Testing our Insulators...what was the result?

Today we were introduced to the design cycle to help us as Scientists, understand the steps to follow when designing, building and testing our inventions. New vocabulary such as prototype was taught to help us understand that Scientists sometimes have to change an invention based on the results they get. We are hoping that the results of our experiment will help us make connections to our Science Home Journal problem for this weekend!

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Science we finished building our creations to make sure animals stay warm. When we are finished we tested it with hot water to find out which one is going to be hot and which one is going to be cold." F.O.
2. "In Math we learned how to count down and then we had a problem. Each group got a problem to count and take away a certain item. Mine was the food bank stuff." A.D.
3. " In Gym we learned a new game with beachballs. One team had to throw the ball and the other team had to bump the ball back. We were trying to get points. The other game we played was we had 3 taggers. If you got tagged you had to freeze in the ready position for bumping." A.C.

Reminders:
1. STEM night on Thursday, December 5th starting at 6:00pm.
2. Fun Snack on Friday December 6th.
3. Cookie Dough orders coming Thursday, December 5th.
4. Continue to bring in food for the food bank.

Designing Insulators

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Math  we learned a strategy for subtraction called Counting Down." D.T.
2."In Writer's Workshop we played with clues to figure out a word. If you think you knew the word, you would write it down on the sheet." K.O.
3. "In Science we are trying to solve  how to keep animals warm. We built a place to keep them warm." P.D.

Reminders:
1. Please bring food for the Food Bank.

What Makes a Fact Family?

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Math we learned fact families and to make a fact family you have to 3 numbers that are the same and you have 2 brother sentences and 2 sister sentences." J.T.
2. "In Music we learned how to play on the drums and on the xylophones. We played Hot Cross Buns." A.B.
3. "In Writer's Workshop we made Double O Looking Glasses. We made them to see double  O words." V.C.

Reminders:
1. Please bring food for the food bank.
2. Chapters Indigo Maple Ridge Night tonight!

Brother and Sister Number Sentences

Our Food Drive boxes have arrived! Over the next 3 weeks we will be collecting food to fill up our boxes. Students are encouraged to bring food to school to help support the Mayor's Food Drive for the 2019 Christmas season. Last year we filled 6 boxes. As a school our challenge is to fill up 7 boxes!

3 Things We Learned Today:

1. "In Writer's Workshop we learned the sound of the week is 'oo' (long sound) and 'oo' (short sound). AB.

2. "In Math we learned which number sentences are brothers and sisters." M.L.

3. "In Gym we learned how to play volleyball. We learned how to pass the volleyball. We learned bumping." D.T.

Challenge: What brother/sister number sentences can you create using 24?

Reminders:

1.Bring food for the food bank. 

2. Fun lunch this week on Thursday. 

3. STEM night next Thursday, December 5th. 

Celebrating our Learning

Today we were presented with the question of "Are addition and subtraction connected?" We had a wide variety of responses, as you can see below! We are going to explore this idea further on Monday!

3 Things We Learned Today:
1.'"In Math  we were doing addition and subtracting and what is the same with subtracting and adding. My way was if you have a takeaway you can put a line up and down and you have a plus. If you have a plus, you can take away the up and down and then it makes a takeaway." A.B.
2. "In gym we played an island ball game, and we learned how to bump." M. C.
3. "In Writer's Workshop we learned a new detail that you put quotation marks when sometimes talking." -K. O.

My weekend challenge: Are there any animals that we would find in all 3 communities? (Saskatoon, Iqaluit, and Metegan?). If so, what animals are they?

I am looking forward to meeting with each one of you at our Student Learning Conversations over the next two days. Please email me or call the school if you need to make any changes.

Reminders:
1. No school tomorrow.
2. Cookie dough orders will arrive on Thursday, December 5th.

Student Learning Conversations

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Art I learned how to shade and do details on our sketches and everybody I think did really well." J.T.
2."In Math we did a problem where Miss. Krpan bought some things at 4 stores. You had to do 2 different and 2 the same." D.T.
3. "In Reader's Workshop we learned how to write letters. Mine was to Ms. B.B." A.D.

Today we chatted about Student Learning Conversations happening over the next couple of days. Miss. Krpan and I talked to students that we will be talking to parents about 4 areas: Literacy (reading and writing), Math and 2 other areas: Character and Citizenship. I would encourage you to bring your child to these Student Learning Conversations so they can be present when we celebrate their learning and also discuss areas for growth.

Reminders:
1. Half day tomorrow. Early dismissal at 12:30
2. STEM night at the school on December 5th. Stay tuned for further details.

A Day Out at Arts Commons

We had a great day at Arts Commons. For many of us, it was our first time to Arts Commons and we were in awe of the beautiful architecture inside the Jack Singer Concert Hall lobby.
We participated in 2 different workshops today. The first was presented by an Indigenous Educator, Chantel, who taught us many special medicines, traditions and stories of the Treaty 7 people.  The second workshop was taught by a local Calgary drama expert-Natalie. She was super fun and taught us many different ways to express ourselves through our voices, movements and expressions.
Here's some of our favourite parts and what we learned today:
1. "I learned a game where we said 'What's that?' and then we made stories from our actions." D.T.
2. "I learned with Chantel the 4 elements and that 4 is a special number and 3 new songs." F. O.
3."I learned  with Chantel some of the Blackfoot medicines and I learned how the Indigenous found their families and friends when it was dark." A.C.

Reminders:
1. Last day to return cookie orders is tomorrow.
2. Early dismissal on Thursday at 12:30.
3. If you haven't signed up for a Student Learning Conference, I only have times left on Friday.

The Importance of Hand Washing

Today we had our School nurse, "nurse Jess", visit us to talk to students about handwashing. We all shook hands with our peers to see how quickly the germs spread. Afterwards we all washed our hands, however we were shocked when Nurse Jess, used a special light which revealed how many germs were still left behind! Nurse Jess helped us realize the importance of ensuring we doing forget about our nails, thumbs and also how drying our hands using paper towels helps to remove any germs still on our hands.

We are off to Arts Commons tomorrow! Stay tuned for some great photos!

Reminders;
1. Please ensure your child has a water bottle for tomorrow's field study. Apparently there are few water fountains at the site.
2. Student Learning Conferences this Thursday and Friday.
3. Early dismissal on Thursday at 12:30.

Who's tea will stay hot?

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In F.Y.P.F. we made secret code bracelets. I learned how to read a binary code." V.C.
2. "In  Science Home Journals we had a problem. The problem was Miss. Moore had a paper cup and Miss. Krpan had a styrofoam cup and we had to decide who's tea would stay warm after lunch?" R.L.
3."In F.Y.P.F. we learned how to draw cartoon characters out of lowercase and uppercase letters." A.D.

Reminders:
1. Field study forms due now.
2. Book orders due today.
3. Science Home Journals went home today. Please return early next week.

News from Thursday

Hello Room 2 Families!
  I was away this afternoon and therefore we do not a have a class generated blog post today.

Just a couple of reminders for today:
1. Book orders are due by tomorrow.
2. Please return Arts Commons field study forms. We'd still love 1 more volunteer.
3. Parent conferences next Thursday evening and Friday morning.

Thinking Like a Mathematician

We have been working hard this week to learn different strategies to use when we are adding larger numbers. We have learned the strategy of counting on and making ten. Today we asked the question of 'why would a mathematician use the strategy of making 10?' I encourage you to ask your child why.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. In n math we have been learning about how to make ten because we have to make our brains bigger" -A.C
2. "In gym, we started on playing volleyball, we learned how to serve the ball properly" - K.O.
3. "In writers workshop we read a book called the very quiet cricket because it has a very exciting beginning" - A.B.

Reminders:
1. Science Home Journals due back tomorrow.
2. Please sign up for a conference slot. The online booking system is now open!
3. I would love 1 more volunteer for our trip to Arts Common next week. If you can help out please let me know.

Exploring Insulation

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Writer's Workshop  we learned about the blends 'ou' and 'ow'." V.C.
2. "In Science we were trying to figure out which material out of play-dough, tin foil, styrofoam and pom-poms will keep the ice cube cold the longest." A.B.
3. "In Music we played a game called The Apple tree. We learned about the staff." A.B.

Reminders:
1. Arts Common field study forms went home today. We still need at least 2 parent volunteers. If you can help out, please email me.
2. Online sign up for Student Learning Conferences starts tomorrow morning.

Today We Remember

Today all students participated in our annual Remembrance Day Ceremony. The Grade 4 students and Mrs. Hebenton did a great job leading the ceremony and helping us remember the importance of this day.

We also started Follow Your Passion Fridays today! Here are 3 things we learned at F.Y.P.F.:
1. "In Learn a New Language I learned a language called dutch. One word that I learned is d'appel which means apple." P.D.
2. "In Slime I learned that when you make slime it gets really watery and then it turns slimy." M.C.
3. "In baking I learned when you make a mug cake that you would like to have a bigger cup otherwise it will overflow. Also you don't want too much baking powder or it could explode." A.C.

Reminders:
1. Our next field study is to Arts Common on November 19th. We will need 4 volunteers for this trip. It is an all day trip. Please email Miss. Moore if you can help out.
2. Science Home Journals went home today! Moms and Dads, you have homework! Please respond to the question in the journal. Return no later than next Wednesday.
3. No school Monday. Please take time to remember.

Creating a Wreath of Remembrance

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Math we did a math problem with poppies." M.L.
2. "In Writer's Workshop we read a book called No! It had no words." A.B.
3. "In Art we made poppies to put on our wreath. We made it out of paper. Our wreath was inspired by the art of Kadinsky" A.H.

For our Remembrance Day assembly we can wear our Brownie, Girl Guides, Beaver, Scouts or Cadet uniforms.
I can bring a donation for a poppy if I would like.

Reminders:
1. Please check at home for home folders. We seem to be missing quite a few.

Scientists at the Zoo!

We had a great time at the zoo today. We started with a backpack tour around the Canadian Wilds to learn about Hot and Cold adaptations with these animals. We then analyzed animal habitats and comparing them to our researched animals. We will now look at these comparisons in class.

Here's some new things we learned today:

1. "I learned that snakes sleeps for a long time." H.B.

2. "I learned that Komodo dragons shed their skin" R.L.

3 "I learned that the temperature at the penguin habitat is between 5 and 7 degrees." V.C.

4. "I learned that 1 type  of penguins live in Chili and Peru." J.T. 

Reminders:

1. November book orders due back no later than Friday, November 15th.

Learning to look at Remembrance Day

Today we began talking about and making connecting to Remembrance Day. We read a fantastic book called 'Why?' by Nicolai Popov. It introduced students to the idea of war and how simple disagreements and arguments can escalate into large scale war.  We will continue our talk about Remembrance Day this week. We will also take time on Friday to participate in a special Remembrance Day ceremony.


3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Music we sang Many Soldier's Died and we practiced The Last Post." A.Z. and A.C.
2."In Writer's Workshop we learned about climbing stories and we read the story WHY?" A.C.
3. "In Gym we played basketball and my team won." J.T.

Reminders:
1. Fun lunch this week.
2. Please dress for the weather tomorrow. We are going and will be spending time outside. It is supposed to be quite chilly first thing in the morning. Please also pack a sufficient lunch for your child tomorrow.

Comparing Communities

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Writer's Workshop we watched Alphablocks and learned that ph and wh make 'wah' and 'f' sounds." P.D.
2." In Social Studies we learned about the land in Calgary and Saskatoon, Iqaluit and Metaghan." M.L.
3. "In Math we did adding and subtracting problems with juice. The problem was Room 2 was having a picnic outside and there were cups of juice. We had to add and subtract the cups of juice." A.H.

Challenge: Where did Calgary get it's name? (write your answer on a piece of paper and bring it to school tomorrow!)

Reminders:
1. Zoo field trip on Wednesday.
2. Book orders went home today. They are due back no later than Friday, November 15th.