Walburger's Class:

Students will be bringing home their science assessments that we wrote last week. It was multiple choices, with a few short answer questions. The assessment can be located on the Blyburger folder under "Bly-Science Assessment Folder". You will need to look at this PDF to know the questions they were asked. This was PAT style where they read the question on the ipad and then answered on an answer sheet. Most students have a good understanding of Crime Scene and Investigation and trees and forest, they are working on learning strategies to solve multiple choice tests. Please go through questions with your child, sign the assessment when you are done and send it back by Friday, March 13.

• On the blog, there are videos, extra practice and textbook chapters on triangles, angles, democracy and etc. Please look there for extra supporting documents if needed. Please contact me if you have any questions. Thanks
• Student led conferences will be March 19. Look for information on DGS website.

Bly's Class: Cross Country Skiing on Monday! Please make sure that your child dresses in layers (extra gloves and socks), packs a lunch (there will be no microwaves available) and leave valuables at home. We hope to get back by 3 or 3 :15 but highway driving conditions may result in a delay of a few minutes.

Walburger's class: Thank you for completing your homework last night. It was a fantastic and rich discussion today. I look forward to further conversations, discussion as we continue to look at different perspectives. For homework this weekend: Remember to continue to listen in the news about the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Route. Also, take a look at your Charter of Rights and Freedom Projects, we will present on Monday... I forgot to ask if there were two groups that want to present on Monday.

I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. The next few weeks leading up to spring break will be very busy. Please make sure to keep updated by looking at the blog.

Cross Country Skiing on February 19 (Walburger), and February 24 (Bly). Please make sure that your child dresses in layers (extra gloves and socks), packs a lunch (there will be no microwaves available) and leave valuables at home. We hope to get back by 3 but highway driving conditions may result in a delay of a few minutes.

Spring Pictures will be tomorrow

Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00, Ms. Walburger will be offering extra math support as well as other subjects if required.

Thank you!

A few Updates:

• Spring pictures are on February 18th.
• No School Thursday, Feb. 13 and Friday, Feb. 14 due to Teacher's Convention
• No School Monday, Feb. 16 due to it being Family Day.

Cross Country Skiing will take place:

• Feb. 19- Mr. Bhandari's and Ms. Walburger's classes with Mr. Bhandari and Ms. Walburger will stay and teach those not going.
• Feb. 24- Ms. Kohlman's class and Ms. Bly's class with Ms. Bly and Ms. Kohlman. Those not going will stay with the other grade 6 teachers.
• Skating at Century Hall: March 4-- weather permitting.

• Thank you to all of our volunteer who came with us on our field trip. Students were very respectful and did a great job while we were there. We will continue to work on our investigative skills in science.
• Quick Reminder, for those of you attending the optional Cross Country ski trip, you need to have your forms returned and have PAID your fees before February 7.

Ms. Walburger's Class:

• We discussed What success was? How do we know that we have been successful. We then started to look at the pyramid of success that Coach John Wooden used with the basketball teams he coached. We have just started to look at the bottom of the pyramid. Students have been tasked with having a conversation about why these skills are at the bottom of the pyramid. They are Industriousness, Friendship, Loyalty, Enthusiasm, Cooperation.

Please remember to bring back your Police Interpretive Centre and Cross Country Skiing forms.

Police Interpretive Centre: January 28, 2020

Cross Country Skiiing: Dates will be determined when we have all forms in.

Please contact Ms. Walburger or Ms. Bly if you have any questions about these trips.

Thank you for the thoughtful gifts. We appreciate the hard work you have done through out the last few months. We wish you and your families a very happy and safe holiday. School will resume January 7th.

Ms. Walburger & Ms. Bly

Students have worked hard during this week to complete assignments. During our morning activities we have enjoyed some music activities as we begin the holiday season. Students have been enjoying learning different beats/rhythms and patterns using different materials. Ms. Walburger's class worked on and presented their Reader's Theatre Skit and will perform to grade 4 students next week. Ms.Bly's students used buckets to perform different beats and rhythms.

Article writing has been a focus in Ms. Walburger's classroom as they worked on their Newspaper project using the lens of a Reporter. They had lots of background knowledge from their station work to use. Articles are due on Wednesday. (work done in class)

Students are working hard to design and paint their tree cookies with a scene their tree cookie may have experienced when it was a tree. :) They are looking amazing. We will continue using our tree cookies in January to learn and show our learning. We will post on IRIS by Thursday about the image on our tree cookie.

NEXT WEEK Dec 16-19: Christmas SPIRIT WEEK

Monday: Crazy Hair Day with Christmas Crafts from 12:00- 12:25 in learning commons

Tuesday: Twin Day with movie in the Learning Commons from 12:00-12:25

Wednesday: Santa Hat Day with Caroling in teh Learning Commons from 12:00-12:25

Thursday (early dismissal 12:00): Ugly Christmas Sweater Day!

Current Learning:

• We have finished our last in class session to complete our Science Stations on Trees and Forests. All Stations are due on Friday to Miss Bly. She will keep track of who completed and submitted the assignments.
• We have completed one Newspaper article on current events at DGS. These will be submitted to Miss Bly by Friday. Please print out a copy and hand it in.
• Math Transformations and patterns continue to be our focus in Math.
• We have started Guided Reading Tasks looking at Non-fiction and Fiction texts around Trees and Forests as well as independent Close reading tasks for our whole class novel Pax. Students have picked books from the Learning Commons to read in class to connect to our Guided Reading tasks. Please make sure your book is in class everyday of the week, even if you bring it home.
• We will be watching "The Lorax" this week to connect to our Human Impact around Trees and Forests. Students will be taking meaningful sketch notes to demonstrate their understanding and major themes. They will look at this from the lens of a Journalist. This will be our Provocation into a larger Newspaper Project for the month of December.
• We continue our analysis and interpretation of Visual Literacy through Editorial Cartoons and Science diagrams.
  • Don't forget to keep working on your multiplication, division, addition and subtraction.

• Thank you everyone for coming for conferences. We enjoyed meeting with you and celebrating the work students have done. We also enjoyed sharing next steps of what students need to do to show their full understanding.

Current Learning:

• This week we are finishing up our science stations and will get started on our final tasks.
  • If students are done stations they are welcome to work at lunch and after school until 3:30 on them.
• We continue to look at Newspaper articles so that we can learn how to write our own.
• In math transformations and pattens will be our focus for the next couple of week.
  • Don't forget to keep working on your multiplication, division, addition and subtraction.

Watch for homework about music coming home with your child in the next few days. :) super exciting

• Please Remember that Parent Teacher Conferences are November 21, 2019 from 1pm-8pm.
  • If you are unable to sign up using the website please contact your homeroom teacher.
  • Ms. Bly: enbly@cbe.ab.ca
  • Ms. Walburger: jlwalburger@cbe.ab.ca

• Students did a great job today with the first set of shots. Remember to move your arm lots it will help it feel better.
• Hip Hop-performance on November 15 at 6. Let your teacher know if you are attending or not.

Current Learning

• Science Stations on Trees and Forests: Students will cycle through 5 stations to show their learning in a variety of ways.
• Editorial Cartoons- Students listened to Fred Curatolo an editorial cartoonist from the Edmonton Sun on how he creates, through illustrations and labels, an opinion and expresses it through a cartoon. This is visual literacy (kids were excited it was the same as our "Toon Tuesday"). The cartoons encompassed a variety figurative language that we are learning in Language Arts such as: idioms, symbolism, hyperbole, personification
• Math- We did a PAT Quiz Part 2 on Number Sense and Computation to assess their number computation for the stem of the report card. Students will be explicitly taught how to multiple and divide decimals.
• Debates- We continued to use the House of Commons procedure as our debating format

At home students should be reading reliable news sources for current events and practising their basic Math facts.

• Hip Hop- Students are starting their "Step" dance routine for their performance on November 15
• Vaccines are November 12
• Remembrance Day Assembly is Friday, November 8

Fresh News Fridays: Have an article about a news story that happened in Canada? Bring it in on Friday for a class discussion.

This week we looked at this article and discussed connections to Bill 21: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/muslim-athlete-disqualified-noor-alexandria-abukaram-hijab-cross-country-race-in-ohio-high-school-runner/

• Spirit Week is next week:

Monday October 28

What: DIY Crafts

Where: Ms. Wolframe’s Room

When: 11:50 - 12:10: grades 7,8,9 and 12:10 - 12:25: grades 4,5,6

Tuesday October 29

What: Garfield Halloween Short Film

Where: Learning Commons

When: 12:00 - 12:25

Wednesday October 30

What: Short Story Contest

Where: Share Stories In Learning Commons

When: 12:00 - 12:25

Thursday October 31

What: COSTUMES- no weapons or masks

When: Second Half Of The Day

Other news:

Tuesday October 29:

• Picture Retakes
• Vaccine Forms due

• October 4: Math Check In
  • Went home with both classes, please bring it back signed by Friday.
  • This was the first Check in and we noticed a few things:
    1. Students need to read each question carefully. It seemed like they rushed through the instructions.
    2. In the writing portion, students did not write a paragraph connected to Balance. Students connected lots of the topics to Balance, however did not provide reasons.
  • We sent this one home so that you can see what the check in's will look like in the future.
  • Working on Basic Facts with your child is important on a daily basis.

• Students participated in Student Vote on Thursday. They did an excellent and professional job in organizing and leading grade 5-9 through student vote. Results will be shared Tuesday morning.
• Ms. Walburger's class did not bring home their Check in Assessments from Oct. 4. Hopefully they will be sent home on Monday. :)

• Texas Donut Orders are due online by the 17th of October. Orders will delivered to the classroom on October 25th.
• This article from CBC.ca provides homes with an opportunity to connect with the Federal Election via text message. Students with their parents and guardians can engage in a conversation around the upcoming Election and put forward any questions you may still have.www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sms-texting-election-questions-1.5298085
• Students are expected to complete the following tasks in class by Friday, October 18th, 2019: Speaking task on Bill 21 and uploaded to IRIS (share with both Bly and Walburger), Google Groups discussion question on the Veldt and Good Copy of their Imagery Paragraph.
• Our first Math and Writing check-in assignment is coming home on Friday and is expected to be signed and returned on Monday. An explanation of the tasks will be posted on Friday.

*If students do not finish these tasks during the time given in class they will be expected to do it between 8:00am-8:30am and 3:00 and 3:30pm at school. This will be used for assessment. Anything completed at home as per CBE policy can not be used for assessment purposes. Extra work and/or conversations at home that support student's learning are still encouraged.

• This week we researched the political parties so that we had a basic understanding of each one. We were then put into a political party where we will begin to gain a deeper understanding of how ridings work. From this we will learn how the House of Commons work.
• In math we continue to work on word problems and reading our questions carefully. We have done some multiplication/division tree problems, and chance and probability questions.
• Forms: Please sign and bring back the following forms for Monday or Tuesday at the latest:
  • Demographic Form
  • Revised Digital Citizenship Form
  • Media/FOIP Consent Form

• Group 1: Discuss what different points of view and perspectives were highlighted in the article on Bill 21. What are some arguments for and against this new bill?
• Group 2: Discuss the different political party's at home. How do they make their decision? What is their main platform that helps them to make decision?
• Group 1 will talk about the political party's on Wednesday, and Group 2 will have a discussion about Bill 21.
• Bly: In Google Groups we started a discussion on Friday about our what's trending article analyzing Mayor Nenshi's letter published in the Global and Mail. Students began a response to the question about what are the two points of view in his letter.
• The Veldt by Ray Bradbury uses literary techniques such as imagery to enhance the story. What is imagery? What does Bradbury describe using imagery?
• Mental Math APP that you can download to practice adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing is Mental Math Cards
• Key vocabulary: democracy, consensus, secularism, imagery