Hello Parents & Guardians, Important updates and reminders: No school this Friday, October 8th => System-wide PD-Day No school on Monday, October 11th => Thanksgiving Long Weekend Math Assessment on Decimals and Place Value was sent home today Science Quiz tomorrow on Analyzing tree cookies / Types and Parts of Trees Today in science every student was tasked to analyze and measure the growth of a tree cookie (round disk that shows the growth rings). Tree rings vary due to a multitude of factors such as, drought, competition for sunlight or water, fire or bite damage, infestations caused by insects, bacteria or fungi, etc. In class, we reviewed the causes and tried to piece together the growing conditions of each tree. This will be part of tomorrow's assessment. In LA, we started a new project: Concrete Poetry! https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/h93WRmDCotQmLQ/concrete-shape-poems Ask your child, which shape they have chosen and which words they want to use to convey the...
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Dear Parents & Guardians, I am writing to let you know about a number of important pieces of information at this time of the year. LA Poetry Project Homework Today was the last time students had a chance to work on their poems and illustrations for this 2-week LA project. So far only ¼ of students have handed in. Please check-in with your son/daughter and set some time aside to complete it at home. For the most part it is now compiling the booklet and creating illustrations for an Art mark. I have printed the poems for almost all students yesterday and today in class. The project is due on Monday Nov. 15 th . Parent-Teacher Conferences In less than 2 weeks, I am hopeful to meet with all of you during our first round of Student-teacher conferences. They will take place November 25 th and 26 th .You should receive an email from our school to remind you to book them via CBE My Power School (link below) shortly. Parents that did not have an account yet should have received ...
Dear Parent & Guardians, Today I will just send out a few reminders and some information about the Food Drive that our school is participating in. 1) Spelling Test on Math words tomorrow, Friday December 3rd. 2) Last day to work on the science project in class is tomorrow as well. 3) Tomorrow - Science Quiz on Trees and Forests (20 Questions) to cover some of the parts of the unit the current project does not cover Our School is accepting food donations (non-perishable/ dried or canned) for the Mayor's Food Drive. If you go shopping and see a deal on any items fitting the category it is greatly appreciated if you sent them our way. If every student only brings 1 can we will gather over 400 cans in total for Calgarians in need.