Book Fair - Volunteers Needed

 Volunteers Needed for Book Fair!!  

 

We are pleased to be offering our second book fair this year. We are looking for parent volunteers who would be able to help run the fair during the dates and timeslots below.   

 

If you are able to volunteer during any of the time slots below, we would greatly appreciate it! Please email Ms. Kassam (shkassam@cbe.ab.ca) with the time and day you are available to help. If you are able to volunteer but for a shorter time slot, please email Ms. Kassam with your preferred time.  

 

In order to volunteer, you will need your volunteer clearance completed and up to date.  

  

Thursday, March 9^th  

1.     3:30pm – 5:30pm 

2.     5:30pm – 7:30pm  

 

Friday, March 10^th    

1.     8:00am – 10:00am 

2.     10:00am – 12:00pm  

 

 * All volunteers are asked to arrive a couple of minutes early to learn the systems and procedures. * 

 

February 24, 2023

 Hello Families, 

It was an awesome week with the BE BRAVE Hitmen Hockey Game being a major highlight! About half of our class had never been to the Saddledome before so it a really fun and unique experience. Throughout the game they had lots of guest speakers talking about the importance of being an ally and standing up against bullying. Additionally, the concourse had lots of giveaways and freebies like photo booths, stickers, mascots, etc. 

Before the game, we talked about what it means to debate a topic, and use convincing arguments to persuade your audience. We had a couple of mini debates in class to practice this thinking style. Our two questions were:

1. Should we always have 5 day weekends?

2. Should boo-ing be allowed in professional sports?

Students generated interesting and creative reasons to support their perspectives from both sides. Debating is also a great way to practice listening and responding to others when they have opinions that may differ from yours. 

We are continuing to learn about fractions and place fractions on a number line by changing the numerator and using the denominator as a guide to create equal sections. As we move forward we will look at equivalent fractions.

We are also preparing to support Ms. Kassam and Mrs. Bouchard's classes with their sharing assembly in March as they are speaking to the Artist in Residence project we completed about celebrations in India, Tunisia, Ukraine, Peru, and Alberta. We look forward to sharing this work with you during March Conferences. 

Ms. Mia our student teacher started on February 14th and will be joining us for 8 weeks, and eventually teaching 100% of the time. I will post an introduction from her next week.

Take care, 

Ms. Brown

Save the Date - Book Fair

 Save the Date!

 

Dear Families,  

Mark your calendars! The fun and excitement of a Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school again during Student Led Conferences! To adapt to our changing needs, Scholastic has developed a Hybrid Book Fair (in-school with a virtual link) to provide an opportunity for our students and families to experience the joy of reading together. 

 So, save the date! Our Scholastic Virtual Book Fair will take place on:  

Monday, March 6^th till Monday, March 13^th   

When it’s time to shop, you can choose to visit the virtual link and purchase online or in person during Student-Led Conferences. More information to come! 

 

Happy reading! 

 

BE BRAVE DANCE

BE BRAVE HITMEN GAME, WEDNESDAY, FEB 22, 2023 :)

2023 TELUS BE BRAVE Dance Tutorial: https://f.io/ajud5SLy 

Please note: T-Shirts will be provided on Wednesday for students to wear OVER their clothing :)

February 10, 2022

 Hello Families, 

Here are some student updates from this great week of learning.

Here are some incredible "Seed Stories":

Artist in Residence

"I made a sunflower as it is the national flower of Ukraine. I learned how to paper mache and make sculptures out of paper." - Artur

"I liked painting the flowers in Artist in Residence, I made the national flower of Peru" - Vida

"We made a vase for our florals by using fabric and elastic and holding the flowers with pebbles" - Sofia

    

Mart and Math

"I liked solving the Hitmen math questions, I liked it because it was kind of hard" Sophia D

"We were making art with fractions, we had to figure out the fractions of each colour using the denominator of 100" - Bennett

"I liked doing the 'Which One Doesn't Belong' with fractions - we could use vocabulary like numerator, denominator, pictorial representations, numerical representations, part and whole" - Aiden 

   

Secret Valentines

"I liked doing the kindness day surveys about ourselves" - Brynna

We are working on a secret Valentine project for next week! Similar to Secret Santa, students have drawn a mystery valentines name and will be making something for that person. If they would like to bring some materials from home to support with this work on Monday, feel free to send them. Please note, we will be making something for our classmates, there is no need to be purchasing anything. Also please note we will not be exchanging valentines cards as a class. 

"PUT" Presentations (Peru, Ukraine, Tunisia)

"I liked researching about Tunisia, we are learning about the clothing, languages, celebrations, landforms of different countries" - Sloane

  Upcoming 

• February 14- Valentine's Day  

• February 14- Registration Lottery Closes at noon 

• February 15- Lottery Draw Day 

• February 15 – Family Dance 

• February 16,17- Convention 

• February 20 – Family Day- School Closed 

• February 22 – Be Brave Hitman Game 

• February 22 – Pink Shirt Day 

Take care, 

Ms. Brown

February 2, 2023

 Hello Families, 

 

Here are some student highlights from this week:

Artist in Residence

    

Artist in residence was my favourite thing we did this week, we got to make flowers from the countries we are learning about with paper and tape, we will be adding paper mache and paint to make them look realistic - Sangeet

I made a vine for a lotus flower to be part of a celebration table in India - Claire

Light Lab

We are making predictions and testing materials to see if the light goes through. If all light passes through it's a transparent material, if some light goes through its translucent, and if no light passes through it is an opaque material. We tested these materials with natural and artificial light (flashlights) - Georgia and Ember

Fractions

I liked learning about fractions this week and I learned that a half and another half equals a whole. - Skylar

Snowshoeing

Seed Stories 

The seed stories were fun to make and I liked adding detail and drawing the pictures. - Dani

The stories were really fun, I wrote mine about the obnoxious mango. - Loic

I liked coming up with beginning, middle and end for my seed story, my main character is the slippery sandwich and he gets bullied for being so clumsy but then everyone ends up helping him and coming to his rescue.

I liked writing my story and revising it. - Will

I loved making up my own character (The Rolly Burger) and creating a problem with supporting details, and a solution. - Jaxon

I liked doing the illustrations in my seed story about the Rich Corn, it was fun to make the pictures funny and learn the cartoon techniques. - Isaac

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Brown