January 10, 2020- Snowshoes and hot chocolate

Important Info:

Healthy Hunger Lunch on January 16th, please have your order in by tonight.
Sa'akokoto is visiting us next week

What did we learn today?

• Today we went outside for Fresh Air Friday.  We went snowshoeing for half an hour using the school's snowshoes.  They were tricky for some of us to get on, so Ms. Jones has promised us we will go out again on another day.
• In social studies, we started making slides for the Calgary Challenge.  We picked a major event in Calgary's history that interested us and we are researching answers to given questions about that time.
• This week in gym, we started our basketball unit.  We have doing tricks like the hot potato and around the world dribbling.  We also started to learn and practice the chest pass, bounce pass and overhead pass.
• This week Ms. Jones started reading the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.  We did a sorting quiz and were sorted into different table groups that are named after the houses in the book.

January 7, 2020- Welcome back to a new decade!

Important Info:

Fresh Air Friday this Friday- it will be cold so please be dressed very warmly to go outside
Fun lunch on January 16th, please have your order in by January 10th.

What did we learn today?

• In gym we did basketball we practiced the V dribble, the around the world and pivoting.  At the end we played shark.
• In social studies, we watched all the Boomtown Busters videos.  We created a timeline of all the big events like the Great Calgary Fire and the Olympics.
• Instead of doing the daily warm up in the new year, we are doing printing practice and cursive writing.  So far we have done a and d.  They look a lot different than printing.
• This week we have been talking and writing about an event that happened during our Winter Break.  Ms. Jones wants us to focus on transition words instead of using "then."

December 17, 2019- Is water a mineral?

Important Info:

Christmas carolling December 17th-19th
Last day of school is Thursday December 19th
December 20th is a PD day- no school that day
Classes resume January 6, 2020.

What did we learn today?

• In gym we played a Christmas game called Frost Ball.  Then we played Bench ball.  Bench ball is a game where we had to catch the ball while standing on a bench.
• We did the Great Elf Game where Ms. Jones rolls a dice, and if the number is a 1,2,3 or 4 it is a nice day and your elves make money and if she rolls a 5 or a 6 it is a bad day.
• We started the day with Christmas carolling.  We sang Frosty, Mister Grinch, and I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.
• Yesterday was Polar Express day.  One of our classmates got to take the train that picked up all the students home.

December 13, 2019- Erupting snow volcanos

Important Info:

Hoodie / t-shirt order forms due
Book order form for the Kidsburgh Chronicles due tomorrow
Fill a sock campaign all this week- items needed include socks, gloves, lip balm, travel size toothpaste, toothbrushes, hand warmers, cough drops, deodorant, candies, travel size toiletries.

Save the date: 
                      Polar Express spirit day Monday December 16th 
                      Christmas carolling December 17th-19th

What did we learn today?

• Two days ago in social we watched a video about the murals in Coventry Hills.  After we watched the video, we drew pictures from the murals in our visual journals.  We also wrote some facts about the pictures that were on the mural.
• Today we made volcanos out of snow!  First we made a base before adding baking soda, food colouring and vinegar to help them erupt.

December 10, 2019- The Glenbow and Christmas Lights

Important Info:

Hoodie / t-shirt order forms due
Book order form for the Kidsburgh Chronicles due tomorrow
Fill a sock campaign all this week- items needed include socks, gloves, lip balm, travel size toothpaste, toothbrushes, hand warmers, cough drops, deodorant, candies, travel size toiletries.

Save the date: 
                      Festive evening this Thursday December 12th
                      Polar Express spirit day Monday December 16th 
                      Christmas carolling December 17th-19th

What did we learn today?

• Today in math we started rounding numbers.  Ms. Jones gave us some questions to check our understanding.  When we were finished, we got to colour in and glue Christmas lights on the right line of lights according to what number they rounded to.
• In art we started a new art project.  We made glowing lightbulbs using chalk pastels.  We have put them up on the bulletin board by our classroom.
• In gym we started ringette,  Ms. Jones had us play shark and run around the gym, and we also practiced passing.
• Yesterday we got to go to the Glenbow Museum.  We learned alot about rocks and the history of Calgary.

December 6, 2019- Ice shakers!

Important Info:

Hoodie / t-shirt order forms due
Book order form for the Kidsburgh Chronicles due asap
Field trip Monday- bus leaves at 9:00 am. Bring a non-heatable lunch.
Fill a sock campaign all next week- items needed include socks, gloves, lip balm, travel size toothpaste, toothbrushes, hand warmers, cough drops, deodorant, candies, travel size toiletries.

Save the date: Field trip to Glenbow December 9th
                      Festive evening Thursday December 12th
                      Polar Express spirit day Monday December 16th 
                      Christmas carolling December 17th-19th

What did we learn today?

• For Fresh Air Friday we went outside and we had to find a piece of ice.  We had plates and cups and we put our ice block into the cup and take turns shaking it 40 times.  Then we recorded our observations of what happened and related it to rocks falling down a mountain.
• Yesterday an author and illustrator came and talked about their book about Christmas.
• This was our last week of hockey, and we have been playing hockey games with no goalie and with passing rules.  The gym was split into two playing areas with one team wearing pinnies.

December 3, 2019- The future is yours!

Important Info:

Book orders due tomorrow
Hoodie / t-shirt order forms due
Book order form for the Kidsburgh Chronicles due asap
Field trip forms due tomorrow

Save the date: Field trip to Glenbow December 9th
                      Festive evening next Thursday December 12th

What did we learn today?

• Today in math the grade 3's counted by 5's, 10's and 100's and worked on page 57 in their booklets.  The grade 4's sorted numbers through Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams.
• In art we continued working on our Kandinsky place value circles.  We started glueing our cut out circles onto our backgrounds.  Most people didn't finish, so we will need more time.
• Yesterday Leander's dad came and he is a geologist.  We learned a little geology about rocks and we got to touch some rocks too.  And he brought a meteorite!
• In PE this week, we started doing hockey games.  We will be switching sides all week so everybody can versus each other.