RamsayRowland

  February 22-25th  The month of February is coming to a close real soon! We have been so busy immersed in all the daily learning, fun, discovery and community bonding that it is hard to believe that we reached 100 Days AT School this week.  Here is a glimpse at our week: Citizenship: I can show kindness to others. I can understand that people are different. I can share my ideas with others. For Pink Shirt Day: we began by looking at the history of why it started and how it has grown. After we had the pleasure of learning from our Grade 2/3 class about being an Upstander and what that really meant. From there we shifted our focus to a book called, The Invisible Boy , by Trudy Ludwig. This book sparked a fantastic discussion on the messages found in the story and illustrations. From there we tackled the question - "What can we do to make the world a better place?" Using the Think, Pair, Share collaborative strategy, students came up with lots of thoughtful ideas that we ho...

  Feb 14- 16th This week was short but very memorable and jam packed with learning and friendship. Our week started with Valentine's day. Students were very excited to participate in the tradition of handing out cards to their peers. We have also been focussing on, "what are positive affirmations for us to say to ourselves and others?" During circle, we have been practicing positive affirmations we can say to ourselves and others to lift us up, carry us through the hard times and just to be kind. From there, students generated a list and then used these to create little messages to fill our classmates' Friendship Jars.  This week we were also very fortunate to participate in a virtual presentation - The Virtual Anti Bully Magic Show. This was a great tie in for us around belonging, kindness and Pink Shirt Day which is coming up next week.  Here is a summary of that presentation: This week in math with Ms Rowland, we focussed on Subtraction, what it means, the process ...

  February 7-11th-  This week was another awesome one packed with activities, learning and super weather.  Here is a glimpse into our week: I can Identify similarities or differences between cultural traditions and communities. Under the leadership of the grade 4/5 and 5/6 classes, we spent time this week learning about Carnaval de Quebec, which gave us some insight into the Winter Carinival such as where it takes place, activities and origins. We also learned about how maple syrup is made and sugaring off. We were fortunate to be able to take part in games set up by the older students as well as to have a tasty maple treat from the Sugar Shack. Thank you very much to the grade 4/5 and 5/6 classes for this wonderful learning experience.  I can create narratives with structure and detail. This past week we took our story maps and created a story that included a beginning, middle and end. Our focus was to pay close attention to writing complete sentences with capitals ...

  February 1-4 A brand new month always means new and exciting things to look forward to! Here is a reminder of some of the events coming up - 8 – Winter Carnival (Cabane a Sucre) - the grade 4/5 & 5/6 classes will be leading us through activities as well as an opportunity to have a tasty treat from the Sugar Shack 14 – Valentine’s Day – Healthy Heart Day  ** Students will be encouraged to create Valentine's or kindness cards for their classmates. We ask that if students are creating cards that they make one for all their peers in their class. We will exchange cards on Monday, February 14th. Students will be bringing home a list of their peers names early this week.  15 – Virtual Anti-Bully Magic Show 23 – Pink Shirt Day I can recognize the effects of heating and cooling and identify methods for heating and cooling. (Hot and Cold Temperature) This week we explored how to read a thermometers and how to relate the temperatures on a thermometer to our outside weather and...

January 24th - 27th  For a short month we have packed in lots of learning and discovery! This week we focussed on continuing our literacy focus on building reading, phonics and phonemic awareness. In their phonics work students have continued with blends such as cr/fr/dr/gr/fl/cl. Some groups have also been working on long vowel sounds. All students have been working on identifying what are rhyming words and building the understanding that they are word families such as: -at, bat, cat -it, bit, fit, sit  Our focus in writing this week was to understand that a sentence must have a capital, subject, verb(what they are doing) and punctuation. We spent time identifying, writing together and playing games to build a deeper understanding of sentence structure.   I can find 2-D and 3-D shapes in my community. I can identify the name of the shapes.  As a group we headed out to look at all the different shapes that are around our school and our community. Students had fu...

  January 17-21 I can  tell the difference between geographic features in my own community and other communities in Canada. I can represent my learning using different media and resources.  Last week we previewed our project on Building/Representing Landforms. Here are some of the different representations students made to show the different geographical landforms found in Alberta. (Some students are not quite finished - will include more pics next week) I can connect to the land and to others (grade 4/5 class) by participating in nature scavenger hunt. I can use my senses  to explore and understand the world and winter landscape around us.  I can recognize the effects of heating and cooling (Science - Hot and Cold Temperatures) This week we headed out on a walking field trip with a scavenger hunt in our hands and smiles on our faces. Students were thrilled to engage in identifying plants, animals and artifacts on our walk along the river. These scavenger hunts...

January 10-14th   We had a great first week back at school!  It was so nice to be back together after the long break!  Everyone was excited to reconnect with our classroom family.  I Can Learn on the Land We were so lucky with the weather this week and were able to get out for a community walk.  Students had some awesome questions and observation along the walk - which included "Why does this bush still have it's berries?" -" I think it is because they are poisonous." "Yes the birds don't like those - they make them feel yucky".   "Look at the the ice - why is it different under the bridge? - "Because it is warmer under the bridge." "The bridge shades the ice there." "Why is the ice not frozen there in the middle?" - "Because it is in the open and the wind blows on it." "Because the sun shines on it, there is no shade." "Because the water is deeper and faster there."  "Who made t...