Peace Group

 "When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween!"  Reminders:  - Tomorrow is a PD day! - The library is now open to sign out books. If you have questions about how to choose books online, please email your child's teacher! Our Day: Our day was full of Halloween fun! It was so nice to see everyone in their costumes.  Mr. Kai and Ms. Wauthier's classes began their day with some spooky Halloween writing. Each student was given a place and a character to write about. They had to think about a story to write that included these items, as well as their own halloween character. Ask your child about the story they wrote! We began our work on small crawling and flying insects, and talked a lot about spiders today! We even looked at some pictures of real spiders and saw how big they can get. We spent some of our afternoon drawing detailed spider webs, and filling them in with different patterns and colours. Mrs. Campbell's class was taught a Hallo

"Sticky fingers, tired feet; One last house, trick or treat!" - Rusty Fischer HALLOWEEN AT SCHOOL: Students may wear costumes to school tomorrow! Face masks are still to be worn and we are asking children not to wear costume masks that cover the whole face. Please keep costume accessories at home so they are not lost. Please do not bring treats for your children to share or give out.  We can't wait to see all of the costumes! OUR DAY: We started our day with Roots of Empathy and students had a chance to ask their classroom baby questions such as: - Can your baby walk yet? - Can your baby talk yet? - Can your baby roll over yet? We learned about different ways that babies communicate with us before they learn to speak. Ask your child what they learned about their classroom baby! We had a chance to read to ourselves and have been learning new strategies for this. Students have been learning to first read the pictures, then look at the words they know, then retell the story

HALLOWEEN AT SCHOOL Students may wear costumes to school on Thursday, October 29th.  Face masks are still to be worn and we are asking children not to wear costume masks that cover the whole face. Please keep costume accessories at home so they are not lost. Please do not bring treats for your children to share or give out.  Our day: Mrs. Campbell's class has started exploring 2D shapes. Look around your house and neighbourhood - what 2D shapes can you see? We have started to learn a little bit about spiders. We are connecting our novel study of Charlotte's Web to our learning about small crawling and flying animals. Ask you child about some facts they've learned about spiders. We created some spider web zendoodles in art today and did some journal writing today. Students were given some free writing time to write about a topic of their choice. A popular topic was Halloween. We also read a book called, The Prairie that Nature Built, and talked about what some characteristic

 A problem is a chance for you to do your best. - Duke Ellington  Reminders:  You are welcome to dress up on Thursday for Halloween! Just make sure that your costume accommodates your regular face mask.  Our Day: Today, we began with some art while Ms. Wauthier's class when for the library tour. We're learning how to pick book online! After Phys. Ed., we discussed the we can be peaceful and the ways that makes us feel. We're doing this in preparation for our Remembrance Day assembly.  After lunch, we practiced our read to self some more and continued our work on increasing patterns. We're getting really good at designing our own increasing patterns. Ask you child what they know about increasing patterns!  See you tomorrow!

"When snow falls, nature listens."     -  Antoinette van Kleef Our Day: Mr. Kai and Ms. Wauthier's classes started the day by looking closely at our artifacts from the coulee walk. Each student examined their artifact and thought deeply about the senses that the artifact would experience in the Coulee.  Mrs. Campbell's class played a math game today which included rolling a dice and drawing a unique jack-o-lantern. Ask your child how to play! Our classes had lots of fun playing in the fluffy snow during our body breaks! One of the grade 3/4 pods put together a virtual Peace Assembly for the school to watch. We watched the different ways that they practiced being peaceful at school, in the coulee, and in our neighbourhood. We had so much fun seeing our fellow school mates on the screen! We finished the day with gratitude time, sharing the things we are most grateful for this week. Here are some things we heard: - "I'm grateful that we went on a coulee walk yes

"When snow falls, nature listens"  -Antoinette Van Kleef Our Day:  Our morning began with a look at perspective writing. We picked an item in the classroom and tried to imagine what the item would see, smell, hear, and feel in its location. This was preparation for the activity we would do in the coulee later in the day.  Also, Ms. Wauthier's class continued work on their patterned pumpkins while Mr. Kai's class had a special story time with Mr. Strand. After lunch, it was off to the coulee. We ventured out to our favourite spot with Saa Ko Ko To and had a great chat about the bison and the role it plays. Then, we walked further into the coulee and found an item that we practiced out perspective viewing on.  It was a very fun day!  

"Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem." -  William Hamilton Gibson Reminders: - Picture re-take is tomorrow! - We will be walking to the Coulee tomorrow, so please have your child dressed for the cold weather. We will be walking to the Coulee in the afternoon.   Our Day:  - Our classes have started Roots of Empathy, learning about what empathy is, and developing emotional literacy skills. - Students also had the opportunity to do some free writing today using their ‘kid writing’. Students wrote about all kinds of things including their weekend plans, their favourite movies, and some stories about monsters!  - To celebrate National Take Me Outside Day, our Phys. Ed classes braved the cold and played some snowy soccer. Students stayed warm by running around! - While Ms. Wauthier’s class went to music, Mr. Kai’s class created unique pumpkin art, inspired by an artist named Romero Britto. Take a look at the music blog here: htt

 Updates: On Thursday we are going to the coulee with Sa Ko Ko To to learn about the seasons. Sa Ko Ko To is a Blackfoot Elder who we often have visit us at school to share his knowledge and oral storytelling It is really important that your child have proper winter clothing and footwear for our coulee walk on Thursday. Mrs. Campbell's class will be going in the morning and Mr. Kai and Ms. Wauthier's classes will be going in the afternoon Please also pack an extra snack that your child can take with them in their pocket for the walk (i.e. a granola bar) Our day: We continued on with Charlotte's Web today and read chapter 2. We learned all about how Fern took care of her baby pig, Wilbur. We all thought he was very cute! Mrs. Campbell's class did some Halloween art today. We learned about positive and negative space when painting. We used a stencil then sponge painted all around it. We were left with a black silhouette surrounded by the painted negative space. Mrs. Wauth

The greatest teacher, failure is.  - Master Yoda Reminders: Please provide your child with a pair of INDOOR SHOES for school. It is starting to get messy outside now with all of the rain/snow. We will continue to have PE outside as well as other learning opportunities and body breaks. Please continue to ensure your child has warm clothing to be outside in. We will be going for a coulee walk this  Thursday, October 22nd.  Our Day: As usual, we began with our Friendship Journals. We're getting really at our "Kid Writing" and we're learning that making mistakes is a crucial part to developing our phonetic awareness.  We then began reading our next read-aloud novel; E.B. White's Charlotte's Web ! The first chapter was really enjoyable. In Inquiry, we began looking at the various communities that we're apart of. Ask your child which communities they belong to!   Have great evening~

   We rise by lifting others  -Hunting Louise Reminders: Google Classroom: If you have not yet done so, please login to your child’s Google Classroom. We would like all invites to be accepted by this Friday October 16th. Please contact your child’s teacher if you have trouble logging in. Please provide your child with a pair of INDOOR SHOES for school. It is starting to get messy outside now with all of the rain/snow. We are continuing to have PE outside as well as other learning opportunities and body breaks. Please continue to ensure your child has warm clothing to be outside in. Student Insight Questionnaire – If you have not yet submitted a Student Insight Questionnaire for your child, the last day to do so will be this Friday October 16th.  Our Day: Today was a great day for writing! We began our day with our Friendship Journals and continued work on our "Kid Writing" were we tried to sound out keywords and spell them independently.  After our snack, we had our first &qu

 "Change the world by being yourself!"  Reminders: Google Classroom: If you have not yet done so, please login to your child’s Google Classroom. We would like all invites to be accepted by this Friday October 16th. Please contact your child’s teacher if you have trouble logging in. Please provide your child with a pair of INDOOR SHOES for school. It is starting to get messy outside now with all of the rain/snow. We are continuing to have PE outside as well as other learning opportunities and body breaks. Please continue to ensure your child has warm clothing to be outside in. Student Insight Questionnaire – If you have not yet submitted a Student Insight Questionnaire for your child, the last day to do so will be this Friday October 16th.  Our Day: Today we continued working on our 'Kid Writing'. Students have become skilled at stretching words out and writing the sounds and letters that they hear. Ask your child who the friend of the day was in their class! Mr. Kai a