IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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.) 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. 2). 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 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 115 days to go, 65 days left. We continued our observational drawings today. This is where students spent time looking at their natural object, looking for line, tone, and texture, and then draw from the inside out. The skill from this exercise is to build observational skills. That’s not just a white bone. That has small, rectangular cracks. That has hollow pockets in the inside. That is a hollow bone. It is off-white, ecru, mother-of-pearl, and foggy gray. That has gentle curves. It became very quiet in the class. We ended today’s drawing with a discussion, pointing out that it is about observation. Some students identified that it was frustrating to begin, but became easier when they slowed down, when they focused on drawing from the inside, and using feedback. We will continue our observations. After Music, we put our noses to the grindstones with the Pen Pal Letters, meaning students did self-editing. They will get a bit more time to finish up and then we will do peer feedback. After a slippery and icy recess (the students promised me to stay off the ice), we finished up the habitat and parental care sections of our animal studies. Some students began their animal drawings. Some students could not find info for parental care for their animal on their site. We will discuss what can we do when this happens, and where can we look to find the information we need, because, well, we still the info. After lunch, we spent time in our Six Rooms. I had some students sit with me to show them a strategy to piecing their poem together. It’s quite like a jigsaw puzzle! I am excited to see where they end up! Gym was a giant dance-off! Library was a giant book-taking-out-thing. We finished our day with a Glenbow Museum Journal Gallery Walk, and then talking about all the different ways we can document our learning. We will finish up our reflection tomorrow. Cheerios! Ms Lauf Comments are closed.
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