SPORTS DAY!

 We are so excited to be able to host a Lake Bonavista School Sports Day in 2022! Sports Day will be taking place on Friday, June 24 from 8:30am-12:15pm. On this day, students will begin in the gymnasium for a pep rally and then travel with their class and their neighbouring class outside to participate in group activities and games. Parent Council has generously provided healthy snacks all students to enjoy for the end of the day!

Here are some things to keep in mind:

• Wear athletic clothing and shoes

• Pack a water bottle and snack (we will have two snacks this day)

• Please wear sunscreen and bug spray

• Despite the forecasted rain, we will be moving forward with Sports Day unless there are thunderstorms, please dress accordingly

Thanks for your support!

Active Living

June 17, 2022

 Hello Families, 

Wow! It's hard to believe we are in the homestretch of the school year with only 7 days left for students! Everyone has been doing a great job staying focused on work despite growing excitement for the summer break. 

Over the past few weeks we have been looking at elements of story writing and character development. This week, we generated the plan to write our own stories, this work will continue on into next week. We have also been looking at division using materials to support the making of equal groups and continue to practice extending, creating, and representing increasing and complex repeating patterns. 

We had the wonderful opportunity to experience the full life cycle of a butterfly over the past month. 

  

We will be releasing the butterflies on our walking field trip on Monday. 

Stem Challenge 

Ms. Brown and I thought it would be a great way to end the year with weekly stem challenges. This weeks challenge was to sink a marshmallow in either oil or water. Day 1 of the challenge asked students to predict what would happen to the marshmallow in oil and in water, students then tested and planned their design for a sink jacket. Day 2 of the challenge asked students to build and test their design (the fun part!). Day 3 of the challenge asked students to reflect and improve their design. 

Each groups design was super unique! It was great to see the collaboration and team work throughout the process.

 

 Important Dates

• Walking Field Trip - Monday, June 20th (weather permitting) 
• Release of the butterflies! 

• Walking Field Trip - Wednesday, June 22nd (weather permitting) 

• Fun Lunch - Extreme Pita  - Thursday, June 23rd 
• order at: https://healthyhunger.ca/index.php?error=1002

• Report Cards Go Online - Thursday, June 23rd 

• Sport Day! - Friday, June 24th 

• Last Day of School - Tuesday, June 28th 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Brown

May 19, 2022

 Hello Families, 

 

Wow!! I am shocked and amazed at the quality and professionalism of the National Geographic Kids books the grade 2's and 3's have been working hard on creating! The students have been so engaged and motivated throughout this work and it is evidenced by the beautiful non-fiction texts they are authoring. I can't wait for you to see all of the hard work, research, planning, and organization that has gone into the good copies of these books. 

 

We are also working on assessing our math learning from earlier in the year by completing 'mini must do' math jobs daily. We have been reviewing adding and subtracting (with and without regrouping), and multiplication. We learned from our mini assessments that many of us still need some practice with regrouping so we have added that work into our daily math routines. We are also continuing to learn about shape and space by completing "WANTED" posters (at students request) and learning about perimeter. Next week, we will start the construction of our geometry prairies.

   

We continue to work with the Nature Kits borrowed from Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. The previous two weeks kits were based on plants and animals found in Riley Park and Nose Hill Park. This weeks kit and next weeks kit provide an opportunity to explore plants and animals from natural parks outside of the city: Assiniboine Riparian Forest (this week) and Grasslands National Park (next week). This week, we had an opportunity to explore a moose antler and fur and a beaver skull, tracks, and droppings. 

 

I have such a strong sense of pride over the work that has been happening over the past few weeks in our classroom! I shared this admiration with the students today and I wanted all of the families to know how incredible everyone's effort, engagement, and motivation has been on a consistent basis! I feel like I say this all the time, however, I am truly so lucky to have such a creative and energetic bunch. If you can find a special way to celebrate your child's accomplishments over the long weekend that would be wonderful! :)

Take care, 

Ms. Brown

May 5, 2022

 Hello Families, 

I hope everyone is doing well. Happy (almost) Mother's Day to all the Room 2 moms! Today (or tomorrow) students will be bringing home a special gift. 

 

This week, we started looking at and completing "Which One Doesn't Belong" tasks about 2D shapes. We have been building our vocabulary and reasoning for 2D shapes, and next week we will do the same with 3D objects. Students in room 2 saw the class next door (Ms. Kassam's) completing shape/object "WANTED" posters and asked if we could join them on this work so that will be our assessment task later next week as we wrap up geometry. 

 

Here are some of the vocabulary words we have learned so far, feel free to quiz your kids on these at home: 

- vertices (or vertex)

- side

- minuend

- subtrahend

- addend

- sum

- difference

- rhombus

We have also been working really hard on our National Geographic Kids books. Last week, we spent a lot of time in the learning commons accessing the iPads and Google Classroom to complete research on our chosen animals. This week, we are starting to create our own professional, non-fiction texts using what we have learned about text features such as table of contents, glossary, labelled diagrams, and different ways to represent information to make it engaging for the reader. The students are really excited for this work!

We have also been working with some Nature Kits from Riley Park and Nose Hill Park that we rented from the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. We are completing thinking routines about the artifacts, and learning more about the native plant and animal species in Alberta. Today, we had the opportunity to look at real crow and skunk skulls and participate in "perspective sketching", meaning we sketched from our view as we could see it, with each student having a unique perspective of the artifacts. 

Have a wonderful weekend, take care!

Ms. Brown

Gymnastics

 Gymnastics 

We will begin gymnastics in our regularly scheduled gym classes on Monday, April 25th.  The gymnastics unit will last two weeks.  Safety routines, cooperation and sportsmanship are taught and reviewed in each class.   

This physical activity opportunity will help students acquire individual skills through a variety of developmentally appropriate movement activities. 

It is important for students to come to school prepared for being actively engaged. The following guidelines are very helpful… 

  

HEAD TO TOE - READY TO GO!!!  

Head ....................... long hair pulled back 

Ears/Throat/Wrist ............... jewellery off 

Shirt.................................. one layer shirt 

Waist ................................................tucked in 

Pants.........................sporty pants or shorts, no belts or zippers 

Ankles..........................pants rolled up if ankles are covered 

Toes...............running shoes, gymnastic slippers or bare feet (no footed tights) 

  

“Playing & moving safely is everyone’s responsibility” 

Zoo Photos

 Hello Families, 

We had the most wonderful day at the Calgary Zoo on Wednesday! Here are some pictures of the excitement...

Have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Brown