Hat's On For Mental Health!

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Math we learned a new game called 4x4 and we first drew a grid in our Math journal. And then the teacher flipped a card and we had to decide where we put the number on the card on our grid. How you win is whoever has the highest sum." M.C.
2. "In Gym we played game called Tail Tag." J.V.
3. "In Social Studies we are starting to learn about what makes Calgary important." L.M.
     "In Social Studies we also learned what other people's traditions are." S.M.



Reminders:
1. Tomorrow is Hats On For Mental Health. Tonight I need to find an appropriate hat to wear to school tomorrow.
2. We need volunteers for our trip to the Weaselhead on Wednesday, May 22nd. This is a full day field trip.

Follow Your Passion Friday Kicks Off!

Today was our first day of our Follow Your Passion Friday. We had a lot of fun and we learned several new things! Here's some things we'd love to share!
1. "I was in the art group and we had a free paint day. I painted a picture of a bunch of different things." M.C.
2."In FYPF I was in handwriting and I learned how to do an 'a', 'c' and 'd'. S.M.
3. "In crafts in FYPF I almost finished my puppet I made. It is a Scientist and it actually has a lab coat and it's not mean. It's a happy scientist." L.L.
4. "In helping animals in FYPF we did flower seeds instructions. How you do it is, get clay and water and dirt and then get the seeds and put in the ball. And you throw it. It takes a while and it grows flowers." C.S.
5. "In architecture we tried to make a letter out of lego. We cannot do L or I." S.C.
6. "In Make Your Own Jewelry I learned how to make a friendship bracelet. It was very fun." K.H.
7. "In Science Experiments we watched a video and one of the experiments on it included milk, food coloring and a cotton ball. You put the cotton ball in the food coloring milk and then the food coloring gets sucked up and it looks like a rainbow." D.T. and M.S.
8. "In drama we did a challenge that is you and your partner to keep a ball on your stomach, on your back, on your shoulder, your forehead and on your nose. You also had to pretend to be a bicycle. It was hard." N.G.
9. "In coding we learned how to use Scratch Jr. and to code on Scratch. Jr. " O.S.
10."In gardening I learned a weed is just a plant you don't want." L.S.
11."In coding I made a circuit that includes going forwards or down." M.S.
12. "In Helping Animals we made flower balls. You get clay, and you mix it with dirt then after you get a little bit of clay and you put seeds inside. You turn it in a ball. You throw it in a garden. Then you wait and it starts to grow." D. G.

Reminders:
1. Do my  Science Home Journals this weekend.
2. We need 4 volunteers for our Weaselhead Field trip on May 22nd. Please email Miss. Moore if you come.

Time for the Spring Gala!

We have been SO busy at Maple Ridge School getting ready for our Spring Gala tonight.

3 Things We Were Learning/Working on Today:
1. "In Science we had a new problem. We had to figure out what an orange with no peel and an orange with a peel will sink or float in water." L.S.
2. "In Gym we learned 2 new games and they're called Ring Stop and Treasure Rush." J.V.
3. "In Science we learned how to make a Scientific Theory that is green light. A green light theory has to have I think, because how and why." S.M.

Reminders:
1. I need to be at school tonight no later than 6:40pm. I can wear my fancy clothes if I would like.
If I arrive early tonight (between 6 and 6:30, I can wander around the school to look at the artwork around the school).
2. Kernals Fun Snack tomorrow.

What could it be?

Today we were trying to find and object that would have the same height, length and mass. We tried several different objects and used different non-standard items to measure the object. We were discovering this was more difficult than it appeared!

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Math we had a problem and we needed to find an object that has the same length, same height, same mass." D.T.
2. " With Mr. Cartier we did not do Ozobots today, instead we sketched or read a book." M.C.
3. "In coding we learned how to log on to Code.Org." O.S.

Reminders;
1. NEW field study on May 22nd to Weaselhead. We need 4 volunteers to make this field study happen. Please email me if you can help out.
2. Go back to Thursday's blog and look at the special Easter question. Can I solve it? If I can, I need to bring in my answer on a piece of paper.

Happy Easter!

I'm sure many of you will be busy with family and friends on the weekend celebrating Easter. I'm hoping that each of you will have a wonderful and relaxing weekend. With that said, there is NO Science Journal for this weekend.

We have added a field study onto our list for this Spring. We will now do another trip to the Weaselhead area on Wednesday, May 22nd. This is a full day field study. We will require 4 volunteers to make this trip possible. Please email me if you think you can help out.

Today was our last day with our University of Calgary teacher, Miss. Rana Omar. We will miss her as she's been a wonderful addition to our classroom over the past 4 weeks. We wish her the best as she completes her program at the University of Calgary.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Yoga we learned new poses. For example the Double Boat and Rock and Lizard." M.S.
2. "In Math we did a scale with a sort of mystery and not a mystery item. It told us how long, and how tall and heaviness it was." O.S.
3.  "In Music we finished the rest of Peter Rabbit." S.M.

Easter Question: Miss. Moore decided to decorate Easter eggs on Saturday. She puts 2 eggs in the water. One egg sank and one egg floated. Why did this happen? 

Reminders:
1. Some of us got to go on www.code.org. It's a great website to build my coding skills!
2. We have a long weekend. No school tomorrow and Monday.

Which story is the right Story?

Today we read a story that we all know very well-Little Red Riding Hood. However, it was told from the viewpoint of the Big Bad Wolf. This led to a conversation about which story is true? We discussed the reasons why the original version might be the right one and why the new version may be the right one. I'd encourage you to have a conversation around the reasons why they chose the certain version they did.

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. 'In Math we did a new math problem with Mr. Emery going to the Bow River and him seeing 12 boats go by. Some were canoes and some were rafts. There were 2 people in the canoes and 3 people in the rafts. How many people did he see?" D.G.
2. "In Writer's Workshop we learned what the wolf's story in Little Red Riding Hood was. This was the wolf's perspective. The book was called The Wolf's Story by Toby Forward.
3. "In Music we practiced our Spring Gala shows and for Who's Hootin' we practiced with our owl masks and the other songs are Fireflies and I Love the Mountains. We watched Peter Rabbit because it was close to Easter and also it was break time." N.G.

Reminders:
1. Book orders due to Miss. Moore tomorrow. You can either order online or bring the actual order form in.
2. The doors open at 6:00 for the Spring Gala  and Room 2 needs to be in the classroom by 6:40.

Using contour lines to create animals

3 Things We Learned Today:
1. "In Art we were drawing a bear, a coyote and a rabbit using contour lines." J.V.
2. "In Math we learned the difference between height, length and mass. We did a scavenger hunt for things that equal a number of blocks and my group found one of the mystery objects which was the case of markers." S.C.
3. "In Gym we learned some more Yoga poses. One of them was the Warrior poses." S.M.

Reminders:
1. Spring Gala next Thursday. Be in Room 2 no later than 6:40pm. Doors open at 6pm.
2. Science Home Journals due back by Thursday.
3. Book orders due back no later than Thursday, April 18th.