HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
Here are our 3 Stars for a fun and exciting day!
1. In math today we worked on our addition skills. We had to find as many addition equations as possible that added up to our mystery number.
2. We also did a colour by number activity. We had to solve math equations and then colour in the correct colour. Our mystery picture was a Jack o Lantern!
3. Of course it was Halloween, so our favourite part of the day was seeing everyone's amazing costumes!!! We also had the kindergarten students come through our room! They looked great and were so excited!
Halloween Light Show Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Ftc_2iu7s
REMINDERS
-Jacket Racket collection will continue until Friday, November 4, 2016. If you have any old jackets you would like to donate, please send them in with your child.
Today is my last day in Room 73! I have enjoyed every minute I spent with the students. Mrs. Sloane is excited to meet you, and I know you'll love her!
This is not goodbye, but see you later!
Have a safe Halloween!
Ms. Overdevest
Monday, 31 October 2016
Friday, 28 October 2016
TWAS for the Week of October 24-28, 2016
Hi Families of Room 73
Here is what we did This Week at School
We finished our Monster Writing and Monster Math. On Monday we will get to play the guessing game and figure out who's monster is who's.
This week we had our first Book Fair this year!
We had an Earth Rangers Assembly! We saw a Red Tailed Hawk, Pine Marten, Porcupine, and Peregrine Falcon.
Math Night was definitely one of our highlights this week. It was so great to see everyone interested and excited about Math!
We did Coding with Mrs. Handelsman. This was another exciting point in our week! Students are able to log in to the coding website at home. The link is on the Cranston Website.
The Halloween Howler was last night and we had a blast!
Club Friday was today! Students participated in a variety of activities all over the school! It was SO MUCH FUN
Today we had our first spelling test! Students will receive new words on Monday
Show, Don't Tell Acting: this was a great way for students to express emotions through only actions, no words. We had to guess each emotion, it was hilarious!
We had a lesson about Homophones and learned that NO, they are not home phones....but in fact words that sound the same but have a different spelling and meaning.
In gym we practiced Dribbling, played Pirates, and practiced passing the ball to each other. we also practiced trapping the ball.
In Music, we learned a new song called Having a Bad Scare Day.
In Social Studies, we continued to work on our country projects.
In science we played a game called What Sound is That? We heard sounds normally, then heard them as if we had hearing loss. You could tell the difference right away, some of the sounds we couldn't even figure out. We learned that it is very important to protect your ears at all costs!
REMINDERS
Monday is Halloween! Students CAN wear their costumes but for the AFTERNOON ONLY. If they want to wear it, please send their costume with them. It has to be able to fit over their clothing and they have to be able to put it on themselves. No weapons or masks which cover their entire faces can be worn while at school.
Have a SPOOKY weekend!
Ms. Overdevest
Here is what we did This Week at School
We finished our Monster Writing and Monster Math. On Monday we will get to play the guessing game and figure out who's monster is who's.
This week we had our first Book Fair this year!
We had an Earth Rangers Assembly! We saw a Red Tailed Hawk, Pine Marten, Porcupine, and Peregrine Falcon.
Math Night was definitely one of our highlights this week. It was so great to see everyone interested and excited about Math!
We did Coding with Mrs. Handelsman. This was another exciting point in our week! Students are able to log in to the coding website at home. The link is on the Cranston Website.
The Halloween Howler was last night and we had a blast!
Club Friday was today! Students participated in a variety of activities all over the school! It was SO MUCH FUN
Today we had our first spelling test! Students will receive new words on Monday
Show, Don't Tell Acting: this was a great way for students to express emotions through only actions, no words. We had to guess each emotion, it was hilarious!
We had a lesson about Homophones and learned that NO, they are not home phones....but in fact words that sound the same but have a different spelling and meaning.
In gym we practiced Dribbling, played Pirates, and practiced passing the ball to each other. we also practiced trapping the ball.
In Music, we learned a new song called Having a Bad Scare Day.
In Social Studies, we continued to work on our country projects.
In science we played a game called What Sound is That? We heard sounds normally, then heard them as if we had hearing loss. You could tell the difference right away, some of the sounds we couldn't even figure out. We learned that it is very important to protect your ears at all costs!
REMINDERS
Monday is Halloween! Students CAN wear their costumes but for the AFTERNOON ONLY. If they want to wear it, please send their costume with them. It has to be able to fit over their clothing and they have to be able to put it on themselves. No weapons or masks which cover their entire faces can be worn while at school.
Have a SPOOKY weekend!
Ms. Overdevest
Thursday, 27 October 2016
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Hello Room 73!
Here are our 3 Stars of a very busy day!
1. Today in L.A we played a game called "Show, but Don't Tell." We had to think of ways to show certain emotions without saying the actual word. Today we did the acting part, next we will try to do this through descriptive writing.
2. Today in Social we continued to work on our Google Slides projects. We added "Map" to our slides. We also got to share with the class the progress we have made.
3. In Math we learned all about ordering numbers from least to greatest. We had six stations with numbers all the way up to 10, 000! It was tricky, but we worked in groups and found solutions.
***Today we did a practice spelling test in preparation for tomorrow's real spelling test. These practice ones were sent home.
REMINDERS
-First Spelling Test is TOMORROW.
-Halloween Howler is tonight!
See you tomorrow! If you're going to the Halloween Howler, have fun!
Ms. Overdevest
Here are our 3 Stars of a very busy day!
1. Today in L.A we played a game called "Show, but Don't Tell." We had to think of ways to show certain emotions without saying the actual word. Today we did the acting part, next we will try to do this through descriptive writing.
2. Today in Social we continued to work on our Google Slides projects. We added "Map" to our slides. We also got to share with the class the progress we have made.
3. In Math we learned all about ordering numbers from least to greatest. We had six stations with numbers all the way up to 10, 000! It was tricky, but we worked in groups and found solutions.
REMINDERS
-First Spelling Test is TOMORROW.
-Halloween Howler is tonight!
See you tomorrow! If you're going to the Halloween Howler, have fun!
Ms. Overdevest
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Wednesday October 26, 2016
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! ITS FINALLY MATH NIGHT!
We are SO excited to share our games with you!
Here are our 3 Stars!
1. Social-In social we had the opportunity to work on our gorup projects, they are really coming together!!!
2. Monster Writing- After all our hard work we finally get to show you our writing!
3. Homophones-Today we learned about a special type of word-a homophone! Students tell your family what these words are and give them some examples!
REMINDERS
-Spelling test on Friday
See you soon!
We are SO excited to share our games with you!
Here are our 3 Stars!
1. Social-In social we had the opportunity to work on our gorup projects, they are really coming together!!!
2. Monster Writing- After all our hard work we finally get to show you our writing!
3. Homophones-Today we learned about a special type of word-a homophone! Students tell your family what these words are and give them some examples!
REMINDERS
-Spelling test on Friday
See you soon!
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Good Afternoon Everyone!
Here are our 3 Stars of the Day!
1. One more day until we can share our super secret Monster Writing! It will be on display for you to see tomorrow night at Math Night!!! We have been working extremely hard on this project and we hope you will enjoy it. Our Place Value Monsters will also be up tomorrow!
2. Today we has Mrs. Handelsman join our class and teach us about Coding. We are learning the language of computers and beginning to understand how video games are made. The students CAN access this at home on computers or tablets.
Here is the link, just click on Room 73. This will take you to another page where you click on your name and secret picture to log in.
http://cranstonschoolcalg.wixsite.com/learningcommons/coding
3. This morning in Gym we worked on our soccer dribbling skills, as well as toss in's, and relays.
REMINDERS
-Math Night is tomorrow night! If you haven't already done so, please sign up for a session on the Cranston School Website. If you are unable to make it, do not worry, as I will post our game instructions on the blog, and give all students one deck of cards to take home.
-Our first spelling test will be on FRIDAY!
See you tomorrow!
Ms. Overdevest
Here are our 3 Stars of the Day!
1. One more day until we can share our super secret Monster Writing! It will be on display for you to see tomorrow night at Math Night!!! We have been working extremely hard on this project and we hope you will enjoy it. Our Place Value Monsters will also be up tomorrow!
2. Today we has Mrs. Handelsman join our class and teach us about Coding. We are learning the language of computers and beginning to understand how video games are made. The students CAN access this at home on computers or tablets.
Here is the link, just click on Room 73. This will take you to another page where you click on your name and secret picture to log in.
http://cranstonschoolcalg.wixsite.com/learningcommons/coding
3. This morning in Gym we worked on our soccer dribbling skills, as well as toss in's, and relays.
REMINDERS
-Math Night is tomorrow night! If you haven't already done so, please sign up for a session on the Cranston School Website. If you are unable to make it, do not worry, as I will post our game instructions on the blog, and give all students one deck of cards to take home.
-Our first spelling test will be on FRIDAY!
See you tomorrow!
Ms. Overdevest
Monday, 24 October 2016
Monday, October 24, 2016
Good Evening Room 73!
We had a great start to our week! Here are our 3 Stars for today:
1. Earth Rangers
Today we had a very special presentation by the Earth Rangers! They taught us all about wild animals and what we can do to protect them. They brought out a Red Tailed Hawk and Pine Marten to name a couple.
2. Math Games
Today we learned new math games and built more strategies to enhance our addtion skills! We can't wait to share these games with you on Math Night this Wednesday, October 26
3. Monster Writing
Today we started our good copies of our Monster Writing and Illustrations.
REMINDERS
-Tomorrow is the last day to hand in Halloween Howler forms!!!
-We will be visiting the book fair tomorrow morning. Students can make purchases if they wish to do so. Keep in mind that the book fair will also be open on Math Night.
-First spelling test will be on Friday! Please practice your words at home!
***If you have not already, please sign up for Math Night at the Cranston Homepage.
Fun Links
www.freetypinggame.net Then click on "games" at top navigation bar.
We had a great start to our week! Here are our 3 Stars for today:
1. Earth Rangers
Today we had a very special presentation by the Earth Rangers! They taught us all about wild animals and what we can do to protect them. They brought out a Red Tailed Hawk and Pine Marten to name a couple.
2. Math Games
Today we learned new math games and built more strategies to enhance our addtion skills! We can't wait to share these games with you on Math Night this Wednesday, October 26
3. Monster Writing
Today we started our good copies of our Monster Writing and Illustrations.
REMINDERS
-Tomorrow is the last day to hand in Halloween Howler forms!!!
-We will be visiting the book fair tomorrow morning. Students can make purchases if they wish to do so. Keep in mind that the book fair will also be open on Math Night.
-First spelling test will be on Friday! Please practice your words at home!
***If you have not already, please sign up for Math Night at the Cranston Homepage.
Fun Links
www.freetypinggame.net Then click on "games" at top navigation bar.
Friday, 21 October 2016
TWAS for the Week of Oct 17-21
Hello Friends and Families of Room 73!
Here is what we did This Week At School
In social studies, we learned how to create, share and edit a Google Presentation. We were separated into groups based on which country we were most interested in. The students chose between Tunisia, India, Ukraine, and Peru.
Monster Descriptive Writing
This week we began to form our descriptive writing paragraphs. We used a Hamburger to see what parts we needed to make one big juicy paragraph.
We can't wait to show you our monsters on Wednesday!
Fire Drill and Evacuation
This week we had a fire drill and an practice evacuation. The students did a great job, following instructions and walking to the church safely.
Fun Lunch
This week for lunch we had Boston Pizza!
Typing Games
In Daily 5, one of our stations is now Typing Games. This will help students improve their typing speed, which will also help us out with the creation of our Google Slides.
Here is the link:
www.freetypinggame.net then click on "Games" at the top navigation bar.
In gym we did soccer practice and drills with Mr. S! It was a ton of fun
Monster Math
We started on another project, Place Value Monsters with Ms. Thomas' class. As Halloween is fast approaching our classroom definitely matches the season!
Ketchup
Students had many opportunities this week to 'catch up' on activities and work that they needed more time to complete. This included Monster writing, math books, daily 5 writing, and spelling.
REMINDERS
-Our first SPELLING TEST will be on Friday, October 28.
-Club Friday starts next week
-Halloween Howler forms are due on October 24
-Math Night is next Wednesday, please sign up for a time on the Cranston Website. Choices are either 5 to 6 PM or 630 to 730 PM.
-We are collecting all sizes of gently used, clean jackets and snow pants for Jacket Racket. Peace Ambassadors will be collecting items from classrooms. Please send items beginning on Wednesday, October 19th.
-MATH NIGHT is on October 26, 2016. If you have not yet registered, please do so by going to the Cranston Homepage.
Have a great weekend!
Room 73
You can share your google docs and google slides with me!
raoverdevest@educbe.ca
P.S.
Mrs. McArthur would also love to see what you are working on!
kkmcarthur@educbe.ca
Here is what we did This Week At School
In social studies, we learned how to create, share and edit a Google Presentation. We were separated into groups based on which country we were most interested in. The students chose between Tunisia, India, Ukraine, and Peru.
Monster Descriptive Writing
This week we began to form our descriptive writing paragraphs. We used a Hamburger to see what parts we needed to make one big juicy paragraph.
We can't wait to show you our monsters on Wednesday!
Fire Drill and Evacuation
This week we had a fire drill and an practice evacuation. The students did a great job, following instructions and walking to the church safely.
Fun Lunch
This week for lunch we had Boston Pizza!
Typing Games
In Daily 5, one of our stations is now Typing Games. This will help students improve their typing speed, which will also help us out with the creation of our Google Slides.
Here is the link:
www.freetypinggame.net then click on "Games" at the top navigation bar.
In gym we did soccer practice and drills with Mr. S! It was a ton of fun
Monster Math
We started on another project, Place Value Monsters with Ms. Thomas' class. As Halloween is fast approaching our classroom definitely matches the season!
Ketchup
Students had many opportunities this week to 'catch up' on activities and work that they needed more time to complete. This included Monster writing, math books, daily 5 writing, and spelling.
REMINDERS
-Our first SPELLING TEST will be on Friday, October 28.
-Club Friday starts next week
-Halloween Howler forms are due on October 24
-Math Night is next Wednesday, please sign up for a time on the Cranston Website. Choices are either 5 to 6 PM or 630 to 730 PM.
-We are collecting all sizes of gently used, clean jackets and snow pants for Jacket Racket. Peace Ambassadors will be collecting items from classrooms. Please send items beginning on Wednesday, October 19th.
-MATH NIGHT is on October 26, 2016. If you have not yet registered, please do so by going to the Cranston Homepage.
Have a great weekend!
Room 73
You can share your google docs and google slides with me!
raoverdevest@educbe.ca
P.S.
Mrs. McArthur would also love to see what you are working on!
kkmcarthur@educbe.ca
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Thursday, October 20, 2016
Good Afternoon!
Here are our 3 Stars of the Day!
1. Social Studies
The students are LOVING our research projects in social! Today we did research and put it into an organizer for our ideas. Today our focus was on the flag and food of our countries.
2. Math
Today in math we worked on our Place Value Monsters. They are looking great, we hope to be done by tomorrow!
3. LA
Today in writing we focused on how to create a a juicy descriptive sentence to make one MONSTER paragraph :)
REMINDERS
-Halloween Howler forms are due on October 24
-We will be going to the book fair next week on Tuesday. Students can purchase at this time or just browse.
Ms. Overdevest
P.S
I love reading your google docs and presentations! Keep them coming!
Share with raoverdevest@educbe.ca
Here are our 3 Stars of the Day!
1. Social Studies
The students are LOVING our research projects in social! Today we did research and put it into an organizer for our ideas. Today our focus was on the flag and food of our countries.
2. Math
Today in math we worked on our Place Value Monsters. They are looking great, we hope to be done by tomorrow!
3. LA
Today in writing we focused on how to create a a juicy descriptive sentence to make one MONSTER paragraph :)
REMINDERS
-Halloween Howler forms are due on October 24
-We will be going to the book fair next week on Tuesday. Students can purchase at this time or just browse.
Ms. Overdevest
P.S
I love reading your google docs and presentations! Keep them coming!
Share with raoverdevest@educbe.ca
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Happy Wednesday Everybody!
Here are our 3 Stars of the Day!
1. Today in Social Studies we started our research projects! Students were put into groups based on the countries they chose to study. It was great to see how excited everyone was to begin research and learn about google presentations!
GOOGLE ACCOUNTS
Every student also logged into their Google Drive account-this is where you'll find google docs and google presentations. Every student was given their username to log in. Their passwords are the SAME as their school computer log in (they should all know this). It is their Name (with a capital) followed by the LAST 4 digits of their student ID. i.e. Sam6789
We will be working on this project often in class so the students will be experts in presentations before we know it!
***The students are informed that they are NOT allowed to work on their country presentations at home. This is because they are group projects and we need them to collaborate IN class to complete them. They CAN however show you their progress so far and are free to create individual presentations/documents about topics of their choosing.
Students are encouraged to share anything they do on google docs with me, so that I can give them feedback and see what they are working on.
To do this select "Share" then enter raoverdevest@educbe.ca.
2. Today we had music with Mrs. McBride and had a great time!
3. In math we continued working on our math monsters and have started on our good copies. Our classroom will be looking great when our families visit on Math Night!
4. Oops one more! Today was fun lunch! we had pizza and pasta! If you would like to order, you can visit the Cranston school website.
Announcements
Jacket Racket
We are collecting all sizes of gently used, clean jackets and snow pants for Jacket Racket. Peace Ambassadors will be collecting items from classrooms. Please send items beginning on Wednesday, October 19th.
Book Fair
The book fair will be here on October 24 and 25! The students will have a time to visit the fair on Tuesday morning where they can purchase a book if they choose or just take a look. It will also be open on Math Night. A notice went home today with all the information including the times the fair will be open.
Reminders
-Orange Halloween Howler forms are due back Oct 24.
See you tomorrow!
Ms. Overdevest
Here are our 3 Stars of the Day!
1. Today in Social Studies we started our research projects! Students were put into groups based on the countries they chose to study. It was great to see how excited everyone was to begin research and learn about google presentations!
GOOGLE ACCOUNTS
Every student also logged into their Google Drive account-this is where you'll find google docs and google presentations. Every student was given their username to log in. Their passwords are the SAME as their school computer log in (they should all know this). It is their Name (with a capital) followed by the LAST 4 digits of their student ID. i.e. Sam6789
We will be working on this project often in class so the students will be experts in presentations before we know it!
***The students are informed that they are NOT allowed to work on their country presentations at home. This is because they are group projects and we need them to collaborate IN class to complete them. They CAN however show you their progress so far and are free to create individual presentations/documents about topics of their choosing.
Students are encouraged to share anything they do on google docs with me, so that I can give them feedback and see what they are working on.
To do this select "Share" then enter raoverdevest@educbe.ca.
2. Today we had music with Mrs. McBride and had a great time!
3. In math we continued working on our math monsters and have started on our good copies. Our classroom will be looking great when our families visit on Math Night!
4. Oops one more! Today was fun lunch! we had pizza and pasta! If you would like to order, you can visit the Cranston school website.
Announcements
Jacket Racket
We are collecting all sizes of gently used, clean jackets and snow pants for Jacket Racket. Peace Ambassadors will be collecting items from classrooms. Please send items beginning on Wednesday, October 19th.
Book Fair
The book fair will be here on October 24 and 25! The students will have a time to visit the fair on Tuesday morning where they can purchase a book if they choose or just take a look. It will also be open on Math Night. A notice went home today with all the information including the times the fair will be open.
Reminders
-Orange Halloween Howler forms are due back Oct 24.
See you tomorrow!
Ms. Overdevest
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Hi Everyone!
Oops...we forgot to do 3 Stars today, so I will tell you about the three most exciting things we did today!
1. In L.A, we continued with Monster Descriptive Writing. Today we added more details and juicy words to our writing.
2. We had Monster Math Madness with Ms. Thomas' class! Now we have two monster making projects on the go! We can't wait to share these with you on Math Night next week :)
3. In gym we did team building exercises in soccer. It was quite a challenge to control the ball but we had a ton of fun doing it!
REMINDERS
-Pictures are due back on October 26.
-Halloween Howler forms are due back on October 24.
-Math Night is on October 26. Please sign up for a time on the Cranston School homepage. You can choose to come from 5:00-6:00 PM OR 6:30 to 7:30 PM.
-Tomorrow is fun lunch!!!
See you tomorrow!
Ms. Overdevest
Oops...we forgot to do 3 Stars today, so I will tell you about the three most exciting things we did today!
1. In L.A, we continued with Monster Descriptive Writing. Today we added more details and juicy words to our writing.
2. We had Monster Math Madness with Ms. Thomas' class! Now we have two monster making projects on the go! We can't wait to share these with you on Math Night next week :)
3. In gym we did team building exercises in soccer. It was quite a challenge to control the ball but we had a ton of fun doing it!
REMINDERS
-Pictures are due back on October 26.
-Halloween Howler forms are due back on October 24.
-Math Night is on October 26. Please sign up for a time on the Cranston School homepage. You can choose to come from 5:00-6:00 PM OR 6:30 to 7:30 PM.
-Tomorrow is fun lunch!!!
See you tomorrow!
Ms. Overdevest
Monday, 17 October 2016
Monday, October 17, 2016
Good Afternoon!
Today we had quite the busy day! Here are our 3 Stars:
1. In science we used and interactive website called "Dangerous Decibels" where we learned what sounds can damage our ears. The whole class was really into this and loved making predictions about whether or not an object could damage your hearing. By request of the students here is the link!
http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/virtualexhibit/3howloudistooloud.html
2. Today we worked more on our Monster Descriptive Writing! The students are working hard to have these ready for you to see on Math Night!
3. Today we did our first Spelling Sort. The students were put into colour groups (orange, blue, green, or yellow) and were given words to sort out based on sound and pattern. Every student has a copy of these words at school AND one to take home (check backpacks/blue folders).
Students will be tested on these words every TWO weeks, meaning that our first test will be October 28.
The sorts contain three to four categories to which the words need to be sorted.
i.e. In a category labelled CVC, you want to look for words that have consonant, vowel, constants within them.
Furthermore you also want to listen for either a long or short vowel sound. Categories where the vowel is marked with a small curve above them represent short sounds, whereas vowels that have a straight line above them represent a long vowel sound.
It helps to have the students say the words out loud and think about what letters are being pronounced.
If you would like to volunteer to help out with testing, or have any questions please email me at raoverdevest@cbe.ab.ca
REMINDERS
-Math Night is on October 26. Please visit the Cranston school website to sign up for a time, either 5-6pm or 630-730 pm.
-The Halloween Howler is next Thursday, October 27. If you wish to attend please bring back the orange form
-Picture order forms went home today! If you wish to purchase please return them to school by October 26.
See you tomorrow!
Ms. Overdevest
Today we had quite the busy day! Here are our 3 Stars:
1. In science we used and interactive website called "Dangerous Decibels" where we learned what sounds can damage our ears. The whole class was really into this and loved making predictions about whether or not an object could damage your hearing. By request of the students here is the link!
http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/virtualexhibit/3howloudistooloud.html
2. Today we worked more on our Monster Descriptive Writing! The students are working hard to have these ready for you to see on Math Night!
3. Today we did our first Spelling Sort. The students were put into colour groups (orange, blue, green, or yellow) and were given words to sort out based on sound and pattern. Every student has a copy of these words at school AND one to take home (check backpacks/blue folders).
Students will be tested on these words every TWO weeks, meaning that our first test will be October 28.
The sorts contain three to four categories to which the words need to be sorted.
i.e. In a category labelled CVC, you want to look for words that have consonant, vowel, constants within them.
Furthermore you also want to listen for either a long or short vowel sound. Categories where the vowel is marked with a small curve above them represent short sounds, whereas vowels that have a straight line above them represent a long vowel sound.
It helps to have the students say the words out loud and think about what letters are being pronounced.
If you would like to volunteer to help out with testing, or have any questions please email me at raoverdevest@cbe.ab.ca
REMINDERS
-Math Night is on October 26. Please visit the Cranston school website to sign up for a time, either 5-6pm or 630-730 pm.
-The Halloween Howler is next Thursday, October 27. If you wish to attend please bring back the orange form
-Picture order forms went home today! If you wish to purchase please return them to school by October 26.
See you tomorrow!
Ms. Overdevest
Friday, 14 October 2016
TWAS for the Week of October 11-14
Good Morning Families of Room 73
Here is what we did, This Week At School
This week we began to make our own Halloween Monsters. We can't say much more than this because it is a surprise!
In math we began our place value unit. We looked at what numbers look like in word, standard, expanded and picture form. We also had our math stations to test our new knowledge.
This week we began our research for social studies. The four countries that will we will be studying are Peru, India, Tunisia, and the Ukraine. Students got to rank these countries in terms of how much they would like to study them and will be put into groups next week.
In music we learned a new song, the Moon song, which we sung and played on instruments.
This week we did one whole rotation of Daily 5. If you are trying to access Raz Kids at home, the teacher log in name is roverdevest0
This week we had a spelling test and will begin weekly regular spelling tests next week. Look out for a blog post from Ms. Overdevest this weekend, explaining what spelling will look like.
We chose our options for clubs week which will be starting later this month.
In gym we did a lot of movement activities on GoNoodle and Youtube, our favourite by far was the GHOSTBUSTERS DANCE!
By request of the students, here is the link! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izMJDiHQBH0
We also went to the library on Tuesday. This will be our regular day from now on. Please remember to bring your books! (I will put a reminder in Monday's blog as well)
During our snack time, Ms. Overdevest showed us a video on DOGO news about a baby polar who is 11 months old!
Check it out here: https://www.dogonews.com/2016/10/10/video-of-the-week-adorable-polar-bear-cub-nora-chills-out-at-the-oregon-zoo
REMINDERS
-ORANGE forms are due on MONDAY for precorders
-WHITE forms are due MONDAY for PEACE AMBASSADORS
-NEW orange forms went home today for the HALLOWEEN HOWLER. If you wish to attend please bring them back by October 24, 2016.
Have a great weekend!
Room 73
Here is what we did, This Week At School
This week we began to make our own Halloween Monsters. We can't say much more than this because it is a surprise!
In math we began our place value unit. We looked at what numbers look like in word, standard, expanded and picture form. We also had our math stations to test our new knowledge.
This week we began our research for social studies. The four countries that will we will be studying are Peru, India, Tunisia, and the Ukraine. Students got to rank these countries in terms of how much they would like to study them and will be put into groups next week.
In music we learned a new song, the Moon song, which we sung and played on instruments.
This week we did one whole rotation of Daily 5. If you are trying to access Raz Kids at home, the teacher log in name is roverdevest0
This week we had a spelling test and will begin weekly regular spelling tests next week. Look out for a blog post from Ms. Overdevest this weekend, explaining what spelling will look like.
We chose our options for clubs week which will be starting later this month.
In gym we did a lot of movement activities on GoNoodle and Youtube, our favourite by far was the GHOSTBUSTERS DANCE!
By request of the students, here is the link! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izMJDiHQBH0
We also went to the library on Tuesday. This will be our regular day from now on. Please remember to bring your books! (I will put a reminder in Monday's blog as well)
During our snack time, Ms. Overdevest showed us a video on DOGO news about a baby polar who is 11 months old!
Check it out here: https://www.dogonews.com/2016/10/10/video-of-the-week-adorable-polar-bear-cub-nora-chills-out-at-the-oregon-zoo
REMINDERS
-ORANGE forms are due on MONDAY for precorders
-WHITE forms are due MONDAY for PEACE AMBASSADORS
-NEW orange forms went home today for the HALLOWEEN HOWLER. If you wish to attend please bring them back by October 24, 2016.
Have a great weekend!
Room 73
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Good Afternoon!
Here are our 3 Stars for the Day!
1. Today in math we began our Place Value unit. We looked at the standard, expanded, picture and written forms of numbers.
2. This afternoon we did 2 round of Daily 5. Some of our stations were Raz Kids, Word Work and Ketchup ('catch up').
*If you are trying to access Raz Kids at home, the teacher username is now roverdevest0
3. In social studies we got to some research about Peru, India, Tunisia, and the Ukraine. The students looked at some interesting facts of each of these countries and then ranked each country according to what they would prefer to study as we will be starting research projects next week.
REMINDERS
ORANGE precorder forms are due on MONDAY
BLUE club sheets are due TOMORROW
WHITE Peace Ambassador forms are due MONDAY
Have a fantastic evening!
Ms. Overdevest
Here are our 3 Stars for the Day!
1. Today in math we began our Place Value unit. We looked at the standard, expanded, picture and written forms of numbers.
2. This afternoon we did 2 round of Daily 5. Some of our stations were Raz Kids, Word Work and Ketchup ('catch up').
*If you are trying to access Raz Kids at home, the teacher username is now roverdevest0
3. In social studies we got to some research about Peru, India, Tunisia, and the Ukraine. The students looked at some interesting facts of each of these countries and then ranked each country according to what they would prefer to study as we will be starting research projects next week.
REMINDERS
ORANGE precorder forms are due on MONDAY
BLUE club sheets are due TOMORROW
WHITE Peace Ambassador forms are due MONDAY
Have a fantastic evening!
Ms. Overdevest
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Good Evening!
Here are our 3 Stars for the Day!
1. We had social studies with Ms. Thomas' class again! Today we had an in depth discussion about what quality of life is and how it can look different all around the world. We looked at photos from India, Peru, Tunisia, and the Ukraine and compared it to what we see in Canada.
2. Today in music we continued with our Xylophones and learned a few new tunes!
3. This afternoon we had one of the best D.E.A.R's ever! Great job Room 73!
REMINDERS
-Please return the ORANGE sheets regarding the ordering of precorders and music books. They are due MONDAY.
-Please return the BLUE sheet regarding clubs, please remember to rank your top FIVE choices.
-A WHITE sheet went home today to students who are interested in becoming a CRANSTON PEACE AMBASSADOR. If your child took a form home, please read it over and return it
Have a wonderful evening!
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Overdevest
Here are our 3 Stars for the Day!
1. We had social studies with Ms. Thomas' class again! Today we had an in depth discussion about what quality of life is and how it can look different all around the world. We looked at photos from India, Peru, Tunisia, and the Ukraine and compared it to what we see in Canada.
2. Today in music we continued with our Xylophones and learned a few new tunes!
3. This afternoon we had one of the best D.E.A.R's ever! Great job Room 73!
REMINDERS
-Please return the ORANGE sheets regarding the ordering of precorders and music books. They are due MONDAY.
-Please return the BLUE sheet regarding clubs, please remember to rank your top FIVE choices.
-A WHITE sheet went home today to students who are interested in becoming a CRANSTON PEACE AMBASSADOR. If your child took a form home, please read it over and return it
Have a wonderful evening!
See you tomorrow,
Ms. Overdevest
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Hi Everyone,
Sorry for the late blog!
Here's our 3 Stars!
1. We had a pop spelling quiz today!
2. We went to Ms. Thomas' room for science where we went through our sound and hearing vocabulary. This time we created a visual chart in our visual journals.
3. We are almost done our Math Mini Books! Some of us started to add colour and details to our graphs!
REMINDERS
-Please bring back those orange forms for your precorders, they are due on Monday!
-Please look at and choose your club, remember to rank them. Please be aware that not everyone will get their first choice, but we will try our best to give you one of your top options.
-Please bring warm jackets/scarves/mittens, as it is getting colder and we will still be going outside during lunch recess. I don't want anyone catching a cold! :)
See you tomorrow!
Ms. Overdevest
Sorry for the late blog!
Here's our 3 Stars!
1. We had a pop spelling quiz today!
2. We went to Ms. Thomas' room for science where we went through our sound and hearing vocabulary. This time we created a visual chart in our visual journals.
3. We are almost done our Math Mini Books! Some of us started to add colour and details to our graphs!
REMINDERS
-Please bring back those orange forms for your precorders, they are due on Monday!
-Please look at and choose your club, remember to rank them. Please be aware that not everyone will get their first choice, but we will try our best to give you one of your top options.
-Please bring warm jackets/scarves/mittens, as it is getting colder and we will still be going outside during lunch recess. I don't want anyone catching a cold! :)
See you tomorrow!
Ms. Overdevest
Thursday, 6 October 2016
TWAS for the week of October 3 to October 6
Good Afternoon Families and Students of Room 73!
Happy Long Weekend!
This Week at School
In music we learned how to play hand drums, xylophones, and bar instruments. Students will being playing precorders near the end of the month. Today an ORANGE sheet was sent home with the students, with information regarding purchasing precorders and books. Please have these returned by Monday October 17.
In gym this week we played What Time is it Mr. Wolf? and Blob tag. We also did Yoga in the gym with Ms. Thomas' class.
In math we started making mini math books. These will be stories about a visit to the grocery store which will also include math pictures and graphs to represent our purchases.
We also got the chance to finish up our Social Studies flip books about Canada, as well as our Zentangle leaves, which will be coming home today, along with our Thankfulness Art project.
In Science, we had Ms. Thomas's class join us in a mini experiment with Ms. Overdevest's guitar. We changed the pitch by tightening and loosening the strings. Next week we will be working more with sound and expanding our science vocabulary.
We did a pitch test on our ears as well...we couldn't believe our ears when we could no longer hear! Here is the link to show your family, if you would like. ***TURN YOUR VOLUME TO THE LOWEST POSSIBLE BEFORE STARTING.
The video will give you prompts as to when to turn your volume down as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-iCZElJ8m0
We ended Thursday by reading our Random Acts of Kindness nominations. This is one of our favourite parts of the week, as we love hearing all the kind things that happen in our classroom. We also talked about all the things that we are thankful for and created a Fall project that will be brought home today.
Today was also our last day of inline skating!
Have a great long weekend and Happy Thanksgiving!
From,
Ms Overdevest and the Students of Room 73.
Happy Long Weekend!
This Week at School
In music we learned how to play hand drums, xylophones, and bar instruments. Students will being playing precorders near the end of the month. Today an ORANGE sheet was sent home with the students, with information regarding purchasing precorders and books. Please have these returned by Monday October 17.
In gym this week we played What Time is it Mr. Wolf? and Blob tag. We also did Yoga in the gym with Ms. Thomas' class.
In math we started making mini math books. These will be stories about a visit to the grocery store which will also include math pictures and graphs to represent our purchases.
We also got the chance to finish up our Social Studies flip books about Canada, as well as our Zentangle leaves, which will be coming home today, along with our Thankfulness Art project.
In Science, we had Ms. Thomas's class join us in a mini experiment with Ms. Overdevest's guitar. We changed the pitch by tightening and loosening the strings. Next week we will be working more with sound and expanding our science vocabulary.
We did a pitch test on our ears as well...we couldn't believe our ears when we could no longer hear! Here is the link to show your family, if you would like. ***TURN YOUR VOLUME TO THE LOWEST POSSIBLE BEFORE STARTING.
The video will give you prompts as to when to turn your volume down as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-iCZElJ8m0
We ended Thursday by reading our Random Acts of Kindness nominations. This is one of our favourite parts of the week, as we love hearing all the kind things that happen in our classroom. We also talked about all the things that we are thankful for and created a Fall project that will be brought home today.
Today was also our last day of inline skating!
Have a great long weekend and Happy Thanksgiving!
From,
Ms Overdevest and the Students of Room 73.
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Good Evening!
Here are our 3 Stars for the day!
1. In Science today, we continued learning about sound. To help us understand some fancy science terms, such as 'frequency' and 'pitch', Ms. Overdevest brought in her guitar, where we made predictions and observations about what happens when we play with the tension of the strings.
2. In music, we got to play XYLOPHONES!
3. Picture Day! We were a great looking bunch of grade three's today....nothing unusual about that :)
Thank you for bringing your best smile.
Reminders
INLINE SKATING TOMORROW!!!
There will be NO school on Friday and Monday, Happy Thanksgiving!
Here are our 3 Stars for the day!
1. In Science today, we continued learning about sound. To help us understand some fancy science terms, such as 'frequency' and 'pitch', Ms. Overdevest brought in her guitar, where we made predictions and observations about what happens when we play with the tension of the strings.
2. In music, we got to play XYLOPHONES!
3. Picture Day! We were a great looking bunch of grade three's today....nothing unusual about that :)
Thank you for bringing your best smile.
Reminders
INLINE SKATING TOMORROW!!!
There will be NO school on Friday and Monday, Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Hello Everyone!
We had quite the busy day today in Room 73, here are our 3 STARS.
1. In Gym we played BLOB Tag! Students, if your family doesn't know what this is, please explain!
2. After our library time, Ms. Overdevest read us a unique book called, "Open This Little Book." It was a series of bigger books inside smaller books. We saw many patterns and themes inside!
3. In science we did our first KWL chart this year. We talked about what we already knew about hearing and the anatomy of the ear, and then we wrote down TONS of interesting questions that we need to research. Here is a snapshot of our ideas. Our goal by the end of the unit is to have the 'L' column filled out with all the new knowledge we will have!
Reminders
TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5, IS PICTURE DAY!!! Please bring your best smile :)
Inline skating will be on Thursday at 2 pm, please bring your gear if you want to use your own.
There will be no school on FRIDAY October 7 and MONDAY October 10.
We had quite the busy day today in Room 73, here are our 3 STARS.
1. In Gym we played BLOB Tag! Students, if your family doesn't know what this is, please explain!
2. After our library time, Ms. Overdevest read us a unique book called, "Open This Little Book." It was a series of bigger books inside smaller books. We saw many patterns and themes inside!
3. In science we did our first KWL chart this year. We talked about what we already knew about hearing and the anatomy of the ear, and then we wrote down TONS of interesting questions that we need to research. Here is a snapshot of our ideas. Our goal by the end of the unit is to have the 'L' column filled out with all the new knowledge we will have!
Reminders
TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5, IS PICTURE DAY!!! Please bring your best smile :)
Inline skating will be on Thursday at 2 pm, please bring your gear if you want to use your own.
There will be no school on FRIDAY October 7 and MONDAY October 10.
Monday, 3 October 2016
Monday, October 3
Good Evening Room 73 Students and Families!
As discussed today in class, we will be updating the blog daily from now on. We will still be doing our TWAS at the end of the week, however we wanted to share with you what we did at school each day.
From now on we will be giving you our 3 Stars of the Day, meaning that each day three different students will have the opportunity to write one thing about the day that they enjoyed. Hopefully this will fuel the dinner table conversations! :)
With that being said here are the 3 Stars:
1. We worked on our Social Studies Canada flip books. Students please explain to your family what these are and what information can be found inside!
2. Investigation into the Titanic. Today we started to write about the Titanic and learned how the accident has shaped the future.
3. Today we got to know Ms. Overdevest better as she told us some of her favourite things, and then we got to write about ours!
Reminders
I will also be putting reminders up here, to inform you of upcoming due dates or important events at the school.
-Picture Day is on Friday! There was a handout that was send home last week, please bring those back in!
-If you have not brought back your Entertainment book, PLEASE do so immediately, as they are over due.
-We will be going to the library tomorrow morning! Please bring back any books you may have at home, so that you can get new ones!
*Parents/Guardians, I also sent out an email this afternoon, if you did not receive it, please let me know by emailing me at raoverdevest@cbe.ab.ca, and I can add you to the list. Have a wonderful evening!
Ms. Overdevest
As discussed today in class, we will be updating the blog daily from now on. We will still be doing our TWAS at the end of the week, however we wanted to share with you what we did at school each day.
From now on we will be giving you our 3 Stars of the Day, meaning that each day three different students will have the opportunity to write one thing about the day that they enjoyed. Hopefully this will fuel the dinner table conversations! :)
With that being said here are the 3 Stars:
1. We worked on our Social Studies Canada flip books. Students please explain to your family what these are and what information can be found inside!
2. Investigation into the Titanic. Today we started to write about the Titanic and learned how the accident has shaped the future.
3. Today we got to know Ms. Overdevest better as she told us some of her favourite things, and then we got to write about ours!
Reminders
I will also be putting reminders up here, to inform you of upcoming due dates or important events at the school.
-Picture Day is on Friday! There was a handout that was send home last week, please bring those back in!
-If you have not brought back your Entertainment book, PLEASE do so immediately, as they are over due.
-We will be going to the library tomorrow morning! Please bring back any books you may have at home, so that you can get new ones!
*Parents/Guardians, I also sent out an email this afternoon, if you did not receive it, please let me know by emailing me at raoverdevest@cbe.ab.ca, and I can add you to the list. Have a wonderful evening!
Ms. Overdevest
Friday, 30 September 2016
Hello Everyone and Happy Friday!
Our first month of school is behind us and we are excited for what comes next!
This week at school, we focused on Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope. To prepare for the big run, we practiced by running laps in the field. Each lap we did, we got a popsicle stick. We then used these sticks to count how many laps, both as a table and as a class, we were able to run. Once our data was collected we recorded these numbers on a graph. It was hard work but the cause was worth it. The big run was held on Thursday afternoon and we ran all the way to the windmill and back.
This week we were also able to access mathletics and we also got to do some fun math stations!
In music we learned two new songs, "I Gotta Autumn-ish Feeling" and The Terry Fox song, which we sang as a school before beginning our run. Next month we will begin learning how to play precorders and xylophones.
In LA we worked on storytelling and writing. We got to make up stories and act them out in front of the class, we all had quite a laugh at the silly and creative stories. We also used Terry Fox's story and related it to our circle of courage. We will continue our story writing next week.
In gym this week we have our second inline skating lesson! They taught us how to go backwards on our skates, which was really hard, but we enjoyed the challenge. On Monday in gym we learned how to play kickball and a new tag game called, Fishy's in the Sea.
We are also sad but excited that Mrs. McArthur is leaving our room to go to Grade1/2, but we now have Ms. Overdevest as our teacher!
Important Notices
Starting next week, the students will be eating lunch in our regular classroom.
Sincerely,
Room 73
Our first month of school is behind us and we are excited for what comes next!
This week at school, we focused on Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope. To prepare for the big run, we practiced by running laps in the field. Each lap we did, we got a popsicle stick. We then used these sticks to count how many laps, both as a table and as a class, we were able to run. Once our data was collected we recorded these numbers on a graph. It was hard work but the cause was worth it. The big run was held on Thursday afternoon and we ran all the way to the windmill and back.
This week we were also able to access mathletics and we also got to do some fun math stations!
In music we learned two new songs, "I Gotta Autumn-ish Feeling" and The Terry Fox song, which we sang as a school before beginning our run. Next month we will begin learning how to play precorders and xylophones.
In LA we worked on storytelling and writing. We got to make up stories and act them out in front of the class, we all had quite a laugh at the silly and creative stories. We also used Terry Fox's story and related it to our circle of courage. We will continue our story writing next week.
In gym this week we have our second inline skating lesson! They taught us how to go backwards on our skates, which was really hard, but we enjoyed the challenge. On Monday in gym we learned how to play kickball and a new tag game called, Fishy's in the Sea.
We are also sad but excited that Mrs. McArthur is leaving our room to go to Grade1/2, but we now have Ms. Overdevest as our teacher!
Important Notices
Starting next week, the students will be eating lunch in our regular classroom.
Sincerely,
Room 73
Thursday, 22 September 2016
Hello Everyone,
We hope you're all enjoying a wonderful end of summer, and start up of fall.
Here is our TWAS for the week of September 19 - September 22; we can't believe we're at the end already!!
Again, it's been a very busy week around Cranston school. Yesterday we celebrated national Peace Day with the entire school standing out back in a Peace symbol formation, singing peace songs, while pinwheels that the children created blew in the wind. It was beautiful . . .
One of our students introduced us to an excellent kindness video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwAYpLVyeFU This started us off on some great discussions about kindness, empathy and peace.
We watched a powerful video about Terry Fox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1QOtPDAAeY
The children were inspired by his story and threw themselves into our practice run, doing much more than was required of them.
We had our fist in-line skating on Tuesday. It was a lot of fun; everyone tried their best and the teacher couldn't believe what an athletic and agile group we had. A huge thank you to Ms. Bouman who volunteered with us!
As for the rest of our days: we worked on reading; word work; writing, surveys and graphing; started science with a look at the ear; our first library was this week; began using dictionaries; eye openers; riddles; group/team works; enjoyed our first fun lunch (thank you parent volunteers for making this possible); Dogo news; learned about Walk a Mile in Her Shoes (thanks dads who participated)!!. . . and a million other little things that made our week fly by. A big congratulations to our last week's Random Act of Kindness winner!
Just a reminder that our open house is this evening from 6:30 - 7:30; I really look forward to meeting everyone who is able to come out this evening. As for everyone else, I look forward to meeting you when you have an opportunity.
Thank you also to the parents who are setting up future volunteer times. We're so excited to have you join us whenever you can.
All the best; we wish you all a spectacular weekend!
Sincerely,
Team 73
We hope you're all enjoying a wonderful end of summer, and start up of fall.
Here is our TWAS for the week of September 19 - September 22; we can't believe we're at the end already!!
Again, it's been a very busy week around Cranston school. Yesterday we celebrated national Peace Day with the entire school standing out back in a Peace symbol formation, singing peace songs, while pinwheels that the children created blew in the wind. It was beautiful . . .
One of our students introduced us to an excellent kindness video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwAYpLVyeFU This started us off on some great discussions about kindness, empathy and peace.
We watched a powerful video about Terry Fox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1QOtPDAAeY
The children were inspired by his story and threw themselves into our practice run, doing much more than was required of them.
We had our fist in-line skating on Tuesday. It was a lot of fun; everyone tried their best and the teacher couldn't believe what an athletic and agile group we had. A huge thank you to Ms. Bouman who volunteered with us!
As for the rest of our days: we worked on reading; word work; writing, surveys and graphing; started science with a look at the ear; our first library was this week; began using dictionaries; eye openers; riddles; group/team works; enjoyed our first fun lunch (thank you parent volunteers for making this possible); Dogo news; learned about Walk a Mile in Her Shoes (thanks dads who participated)!!. . . and a million other little things that made our week fly by. A big congratulations to our last week's Random Act of Kindness winner!
Just a reminder that our open house is this evening from 6:30 - 7:30; I really look forward to meeting everyone who is able to come out this evening. As for everyone else, I look forward to meeting you when you have an opportunity.
Thank you also to the parents who are setting up future volunteer times. We're so excited to have you join us whenever you can.
All the best; we wish you all a spectacular weekend!
Sincerely,
Team 73
Friday, 16 September 2016
Hello families of Room 73,
Here is our TWAS for the week of September 12 - September 16:
Our week flew by! We started with a 'kick off' assembly where the children were introduced to all of the teachers and administration, we read our school book about peace and the children learned about the entertainment books that went home. Our class has continued to centre around the Circle of Courage philosophy and the children are becoming real experts. Ask them about the four quadrants and they'll be able to share the amazing ways that they demonstrate, and work towards strengthening, these qualities regularly.
Some of the other things we worked on/learned about this week: graphing, math problems, what is a 'Canadian,' paralympics, computers/Raz kids (login information went home with them for out-of-school practice), daily 5 writing, word work, story connections/writing, guided reading and poetry.
We had our first fire drill this week and the students did an amazing job!! There are so many reasons to be proud of them. This is such a kind, considerate and thoughtful group. We are so enjoying our time together.
Just a reminder that we start inline skating next week, Tuesday September 20th, so if your child has his/her own helmet, please send it along on that day.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend; thanks for reading,
Sincerely
Room 73
BTW it's Beakerhead in Calgary "A smash up of art, science and engineering" — lots of amazing events and free things for families to do. Today on Stephen Avenue between 4 and 6pm is a whirlwind of fun Beakerhead activities!
Here is our TWAS for the week of September 12 - September 16:
Our week flew by! We started with a 'kick off' assembly where the children were introduced to all of the teachers and administration, we read our school book about peace and the children learned about the entertainment books that went home. Our class has continued to centre around the Circle of Courage philosophy and the children are becoming real experts. Ask them about the four quadrants and they'll be able to share the amazing ways that they demonstrate, and work towards strengthening, these qualities regularly.
Some of the other things we worked on/learned about this week: graphing, math problems, what is a 'Canadian,' paralympics, computers/Raz kids (login information went home with them for out-of-school practice), daily 5 writing, word work, story connections/writing, guided reading and poetry.
We had our first fire drill this week and the students did an amazing job!! There are so many reasons to be proud of them. This is such a kind, considerate and thoughtful group. We are so enjoying our time together.
Just a reminder that we start inline skating next week, Tuesday September 20th, so if your child has his/her own helmet, please send it along on that day.
We hope you have a wonderful weekend; thanks for reading,
Sincerely
Room 73
BTW it's Beakerhead in Calgary "A smash up of art, science and engineering" — lots of amazing events and free things for families to do. Today on Stephen Avenue between 4 and 6pm is a whirlwind of fun Beakerhead activities!
Friday, 9 September 2016
Dear families of Cranston School, Room 73,
We hope that you had a good week. We have had a very busy week here in room 73. We have decided to write you a letter, that we call TWAS (this week at school), each Friday to let you know some of the things that we have been up to each week. This is our TWAS for the week of September 6th - September 9th, 2016.
This week we learned how to draw owls and then we made them all our own, by adding our own special touches. We met our new phys-ed teacher, Ms. Quilley, and learned the game 'elves, wizards and giants." We also met Ms. McArthur (our room 73 teacher) and Ms. Thomas (our buddy room teacher) and Ms. McBride (our music teacher).
Some other things that we did this week: started writing stories for the circle of courage; set up and worked in our daily 5 groups; solved 'eye opener' riddle and number problems first thing in the mornings; completed math tasks with numbers of the day; completed problem solving math art and created our own math word problems. We used popsicle sticks to help us organize the set up of our classroom (bins/coats/chores). We learned about DEAR (drop everything and read) and enjoyed it each day for fifteen minutes after lunch. There are oodles of other little things that filled our days so feel free to comment with some questions and we'll do our best to answer.
We also wanted to send out a huge thank you to council for providing us with that wonderful snack yesterday. It was so kind of the volunteers to offer up their time and add a little something special to our day!
Lastly, we would like to ask any family members who are able to volunteer for our Terry Fox run, this September 29th, to let Mrs. McArthur and/or the office know.
Thank you for reading our first post/TWAS; have a great weekend,
Sincerely,
Room 73
(Thank you everyone who was able to get the first group of forms back so quickly; one more went home today for in-line skating)
We hope that you had a good week. We have had a very busy week here in room 73. We have decided to write you a letter, that we call TWAS (this week at school), each Friday to let you know some of the things that we have been up to each week. This is our TWAS for the week of September 6th - September 9th, 2016.
This week we learned how to draw owls and then we made them all our own, by adding our own special touches. We met our new phys-ed teacher, Ms. Quilley, and learned the game 'elves, wizards and giants." We also met Ms. McArthur (our room 73 teacher) and Ms. Thomas (our buddy room teacher) and Ms. McBride (our music teacher).
Some other things that we did this week: started writing stories for the circle of courage; set up and worked in our daily 5 groups; solved 'eye opener' riddle and number problems first thing in the mornings; completed math tasks with numbers of the day; completed problem solving math art and created our own math word problems. We used popsicle sticks to help us organize the set up of our classroom (bins/coats/chores). We learned about DEAR (drop everything and read) and enjoyed it each day for fifteen minutes after lunch. There are oodles of other little things that filled our days so feel free to comment with some questions and we'll do our best to answer.
We also wanted to send out a huge thank you to council for providing us with that wonderful snack yesterday. It was so kind of the volunteers to offer up their time and add a little something special to our day!
Lastly, we would like to ask any family members who are able to volunteer for our Terry Fox run, this September 29th, to let Mrs. McArthur and/or the office know.
Thank you for reading our first post/TWAS; have a great weekend,
Sincerely,
Room 73
(Thank you everyone who was able to get the first group of forms back so quickly; one more went home today for in-line skating)
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