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2020/01/30 (day 3)

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Reminders: No School tomorrow - PD day Report cards: A copy of your child's report card will be available online after 3:15 pm today through your Parent PowerSchool Account.  Full instructions on how to access the report are available in the attached PDF document:  MyCBE-Accessing-Online-Report-Cards.pdf .  When you view the report card, you will notice the following statement,  **Not Official Report Card ** .  The reason for this is because the Official Student Record (student file housed at the school) contains the  only  official copy of the report card. This online copy is the same as the official copy the school will file. From home you may save this report card as a PDF or print it for your own records. Yearbook sales: VAS Yearbook sales will continue next week until Friday, January 31st. Please purchase your copy before noon on Friday. Yearbooks are being sold for $15.00 per copy. Once the fee has been paid, you will be able to print your own receipt if you des

January 29, 2020 (Day 2)

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Today: Abi: we had science and we wrote and made a picture about how we can change the direction and speed of a pulley- ask me how it works! Lily: we started this thing where you write the different parts of a sentence on a paper and we mixed the parts up and made funny sentences Ask me what the different parts of a sentence are! Lexi: we read How To Train Your Dragon during snack Lily: we put our research project on IRIS Ask me to show you! Lexi: we got our letter - LA COOpération Remas: in math we did a math discussion about our next unit on Number Sense Ask me what the question was! Dane: we went outside and we ran around playing revenge tag

2020/01/28 (day 1)

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Reminders: Skating forms due on February 6 (we are going skating on February 11) Yearbook orders due on January 31 Today: Lily: we got a presentation from Abi & Remas and David & Rhys on the Rocky mountain region of Alberta Dane: we had gym and we did gymnastics and we got to climb up to the roof  David: in science we did more Lego and we did something about pulleys Maya: we got our letter - LA COopération Eliana: we had music - in music we played our recorders Brodie: we did paragraph writing in French Remas: we did lecture for 30 minutes in French Lexi: we started reviewing what we need in a sentence

01/27/2020 (day 6)

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Reminders: Please see yellow skating form in my orange folder - due on February 6 Today: Eliana: we did physical education and we opened up the Canadian climber Zoe: some of us presented our routines  Remas: we had a math quiz on pictographs and bar graphs Mattias: we did blogger Maya: we wrote a paragraph about whatever we wanted and if we didn't know what to write about we can write about the weekend Ask me what I wrote about! Charlotte: we got our letter - LA Coopération Abi: we read in English or in French for 30 minutes Lily: we played a math or literacy game when we were done writing Zoe: people also presented "les contreforts" - Elané & Annalise and Kai, Dane & Marie Zoe: we read the book "Patate" and it was really funny

2020/01/24 (jour 0)

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Today: Lexi: we continued our science Lego project on wheels and axels. All of us finished. Remas: we did catch-up work and read in French for 20 minutes Lily: we went outside for recess Charlotte: we didn't get our letter today for the first time Zoe: we had presentations on the parkland region of Alberta by Mazen & Brodie, Charlotte & Lily and Jeremy & Mattias

01/23/2020 (day 5)

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Reminder: French grammar homework on "le genre du nom" due tomorrow Yearbook: École   Varsity Acres has once again partnered with Jostens, Canada’s largest creator and distributor of school  yearbook s, to produce a  yearbook  this year for all students.  Yearbook s will be sold for $15.00 per copy starting today, Monday, January 20 th  until Friday, January 31 st  2020. The purchase of a  yearbook  is optional.  If you choose to to purchase one,  please complete the payment on your PowerSchool account .  Once the fee has been paid, you will be able to print your own receipt if you desire.  Our school  yearbook  will help build pride and community for our students with memories to last a lifetime. Thank you for your support and we look forward in sharing our school  yearbook  with you and your family. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact M. Daniel McKenna at  dkmckenna@cbe.ab.ca  or at (403) 777-6090. Today: Dane: we went outside and played r

01/22/2020 (day 4)

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Reminders: French grammar homework on "le genre du nom" due on Friday No gym tomorrow Today: Rhys: we did health and we answered some questions on cooperation and had to do this brain game that where one partner had to communicate to another partner successfully complete the task Ask me the details! Annalise: we had gym and we presented our routine to other groups Mattias: we did some stuff like we read for 30 minutes in English or in French Zoe: we started our grammar homework  Lily: we did math and in math we did more of pictographs Annalise: we had library and we picked out our books for our book report Abi: Zoe and Maya presented their research project on the Canadian Shield

01/21/2020 (day 3)

Reminders: Bring English grammar homework due on January 20 (KS, DA) Library day tomorrow  English Book Report Schedule March 9: Mazen, Dane, Eliana March 10: Lexi, Zoe, Brodie, Maya March 11: Lily, Marie, Remas, Charlotte March 12: Elané, Annalise, David, Abi March 13: Kai, Jeremy, Mattias, Rhys Today: Abi: we practiced our research presentation  Presentation Schedule: Wednesday, January 22: le bouclier canadien Thursday, January 23: la forêt Boréale Friday, January 24: la prairie parc Monday, January 27: les contreforts Tuesday, January 28: les montagnes Rocheuses Dane: we had gym and we practiced our gymnastics routine and make sure you dress well for tomorrow because we are showing it to other groups Annalise: we had music and in music we did music share. Abi, Elané, and I (Lily presented with me) did music share Zoe: we read How To Train Your Dragon chapter 12 and answered a question Lily: we did some math questions about pictographs Lexi: we had s

January 20 (day 2)

Reminders: Bring English grammar homework tomorrow: KS, AG, DA Yearbook sales start today Gymnastics tomorrow - dress appropriately Today: Zoe: we all got to bring our stuffies today! Maya: we corrected our English grammar Lexi: we practiced our presentation on our research and we evaluated ourselves and made corrections - ask me when I'm presenting! Dane: we went outside and some of us played soccer and some of us played revenge tag Abi: we did a science experiment on how screws are an inclined plane wrapped around a stick  Lily: we wrote about how an inclined plane, a screw and a wedge can make our lives easier in different ways Annalise: we read chapter 11 from How To Train Your Dragon and there was a Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus dragon Ask me about about this chapter and what happened to Gobber Kai: Mme told us what we need to do for the English book report Ask me to show you the project outline and rubric Mattias: we read in French for 30 minutes Li

2020/01/17 (day 0)

Reminders: English grammar due on Monday Pajama day on Monday (no gym on Monday) Today: Annalise: we read chapter 10 from How To Train Your Dragon Eliana: we went to the gym and played Bombardeau with Mme McTague's class Lexi: we used the computers to put stuff on IRIS and today is was our last day to work on our research at school Lily: we did catch-up work and if we were finished we could play a math or literacy game or read Zoe: we read in French or English for 10 minutes Dane: we got our letter BONNE ANNEE for our pajama day on Monday!!

2020/01/16 (day 1)

Reminders: English grammar homework due on Monday, January 20 Today: Annalise: we had gym and we practiced our gymnastic routine Zoe: we had buddies and with our buddies we made little toques for their snowman that they're making  ask me what colours we used! Eliana: we had music Kai: we did research - today is our last day to work on our project in class Lexi: we read a little bit of How To Train Your Dragon and answered some questions on chapter 9 Zoe: we got our letter: BONNE ANNEe Zoe: we read in English or in French for 20 minutes

2020/01/15 (jour 6)

Reminders: English grammar homework on changing singular words to plural due on Monday, January 20 Healthy Hunger Special Lunch tomorrow Today: Maya: wrote about Mme McTague's class' dragon scratch art Lily: we did our art and we scratched our artwork to make our dragon Abi: we had gym and we did little routines, jumps and safety rolls Jeremy: we read for 30 minutes in French Dane: we did research and it's the second last day Charlotte: we read chapter 8 of How To Train Your Dragon Zoe: we did English grammar on how to change a singular word to plural Lily: we got our letter BONNE ANNée

2020/01/14 (day 5)

Reminders: Bring French grammar homework on "er" verbs due today: MP, EF Healthy Hunger special lunch on Thursday Today:  Charlotte: in the morning we worked on our dragon art and painted over the pastel Marie: we corrected our French grammar Elané: we did speed stacking and practiced the 3-3-3 routine Lexi: we did research Zoe: we did science and in science we did two experiments; one we had to see which one we thought was less heavy - lifting using an inclined plane or just lifting up to a chair and the other one was if it would be easier lifting up a steep ramp or a less steep ramp Ask me what I discovered! Brodie: we did 30 minutes of reading in French or English Jeremy: we read chapter 7 of How To Train Your Dragon - ask me what's happening in the book so far or what I think of the book! Dane: we did math - finished our graph that we created with our survey  Zoe: we got our letter - BONNE ANnée

Monday, January 13 (day 4)

Reminders: French grammar homework on "ER" verbs due tomorrow Healthy Hunger Special Lunch on Thursday Today: Lily: we started our art and it's going to be scratch art for the dragon we designed Dane: we went to physical education and we did gymnastics - we practiced moves on the mats David: we went to the library to get books Eliana: today we finished watching Abominable during indoor lunch recess Lily: we finished our bar graph and if we finished we did some questions on bar graphs Eliana: we did research - this is our last week to finish our research Lexi: we wrote a paragraph opinion in French on whether we think winter is the best season Dane: we read for 30 minutes in French

2020/01/10 (day 0)

Reminders: Library day on Monday, please bring your books back French grammar homework on "ER" verbs due on Tuesday Wear appropriate gymnastics clothes on Monday Today: Lily: we put our paragraph on what we did over the holiday and our opinion paragraph on Professor Yobbish's book on IRIS Jeremy: we played dodgeball (bombardeau) with Mme McTague's class Dane: we had to move the mats all over the gym from gymnastics Remas: we did catch-up work Charlotte: we did équipement Ask me which class I'm responsible for Zoe: we did lecture Abi: we had another indoor recess and did GoNoodle Dane: we leveled up on GoNoodle Elané: we got our letter BONNE année

2020/01/09 (day 3)

Reminders: Please bring your English grammar homework that was due on Wednesday, January 8: AG, MP, KS, RR French grammar on "ER" verbs due on Tuesday, January 14 Today: Lexi: we had music and music share and people presented a lot of music and Mme Emily came to watch Zoe: Lily presented and she did the "Under the Sea" from the Little Mermaid on the piano and Jeremy did "Believer" on the piano and Kai presented a song called "Bet On It" from High School Musical 2 Dane: we also sang "Principal's Office" by Young MC Lexi: me, Elané, Abi, Maya, Kai, Charlotte and Rhys were all beat boxing in the background David: we had indoor recess and we started the movie Abominable Dane: we had gym  Lily: we are working more on the research on the project - next week will be our last week to work on it If you are not done your paragraphs, try to work on them at home  Lily: we started working on our French grammar homework

2020/01/08 (day 2)

Reminders: Finish/bring English grammar homework due today (AG, MP, KS, DA, RR) Wear gymnastics appropriate clothing tomorrow Today: Zoe: most of us finished our dragon that we designed Charlotte: this morning we corrected our English grammar Abi: we had science and we learned about friction Ask me what friction is! Elané: I got pushed around in a bucket  Maya: we did math and we finished our bar graph Annalise: we continued our research in social studies Lexi: we got our letter: BON ne année We read in English or in French for 20 minutes

2020/01/07 (day 1)

Reminders: English grammar homework due tomorrow Wear appropriate gymnastics clothing for Thursday (no gym tomorrow) Today: Mazen: we read chapter 5 of How To Train Your Dragon Kai: we had music Dane: we had gymnastics Lily: we did more of our research project Lexi: we did science and what we did was we read books about how simple machines work and took notes Maya: we did a math question on bar graphs Zoe: we got new personal dictionaries Abi: most of us finished writing a paragraph about our winter holidays Annalise: we got our letter BO nne année

2020/01/06 (day 6)

Happy New Year! Reminders: English grammar homework due on Wednesday, January 8 Today: Lily: we made our new groups, responsibilities and we made our little book for January Maya: we had gym and we started our gymnastics unit Dress appropriately for gymnastics tomorrow: Hair tied if you have long hair Stretchy pants  Remove jewelry (if possible) Annalise: we read How To Train Your Dragon chapter 4 Zoe: we wrote about and played a game for our holidays Dane: we continued our research in social studies Mazen: we worked on our English grammar Annalise: we got our letter: B onne année