be dressed for the weather!
No school tomorrow- PD day
Pictures sent home - November 6th deadline for orders
Retakes will be taken November 7th
Food Bank donations will be collected starting Monday
Remembrance Day assembly next Friday at 10:45 am
Book orders due Wednesday


What did we do this week?

• Today in gym, we did a game of volleyball.  But instead of using a volleyball we used a beach ball.  First we started with one ball, but Ms. Jones put another ball in the game so we had two games going.
• Today in math, we finished up some work.  We showed our learning of decreasing number patterns and made up pattern rules.
• In music, we played the song Camilo and practiced our crescendos.  Later we did a brain activity.

October 29, 2019- Halloween is creeping up....

Important Info:

Swimming tomorrow- remember your swimsuit, flip flops, goggles, towel and an extra snack. Be dressed for the weather!
Halloween parade Thursday afternoon- Halloween costume expectations and parade details – be respectful of the costumes you are choosing for your child to wear to school.  We also discourage violent type or extremely scary costumes. Do not bring all of the props or extra items that go along with your costume.  Leave props at home.   The Halloween parade will start at about 1:20 pm.     
No school Friday- PD day
Pictures sent home today- November 6 deadline
Library tomorrow


What did we do this week?

• On Monday we went to our buddies.  Our little buddies needed to draw their bodies in October using shapes.
• Today in math, we finished up some work.  We just learned how to write pattern rules for increasing and decreasing patterns and we created decreasing patterns with snap cubes.
• On October 28th we went swimming.  We walked in the very cold wind and snow!  Once we got there, we went to our group meeting spot.
• In social, we watched a video in pairs about Calgary in its early days.  It was called Welcome to Boomtown Buster.  We had to answer a few questions about Calgary when it was really old.

October 25, 2019- What is important to our community?

Important Info:

Swimming Monday and Wednesday next week- remember your swimsuit, flip flops, goggles, towel and an extra snack
Halloween parade Thursday afternoon- Halloween costume expectations and parade details – be respectful of the costumes you are choosing for your child to wear to school.  We also discourage violent type or extremely scary costumes.  Do not bring all of the props or extra items that go along with your costume.  Leave props at home.   The Halloween parade will start at about 1:20 pm.     
No school next Friday


What did we do this week?

• On Wednesday we did our science test.  The grade 3 test was different than the grade 4 one.
• On Thursday we had our first swimming class.  We got sorted into groups based on our level.  We went into the tanks and the lanes and practiced skills such as the front crawl.
• As per usual, we have been working on patterns.  We did lots of increasing pattern activities with questions and pattern rules.  A pattern rule tells the appearance of a pattern.
• In art, we finished our haunted house art.  We added cracked windows and spider webs or shadows.
• Today for Fresh Air Friday we walked to a community mural and drew pictures from it.  Then we went to a sidewalk covered in drawings like sunflowers.  After that we went to the community garden.

October 22, 2019- Last Chance!

Important Info:

Library exchange tomorrow
Swimming starts tomorrow- please bring swimsuit, towel, goggles, flip flops and an extra snack
Fun lunch letter sent home today


What did we do this week?

• Today in music, we made posters or practiced our roles for the CBC Music Project.
• In science, the PT class came and we did Jeopardy lab together.  It is a website where you play games to review what you learned in science.  If you got the question right you will get a point.
• In math yesterday we learned a new math game called Last Chance.  You had to draw cards until you thought you were closest to 31 points.  Then you would say last chance and show your cards to see whose cards were closer.
• We have been working on spooky stories in language arts.  We were working on catching mistakes.  It has been lots of fun to do.  If we have finished our beginning and middle, we could type them out.

October 18, 2019- Is it Brentwood or Charleswood?

Important Info:

Treat Day Tuesday- bring 25¢
Science quiz Wednesday- review to be sent home Monday
Swimming starts Thursday


What did we do this week?

• Yesterday in gym we played benchball and we were split by even and odd numbers.
• For Fresh Air Friday we walked a route that was longer than the first time.  We went up Brisbois Drive to Capri Ave and then went across to Charleswood Drive before heading back through the green space back to the school. We mapped our route to see how big our neighbourhood is.
• In music on Thursday Mr. O'Reilly let the singers do a warm up while the musicians tuned up.  He played the base during rehearsals for our CBC music challenge. (ask us how we are sounding!!)
• We started a review sheet about what we have learned in our light and shadow unit.  We will be having a quiz Wednesday!

October 11, 2019- Happy Thanksgiving!

Important Info:

Swim forms due Tuesday
No school Monday October 14th
Picture Day October 16th
Literacy Night October 16th from 5-7pm.  Please make time to pop by and see what we do during Daily Five and literacy.


What did we do this week?

• In science we did a pupil test called the pupillary response test. We turned off the lights and then turned them on to see if our eyes got bigger or not (ask us how it worked out!) . Then we would write it down and complete a conclusion.
• We had a special visitor Thursday!  Saakokoto told us some stories about his past and showed us a picture of a golden eagle and he had a special brace on his arm so its claws would not hurt him.  He said it would not hurt him and it would not fly away because of trust!
• In music we practiced for the CBC Music Challenge.  In our class there are two guitarists, one pianist, and lots of percussion and xylophone players.  People also sing and do magic tricks and dance with mr. O'Reilly.
• Because of our special visitor, we played dodgeball with room 5.  We played a game that if you got hit you got to play on the other side.

October 8, 2019- The Writing on the Mirror

Important Info:

School Council Meeting tonight
Sa'akokoto visits us Thursday
Swim forms sent home today
Book orders due Thursday
No school Friday October 11th or Monday October 14th
Picture Day October 16th


What did we do this week?

• Today is science we started off by reviewing what we did on Friday.  Ms. Jones asked us which way the EMS sign on ambulances face.  Then she told us we were going to use mirrors to read and write things.  We had to write a question about what we learned in science and write the answer down using a mirror.  We will be giving the answers to other students to decode!
• In math, we were learning about patterns!  We had messy mats and we did increasing patterns on them.  Then we took out our scribblers and graph paper and we did our own patterns.
• In music we practiced for the CBC Music Challenge and at the end we practiced all together with the singers.
• This week in gym, we have been practicing soccer by doing games and exercises.  We did separate games today with one catch...you had to trap the ball in between the goal posts to earn a point, so it was harder than normal soccer.  We had to persevere!