Book Fair!

 Dear families,

It’s here! Our school’s Scholastic Virtual Book Fair has begun! Our very own shopping site will be open from Monday, November 22nd – Sunday, November 28th

Experience the joy of a Book Fair online by joining us at our Virtual Family Event! Make your favourite snacks, and come together as a family to view the fun, exciting and inspiring titles by clicking the link below:

https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5163640

Share this link with Grandparents, too! Extended family can participate in the Virtual Book Fair from the comfort of home.

Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn Rewards that can be redeemed for books and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library.

Thank you for participating in our

Scholastic Virtual Book Fair!

Happy reading! 

Changes in Room 2

Hello Families, 

As you know, there are some changes coming to LBS including specific changes for our classroom. We are welcoming Mr. Connor Meeks as the teacher in room 2 from November 29 until the beginning of April. I will still be actively engaged in the classroom teaching and learning, and closely supporting Mr. Meeks with the transition. Mr. Meeks will also be collaborating with the grade 2 and 3 team, and specifically Ms. Kassam, as our classrooms work closely together. Mr. Meek’s will be at LBS this week on Wednesday and Thursday to spend time working alongside me in the classroom before he takes over instruction on Monday, November 29. 

In my new role, I will be teaching room 2 Physical Education and Health for approximately 3 hours per week. I will also be supporting numeracy learning and intervention. The students and I had a conversation today and they are excited for the opportunity to learn from someone new. For the families that have booked a learning conference on Thursday evening, I look forward to introducing you to Mr. Meeks during this time. Unfortunately, he has a prior engagement on Friday and will be unable to attend. Do not worry if you are currently booked for Friday, Mr. Meeks will be connecting with families over the next few weeks. 

Additionally, if you have not had an opportunity to book a conference yet, please take some time to do so. 

Below is the introductory letter from Mr. Meeks!

Thank you for your support with this transition,

Ms. Brown

Hello parents and students my name is Connor Meeks. 

I will be filling in as your Grade 2-3 teacher for the next four months. Let me introduce myself. My wife and I have an 18 month old daughter who is full of energy and very entertaining. As a family we love to go on walks, visit the zoo, and the mountains. I have an Education degree specializing in Elementary English Language Arts, as well as a Bachelor of Commerce degree. As a teacher I strive to build strong relationships with my students. I am so excited for the opportunity to join the team at Lake Bonavista School. I can't wait to get to know all of you, and look forward to learning with you. It’s going to be a blast! 

November 19, 2021

 Hello Families, 

We are getting lots of literacy and numeracy work done in preparation for conferences. Each student will be taking home a multi-step math problem and a mini book based on the book they brought to share with the class. These are both assessment tasks from Alberta Education and will provide information about the next steps of learning for your child. I will be sharing the assessments with you during conference time! :)

Here are a bunch of photos from our ongoing learning, including our hearing and sound labs on the iPads!

Take care, 

Ms. Brown

Food Drive

 Hello Families! 

 

Wow!  The students In Action Club are blown away by your donations.  When we add up all of the items brought in, we ended up with a grand total of 1,152 food items!  Way to show care and generosity LBS!  By donating these items, you have helped make a huge positive change in the lives of Veterans that needed our help.   

 

The Students in Action Club would like to thank you for helping make this food drive such a success. Please check out the stop motion clip that we made to track our growing donations table.

The Students in Action Club  

https://youtu.be/yc00HiG6kQU 

Book Fair

 SAVE THE DATE!

Dear families,

Our school’s Scholastic Virtual Book Fair will begin next week! Our very own shopping site will be open from Monday, November 22nd – Sunday, November 28th

Experience the joy of a Book Fair online by joining us at our Virtual Family Event! Make your favourite snacks, and come together as a family to view the fun, exciting and inspiring titles. A link will be sent out on Monday the 22^nd.

Share this link with Grandparents, too! Extended family can participate in the Virtual Book Fair from the comfort of home.

Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn Rewards that can be redeemed for books and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library.

Thank you for participating in our

Scholastic Virtual Book Fair!

Happy reading! 

 

November 5, 2021

 Hello Families, 

It's been a busy and very high energy week in the classroom. I don't think having Halloween on a Sunday has done us many favours, haha! Unfortunately, we have had to have several conversations about expected behaviour in the classroom. We have been learning a lot about how to control impulses and be kind and compassionate to one other. I am hoping for improvement next week but if you could continue these conversations at home that would be appreciated.

To support this work, we created kindness pockets in our visual journals. Inside the pocket are specific strategies for how we can be kind at school and at home. We also discussed how kindness sometimes presents itself in unusual ways, such as being patient with others, or letting someone back into the line up after they had to go back and push in their chair. We can revisit our kindness pockets throughout the year when we are struggling to find ways to be supportive of others. 

We continue to learn about place value through games and representing number activities. Many students are still struggling to grasp the concept of expanded form, so we will continue working on this throughout next week. Then we will begin some summative tasks on skip counting and graphing that I will share with you at conferences. 

For science, we are learning about hearing and sound! Student's have loved learning about the parts of the ear and how sound waves are actually vibrations. Did you know that the anatomy of the ear has two different kinds of canals and something that looks like a snail? See if your child can explain these parts to you! :) Next week, we have a few hearing and sound experiments to conduct. 

Thanks to everyone who has sent a book from home for our next Language Arts work! 

I look forward to connecting with you all during November conferences!

Upcoming 

• November 10 – Remembrance Day Assembly 

• November 11 – Fundraising Freezer Feastival Orders due 

• November 12 – Non-instructional Day 

• November 15 – National Metis Week 

• November 18 – Pattern Day 

• November 22 – Virtual Book Fair Begins 

• November 25-26 Conferences 

Take care, 

Ms. Brown

Our Favorite Books

 

Here's the email that was send home on Monday: 

Our Favourite Books   Hello Families,  I hope you are doing well and made it through Halloween weekend! We are going to start looking at our favourite books, and teaching the class about why they are so awesome! Please spend some time with your child this week to select a favourite book from your home library that you can send to school. Here are some things to consider while selecting a book: 1. Make sure your child's name is on the book 2. Make sure it is a book with a beginning, middle, and ending 3. Choose a picture book, chapter books/comic books will take too long to summarize during the shortened presentation 4. Choose a story your child knows very well, something they have heard many times 5. Make sure is it a book that is okay to live at school for about 4-6 weeks. We can send it home for weekends if needed so long as it gets returned again. 6. Please send the book before the end of the week (Friday, November 5) Thanks so much for your help with this project! I will be sharing this information with you at November Learning Conferences! Take care,  Ms. Brown P.S. - have your child challenge you to the "dizzy test" tonight and explain why we get dizzy :)

Food Drive

 Hello Families! 

 

So far, our food drive to support the Veterans Food Bank is off to a great start!  As of today we have collected 112 food items!  Our goal is to collect 500 items and we hope that you will continue to help us not only reach that goal, but make a positive difference in the lives of veterans.  Keep up the generosity LBS Community! 

 

Did you know that the food items that food banks are in need of are: 

 

• Canned Beans, Vegetables, and Meats (Fish or Chicken) 
• Cooking Oil 
• Crackers 
• Nuts 
• Spices 
• Granola Bars 
• Peanut Butter 
• Cereal 
• Soup, Chili and Stew 

Thank you! 

The Students in Action Club 

Food Drive

Dear Parents and Guardians, 

The Grade 6 Students in Action Club have organized and will be running a food drive starting on November 1st and ending on November 16th. The collected food will be going to the Veterans Food Bank, as Remembrance Day is coming up and we would like to show our appreciation for our Veterans.  This also connects to our learning in preparing for the upcoming Remembrance Day assembly that Room 7 and Room 8 will be hosting. 

Please bring non-perishable food items such as: soup, pasta, baby food, cereal, peanut butter, protein or granola bars, trail mix and canned goods like fish or vegetables. Any other non-perishable items that you think of are welcomed to be donated. Don’t forget to try and bring some gluten free or nut free items in case of anyone with allergies.