Peace Group

 Reminders: - NO SCHOOL tomorrow, Friday January 29th! - Get outside and be active! Wednesday, February 3 is this year’s Winter Walk Day.  The goal is to get more Albertans physically active outdoors during the winter.  Just because it is cold outside, it does not mean we can’t be active outdoors.  Most of us already doing this; February 3 is a great time to celebrate it.  It may be as simple as walking to and from school, playing in the snow, taking a walk after dinner, going bird watching, or any of the countless activities we are fortunate to be able to do during the winter.  Our Day: - Today we took part in Author's chair, and had a chance to share our writing with small groups and the whole class.  - We had a very special virtual presentation by Marty Chan, who talked with us about making our writing interesting! He shared stories with us and made us all laugh! Ask your child what they remembered from Marty Chan! - Today we finished our measuring project and practicing measuri

 Reminders:  - We will be continuing our measuring project tomorrow, so please ensure your child brings their plastic or wooden toy to school to finish up! - NO SCHOOL on Friday January 29th! - Get outside and be active!  Wednesday, February 3 is this year’s Winter Walk Day.  The goal is to get more Albertans physically active outdoors during the winter.  Just because it is cold outside, it does not mean we can’t be active outdoors.  Most of us already doing this; February 3 is a great time to celebrate it.  It may be as simple as walking to and from school, playing in the snow, taking a walk after dinner, going bird watching, or any of the countless activities we are fortunate to be able to do during the winter.    Our Day: - Today we moved into the revision stage of our Writer's Workshop, giving students the opportunity to go back to their writing and make it more clear for their readers using punctuation, finger spacing and correcting spelling. This week students wrote about the

Reminders:  Mrs. Campbell's class:  please bring a wooden or plastic toy to school that can fit in your backpack for our measuring project. If you forget, that's ok - we can find something at school for you to use.  Library book exchange will be on Thursday this week NO SCHOOL on Friday, January 29th Our Day: Literacy: We took a look at our 5 finger planning sheet and expanded our ideas into sentences. We were focusing on adding details and using triple scoop words. We also had time to read either in small reading groups or we practiced read to self. Students also completed some word family activities.  Math: Ms. Wauthier/Mrs. Bowles and Mr. Kai's class read Measuring Penny and continued their measuring project. Mrs. Campbell is starting her tomorrow. Art: Mrs. Campbell's class created Maude Lewis inspired mixed media paintings of the Atlantic Coast. Maude Lewis is a Canadian artist from Nova Scotia.  Music: Mr. Kai's class had music with Mrs. Coulson. You can check

Our Day: - We began with Literacy where we began learning about using the five-finger planner. This is a planner that asks us to record the topic of our writing, two details, something unique that once happened regarding the topic, and how we feel about the topic. We're on our way to becoming stronger writers!  - After that, began measuring the toys we had brought from home. It was fun to see all the other toys that our friends had brought too!  - Finally, we explored the Atlantic provinces virtually. It was super fun and we enjoyed noticing the differences and similarities with our cities here in the prairies! 

 "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end" - Senega   Reminders: - Mr. Kai's and Mrs.Bowles/Wauthier's classes will be participating in a measurement activity on Monday/ Tuesday and we are asking students to bring in one PLASTIC OR WOODEN toy that they would like to measure! Our Day: - We began our day with an Author's Chair reading. Some of us volunteered to come forward and share our writing! It was great to have our writing heard.  - After that, we painted our codfish that we had drawn last week. They turned out great!  - Finally, we built our magnetic toys using a multitude of supplies. It was wonderful to get into some  hands-on learning! 

 Reminders: - If your child has specific items they would like to use for their magnetic toy project, we will begin building tomorrow (Friday). Students are encouraged to bring items from home that they will need to build their toy, outside of the common materials found at school. - Mr. Kai's and Mrs.Bowles/Wauthier's classes will be participating in a measurement activity on Monday/ Tuesday and we are asking students to bring in one PLASTIC OR WOODEN toy that they would like to measure! Our Day: - Today we moved into the REVISE stage of our Writer's Workshop. Students looked closely at their writing for spelling, punctuation and finger spaces in order to make our writing CLEAR for our readers.  - In Math today, students were able to demonstrate their learning of their measurement and estimation skills!  - We continued learning about the Atlantic region of Canada, focusing on different resources that are common in that region. Ask your child what kids of resources they lear