Thursday, April 26

** PLEASE NOTICE THAT THE BUGZ PERFORMANCE ON WEDNESDAY IS 9:30 (NOT 9:00)

**SEE ADDED NOTE ABOUT 'MUSIC MONDAY'


Agenda Message : Check the Blog for important dates.

TEACHER'S MESSAGE: Tomorrow, we are having a dress rehearsal for our Bugz play. We will try on our costumes and perform during the morning. This is only meant as a practice and not a performance to watch.

SPELLING WORDS:
cats
pigs
beds
bugs
tops

Mrs. Maze
sentence

EXTRA CHALLENGE
Alberta
Earl Grey

IMPORTANT DATES: 
April 23 - Grandparent photo, mailing address and Questionnaire Due
April 25 - Artifact (or photo of artifact) and small write up due  AND Mrs. Maze away in PM
April 26 - Fun Lunch, Mrs Maze away in PM
May 2 - Mental Health Day - wear a HAT
May 2 - Bugz Performance (9:30 am and 6:30 pm) - IF YOUR CHILD CAN NOT ATTEND THE EVENING PERFORMANCE PLEASE LET MYSELF OR MRS. SORENESS KNOW (kgsorensen@cbe.ab.ca)
May 7 - Music Monday (all students enjoy various musicians in Gym (take in a comfortable pillow to sit on in gym) - ALL PARENTS ARE INVITED TO HEAR THE MUSICIANS
May 8 - Grandparent/Artifact Project Presentation (2:00 - 3:20) ALL FAMILY MEMBERS INVITED)
May 16 - Volunteer Tea
May 18 & 21 - NO SCHOOL
May 23 - Children's Festival (all day - walking field trip - Grade 1 and 2)
May 24 - Courtyard Mural Presentation and Spring Dance
June 7 - Zoo Field Trip (all day - Grade 1 and 2)
June 28 - Last Day of School (Report Cards Go Home)

BUDDIES AND SOCIAL STUDIES:   Today we worked with our buddies. They helped us read through our Grandparent Interviews and find five important and interesting facts about our grandparent. We worked on taking the answer and putting into a complete sentence. Ask your child if this was easy or a challenge. If it was challenging - what was challenging about it?
Here are some kids hard at work:

BAND CONCERT: Today we had the opportunity to see a Grade 7/8 Band from B.C. It was great. 
What was even more cool, Emmett had the chance to conduct the band - Great job Emmett!!!!!!!

COURTYARD: Yesterday we took advantage of the nicer weather and got a workout in the courtyard. As well, we discovered the areas of the courtyard and saw some plants growing. Ask your child what they discovered. 

Tuesday , April 24

TEACHER'S MESSAGE: 
I am still compiling all the artifacts, interviews etc. that have come in. Please check this list to see if you have sent your items in to school:
- artifact (or picture of)
- small write up about artifact
- picture of Grandparent
- interview of that Grandparent
- mailing address of that Grandparent

- old cup/mug (WE ARE STILL MISSING ABOUT 11 MUGS/CUPS)


Agenda Message: See note about Garage Sale.


Math: We have been working on 2D shapes. Today we discovered that you can make new shapes (composite shapes) by using 2 or more 2D shapes together.

Discuss what 2D shapes make up these composite shapes. 

We are moving on to 3D shapes. Here are the 3 D shapes that we will focus on:

They are: sphere, rectangular prism, cone, triangular prism, cylinder, cube, pyramid



BUGZ PLAY: We have been 'busy as a bee' practicing our play. If you have any questions about the play, please don't hesitate to ask.
Today we saw the Grade 3/4/5/6 performance of River Child. Ask your child what they thought of it.
Which part was the most interesting? What did you learn from it? Was there an acting part that you would have loved to play? Was there a costume that was interesting? Why? Did you recognize any of the students who were acting?

IMPORTANT DATES: 
April 23 - Grandparent photo, mailing address and Questionnaire Due
April 25 - Artifact (or photo of artifact) and small write up due  AND Mrs. Maze away in PM
April 26 - Fun Lunch, Mrs Maze away in PM
May 2 - Mental Health Day - wear a HAT
May 2 - Bugz Performance
May 7 - Music Monday (all students enjoy various musicians in Gym (take in a comfortable pillow to sit on in gym)
May 8 - Grandparent/Artifact Project Presentation (2:00 - 3:20) ALL FAMILY MEMBERS INVITED)
May 16 - Volunteer Tea
May 18 & 21 - NO SCHOOL
May 23 - Children's Festival (all day - walking field trip - Grade 1 and 2)
May 24 - Courtyard Mural Presentation and Spring Dance
June 7 - Zoo Field Trip (all day - Grade 1 and 2)
June 28 - Last Day of School (Report Cards Go Home)

Thursday, April 19

Agenda Message: Project Due Monday. Spelling test on Tuesday. Send in an old cup (ON MONDAY).


HELLO.... FROM YOUR CLASSMATE ... who did her first open water snorkel and saw JoJo the Dolphin.  He swam up to her in the middle of the ocean. She also saw a hawksbill turtle plus loads of beautiful fish. 

New Spelling Words:

ten  

hat  

hot

sand 

hand

past

artifact

grandparent

interview

Boy's Choir - They did a great job on the field trip and during the performance in the Gym. Here are a few clips!

Their song line-up:

1.       Magic -6

2.       I Am Cow - 4

3.       Ayes The Bye - 2

4.       We Are The Boys -

5.       This Old Man - 1

6.       Rocks And Trees - 1

FINAL PERFORMANCE IN CLASS FOR FRIENDS

OUTTAKE! 

Social Studies:
Here are some great videos to get us ready for learning about our past. We have reviewed the Time Lapse and Heritage Park Streetcar (so far!) PLEASE REVIEW OVER THE WEEKEND.

The Calgary Heritage Park Streetcar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIF0QlU99uU&feature=youtu.be
... you can review some facts such as the year it began (1905) and when it ended (1950).

Global News (facts about some buildings in Calgary) https://globalnews.ca/video/2103338/exploring-calgarys-history

Time Lapse of Calgary - 1915 to 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeaQMCAZ4L8

Old Pics Of Calgary  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n-nhgkzkCo


Science:
Today we talked about three kinds of blindness:
Color blindness - people who have color blindness experience challenges distinguishing certain colors
Legally blind - people who are legally blind experience a level of vision loss
Blind - people who are blind can not see

Today we experienced what it would be like to get from one point to another when blind and guided by another person. These guides learned several steps to help them guide someone who is blind:
1- introduce your self
2.- ask the blind person if they need help and where they might want to go
3 -  the guide will bend their arm in an 'L' shape, the blind person will hold onto their elbow and the guide will be slightly in front of the blind person
4.- use a clear voice to explain speed, turning left or right, obstacle in the path or stopping

We reviewed this video to help guide us in making our experiment safe: https://www.google.ca/search?safe=strict&source=hp&ei=_fzYWsSwOsfejwPP8rywBQ&q=how+a+blind+person+uses+a+person+to+guide&oq=how+a+blind+person+uses+a+person+to+guide&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i22i29i30k1.7084.17885.0.17993.48.37.3.4.4.0.339.3400.5j18j1j1.25.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..16.31.3382.0..0j0i131k1j0i22i30k1.0.GYCEiC_Mn-M#kpvalbx=1

Here are some pics.

We also looked at  this video too. (PLEASE REVIEW WITH YOUR CHILD)
What is Like To Be Blind (this video is talking about cataract blindness, but we focused on the challenges of what is might be like in life if you were blind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA-dXGUBVok


Language Arts: (STORY TO BE ADDED- SORRY)
I had the chance to introduce the concept of a Venn Diagram for two stories. A Venn Diagram is where you can compare two things (in this case, The Three Little Pigs and the story The Three Little Pugs).
Here is a video of the Three Little Pigs.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtHjB6rRmQc
Below is the story of the Three Little Pigs.

We just briefly touched on this concept. Feel free to review at home. Comparing and contrasting is reviewed in Grade1.