April 27, 2024

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child 

that knows poems by heart.”― Rainer Maria Rilke

Amazing activities for Earth Week. Students loved to participate in each of them and were fully engaged. Taking care of Earth is a reminder to be kind to each other as well. Next week on Thursday, running club is starting. If you want your child to take part in it sign the consent form in SchoolCash. Volunteers are welcome. We will run every Tuesday and Thursday 11.25am-12.05pm. They will lose the recess and they  will have extended time to eat lunch. 

FLA: Focus for our words is the letter G that makes different sounds combined with consonants and vowels. During our literacy groups we are starting to write and draw a story. Keep your reading routine. End of May we will start reading evaluations.

Math: Measurement. We worked on reading a numeric and digital clock. Complete the homework for Tuesday. Make your own clock for daily practice. Next week we will start lenght, width, aria and perimeter. 

ELA: We did an agamograph and wrote a paragraph about Earth-Recycling. We also completed Chapter 6 from our novel. If students are mising school or want to re-read a chapter, I attached in gclass a link for audiobook.

ES: Students are working on research for their animal. The final paragraph/presentation is due May 6.. The presentation for the mask is in my blueprint for the most of the students.

Phys Ed: We had a financial presentation and we discussed about money. We are completing an activity in class. We are playing badminton-we started with the serve. Good skills so far. 

This should be all for the week. Enjoy the long weekend!

April 20th, 2024

"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures 

of infinite beauty." —John Ruskin

Spring is here and Mother Nature is changing her clothes. We had a kick off assembly for Earth Week. We will have  a lot of activities linked with Earth Day. Well done to our Eco Squad team and the choir.  Monday -the Pledge for Nature, Tuesday-learning outside, Wednesday-The Big Gulp-bring reusable  water bottle, Thursday-Community Clean-Up, Friday-Earth Hour.

FLA: We started the last literacy cycle. The focus is to write stories and draw pictures/ images. We will draw pictures to illustrate each paragraph. Our daily 5 continues. We completed a new activity for oral communication and the video is in their My Blueprint.  Keep up with daily reading.

Math: New unit: Measurement. A suggestion is to have an analog clock around the house to practice daily.  The unit is in google classroom. 

ELA: We finished reading chapter 5. We had a drawing activity as an extension of our reading. City of Ember using 2 colours and other colours specified in  the chapter.  I hope that the bean seed is germinating already. Keep observing it. The ones at school did not as they are not exposed to the sun.

Science: Masks are completed. Painting will happen nest week. Students should have a printed picture of their animal .We did quite a lot of research .  Next week we will complete and write the paragraph. We will use google docs as some of students might find it useful to use speech-to-text feature. 

Feel free to join us for Nature Walk or Community clean-up. We will mark in the agenda the time., most likely 1.30-2.20pm

Enjoy the weekend!

April 13th, 2024

“April rains transform fields from plain, 

to lovely wildflower-filled terrain.”— Unknown

Welcome back from spring break. We had a good week . Thank you volunteers for cutting the plaster. We will be ready to build our masks on Tuesday. We will start in the morning 8.30ish am. Students will work with a partner: one is modelling, the other will build the mask on their partner's face. We will use Vaseline as a base to avoid skin irritation and baby wipes after mask removal. If there are concerns about having the mask built on their faces let me know. . Bring hair tie/band or something to keep hair back.  We will need some parent -volunteers to ensure a smooth development. Let me know if you can help us anytime during Tuesday: 8.30-9.30 or 10.00-11.30am. Check message in their agenda, if a payment needs to be made in SchoolCash. 

FLA: We completed the reader's theatre shows and we are ready for the last literacy cycle. We will write stories and draw pictures for each paragraph. This will help with structure and visualization. We continued Daily 5 and journal entries. Focus for our words this week is eu/eur.  pleurer, aveugle, un admirateur, adieu, une fleur, le meuble, un alternateur, je veux, meubler, un feu, des feux, un jeu vidéo

Math We completed Module 5: Fractions and Decimal Numbers. Next is  Measurement. 

ELA: The City of Ember.We finished Chapter 4 and as an extension we planted a white bean. Some plants will stay in class and not be exposed to sun as is Ember. The ones who are home will be observed as well and can be exposed to sun and heat. We will compare. We also had a discussion-see the quote. (Clary put a hand in her pocket and drew something out. “Look,” she said. In the palm of her hand was a white bean. “Something in this seed knows how to make a bean plant. How does it know that?” “I don’t know,” said Lina, staring at the hard, flat bean.“It knows because it has life in it,” said Clary. “But where does life come from? What is life?” p.67)

Science: We completed the reflection on our vehicles. I was pleased to see some different ones (e.g. using a mouse-trap). Students who were not successful with their vehicles can work home and upload a video in their MyBlueprint.  

ES: Alberta's History continued. Reflection and key concepts. Also, we are finishing the archaeological activity from the field trip to Fort Calgary. 

Phys Ed: Handball-team play.

Extra

-Friday, April 19th 10.10 am-Earth Day Assembly

Enjoy the weekend!

March 29th, 2024

Happy Easter

We had a good week. Thank you parents for joining us on Wednesday for our Reader's Theatre show.. I was pleasantly surprised to see  that some of the students memorized the lines as I suggested. Great exercise for French fluency. Students will present again on April  12, 2024 at 10.30 am. I forgot the I-Pad at  school so I can not upload the videos now. If parents have some pictures of videos, please upload them in our photo album. 

Our Fort Calgary trip was great: we learned a lot, the activities were engaging, the coordinators were very knowledgeable and the students behaved amazingly. Well done! Also, thank you volunteers for being there and for getting involved in all learning activities. 

Check google classroom for some assignments.

Take the time to relax and refresh during the spring break and encourage your kids to keep a learning routine. The main idea should be: Learn a new thing everyday and do not get bored, find something to keep yourself occupied.  Read, write, paint, draw, play, help around the house, ....

Enjoy the break and if you celebrate: Happy Easter! Joyeuses Pâques!

March 23, 2024

Last snow?!

We accomplished quite a lot this week. We had a Indigenous Land Based presentation=storytelling, we finished presentations and projects. Also we had Spring Picture Day. 

FLA: We are ready to present our plays for Reader's Theatre. One presentation will be on Wednesday, March 27 and the other on Friday, April, 12 at 10.30am in our class. Parents are welcome. We are working on text structure intoduction and details. We still have to hear some stories about a Leprechaun in a Forest. 

Math: Decimal numbers. Homework is addition and subtraction for Tuesday.  We did a few in class as example.  Paper in google classroom.

ELA: We finished reading Chapter 2 and started a drawing of a town: one point perspective 

ES; All dioramas were presented. and the videos in My Blueprint.  We will study an animal, research , write an expository paragraph and build plaster masks. I will need some volunteers to cut the rolled plaster in small pieces and then after the spring break we will have a day when we will make the masks. We will mold the plaster on our face and then build animal features. 

Science: we finished building the vehicle in class and there were quite a lot of them that were successful. The condition is to travel 3 meters in a straight line (as much as possible). Some of them were fast as well. students who were not successful brought the vehicle home to finish  for next week.  The videos are in My Blueprint.

Phys Ed: We played team games-basketball.

Extra:

If your child is at school on Thursday, March 28 for our field trip please pay and sign forms in SchoolCash. On that day: eat breakfast, pack brown bag lunch and water bottle, dress for indoor/outdoor activities. We will meet at the entrance doors and leave right away-we will not enter the school, just to use washrooms.

Enjoy the weekend!

March 16th, 2024

Signs of Spring 

We are ready for the equinox  on the 19th, Spring pictures on the 20th and a lot of exciting activities.

Thank you for visiting and participating in our Student Led Conferences. Students did an amazing job showcasing their work. I did see a lot of enthusiasm, maturity and pride in taking this leadership role. 

FLA: We are working on our Reader's Theatre and we will finish before the spring break. The plays will be performed first week back. Finish the short story about a leprechaun in the forest for Monday. 

Math: We will start decimal numbers on Monday. 

ELA: We are on Chapter two from our novel City of Ember. So far we picked up jobs and we had some writing tasks.

Science: We will build vehicles and they will move using air (baloons) or mechanical force (elastics). I have most of the items, they should bring something to use for wheels and the body of the vehicle (I have a few bottles). 

ES: Some of the students painted the canoes and are approaching to the end of the work on diorama. We will do presentations next week.

Phys Ed.: We played handball and some games outside.

Extra:

-School Cash: Fort Calgary trip-I have my three volunteers, if you want to join us, let me know. Extra volunteers need to drive there and pay the entrance ($10). Also you will see a $6 charge for masks. We purchased plaster and we will build masks to represent an animal from Alberta. Along with the masks we will do research and write an expository paragraph. 

-Nature walk as usual on Tuesdays.

-No more dirty plastics collected at Glenbow -student have to bring home and recycle them. 

Enjoy the weekend!

March 9, 2024

Daylight saving: Spring forward

Well done for all students preparing, presenting and coordinating the Voyageur Games. It was not an easy task, but they showed a lot of knowledge, courage and leadership during the day. The school enjoyed all the games and learned while playing about our history. We also celebrated yesterday International Women's Day-we did a Fun Run supporting girls and women around the world that are not enjoying equal rights. This initiative was supported by Gr.4 Leadership students (from Early Act young branch of Rotary Club). 

FLA: During our literacy groups we are working on Reader's Theatre plays. We hope to be ready and present the plays by the end of the month. (If not early April)

Math: The part of fractions from our module is finished. We are ready for decimal numbers.

ELA: We are doing a novel study City of Ember. by Jeanne DuPrau . We also read aloud in class, it is a great practice for them. 

ES; We discussed about ways of communication. Some of the ideas can be used in the diorama.

Science: we used different kits to build objects that use simple machines. Good work in teams. We will build a vehicle that use air or mechanical force to travel. 

Phys Ed: Broom ball and handball.

Looking forward to seeing you for conferences this week. Kids are excited to show their work as well.

Enjoy the weekend!

March 2nd, 2024

French Culture Week

We had a week filled with various French Culture activities. We weaved a mini-sash and braided bracelets for Kindergarten and reading buddies, learned the steps of a traditional dance, learned about Métis, did a smudge, bingo (we won...hooray! ), sugar shack, built an Ice Castle, explored French characters and participated in the game filling up an answer sheet, received the visit from Gr. 5 FI from Mitford, French Show in the gym ,prepared the Voyageur Games (those were postponed for next Friday due to weather). 

FLA: Daily 5, Francophonie activities and poster, Pink Shirt Day discussion.

Math: Calculating fractions from a whole and working with a number line.

ES: We finished Family Tree presentations. We had discussions about fur trade and voyageurs. We are getting ready to prepare a diorama showing the Indigenous ways of life- we have our boxes, I have the modelling clay...we will plan and build it next week. 

Phys Ed: voyageur games, broom ball and handball.

Enjoy the snow! Keep warm!

February 18th, 2024

Happy Family Day!

Great week!We were busy working with Mme Carolane on a fraction task completing the  4 levels of difficulty, doing presentations, learning about 7 Grandfather's Teachings specifically Love represented by the Eagle, reading, exploring and writing in our journal.  We identified various definitions and meanings for Love. Love as friendship was shown on Wednesday when all students brought  sweets and cards for their peers (and  for me, thank you a lot). We had a little party to celebrate Valentines Day=kindness, appreciation, joy to be surrounded by good people. 

Take advantage the vacation week and relax, refresh, recharge with positive thoughts and energy. Spend time outdoor and stay active. Keep a routine of reading, writing, math and arts/crafts. I am looking forward to seeing you all on Monday, February 26th.  That will be French Culture Week.

Enjoy!

February 10, 2024

Happy New Lunar Year, The Dragon

There are so many events these days that is hard to choose a greeting. This year is a leap year-February having 29 days, at Glenbow is Kindness Month, St Valentines and 100th Day of school, New Lunar Year starts today,  Black History Month, French Culture Week ...St. Valentines we will celebrate it in our class as friendship, appreciation and kindness.

FLA: Reader's Theatre-practice reading the play. Monday dictée.

Math: M5-Fractions and decimal numbers. We did the front page and worked on lesson 1.

ES: Alberta's history-Indigenous people-relation with nature, territory, culture and tipi. We read and discussed about the First Nations and represented the key information. We also did a tipi which will be part of a diorama. We are getting ready for French Culture Week as we will organize the Voyageur Games. 

Science; we read some of the books about simple machines. 

ELA: We continue working on some comprehension texts about the Groundhog Day, paragraph and journal. Final test for WtW was on Wednesday. 

Phys Ed: Students are preparing a mat routine to wrap up the gymnastics unit. it is required to include 5 of each: rolls, balance -on different points, yoga poses, movement. They can work individual, with a partner or group, maximum 5 in a group. They are allowed to use music if desired. . Presentations on Thursday. 

Extra:

-Thank you for those who sent a tissue box. If you did not send one this year, please do so.

-We sent the postcards and bracelets for Special Olympic Game athletes, Well done to all students for contributing and putting so much passion into it. Consider watching the games as a family. The Olympics are starting Feb 27. 

This is all so far.

Enjoy the weekend!

February 3rd, 2024

“A new month marks a new beginning 

and a fresh start.”– Winifred Kal

We started the month by setting the calendar and reading the intro page. Ask you kids about the virtue of the month -Loyauté- Trustworthiness. Yesterday we read a text about Groundhog Day. Six more weeks of winter?

FLA: We started the Reader's theatre. Some students took the text home to practice reading. Don't forget to bring it back on Monday. Words of the week: Inviter,une  invitation, un lapin, un sapin, introduire, une  introduction, un chemin, le matin,, un moulin.

Math: Exploratory activities for division, pattern and equations. We also started Math afternoon groups. Our tasks are from Mathletics and has the purpose to reinforce math skills. One group is working with Mrs. Babin.

ELA: We work on journal entries. Also we finished a narrative paragraph. Another task was to make friendship bracelets and write postcards for athletes in the Special Olympics 2024. Regarding word work, we will complete the Words their Way structure and we will have the revision test on Wednesday. Sometimes we are reading on Epic-we reached 100 books. Way to go!

Science: Students are doing presentations for the pulley that they built. We will continue on Monday. The videos are in their My Blueprint. 

ES: Alberta's history-we will learn about and explore the First Nations in Alberta. At the end of the month Grade 4s will have a big role in French Culture Week activities. 

Phys Ed: We are continuing the Gymnastics Unit.

Extra:

-We are running low on tissue paper-Kleenex. I have 2 boxes left. If you did not send one at the beginning of the year, I would appreciate if you can send one next week. We have plenty of cleaning wipes- Lysol.There is no need for that. Thank you. 

-School Cash-March 28-Field trip to Fort Calgary-email me if you want to volunteer

-Do you have some extra time at home? I need a volunteer to measure, cut and bundle up some yarn. Let me know if you can help and I will give more directions. The things are needed before French Culture week (26 Feb-1 March).

Enjoy the weekend!

January 26, 2024

Projects

Great week! We have some projects underway: One of them is linked with Special Olympics Canada Winter Games taking place in Calgary Feb 27-March 2nd. We are writing postcards and making bracelets for the athletes. Those will bring joy, will encourage and will support the participants in their competitions. 

FLA: We will start the 3rd cycle of literacy. The focus will be Reader's Theatre. We will work on the text and will get ready to present the plays at the end of the cycle.  Monday dictée as usual-practice your words.  Reading log for January will be due on Wednesday. 

Math: We finished Patterns and Equations and we are doing some exploratory activities. Long division skills are getting stronger and most students are able to verify their answers using multiplication and addition. Math groups will start on Monday afternoon and will continue for four weeks. We have four groups focused on strengthening the numeracy skills.  Mrs Babin will help in Grade 4. The work is based on Mathletics'material, Chenelière  and manipulatives.

ELA: Journal entries, word work, reading comprehension. Students discovered amazing words during reading time: super-words.  Students received their words their Way- work on day 1 and 2 activities to practice them.  We are working on a unit about building paragraphs. The first one is narrative. 

Science: We used building sets and made drills and other objects that have/are simple machines. We are still gathering materials to build a pulley. 

ES; We almost finished the presentations for our brochure/flyer and we started Alberta's history. the first topic is  about  the treaty=linked with the land acknowledgement. 

Phys Ed: Gymnastics-mat work and equipment. 

Extra:

-We updated My Blueprint-you can see some of their projects there

-Feb 15 Family Movie Night at Glenbow.

-On March 28 we are going to Fort Calgary. Soon the field trip will be in School Cash. If you are available to volunteer, email me directly. I will be allowed 3 volunteers for the class. Extra volunteers will need to drive themselves and pay the entrance.

Enjoy the Weekend!

January 19th, 2024

Resolutions

We had a mixed week. It was great to be outside on a walk and breath mild winter air. As you know it was colder Thursday and Friday so we had indoor recesses and that requires some outdoor time in the weekend. Looks like the weather is nice the following days. We were very productive and kids worked hard. Check My Blueprint as we managed to add some pictures/videos of our work. 

FLA: We are working as a class on a folder learning about Ideas and structure of written text. Daily 5 is focused on sounds, vocabulary, verb conjugation and communication. We accessed Epic books and did some reading there as well. Words of the week: autant, un plancher, une pensée, immense, un centimètre, la confiance, une distance, durant, envoyer, prendre.

Math: Ongoing long division-the strategy to solve it takes longer to be understood. We will solve 1-2 long division each day. Some students are taking it further writing the answers as decimals. That will be our next module. Well done! We are working on lesson 4 on equations. This is a short unit Patterns and Equations. We will wrap it up next week.

ELA: Journal writing for January-each day students are choosing a topic from the calendar provided. Students received the list of words-practice day 3-sort and alphabetize the words. Tuck Everlasting poster is finished. We will do presentations next week.

Science: Simple machines-we completed some activities and discussed types of simple machines. Next week we will build pulleys.

ES: We are doing the presentations for the brochure. I printed the pictures and they finished the good copy home. There are a few more students left for next week.

BAM: We were drumming this week. If you are interested Mrs. Heschl-Ball has a presentation Tuesday evening.

BAM Parent Session -  Tuesday, January 23rd

Have you heard your child talk about the BAM program?  Are you a parent that would be interested in hearing more about it?  We are excited to share that Mrs. Heschl-Ball will be sharing some information about the BAM (Body and Mind) program that she runs here at Glenbow.  This session will also include some drumming!    You can experience first hand what your student does once a week with Mrs. Heschl-Ball and their teacher. She will start with "Heart Focused Breathing", have a gratitude circle, learn about Djembe drums (have a drum circle) and then finish off with a compliment circle. This will all be in the course of 30 minutes so hang on tight for a wild ride! Just joking, you should actually feel pretty relaxed by the end of the half hour (We hope !!)

There are limited spots available for these sessions.  We will offer two sessions - 6:30 - 7:00pm and 7:00 - 7:30pm.  You can sign up for the sessions on School Conference Manager

This is for parents only. 

Phys Ed: Gymnastics unit. We did stretches as warm up and rolls and balance. Equipment arrived and we will have activities on mats and equipment as well. We emphasize safety a lot as they tend to use the same level of energy as for team sports.

Well done on the work done at home to support your kid's learning. Most of the kids completed the homework. Practising at home will help a lot. Keep the routine. Suggestions: Lecture 30; Do not forget to record the 30 minutes of daily reading. Math 20: multiplication and division, Writing 10: neat printing, printing numbers, copy the words of the week for Fr and En, grocery list, thank you notes, sentences, personal diary...

Enjoy the weekend!

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to school! I am happy to see you refreshed and relaxed. New year, fresh start, full of energy and ideas. 

FLA:Words this week are focused on long i sound made by the combination /-ill/. We started with a bingo to practice asking questions and gather information about activities done this winter break. We are also working on verbs. Cycle 2 of our literacy groups ended. We will take a break and work with Mme Caro and M. Aymen only. 

Math: We learned long division. Remember, the key for this one is multiplication tables. We started a new module: Patters and equations. We had some exploratory activities and we worked on lesson 1-identifying numerical and position patterns.

ELA: We have a calendar for January journal entries. Students can choose the topic for each day. New words will be given next week as we had quite a few absents this week. We are working on a vision board and discussing new goals for this year.  We accessed Epic booksin class. The info is in gclass. The site can be accessed for free during the school day. If you want it at home, there is a membership fee as a family. You can still access  from 8am-3pm if the kids are absent.

ES: We advanced in our work for brochure. If you need more details, you can find the description in gclass from Dec 17. 

Science: Simple machines. Is the human body a simple machine? We discussed about it, we observed and we built a robot finger. 

Phys Ed; We will play hockey before our gymnastics unit which starts on January 22, when the equipment will be installed. in the gym.

BAM: Olfactory awareness. Mrs. Heschl-Ball challenged us to identify different smells and discuss the impact on us.

Extra:

-dress for the weather-snow pants, tuque, gloves....

-I check the agendas in the morning. In the afternoon is signed by class captains

-French Immersion info session at Elisabeth Barrett on Thursday, Jan 18th at 6.30pm-check the gazette

-Playground Fundraiser event for adults only-check the Gazette for info. I also sent a copy of the invitation in their agenda. 

That's all for now.

Stay warm and see you Monday!

Joyeux Noël! Merry Christmas! 

Happy Winter Holidays!

We had a fun busy week. Each day we had a holiday theme and an activity. We enjoyed the last days with our elf, even that he was a bit naughty. Check the photo album. 

Thank you so much for your gifts, cards and thoughtful messages. My gift is enclosed in a star-shape paper plate: an angel, an ornament, a glass jar, a chocolate ball and sugar cane.  Kids can decorate as they like the wood ornament. The small glass jar is an idea for your family. Complete the best memories from 2023, kids wrote two things in class  and every year near Christmas, as a family, complete the memories for that particular year. You can build a tradition if you want. 

Ready for winter celebrations? I hope you take the time to spend beautiful moments with family and friends. Relax, recharge, spend time outside and  have fun!

You can check google classroom for some updates on our classwork and suggestions for activities. Let me know if  there are questions.

 We will see each other in the new year, January  8th. 

Happy New Year!

Last week before winter break

We completed the Holiday Bingo. Thank you so much for sending items for our Activettes Food Bank.  Next week we have theme days starting on Monday with Holiday Hat Day. The schedule is in the Gazette and our photo album. In our class we have 5 balloons and each of them has an activity proposed by students. every morning we will pop-up a balloon and discover the activity. Heads up that one of them is spending the full day outdoors. We do not know which day it will be, so dress for the weather. I plan a bunch of activities to do outdoors and I am curious if we can manage to be outdoors the whole day. I will adjust the activity accordingly to weather and other situations arising. I will bring tea with honey, but if you have an extra jar of hot chocolate to share with us it will be great. 

FLA: We will not have the literacy groups this week, but Mme Caro and M. Aymen will keep their schedule with us. We are writing a story to go with our snow globe. Dictée on Monday, we will have more Christmas and winter vocabulary for the week.  Reading log  for December will be due in January 8th.

Math: We will play math games and work on more basic division. Also, we will learn strategies in multiplication with 2-digit numbers. 

ELA: Last set of WtW---Words their Way was sent Friday. Probably the test will be on Friday. I will send home a reading log for English to be completed over the winter break. 

ES: We are working on a brochure. Details in gclass.

Science: New unit-Simple machines.

Extra:

-Carolling in the morning-Monday, Thursday, Friday. Dress rehearsal on Tuesday. Wednesday assemblies at 10.00am anf 1.00pm. Our class will perform at 1.00pm

-Thank you a lot to parents helping us in class and during our field trip to Mitford. It was an amazing trip  walking there, baking sugar pies and doing a bunch of French activities with Gr 5FI.

Enjoy the weekend!

Snow and fun

Holiday Bingo! Thank you for your donations. Students were happy to take them under our tree and to decorate the paper globes. I attached the updated Bingo sheet in our gclass. You can still send items until Friday.

Also, thank you to parents who helped with sewing the initials on the Christmas hats. Kids enjoyed it a lot and persevered. Not an easy task, but very rewarding.

We have an elf on the shelf. We named him Timmy. He was nice so far: brought us hats and timbits.

Check School Cash, please and sign the consent form. On Friday, December 15 we are visiting Gr 5 FI at Mitford to do some French activities. There will be some baking involved: sugar pies.

FLA: Words of the week are focused on sound /E/=ai, ay. Check gclass. The literacy groups are going well, all students are working hard and learn reading strategies in guided reading, verb conjugation and communication skills. Keep your reding routine and mark in the reading log. I sent the reading log late, feel free to complete from the beginning of the month. Marking the reading sessions creates a sense of responsibility. We will write a story Trapped in a snow globe. Check gclass for details.

Math: We finished our basic multiplication and division unit. We are ready for a test next week. Until the end of December, we will work on some 2-digit multiplication and long division.

ELA: Word work with the Words their Way program continues. Practice using the daily suggestions. Also, reading aloud in English will help. Christmas is a good time for them to receive chapter books and try more complex reading. For reading comprehension we are working on a final project linked with our novel. Students chose to represent settings, characters, or storyline. We hope to do the presentations near the end of the week.

ES: We finished the presentation for each region. We are ready for a project.

Art: We did a painting Winter trees at Night. Check the photo album. Also, we used some you tube tutorials to draw holiday items.

Phys Ed: Team games with focus on sportsmanship.

Extra:

-dress for the weather and be responsible for your items.

-next Friday is the last time for library before the winter break.

-Carolling in the gym every morning Dec 18, 19, 21,22. Assemblies at 10 am and 1.00pm on Dec 20th.

Enjoy the snow!

Let the celebrations begin!

Mark your calendars: there are a lot of beautiful celebrations at Glenbow. 

Holiday Bingo at Glenbow starts Monday, Dec 4 and will end Friday, Dec 15.. Our class has a card and it is attached in the google classroom if you want to know the specific items that we need to collect. If you do not read French, the kids will help. This is optional. All items will be donated to The Cochrane Activettes Food Bank.

Morning carolling: Dec 18, 19, 21,22 from 8.15 to 8.45am. 

On Dec 20th we will hold two winter assemblies. Our morning assembly will be at 10:00AM and morning Kindergarten, Grade 1s, Grade 2s, and Mme Krystal's 2/3 split class will be sharing a song.The afternoon assembly will begin at 1:00PM with our afternoon Kindergarten, Grade 3s, Grade 4s, and the choir performing. The performances will be recorded and shared with parents if you are not able to make it that day.

FLA: We are doing our routine of journal writing, Daily 5 and literacy groups. The focus is verbs and guided reading. Students completed mini-posters for être, aller, avoir and 1st group verbs ending in -er. They get more comfortable with conjugating the verbs. Well done! The students showed their creativity making mini-books after I read a book during the week-Que se passe-t-il dans la salle des profs? Half of the class did the presentations already. Fun ideas.

Math: We finished our Module 3. We will play some games and reinforce the concepts. Multiplication tables should be known in order to solve the word problems and division questions. During Mad-minutes =multiplication drills There are less students who are slow, some errors are present, but not concerning. Daily practice helped a lot.  Bravo!

ELA: We started a final project for Tuck Everlasting. Students have a choice to create a visual representation (eg. drawing, comic strip, ...) of settings, characters or story line. We brainstormed in big groups 3-6 students, then plan individually or with a partner and final work=good copy, independently or with a partner. 

We are doing more entries in our journal and I can see development in their written ideas. New set of words  for Words their Way (WtW) will be given Monday. 

ES: We completed the study of more regions. We took notes and used visuals to learn about animals and plants in each region. 

Phys Ed.: We played team games while keeping the same focus on target games. We are reinforcing team playing, sportsmanship and collaboration. On Friday, we played tag games with Mme Marie's class. 

BAM: On Monday we did drumming. Mrs. Heschl-Ball is away for 2 weeks. 

Extra:

-Nature Walk: beautiful weather for a walk while observing and exploring the surroundings. One of the students brought their binoculars. What a great idea! 

-Reading buddies: With Gr. 1s we played Go Fish, in French and they practised numbers.

-Thank you for sending rocks and toilet paper rolls...we were busy decorating in Leadership. There are some pics in our album. 

-December 15 we will visit Grade 5FI at Mitford and do some fun activities with them in French. Let me know if you are available to walk with us there.Time: 9.30am-1pm. Merci

That should be all for now. 

Enjoy the week end!

“Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. 

They’re underused.” —Tommy Lee Jones

“November always seems to me the Norway of the year." 

-Emily Dickinson

We are getting used with snow again and take advantage of good weather to be outside. The sun is still inviting us to explore the outdoors.

FLA: We are starting the verb conjugation in a more formal way. The goal is to build correct sentences and offer more meaning when we express our ideas. Daily 5, word work, journal writing and  reading are our routine. I finished the reading evaluations for French. We are getting ready for our next literacy cycle that starts on November 27. Next week we will focus on English evaluations. 

Math: Multiplication games, strategies, exercises and drills. Practice=memorize timetables for 6 and 7. We are working on lesson 5. Next week we will start division.

ELA:  Independent work on Tuck Everlasting audio book. Students listened and wrote short summaries for chapters. We will complete the audio book next week and work on a novel project. Word work continues-Tuesday we will have our spelling test.  

Science: A lot of good and creative  ideas on how to re-use and re-think waste! Thank you for your work. 

Phys Ed: Target games

Extra:

-Leadership: Rock painting for winter holidays-bring a rock the size of your hand and ideas to decorate.We brainstormed and we are waiting for more ideas.

-Photo orders due by Nov 22

-Literacy night at Glenbow-Nov 23rd

-No school on Monday Nov 20th

Enjoy the weekend!

Lest we forget!On se souvient!

Well done to everybody for their work in assembly: MC, poem reading, choir, wreath carriers). Thank you for participating in our assembly!

We had a good week overall, some energy and noise in the class.  We spend a lot of time on classroom management and organization.

FLA: Daiy 5, journal writing, wordwork, guided reading. First cycle of literacy ended-we will start reading evaluations. We had some writing tasks linked with remembrabce day. Mots de la semaine: SON-gn-/ˆn/:  gagner, le gagnant, épargner, signer, une signature, mignon, soigner, un signal, un araignée, un agneau. The sound is a bit different than the writing-check the pronunciation- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiMdrOrKK04 

Science: We discussed the Rs of recycling: re-think, re-use, re-purpose, repair, reduce.... The goal is to use objects from your recycling and

give them a new life. A can, a jar, toilet paper rolls, cereal box,  a coffee jar, plastic bags, old t-shirts, ...Be creative, be crafty, reduce waste! 

The final product should be brought to school by Monday, November 13.

Need ideas?  https://upcyclemystuff.com/65-upcycling-projects-for-kids-super-fun-craft-ideas/

Math: Memorize timetables x2,x3,x4,x5. There is a multiplication table at the end of the agenda.The mad minutes are attached in classwork-material. We are working on Lesson 3 in our unit. Skip counting is a strategy for learning the multiples and strengthening multiplication skills. Count by 2 until 24 (multiples are 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24).

ELA: Word work, journal writing and novel study. Reading aloud is strongly recommended. encourage your kids to read chapter books. Reading evaluations will start as well. 

Art: Remembrance Day theme-We used water colours to paint a book mark, made a paper flower and attached it to a picture of our hands. They look great. +Poppy flower from a plastic bottle.(if the magnet is not strong enough for their flower add another one).

Phys Ed: Target games. 

BAM with Mrs Heschl-Ball- the topic was : Do you feel a connection with your school? It was a great discussion.

Extra:

-Nature walk on Tuesday

-Métis Week Nov 13-17

-Nov 23rd: Family Literacy Night at 5:00 - 6:45pm.

Enjoy the weekend!

Daylight savings time—

why are they saving it, and where do they keep it?

- Anonymus

We started the week with a visit to the Eco Centre. We learned new things about what and how we can recycle. Halloween day was fun. Thank you families who sent treats for the class. The kids enjoyed it. Have a look at our photo album. 

FLA: Journal writing, literacy groups and Daily 5 activities. The focus for our weekly words was soft G-words posted in google classroom.

Math: We started a new unit Module 3-Multiplication and division. Lessons and multiplication drills are posted in gclass under classwork/material. multiplication tables should be memorized. There is a table in the agenda that will help them. Next week focus x4 and x5. Math20 practice should include multiplication. Students who are behind with Math homework for addition and subtraction will receive a new copy on Monday-I did not have time to do it on Friday. 

ELA: Our art piece was accompanied by a writing piece-a paragraph describing the potion prepared in the cauldron. Words their Way was sent home on Friday. Practice Day 1 and 2.

Science: The Rs in recycling. Start preparing your mini-project for upcycling=re-purposing, reusing things that you would normally put in recycling or garbage.. Brainstorm. Decide what you would like to do. Gather your materials. Be creative. Description in gclass. 

ES: Most of the students finished their slides about Alberta in pictures. Have another look and make sure your presentation is ready to be shown. 

Phys Ed: Last person standing=running challenge. Well done to everybody. We had 5 students still running after 25 minutes. Next unit is Target games.

Extra:

-We will do a craft for Remembrance Day. Bring an 1L or 2L empty pop bottle-preferably rounded bottom=one similar with Coke bottles.

-Thank you for sending toilet paper rolls-keep saving those for us. 

-Leadership students started their clubs-students have a large offer of clubs

-Thursday at 10.30am-Remembrance Day Assembly. Parents are welcome.

-No school Friday.

-Nature Walk on Tuesday 1.35pm.

“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; 

we borrow it from our children.”– Native American Proverb

Our week's focus was on environment. We gathered things that we are not using anymore and we traded them. We also had an Eco presentation .Monday is our field trip to the Eco Centre. We will have lunch at 11.00am (the hot lunch will be ready for us at that time) and we will start walking at 11.30am. Dress for the weather-hats, gloves, snow pants, boots, jacket. The walk is around 40 min and we will be outside most of the time. We will walk back and be at school around 2.00pm. 

FLA:Les mots de la semaine-Un gardien, la vinaigrette, un jongleur, grâce à, guider, une baguette, malgré, une galerie, goûter, un gorille. Daily 5 and literacy groups. Next week we will start reading evaluations GB+ in French and F&P in English. We already had 2 books in our guided reading and they activated reading skills. I think that we will get a real snapshot of their reading/comprehension abilities.

Math: We will finish the test and start a new module Multiplication and division. They should memorize the timetables and practice daily. We will do it in stages-complete the tasks that will be written in agenda. 

ELA: WtW-Day 1 and 2 over the weekend. I do not have more paperclips-kids should save the ones received or provide them a ziploc to keep the words organized. We finished Ch 10 from our novel. 

Science: We examined the objects in our desk tray we decided which items are useful/not useful and they can be kept or exchanged. We also observe mold on some perishable items. We will discuss the Rs and upcycle some items. Details to follow.I sent some individual emails regarding the field trip. If you want your kid to participate, please sign the permission in SchoolCash.

ES: Grade 4 board with travel Alberta is getting filled up with pictures. Well done! You did visit our province. We also describe landscapes/landmarks on postcards. 

Art: You can see in our photo album the cauldron. That piece will be accompanied by a written piece -You are a busy witch preparing a potion. Describe the potion-ingredients and purpose...

Extra: 

Halloween-On Tuesday we will have our classes as normal in the morning. Bring your costume (if any) in a bag. They will wear them in the afternoon. If you send treats for the class-there are 23 students-9 boys and 14 girls. Let me know if you want the names. The hallway activities will be as follow from 1.00pm to 2.00 pm: dance party, movie, board games, arts/crafts. Each will be hosted in a classroom and kids can choose what they want to do.  If you do not celebrate Halloween, it is fine-kids can play board games or watch a movie.  Let me know.

Nature walk-we will find a day during the week to go outside.

Photo re-takes-Thursday, Nov 2nd . If you are not using the sample pics, send them to school. We might use them for crafts.

Toilet paper rolls? Please, save those for us and send them to school. 

There was a message in the agenda about being nice: there are complains about few students who are not behaving nicely during recess-unkind, unsafe, impolite., aggressive. We talked a s a class and I discussed with individuals. Have a discussion with your kid, reinforce social skills and always refer to our PBIS chart: Be respectful/safe/responsible. If this continues, I will invite certain families at school to have a personal conversation and find strategies to help the kid navigate social situation. It will be a great opportunity to find some playmates and establish playdates  for your kid.

Enjoy the weekend!

“October extinguished itself in a rush of 

howling winds and driving rain..." J.K. Rowling

It was a pleasure to see you this week during the conferences. The sessions were short for the first round, until next time we will showcase our work in My Blueprint. 

Raz-kids is updated with new books; let me know if I need to make modifications for levels. The way that they unlock new level is by completing the books in one level and passing the comprehension quiz. If they find that the level is not appropriate, I have to adjust from my side. We will keep Raz-kids as a tool to read/listen and reinforce comprehension at home, not for evaluation. 

FLA: Literacy groups continue-good work and focus. Daily 5 and journal are tools used to learn. Words of the week: La bibliothèque, pourquoi, parce que, quatrième, quitter, unique, expliquer, une équipe, une réplique, quand.

Math: We are finishing our Module 2-homework for Monday is subtraction for three-digit numbers.  Next week we will work on subtraction and addition in word problems. 

ELA: We were reading Ch 9 from our novel. Words their way -spelling test on Monday.  We are doing some reading comprehension; one of the texts is Candy Corn.

Science: Biodegradability- we discussed about time required for certain thing to biodegrade. Next week we will set up for observation various items . As part of our unit we will try to do an exchange of items. Things that you are not using anymore or you think that will go in the garbage, bring them for our exchange market. One person's trash is another person's treasure. 

On Tuesday we will have a presentation from  Cochrane Eco Centre and our walk might be cancelled.

ES: Facts about Alberta-research. We almost completed the facts about Alberta. Students picked up three post cards representing Alberta. Choose one and describe the landscape or landmark. The writing should be on the left side of the postcard. In class we will complete the right side for the destination. Soon we will start working on a brochure about Alberta. 

Extra: 

-Eco Squad and Chess Club started this week. Choir for Gr.4 on Thursdays.

-Do you want to save some empty toilet rolls for us?  We would love to have them for crafts.

-Field trip form in SchoolCash-please sign as we will go to Eco Centre on Monday, October 30th. 

-Take Me Outside Day was sunny  and warm so we managed to do some fun activities outdoors. 

-October 30th-Halloween Party and Costume in the afternoon. Prepackaged treats are welcome-kids also love pens, stickers, small toys...Dollarama is a good source.

-CPF, Canadian Parents for French, Pumpkin Carving Event

This is our annual family event in French! 

A great activity to speak French outside of School and meet other kids in French Immersion.

It is FREE for CPF-Cochrane members or 10$ per family for non-members.

We will provide the pumpkins, snacks and tools, you provide the creativity! 

Come dressed up in costume or wear old clothes as there’s going to be lots of pumpkin guts and gore!

Location is EB (enter main doors, there will be signs to an empty classroom close to the park entry doors). 3-5pm Friday, October 27.

RSVP: CPFCochrane@gmail.com Please reply with the number of pumpkins (1 or 2 per family) by Wednesday, October 25th

Keep warm!

“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. 

They take their time and wander on

this their only chance to soar.”-Delia Owens

We are back after a beautiful Thanksgiving weekend. We are getting ready for the conferences on October 18-19. Make sure you reserve a spot. Your child should be present. 

FLA: Literacy groups started on Tuesday with guided reading and Daily 5. We also had an intro to verb conjugation. Occasionally I will post in gclass links for listening. Students should know by now to look for Ecoute de la lecture on youtube. It is applicable for French and English. Most of the concepts in FLA are transferable to English. 

Math: We are working on subtraction: estimation, mental math strategies and calculation. The homework has 2-digit number subtractions as it is easier to apply the mental math strategies. We will focus on calculation during the week. 

ES: We are doing research about Alberta-Important facts will be gathered and written in our handout. See gclass for details. Grade 4-Travel Alberta board-if you visited a beautiful place in Alberta and if you have a picture with your kid, please send it to school. (eg. at Lac Louise, in Kananaskis-ski resort,  Banff Gondola, Calgary Tower, Fort Macleod, ) The picture should show as well the landscape or the landmark. 

Science: Decomposers. 

ELA: Word work, novel reading and parts of speech (verbs, nouns, adverbs, adjectives). We did some vocab and reading comprehension. Do not forget to write in the pink log your reading sessions. 

Art: Shading and texture-we applied these techniques in drawing pumpkins. One in pencil and one in colour ( pencils/crayons). They seem very realistic, they pop-up. 

Extra:

-It's getting chilly outside: dress for the weather, please. 

-for winter crafts we will need a lot of toilet paper empty rolls. It will be greatly appreciated if you can save those for us.

-On Tuesday, October 24th  afternoon we will have a presentation about waste and recycling from Cochrane Eco-Center. The visit to the EcoCenter will be on October 30th-11.30am-2pm. If you want to join us as volunteers, please send me an email as I do not have access to SchoolCash.

-CPF, Canadian Parents for French, Pumpkin Carving Event

This is our annual family event in French! 

A great activity to speak French outside of School and meet other kids in French Immersion. It is FREE for CPF-Cochrane members or 10$ per family for non-members. We will provide the pumpkins, snacks and tools, you provide the creativity! Come dressed up in costume or wear old clothes as there’s going to be lots of pumpkin guts and gore!

Location is Elizabeth Barrett School (enter main doors, there will be signs to an empty classroom close to the park entry doors). 3-5pm Friday, October 27.

RSVP: CPFCochrane@gmail.com  Please reply with the number of pumpkins (1 or 2 per family) by Wednesday, October 25th

Enjoy the weekend!

Joyeuse Action de Grâce

We had a delicious week . Thank you everybody for contributing to our Stone Soup. Kids loved the soup and participated with enthusiasm. We did a lot of learning around it.

FLA: We continued with our daily journal. The stamina for writing is increasing. We discussed recipes for soups and we listened to a story about sharing, being nice and working with others.. We are doing our daily 5(Les 5 au Quotidien) Next week we will start the literacy groups with Mme Nathalie, Mme Caro and M. Aymen. Mme Nathalie and I we will focus on guided reading while the others on Daily 5+ communication skills in French. Tuesday we will have dictée=the spelling test. Les mots de la semaine: soft c=/s/: placer, un garçon, ça, une façon, un espace, ce/cet/cette, cent, ces, décider, une douceur

Math: We worked on addition with/without regrouping. Kids have homework adding 3-digit numbers. Next week we will start subtraction. 

ELA: Words their Way (WtW) -keep practising daily. We will have the spelling test Wednesday or Thursday. We read Ch 6 from our novel and discussed adverbs and contractions. Students worked on text comprehension as well. 

ES: Alberta's map-we marked towns and places known in our province, also discovering new ones. Students coloured the map marking the regions. We will discuss each region as a class. 

Phys Ed: Passing and receiving the ball. We even managed to play a basketball game to apply skills.

Extra:

-Tuesday, Oct 10=Nature Walk at 1.35ish pm

-Student Led Conference October 2023 will open to parents on Wednesday October 11, 2023 at 3:00 PM. Please book your spot -students will be proud to show their work so far. You can access the Conference Manager at https://glenbow.schoolsoft.com/login.jsf.

-I am grateful to see more confidence and courage for students doing morning announcements.

-Well done for those getting involved in Leadership

-Mrs Hancock started her Choir for Gr 4s on Thursday lunch recess. It was a lot of interest in that.

-Soon Boys and Girls club will start running the chess club at Glenbow.

-I am proud of their involvement in keeping the class clean and organized. I have a lot of volunteers to help and showing responsible behaviour. Please emphasize at home as well this. 

-I appreciate your agenda messages/emails.  Thank you for keeping me in the loop

Enjoy a weekend full of gratitude!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Âba Wathtech

We acknowledge the land…..

We had a great week with inspiring activities and discussions.  We celebrated The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation throughout the week. Also greeting and being grateful for Mother Nature and all surroundings. We watched a beautiful reading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUa6U0DcxKw . Next week is focused on Stone Soup. Monday we will harvest, then go to pick up all ingredients from our ‘market’ then Thursday we will cook the soup. We welcome all volunteers on Thursday morning.

FLA: We read about Phyllis Webstad and her childhood orange T-shirt story. We learned more about the residential schools, and we did write a message about why every child matters.

Math: The focus was estimating sums. Estimation is a very important skill in Math-rounding up/down the numbers and predicting sums. Mental math is focused on strategies: 1. add hundreds, tens and units; 2. Go to the closest hundred and use adding and subtracting (197+ 345 197=200-3200+ 345=545-3=542 so 197+ 345=542); 3. Counting: 197=split in 100, 9 tens and a 7345=445=(by 10s to count 90)455,465,475,485,495, 505,515, 525, 535=add 7=542. Each strategy is better with certain numbers. Try all of them. The important thing is that when they calculate, they are not using pen and paper.  Math homework is due on Monday.

ELA: We had the first spelling test in English, and they receive the second sort of words. Practice Day 1 and 2 from the booklet or use your own strategies to practice. We will have the spelling test on Wednesday.  We continued with our novel and had some tasks for story writing.

ES: Students completed the map work for Canada. On Tuesday we will have a presentation from Canada Parks about Grizzlies.

Science: We discussed about waste in nature and animals/plants/decomposers.

Extra:

-Wednesday, October 4th, is picture Day.

Thursday, October 5th-Stone Soup Day- bring a bowl and spoon.

Friday-No school for students

-Nature walk: we did some drawing outdoors.

-Leadership: We welcomed Sue Carpenter and Kirsten Spanwick from Rotary Club of Cochrane as we are Early Act-the young wing of the club. Leadership students will have three amazing projects throughout the year.

-You will see in our photo album three pieces of wood. How should you feel at school? We brainstormed and we came up as a class with words: happy, encouraged, respected. The pieces of wood will be part of a school project.

-Please, do not send the kids with toys at school. They tend to use them during class and become distracted. They should use those before, after school and during recess.

Enjoy the beginning of fall with its splendor of colors!

“I set daily goals for myself, and it’s really important that I achieve them..." Terry Fox

We had a good week focused on Terry Fox.  We started the week with setting short term goals. We will do this every Monday and write them in the agenda (top left). One personal goal and one academic. We follow Terry's example and show focus, perseverance and grit. Thank you for sending a twoonie for Terry and/or donating online. Every little counts!

FLA: We continue with our Daily 5. Words of the week are focused on final letter that is silent. Monday we will have the dictée. We read the Terry Fox story and we did write a letter to him : Cher Terry, ...Students had the opportunity to write a message for him explaining how his actions impacted us. It was a great opportunity to link this topic with our Positive Behavior chart. We also found personal hero and explain why that particular person is our hero.  We completed the personal presentation booklet Moi and some students are still working on their time capsule. 

Math: We are working on lesson 3 classifying the numbers using Venn and Carroll diagrams.

ELA; We started word work-( message in agenda as WtW =words their way). Use the booklet for focused practice each day. Spelling test on Tuesday. If I determine in class that kids are not ready we will do it on Wednesday. We are reading Tuck everlasting by Natalie Babbitt-we finished chapter 3. I added the link in google classroom if they miss a day when we are reading. 

Science: We started the unit on Waste in the World

ES; We are working on geography skills-Canada's provinces, territories and capital cities. 

Art: We read the book The Dot and we created our own piece of art using dots. 

Extra:

Leadership at Glenbow. We had our initial meeting on Wednesday. Grade 4 students interest in taking leadership roles at Glenbow will have the opportunity to get involved in various activities. Some  of them are projects in Early Act  with Cochrane Rotary club, developing leadership skills, running clubs at Glenbow school. I am impressed by the high number of students present and eager to get involved.

The focus for next week is  Truth and Reconciliation . We will observe this next Friday. Until then we will have a lot of exciting activities.

Thursday is Orange T-shirt Day. 

We have reading buddies sessions each Monday with Mme Belding's class. Also BAM with Mrs Heschl-Ball.

Tuesday 1.30ish is our Nature Walk.

Library is every Friday. Bring the books for exchange or renewal.

Enjoy the weekend!

("-")

“Every moment is a fresh beginning.” – T.S. Eliot

We had a full exciting week. Almost everything is set.

FLA: Every morning we start with our journal entry-describing things and answering questions. The goal is to write four sentences using capital letters and correct punctuation. We did the Daily 5-Les 5 au quotidien routine-Read to self, Read with someone, Writing, Listening to reading, Word work/play. For a while we will do the routine as a class and then, students will be in groups doing the activities independently. We also completed a flip booklet and got comfortable using the dictionary. During snack time we have word games or read aloud activities. 

I really enjoyed they brown bag presentations and the museum. Some pics are in the photo album.

Math: Intro to Math -number sense. we counted and wrote the numbers in letters. We need to practice as well neat and correct printing of numbers. The challenging digits are 4, 5 and 6. Keep a daily routine to reinforce basic computation skills.

ELA: We are reading Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. While I read, some students are following along and/or completing activities in their sketch book. This week we worked on a new cover for the book. We had the initial test for word work. I am using Words their Way program. Next week they will bring home English words to practice.

Nature walk: We went on a walk in the near by park. Students explored, gathered natural items-leaf, rocks, wood, bark- and created some nature art. Check the photo album. We also chose a tree buddy. Kids named their tree . Our weekly walks will be on Tuesday 1.35pm. If you want to join us as a volunteer please let me know. 

We are doing Gr 4 jobs-recycling paper/clean plastic and morning announcements. 

Our library time is every Friday. Keep the books clean, safe and organized. Students are required to sign out a French and an English book.

Agenda: Thank you for checking agenda every day. It is a good opportunity to talk about their school day. I did see a lot of personal homework notebooks and I am happy that they are showing responsibility for their learning. The small tasks can be completed on a personal homework notebook, scrap paper, lined paper, post it....if it is loose paper keep it in the plastic pocket in front of agenda or blue homework folder.  Please emphasize neat printing.

Anyone else is interested in Scholastic? I will submit the orders received by Tuesday.

Next week, on Friday, we will celebrate Terry Fox. Assembly at 1.00pm followed by the run on the school field. Join us. We are getting ready for the run during Phys Ed class.

Here is the link for Terry Fox donations.  Students can bring a twoonie for Terry on Friday, or parents can donate in their students School Cash Online account or go directly to the Terry Fox Site if they want to make a larger donation that requires a tax receipt.  

Glenbow Elementary School - Cochrane, AB | Terry Fox School Run

I think this is all for now. Let me know if there are some questions/concerns

Enjoy the weekend!

Dear 4U Families,

It was a great first w​eek together, a lot of energy, a lot of activities and routines to get the year started. 

We will have a great year together!

The summary of our week:

We are getting to know each other, establish routines and strategies to work.

Students had a few evaluations and group tasks to give me an idea about the initial level and help me plan the learning. You will see it in Power School with short comments, but it will not be calculated in their final mark. This year we will work on strategies to reinforce our knowledge.

Your task will be to keep a daily learning routine and help them grow.

My recommendation for home routine-that I also teach in class: 

Lecture 30: daily reading for 30 minutes in English and French. Record in their reading log. It will be collected once a month. Weekly, I will check the page. Please help your child to record the title of the book, author and pages/minutes read. Some of you recorded minutes. Excellent! Adjust my tools to fit your kid's learning style. In class we have assigned time for reading after lunch. I read to them during snack, and we will start a read aloud in En: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt. Every Friday afternoon, we have library time, and students can exchange books. They are required to take two books: one Fr and one En. Soon we will start Raz-Kids. That site will be used for reading at home and in class.

I sent home scholastic booklets Fr and En, if you are interested in buying books. Code class RC144279. If you are not interested, recycle the papers.

Mathématiques 20: daily math practice-basic facts, small tasks marked in their agenda message, weekly handouts when they need to work more formally, math games. In Math I am using French version of Math Makes Sense. The units will be added in google classroom for your reference. In class we will have exploratory activities, mad minutes for multiplication and division, individual and group projects, games.

The units are not followed as in the textbook as I believe that some skills need to be developed first: I am starting with Unit 2: Number Sense. Whole numbers and next will be Unit 3: Multiplication and division.

 We will work intensively on vocabulary as Math will be challenging in French. 

Ecriture 10: daily writing for 10 minutes. I start my day with a journal. Students have a question on the board when they arrive and need to write a minimum of four sentences. Practice writing at home too; encourage your kid to keep a personal journal, write birthday cards, grocery lists, copy the words of the week, copy neatly a paragraph from a book/newspaper/magazine....In the first part of the year we will learn cursive writing and on the second we will do typing, once a week.  Words of the week in French will be focused on a sound and written in the agenda. Dictée (spelling test) on Mondays.

In English=ELA, I am using Words their Way. We will have the initial test, and I will group them by abilities. We will start next week. 

Agenda: Please read and sign agenda daily. It is a proof for me that you are in the loop. We will not use full sentences there, so ask your kids to give you details. We discuss and explain the tasks in class. Eg: Practice counting 1-100 (Compte 1 a 100) =orally ask your kid to count in Fr from 1 to 100 or find a video for counting in Fr., count books or pages from a book, count rice, count toys. 

If the kid is not able to explain the message send me a quick email and I can give you details.

 The agenda has a lot ​of resources throughout: maps, multiplication table, strategies...

-Photo album: check the album with our class snapshots. You can join the album and use the pictures for yourself, but you are not allowed to use and post on social media if other kids are in the picture. Link in the email.

-Google classroom- I initiated one google classroom to add links and documents for learning. Students can log in at home using the email and password taped on the first​ page of their agenda. I will invite you as well, accept if you wish.

Tips to refresh and help them love French Immersion:

-listen to French radio stations, or watch French TV, French music, speak French with your kid or facilitate them to speak French with siblings, neighbors, extended family, ...

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/prescolaire

https://www.radio.fr/s/radioenfant

-Links for French organizations useful for families: 

https://cpf.ca/en/ 

https://www.facebook.com/cpfcochrane/ 

https://centredappuifamilial.ca/en/ 

https://www.afcalgary.ca/ 

I will read the forms received, learn about your family and update the email list for my communication with you. Thank you for returning them so quickly. Let me know if I have to make adjustments for email addresses.

Enjoy the weekend and keep in touch. 

Mme U 

Dear 4U families

WELCOME TO A NEW AND EXCITING SCHOOL YEAR!