IMPORTANT INFORMATION
GLENBOW MUSEUM FIELD TRIP IS TOMORROW!!! Please make sure your child has a regular lunch, and is on time to school. Sound Pattern/Word List Sorts Please note that there are NO Sound Pattern lists coming home. This is on account of it being a goofy week (Field Trip); and on that note, there is no Sound Pattern List coming next week either, as it is Goofy Week 2.0. We will resume the lists after Zoo School. ***To compensate for this, I have begun the self-editing process, where spelling is a focus. Spring Concert Information We are excited to present our Spring Performance of Water Dance on March 21st and 22nd. The staff and students have been working hard on songs, dances, and artwork. If your child is not able to attend the evening performance, please contact your child's teacher and let them know. 1). Tickets Any concerns about the tickets, please contact to office, and they will help you out. 2.) When is/are my child(ren) performing? Students with last names beginning with A to L will perform on Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night. Students with last names beginning with M to Z will perform on Thursday morning and Thursday night. 3). Clothing We ask that the students wear blue or green shirts without any letters, images, or logos and dark pants. Zoo School April 9 - 13 1). VOLUNTEER CALLOUT!! Zoo School is fast approaching, and we need 5 volunteers each ! Please let Jodi R (Room Coordinator) know or myself if you can come. You can volunteer of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 days. There is room on the bus, OR free parking if you want to meet us there. Meet Ms Lauf’s mum! You will get to journal! Get a tour of the penguin filtration system! Spend some personal time with the hippo, giraffe, or brown eagle! Learn storytelling! 2). Zoo School Information I had my meeting with Andrea Beatty and Natasha McKay from Zoo School and Calgary Open Minds last evening. I have a wheelbarrow full of information to pass along, which I will do in the form of a letter. I will be sending that and the field trip form home shortly before Spring Break. I began sharing information with the class today, such as respectful and on-task behaviour, listening to they adult of the day, not wandering off, the penguin filtration system, the behind the scenes animal experience, storytelling, and that the week at the Zoo is our classroom. I will continue to support the students leading up to and during the visit. IMPORTANT DATES March 13: Field Trip to the Glenbow Museum (all day) March 21: Fun Lunch (Jugo Juice) March 21 & 22: Spring Concert (evening; more information to follow) March 23: PD Day - No School for Students March 26 - April 2: Spring Break April 3: Classes resume April 9-13: Zoo School OUR DAY 113 days to go, 67 days left. We began our day by honing our field observation skills for Zoo School. There was an biofact or artifact at each table, and students wrote observations about their object. I also introduced them to Blind Contour drawings, where they sketch their object without looking at the paper. This is to help students develop their spatial reasoning, muscle memory, and proportion. Plus they are fun to do. This was followed by discussing our Zoo Animal research booklet, with special attention to Habitat and Parental Care. We will dive into these two sections on Wednesday. After recess, a story (If You Give a Cat a Muffin), and a snack, we began editing our Pen Pal writing, using colour! Students had to underline or circle the following: Content:
This editing process gives them a quick visual to help with their editing. No Pink in your writing? Reread and add end punctuation and commas to lists. 200 Yellow circles? Check where your capitals are. 82 ands? Reconsider your sentences and add variety. Blue? Look in the dictionary, think of sound patterns, and edit. The next step is for the to edit their work. After lunch, we strapped on the snowshoes, and enjoyed this glorious blue-sky day! We also talked about why those wearing the snowshoes did not sink into the snow, versus the students who’s snowshoes had fallen off, and they were walking almost knee-deep in the white stuff. (Answer: wider surface area!) We finished off our day with a math riddle/puzzle:
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