At-Home Learning: Google Meet Expectations

Hi Families, 

Google Meet plays a key part in your child's At-Home Learning, January 4th - 8th. 

Google Meets are learning time. It is expected that students:

• Enter meetings with your microphone off
• Depending on the activity, videos do not always need to be on
• Only turn on your microphone when it is your turn to talk to minimize background noise
• Students should be the only person visible on the screen 
• Students should be in a quiet location where they are ready to learn (ie. not in bed or in a noisy space with siblings)
• Students should be dressed appropriately (believe it or not this does have to be said- clothes are a must!)
• Google Meet codes will always be the same and are included in the package sent home yesterday.
  
  

Thank you everyone! See you online January 4th! 

Ms. Thomas

 

Thursday, December 17th, 2020

Hi Families, 

A reminder: there is no school for students tomorrow, Friday, December 18th. 

Students brought home their paper packages for at-home learning on Thursday. Their Google login information is listed on the front of the envelope as a reminder. 

Today, students brought home their headphones for use during at-home learning. It would be appreciated if these are sent back for classroom use when they return to school. 

Have a wonderful winter break and I will see you online for at-home learning on January 4th! 

Ms. Thomas

Food Bank Thank You!

Dear Families,

Well, our school community has outdone itself and shown incredible generosity in supporting our food drive.  In total we collected 831 food items!!!  This is a tremendous act of kindness.

Thank you to everyone who donated and helped our students learn about the positive impact they can have on other people's lives.

The Students in Rooms 16 &17 

At-Home Learning: January 4th - 8th

Hi Families,

Next week, I will be sending home paper packages for at-home learning in the new year. These packages will contain a schedule for the week, our Google Meet code, and hard copies of materials for learning. All instructions for the materials will be given through virtual lessons over Google Meet, or through Assignments in Google Classroom. No need to prepare or complete anything in advance, other than ensuring you have your child's login information, and that they have practiced logging in at home, using the same device they will use for at-home learning. 

Thank you!

Ms. Thomas

Friday, December 8th, 2020

Hi Families, 

This week, ask your child about:

- learning about the digraph /wh/ and the White Whistling Whale*

- identifying /wh/ vs. /w/ words from the White Whistling Whale's story*

- using environmental print, just-right texts and personal connections to identify additional words that have the /wh/ vs. /w/ words*

- practicing our weekly poem "Question Words" to share at home*

- learning a variety of math games to practice grade 1 and 2 math skills:

                     - Heading Home* (odd and even)

                     - Month by Month* (calendar, months of the year)

                     - Roll a Snowman* (subitizing) 

- working on accurate and efficient number writing through timed "Personal Best" writing rounds (how high can I get in the number sequence in 30 secs?) 

- listening to the books, "If I Were a Plus Sign" and "If I Were a Minus Sign"*

- identifying how plus and minus signs (addition and subtraction) are the same/different within a co-created Venn Diagram anchor chart*

- developing additional math stories with grade specific number and symbol criteria (grade 1, 11-20 and grade 2, 21-100)*

- building our geographical thinking of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere in relation to seasonal changes*

- identifying how people and animals deal with different seasonal changes in connection with problem solving for our sled design*

                       - During winter, Santa will need...

                       - During summer, Santa will need...

                       - Reindeer are built for winter. They have...

                       - Reindeer are NOT built for summer. They will need...

Some reminders for the upcoming week:

- Thursday, December 17th: Festive Sweater Day

- Friday, December 18th: No School for students. PD Day. Happy Winter Break!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas

Last Day Tomorrow!

Dear Families,

You continue to surprise us with your generosity!  We had so many more food items brought to the school today. We did A LOT of counting!  Tomorrow is our last day for collections, so if you were planning on sending in any items please do! 

Keep your eye out for a total item count tomorrow, as well as news about if we reached our collection goal of 500 items.

The Students in Room 16 & 17

Food Drive Update - Last Couple of Days!

Hello LBS Families,

We have been doing an excellent job collecting food items for our annual food drive. So far, we have 397 items collected! Remember, you have until this Friday to bring in food to help people in need. Please help us reach our goal of 500 items! We can do it LBS! 

 

The Students in Rooms 16 & 17

Food Drive Update

Hello LBS Families!

Our annual LBS Food Drive is off to a great start.  Today we collected 241 items!!!  Our community sure is generous, and we know that we're just getting started.  If you are able, please help us collect even more food for those in need by sending in items on or before Thursday, December 11th.

Keep your eyes peeled for more food item count updates next week!

Thanks for your help!

The students in Rooms 16 & 17

Mayor's Annual Christmas Food Drive

Lake Bonavista School is pleased to be support The Calgary Food Bank by participating in the Mayor's Annual Christmas Food Drive. 

Students are invited to bring in non-perishable food items starting on Wednesday, December 3rd until Friday, December 11th. Donations boxes will be placed near each entry door for students to add their donations.

Please see the picture below attachment for the Calgary Food Bank’s 'wishlist', however all food donations are all welcomed and appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your generous support! 

Friday, November 27th, 2020

Hi Families, 

This week, ask your child about:

- learning about expanding our ideas in familiar writing tasks*

- journal writing at our just right literacy level:

               - On the weekend... 

- learning about the digraph /ch/ and the character Chauncy Chipmunk*

- identifying words with the /ch/ digraph in the beginning, middle and end within Chauncy Chipmunks story*

- using environmental print, just-right texts and personal connections to identify additional words that have the /ch/ digraph in the beginning, middle and end*

- self-assessing our work using a co-developed checklist for conventions of writing in Word Work*

- practicing our weekly poem "Charlie's Chow Cafe" to share at home*

- learning about letter writing through sample picture books: Dear Panda, Dear Mr. Blueberry, Can I Be Your Dog? and Dear Teacher*

- developing personal models for solving increasing pattern problems using classroom materials*

- transferring concrete models to picture and symbols models

- comparing data regarding rolling numbers on a dice*

- playing the Sort it Right! game from the City of Calgary, connecting to Rights and Responsibilities within our community* 

**Materials/visuals or templates for these activities are available on Google Classroom**

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas

Spirit Days!

Hi Families, 

Leading up to the holidays, we have two whole-school Spirit Days planned at Lake Bonavista School:

Thursday, December 3rd - PJ Day
Thursday, December 17th - Holiday Sweater/Shirt Day

Looking forward to them!

Freezer Feastival Update

Hello parents of Lake Bonavista School!   

We need your help. Our Freezer Feastival fundraiser has been a success and now we need to get all the purchases into the vehicles! This Friday, November 27, we are in need of 6 more volunteers for curbside pick-up of orders. This will be done safely outside adhering to COVID-19 protocols. The weather is looking lovely for Friday, please come prepared with a mask and appropriate outerwear. 

 

The time slots available are 3 people from 12:00 - 3:15 pm for deliveries, and 3 people from 3:15 - 4:15 for cleanup.

 

These proceeds from our fundraising events benefit our children. If you are able to take the time this Friday, please contact me directly at lbsvolunteercoordinator@gmail.com or if you have received a sign up genius from this address, please sign up there.

 

If you are unable to help this time and would like to be on the volunteer list, please send me a note and I will add your information. This list is used when volunteer opportunities are available.

 

Thank you very much!

Krista R.

Lake Bonavista School Council

Friday, November 20th, 2020

 Hi Families, 

It was wonderful to connect with you all during conferences on Thursday and Friday. our time together seemed to fly by, so if you have any questions or concerns that were not addressed during your conference, please feel free to email me, I am happy to continue the conversation.

This week, ask you child about:

- collecting data about the different devices students use at home to access Google Classroom - reviewing the log in process for Google Classroom on a computer (web browser) and tablet - answering their "homework" question on Google Classroom by Friday* - listening to the story of a naughty kitten in "Cookie's Week"* - journal writing at our just right literacy level, choosing between two sentence stems: - On the weekend, I... OR - On the weekend, Cookie... - generating ideas for list writing using "Wallace's Lists" as a springboard* - creating our own checklist, numbered list or itemized list based on an area of need or interest* - sorting repeating patterns and growing/increasing pattern vocabulary* - modelling growing/increasing patterns using materials, pictures and symbols (numbers)* - identifying the pattern rule in growing/increasing patterns (how much is it getting bigger by?)* - solving growing/increasing pattern problems using personal models* - learning about digraphs (two letters that when put together make one sound), and /th/ * - identified words that have the /th/ digraph in the beginning, middle and end

*Materials/visuals or templates for these activities are available on Google Classroom to support home learning routines, or in the case of prolonged absence from school*

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Ms. Thomas

Virtual Book Fair - Ends Sunday!

 

Virtual Book Fair is On!

Lake Bonavista School Virtual Book Fair Link

Friday, November 13th, 2020

 Hi Families, 

This week, a lot of our time was spent looking at Remembrance Day, developing our understanding of why it's important to remember, and making connections to our ongoing work on Rights and Responsibilities. 

By identifying when, and how long ago, both wars were, students made the connection that it is important to remember because many soldiers and their families are no longer living. 

Our writing prompt was based on a simplified interpretation of some of the articles from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. 

As the focus of this activity was on making higher-level connections between concepts, you will see scribed writing on each page capturing what each child shared through speaking. 

In other learning, we managed to wrap up our 5 Senses collages! You can view your child's end result in Google Classroom, under the topic "Artifacts of Student Learning", within the material with your child's name. Each student also has a copy in the sketchbook as a memory of their learning - they are loving looking at them and sharing with their peers. 

A reminder that conference booking for our Thursday, November 19th and Friday, November 20th conferences is now open. Please take a moment to sign in to book a time. If you are uncertain of how to login to book a conference, or are having difficulties with your account, please call the office for support: 403-777-6871. I look forward to connecting with you all next week! 

Some reminders for next week:
- Virtual Scholastic Book Fair open on Monday, November 16th. Watch the blog for a link.
- Virtual Conferences: Thursday, November 19th, 4:00pm - 8:00pm
- Virtual Conferences: Friday, November 20th, 8:00am - 1:30pm     
  **No School for Students**

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas

Book Fair Countdown

 

Friday, November 6th, 2020

Hi Families, 

This week, ask you child about:

- reviewing our poems from the past two months during our Opening Circle routines*

- learning about, and practicing, whole body listening with Listening Larry*

- developing our November calendar to practice the number sequence 1-30 and identify important dates*

- applying patterns in a problem solving situation to:

                  - determine the colour of a specific train car*

                  - determine the number of buttons required for a dress*

- creating 2 or 3 element (colour) patterns for our visual journal cover art*

- collecting data for our Favourite Halloween treats pictograph*

- developing vocabulary to support 'ta' and 'titi' rhythm syllables for our Bouncy Ball song in Music 

- capturing all our 5 senses collages in a final photobooth activity

- illustrating a group we belong to, and the benefits of belonging to the group in "Guess Which Group I Belong To?" 

*Materials/visuals or templates for these activities re available on Google Classroom to support home learning routines, or in the case of a prolonged absence from school*

Some reminders for the upcoming week:

- Wednesday, November 11th: No School, Remembrance Day

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas

Remembrance Day

Dear Families,

Rooms 16 and 17 are hosting a virtual assembly for LBS students on November 10th at 10:40 am, in honour of Remembrance Day.

Did you know that every year from the last day of October until November 11th, tens of millions of Canadians wear a poppy as a visual pledge to honour Canada's veterans and remember those who sacrificed for the freedoms that we enjoy today.

Students will be given a poppy on November 10th and can give a donation at the school office. If you would like to support out local veterans, the Legion is encouraging people to donate online this year. Please follow the link: https://legion.ca/donations to donate to the Legion's Poppy Fund.

Thank you from Ms. Mumford & Ms. Burnham's students.

Save the Date - Virtual Scholastic Book Fair!

Our school’s annual Scholastic Book Fair is going online this year, so save the date! 

From Monday, November 16^th – Sunday, November 22^nd discover the newest books hot off the press, from the comfort of your home. Bonus: Every purchase supports our school and keeps kids reading. 

Friday, October 29th, 2020

Hi Families, 

What a great way to end the week! This morning, we participated in a grade 1/2 outdoor pumpkin scavenger hunt. Each grade 1/2 teacher decorated a mini pumpkin and hid it somewhere in the play zones. Working in a small group, students used pictures to locate each pumpkin, recording the 7 different faces on their recording sheet. See if your child can retell you each of the locations, using the same picture clues: 

Pumpkin 1 clue

Pumpkin 2 clue

Pumpkin 3 clue

Pumpkin 4 clue

Pumpkin 5 clue

Pumpkin 6 clue

Pumpkin 7 clue

In addition this week, ask your child about:

- learning our new poem, "Candy Corn" in anticipation of Halloween treats!*

- journal writing at our just right literacy level using the sentence stems:

               - On the weekend... 

               - On Halloween, Ms. Thomas should be...

- reading the story "The Tease Monster" to learn about positive teasing, negative teasing and bullying*

- interpreting data on a pictograph to answer questions*

- practicing skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s based on a pictographs key*

- listening to the story "Pattern Fish" and identifying each page's pattern core, and the different attributes *

- creating our own "Pattern Fish" illustrations, using a co-created example and checklist for self-monitoring of expectations* 

- applying repeating patterns to solve a problem: Fish Pattern Problem*

- identifying symbols that represent our different levels of community: neighbourhood, local, provincial and national

- completing our final 5 Sense collage: smell*

- developing our understanding of beats versus rhythms in Music with Mrs. Proctor

- comparing stories about being unique: Spookley the Square Pumpkin and the Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt 

*Materials/visuals or templates for these activities re available on Google Classroom to support home learning routines, or in the case of a prolonged absence from school*

Some upcoming reminders:

- Sunday, November 1st: Time Change! Don't forget to change your clocks!
- Tuesday, November 3rd: Photo retakes. 
- Wednesday, November 11th: Remembrance Day. School closed. 
- Thursday, November 19th and Friday, November 20th: Virtual Learning Conferences

Hope you all have a wonderful Halloween in whatever way you choose to celebrate!

Ms. Thomas

Allergy-Aware School

Lake Bonavista School is an Allergy-Aware School. 

Nut allergies are present in our school and classroom population, as are other food allergies. 

We ask that nuts or food containing nuts are not brought to our school. 

We ask that students do not share food during lunch or snack time. 

For more informaiton, please see the Health and Wellness section on the Lake Bonavista School website: https://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/lakebonavista/culture-environment/health-wellness/lunchtime/pages/default.aspx

Sharing Items from Home

Hi Families, 

One of our COVID protocols involves reducing touch points between home and school. If your child has something to share with the class, please consider taking a photo to email me, in lieu of sending the actual item. 

Thank you for your understanding.
Ms. Thomas

Masks

 Hi Families, 

Just a reminder that students must be wearing a mask to enter the school. 

With cold weather on us, it is very challenging for students to navigate their backpack and try to put on a mask with mittens on.

Could I please ask that your child is putting on their mask before exiting your vehicle in the morning? This would ensure their success with putting it on, as well as ensuring they have a personal mask for the day. Every child was provided with two reusable masks in September for use. 

Thank you! 

Friday, October 16th, 2020

 Hi Families, 

We had our first experience with cooler weather and snow this week. Everyday, your child will spend time outside, for instruction and/or recreation, and need to be dressed so they are safe and comfortable.

This week, ask your child about:

- identifying responsibilities at home using our poem, "This is the Way I Help at Home" as a springboard*
- created a detailed illustration to accompany our poem, demonstrating at least two responsibilities we have at home
- reviewing/learning our last Animated Literacy characters: Yy, Qq, Zz and Ee*
- journal writing at our just right literacy level using the sentence frames:
                - "On the weekend..."                 
                - "School is a safe place because..."

School is a safe place because the teachers will put a bandaid on your owie.
They also pay attention to you. 

School is a safe place because it is clean and there is supervisors. 

School is a safe place because my teacher keeps me safe and my friends stand up for me.

School is a safe place because I feel like a family here.
Oh, my heart 💕

- creating t-charts for sorting 3D objects into two groups
- sorting 3D shapes based on their different physical attributes and characteristics*:

                - Roll/Can't Roll
                - Apex/No Apex
                - All Faces the Same/Faces Different

- generated clues with math specific vocabulary to help students identify a mystery 2D or 3D shape*
- demonstrated different ways of recording numbers through a Roll it, Write it, Tally it, Show it activity (grade 1s numbers to 20, grade 2s numbers to 100 and drawing a place value model for tens and ones)*
- discussing different family structures using the book "A Family is a Family is a Family"*
- illustrating our own family focusing on details that identify each person and makes them unique
- brainstorming different ways families are unique: language/culture, celebrations/traditions, sports/hobbies, etc.
- developing symbols to represent the different ways our families are special (i.e. if Halloween is a big celebration in our family, what symbol can we use to represent this?)
- recalling a ladybug's body parts, and listening to non-fiction texts to determine the purpose of each body part
- participating in a Design Thinking activity with Mrs. Proctor and Ms. Durnford based on the book "Stuck"*
- practicing COVID adapted procedures for lockdowns

*Materials/visuals or templates for these activities re available on Google Classroom to support home learning routines, or in the case of a prolonged absence from school*

To end the week, students completed a Guided Drawing, where they follow step-by-step instructions and develop visual perceptual and visual motor skills. Using a checklist, they then completed the additional criteria, self-monitoring for completion. 

To finish the work period, students participated in a Gallery Walk, viewing other student's work, and looking at the unique details each person added. In a Sharing Circle, students volunteered compliments on the work they saw.

Happy crab in a fish tank.

Crabby crab under the sea.

Swimming with the octopuses. 

Hanging out on the beach.

Self-monitoring using a checklist. 

Please see the additional blog notes regarding:

- Headphones
- Waste Reduction Week
- Upcoming Walking Field Trips
- Halloween at Lake Bonavista School

Some Important Upcoming Dates:

- Thursday, October 29th: LBS Halloween Celebrations (details to follow)
- Friday, October 30th: Professional Development Day, no school for students
- Tuesday, November 3rd: Photo Retakes

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thomas

Halloween at Lake Bonavista School

LBS is planning low-key Halloween activities on Thursday October 29. 

 

If children are planning to dress up at school, please discuss plans with them for:

• a costume that is comfortable to wear all day: able to sit down, move around easily and complete school tasks throughout the day,
• regular sanitizing and hand-washing, as usual,
• using an AHS face mask, costumes with attached masks or other “Halloween masks” are not to be worn and are not suitable for preventing the spread of airborne droplets,
• school-appropriate themes (no gore, weapons and so on),
• no shared food to be brought to school.

 

Children are not required to wear costumes and may choose to wear orange and black. If your family does not participate in Halloween, there will be alternate tasks and activities provided.

 

Students will be looking at examples/non-examples of costumes in their classrooms.  Based on the weather, we may hold a costume parade outside. Students are asked to maintain physical distancing during this outdoor event. We will send an invitation via text to families if an outdoor parade will occur. Families will be invited to view the parade from outside the edges of our school field.

October 30 is a CBE system-wide non-instructional day. Please mark your calendars, as this is a ‘No School’ day. 

Waste Reduction Week

Hi Families, 

Next week is Waste Reduction Week: wrwcanada.com 

School lunches can generate a lot of waste, making an impact on our environment. The CBE School Re-Entry Plan asks staff and students to pack-in and pack-out all food each day.  

Students are provided with a paper towel when eating to define their eating space and keep the tables clean. However, next week, we would like to encourage students to start bringing a fabric napkin/placemat from home instead, and see how much of a difference we can make with our classroom waste. The napkin/placemat would travel in the child's lunchkit for daily use, washing or replacing as needed. 

As a reminder, plastic spoons are available on a very limited basis and not a preferred option. Please continue to pack a reusable fork or spoon as needed for your child lunch. In some cases, if your child is working towards independent opening of packages (fruit snacks, yogurt tubes, granola bars, etc.) including a small pair of scissors for food-only use would be appreciated. 

Thank you! 

Walking Field Trips - Next Week

Hi Families, 

 

Next week, the buddy classes of Rooms 7 (Ms. Bouchard) and 8 (Ms. Thomas) will be going on two walking field trips to a park in our local community. 

 

The dates of our walking field trips are:

 

Tuesday, October 20^th in the afternoon

Thursday, October 22^nd in the afternoon

 

The location and route of our walk is:

 

Our walking field trip will be weather dependent; however, we do enjoy being outside in a variety of temperatures and weather. Please ensure your child is dressed comfortably, including layered clothing and boots that are warm and waterproof. Snow pants/splash pants may be a good idea so your child is comfortable sitting/kneeling or crouching on the ground for short periods of time. 

 

Thank you!

Ms. Bouchard and Ms. Thomas 

Headphones

Hi Families, 

We are starting to add technology work into our classroom routines. 

Please send a pair of headphones for your child to keep at school for when they use technology. A simple pair of earbuds will do.

Thank you!
Ms. Thomas

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Hi Families, 

A reminder that tomorrow is a P.D. Day - no school for students. 
Monday is Thanksgiving - school is closed to staff and students. 

See you Tuesday, October 13th!

This week, ask your child about:

- learning, practicing and making real world connections with our new poem about 3D Shapes*

- reviewing/learning new Animated Literacy characters: Nn, Ii, Ww, Vv*

- journal writing at our just right literacy level using the sentence frames:

                - "On the weekend..." 

                - "On Thanksgiving, my family..."

- identifying and labeling a vertice/apex, edge and face on 3D shape models: cone, cylinder and sphere*

- developing our October calendar to practice the number sequence to 31, and identify important events*

- reviewing expectations for Buddy Reading within our Reading Jobs rotating schedule*

- discussing , identifying and recording the different groups we belong to*

- using Google Maps to zoom in and out to see our different communities: world, North America, Canada, Alberta, Calgary, local community

- discussing "What things did the artist use to make this artwork", "If you could touch it, how would the different parts feel?" when viewing a piece of mixed media art

- creating a feeling collage that includes items with different textures*

- completing Montessori nomenclature on the parts of a ladybug 

*Materials/visuals or templates for these activities re available on Google Classroom to support home learning routines, or in the case of a prolonged absence from school*

We continued with our buddy inquiry on ladybugs this week, consolidating our data to see what information we could gather. 

In September, each student observed and recorded the number of spots on 10 ladybugs:

This week, each student shared their observations, and we recorded them in a very rough bar graph. Ms. Thomas did not take into account many factors when she initially planned the graph:

Finally, we discussed how data needs to be organized when you are sharing it with an audience. So, we used an online program to create a published bar graph:

Student conclusions from our data:

"The most common number of spots on a ladybug is 6 or 7"
"Ladybugs must have at least one spot"
"Ladybugs seem to have spots where the numbers are in the middle - not too high and not too low"

Students generated some personal questions for inquiry about ladybugs that we hope to answer in the upcoming week, including whether or not "The number of spots is the age of the ladybug in years" is true. 

Today, students shared their family traditions for Thanksgiving and it sounds like you all have a wonderful weekend ahead of you! Enjoy your time with family! See you on Tuesday!

Ms. Thomas

Halloween at Lake Bonavista School

This message also came through a School Messenger from Mrs. Jones on October 3rd:

Everyone is keenly aware of the changes we have all had to make in our lives due to COVID-19. At school, we have been discussing how celebrations and events can continue in ways that fit within our current protocols. We recognize that many children and families love to share their creative talents through costumes and make up for Halloween. This year, we will include time to recognize Halloween in a low-key way:

• simple costumes that can be comfortably worn all day,
• no accessories,
• no shared food,
• adapted ways to share/parade.

Children are not required to wear costumes or may choose to wear orange and black. If your family does not participate in Halloween, there will be alternate tasks and activities provided.

Watch for more details in classroom blogs over the next few weeks.

Friday, October 2nd, 2020

Hi Families, 

What a gorgeous week of Fall weather! Students are enjoying being outside at various time of the day, participating in guided Phys. Ed. activities, free play and explorations of nature during lunch and recess. Please ensure your child is coming prepared for being outside at different times of the day, as our mornings are becoming quite cool and usually require a light sweater or jacket in addition to a t-shirt. 

Ask your child about:

- learning, practicing and counting down with our new poem about ladybugs*

- exploring the parachute during outside Phys.Ed. 

- generating a vocabulary list for talking about 2D shapes vs 3D objects*

- listening to the book "Shhh!" to springboard our discussion on our sense of hearing*

- identifying mystery sounds in a "Guess the Sound?" activity*

- brainstorming words that come to mind when viewing an image, as part of a shared writing Found Poetry

Our completed Found Poetry shared writing.
Ask your child about the process.

- reviewing/learning new Animated Literacy characters: Ff, Cc, Bb, Ll, Gg*

- completing Word Work to support these letters, at our just-right literacy level

- honouring the Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada on Orange Shirt Day*

- discussing "Which place looks quiet?", "Which place looks noisy?" and "What would you hear in each picture?" when viewing "Looking Over Broadway" by Red Grooms and "Rooms by the Sea" by Edward Hopper*

- exploring what is means to be indigenous*

- recognizing Orange Shirt Days by finishing the writing prompts:

                    - I matter because...

                    - School should feel...

- sorting 2D shapes and 3D objects*

- creating a hearing collage that includes items with different sounds*

- identifying and labeling vertices, faces and edges on models of 3D shapes: cube and pyramid*

- developing our awareness of school citizenship through a shared reading of "Rights and Responsibilities" 

*Materials/visuals or templates for these activities re available on Google Classroom to support home learning routines, or in the case of a prolonged absence from school*

Some reminders for the upcoming weeks:

Friday, October 9th is a Professional Development Day - No school for students
Monday, October 13th is the Thanksgiving holiday - No school

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Ms. Thomas

October Scholastic

 Hi Families, 

Scholastic Digital Flyers for October are now available online! 

Please see the information below for viewing and ordering information.

Thank you!
Ms. Thomas

Virtual Open House

Dear Families, 

Our Room 8 Virtual Open House Video 2020 is now available on the LBS YouTube Channel.

Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!
Ms. Thomas

Thursday, September 24th, 2020

 Hi Families, 

What a lovely week to celebrate the beginning of Fall! We managed to wrap up a couple of tasks this week, while continuing with our literacy and math routines. 

Ask your child about:

- observing, counting and recording the numbers of spots on 10 ladybugs*

- exploring hexagons, rhombuses and trapezoids with Shape of the Day*

- reviewing/learning new Animated Literacy characters: Rr, Hh, Jj and Kk*

- completing Word Work to support these letters, at our just-right literacy level

- journal writing: On the weekend...

- smelling mystery spices and flavourings to access "smell memories" - who, where and when does it remind you of?

- looking at the piece of art "Pie Counter" by Wayne Thiebaud*

- discussing how artists make images that appeal to our senses of smell and taste

- creating a food collage that includes foods with different tastes: sweet, salty, spicy, bland, juicy, etc.*

- self-assessed our work using our collage success criteria*

- celebrating the changing of the seasons by viewing the book "Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn"*

- illustrating what we enjoyed from Summer (Goodbye Summer), and what we look forward to in Fall (Hello Fall)

- stamping leaf patterns to connect to our new Fall poem: Autumn Leaves*

- sorting warm and cool watercolours to paint the leaves (warm) and background (cool)*

- laughing at "The Very Grouchy Ladybug" with our buddies from Ms. Bouchard's class*

- participating in an "un-taping ceremony" to celebrate each others works of art

Autumn Leaves Art
What's your pattern core?
Do you have a shape or direction pattern?
Which colours are warm? Which are cool?

- participating in our Lake Bonavista School Terry Fox run with our cohort

*Materials/visuals or templates for these activities re available on Google Classroom to support home learning routines, or in the case of a prolonged absence from school*

Sea of Blue!
Getting Ready to Run for Terry Fox!
Thank you School Council for our LBS Shirts!

As part of our literacy learning, we are beginning to explore logging on to school computers, using the same information that was sent home earlier in September. Navigating a keyboard is tricky but worthwhile work for early literacy learners. If you would like to support your child at home, you can open just a blank Word document, and have them practice typing their Student Number (which is their login at school) and password. 

A reminder that tomorrow is a PD Day for teachers, no school for students.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Ms. Thoams