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Letter to Parents and Students (sent on School Messenger)

March 19, 2020 Dear Parents and Students, I just wanted to reach out and let you know that I am thinking about every single one of you. As I am going through your child's work and photos for the yearbook, I am missing their smiles, laughter and our everyday interactions. I hope that everyone is doing well with the sudden change of routine and able to find some joy in the extra quality time with your families. I will check-in with you again when more information becomes available but in the meantime, here are some suggestions: Students really enjoyed making a Rube Goldberg machine. At home, they can make an arcade using simple machines or a Rube Goldberg machine to help feed their pet/ another simple daily task. Here is a video of Caine's Arcade for some inspiration:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U TumbleBooks ( https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/ ) Username: calgarypl  Password: sd19 Online French math games (www.jeux.fr)  Math problems:  http

2020/03/13 (jour 0)

Reminders: Book report presentations for Monday: Rhys English grammar homework due on Tuesday, March 17 Sound Kreations evening showcase on March 16  cancelled Aggie Days field trip on April 2 cancelled . An e-mail to parents will be sent out this week. Healthy Hunger special lunch on Thursday, March 19  cancelled Today: Kai, Jeremy, Dane and Mattias presented their book reports we had Sound Kreations we filmed our videos of our Rube Goldberg machines Ask me to show you on IRIS! we had buddies and helped our grade 1 buddies add to their IRIS accounts Here is a video of the Sound Kreations dance if anyone would like to continue practicing.

03/12/2020 (jour 6)

Reminders: Sound Kreations evening showcase on Monday, March 16 from 6:30 to 7 Wear black or sports jersey's (something you already own at home) Tomorrow's book report presentations: Dane, Kai, Jeremy, Mattias, Rhys English grammar homework on hard and soft C's and G's due on Tuesday, March 17 Today: Lily: Annalise, David and Abi presented their book report Maya: we read in English or in French for 30 minutes Remas: we made a title page for our next science unit Ask me what our next unit is! Eliana: we had sound kreations with Ajay Charlotte: it was our first time practicing on the stage Abi: we had fast facts and we were split up and went to different classes to get to know other 4th graders Ask me about it! Lily: we finished our trading post drawing

2020/03/11 (jour 5)

Reminders: Aggie days form due on March 18 Book reports tomorrow: David, Annalise, Abi Today: David: we had Green Calgary and we touched worms and learned about vermicomposting Dane: we went outside Maya: we read chapter 7 of Valentine Picotée which is also the last chapter Charlotte: Charlotte, Marie and Elané presented their book reports Annalise: we had math and in math we did some questions on the board then practiced 4-digit addition Lily: in social studies we did a little bit on our trading post drawing Abi: we wrote a reflection about our worm presentation and we read in French when were finished

2020/03/10 (jour 4)

Reminders: Apple Store field trip on Thursday, March 12 cancelled - please see e-mail from Mme Emily Book report presentations tomorrow from Marie and Charlotte  Today: Lily: we got to see a presentation by Calgary Opera Ask me what it was about and if I enjoyed it! Dane: we read the Rube Goldberg page in the Guinness World Record book Maya: we listened to Brodie's, Lily's and Mazen's book report Abi: we had gym and in gym instead of going to the gym we stayed in the class and played ninja ball and you are not allowed to talk Ask me how it works! Remas: we had reading in English or in French for 30 minutes Charlotte: we continued modifying our Rube Goldberg machines and started preparing for the video Kai: we did social studies and we drew different parts of a trading post from the fur trade Maya: we did problem solving questions in math on addition of sums up to 10 000

2020/03/09 (day 3)

Reminders: Library day tomorrow - bring library books Book report presentations tomorrow: Mazen, Brodie and Lily Apple Store field trip on Thursday from 8:30 am to 11:25 am Bring back Aggie Days field trip form by Thursday, March 18 Sound Kreations evening showcase on March 16 from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm Today:  Remas: we listened to Eliana's, Maya's and my book reports Maya: we had Sound Kreations with Ajay Lily: we had science and in science we worked more on our Rube Goldberg machine or started writing up what we are going to say in our video Abi: we had music and we did challenge 4 peaceful ending on Garage Band  Lily: we had math and in math we did addition with regrouping with 3-digit numbers Maya: we wrote about what we did on the weekend Annalise: we read for 15 minutes in French

2020/03/06

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Today: Rhys: we did science and we finished building our Rube Goldberg machines and we're ready to start filming next week! Eliana: we did catch-up work Lily: in math we did two questions on estimation and finished some math work from yesterday Kai: Zoe and Lexi presented their book reports

03/05/2020 (jour 2)

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Today: David: we had special lunch and it was Panago  Kai: we worked on our Rube Goldberg machine for more than an hour and it was fun Abi: we had Sound Kreations with Ajay in gym Rhys: we did math and we practiced strategies for mental math in addition Maya: we read chapter 6 from Valentine Picotée Lily: we read in English or French or worked on our book report for 30 minutes Kai: we had social studies and finished our reading and questions on the fur trade Ask me what I know about the fur trade One of the number talks from today: Zoe: This is what we did during recess Rube Goldberg machines are coming along:

2020/03/04 (jour 1)

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Reminders: Book report presentation schedule Friday, March 6 - Zoe, Lexi Monday, March 9 - Eliana, Remas, Maya Tuesday, March 10 - Brodie, Dane, Mazen Wednesday, March 11 - Charlotte, Marie, Lily, Mattias Thursday, March 12 - Elané, Abi, David, Annalise Friday, March 13 - Kai, Jeremy, Rhys Today: Lily: worked on our Rube Goldberg project  Ask me how much I accomplished! Remas: we had music and we worked on our garage band Eliana: we had gym with Ajay Elané: Mme Zdrill was our guest teacher for the morning Dane: we had mathematics and we wrote our mental math strategies for addition on the board Abi: we played heads up 4 up  Annalise: we had social studies and we answered and looked at questions about the fur trade Zoe: ask me about a story with Lexi

2020/03/03 (jour 6)

Reminders: Glee Club begins tomorrow at lunch, from the outside bell until the end of lunch hour and will run until mid-May Today: Dane: we had Ajay and we made a dance Abi: we started creating our Rube Goldberg machine Mattias: we did writing and in writing we wrote a reflection on how our second day went with building our machine Jeremy: we read in English or in French for 30 minutes or worked on our book report Kai: we read chapter 5 from Valentine Picotée Maya: we had a presentation from Elder Randy and had a sharing circle and he talked to us about how First Nations people used the bison

2020/03/02 (jour 5)

Reminders: Remember to bring your materials for the Rube Goldberg project - please see letter/list that was sent home on Friday  Book report presentations start next week! Please check your date! Today: Eliana: we had a science quiz on simple machines Lily: we had a presentation from Elder Randy and he showed us a video about Blood Tribe agricultural project Dane: we sung a song - ask me how it went! Maya: I thought it was interesting Remas: we went outside for 10 minutes and played revenge tag Charlotte: we cleaned up our desks and switched desks and we did our bâtons Abi: we played silent ball for 8 minutes Elané: we did catch-up work and wrote about our weekend or finished doing our Rube Goldberg drawing on Explain Everything Lexi: in math we started talking about estimating sums and worked on some questions Abi: we read in French for 30 minutes or worked on our book report