Photo Packages

Photo packages went home yesterday. 
Order deadline is November 7th.

Weekly Update

Hi parents and guardians,

This week we will be continuing our exploration of community.  "What makes a community?" is our guiding question for the year. 

We are also exploring the Natural Resources that we use in our community.  What Natural Resources are found in Alberta?

In Language Arts we are beginning stories using a template called "Uh oh, UH OH!, Phew!"

In Math we have been using body benchmarks to measure items in our classroom.

 

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Here is an update of our current topics of study in Social Studies and Science.

In social studies this year we are talking about Alberta. We are currently working on the Alberta Programs of Study outcomes listed under 4.1 Alberta: A Sense of the Land. These outcomes focus on the landscape and environment of Alberta, including physical geography, climate, geology, and paleontology. We started our investigation by demonstrating our understanding of reading a map and creating a map. Next we are looking at the different natural regions in Alberta, such as the Foothills, Rocky Mountains, and Canadian Shield.

Today we are starting our new Science unit: Rocks and Minerals. We will begin this unit by focusing on the Program of Studies outcomes for comparing various rocks and describing the properties of rocks (including colour, lustre, and texture).

Fun Lunch

Reminder: Subway Fun Lunch on Oct 25.  

Go to the school webpage and click on Healthy Hunger to order online.

Last day to order is October 20, 2018.

Paint the Pavement scheduled for October 14^th  is Cancelled due to weather!

We hope to reschedule this project in the Spring of 2019.

Picture Day Thursday October 18th

Picture Day will take place on Thursday, October 18th!

Rock N' Fossil Road Show

This year we will be exploring rock and minerals and fossils in Science.
The Alberta Science Network has a very cool event this Saturday, October 13th from 11am to 3pm at the Nose Hill Library- The Rock N' Fossil Road Show!

Scientists from the Geological Survey of Canada will answer your questions about rocks, minerals and fossils, and show specimens from their collections.  Learn more about the geology and paleontology of Alberta and Canada from experts!

Location: Nose Hill Library
1530 Northmount Dr. NW

All Ages are Welcome!

Snow day!

Wow, that's A LOT of snow!!

Students please remember to dress for snow- mittens, gloves, toques, snow pants... everything you need to stay warm!

I would like to do some fun math challenges outside but we can only head out when everyone is dressed to join!

Today we competed in a snow pile building contest with Ms. Patkau's class-
Both piles were 145 cm high!

A reminder to students who brought home their classroom map assignment for homework-
All maps should be handed in by tomorrow- Wednesday October 3rd.

This week we are exploring maps of the natural regions of Alberta!