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.