Today I learned...
*that we are having a Book Club tomorrow afternoon
*that we can wear PJ's tomorrow
*new songs at carol singing

Ask Me About...
*our Christmas car art
*my Calgary Tower Cityscape art piece
*the smell in our hallway

Today I learned...
*we will be having our final Book Club on Thursday afternoon

Ask Me About...
*carol singing this morning
*my overdue library book list
*my Christmas car water cooler art

Today I learned...
*that I have until Friday to bring in any food donations
*that I will be walking through downtown tomorrow afternoon and need comfortable walking shoes
*how to sketch gifts and a Christmas tree in my car

Ask Me About...
*my teacher's expectations for the field study tomorrow
*my Christmas car sketch
*the new game we learned in gym
*our new play in Music

REMINDER: Tomorrow we are heading to the Calgary Tower in the morning and a downtown scavenger hunt in the afternoon. We will be outside the majority of the afternoon so please come prepared for the weather and with comfortable walking shoes!

Just a reminder that we will be heading downtown to the Calgary Tower on Thursday. We will be participating in a formal workshop during the morning. After a lunch break, students will be divided into very small groups. These small groups, with the help of their parent leader, will navigate the street of downtown Calgary. Each group will be given a map and will be asked to use it to get around the downtown. There will be 5 key structures that the students will visit....if they can successfully read the map. Please have your child bring comfortable walking shoes, a lunch, and water bottle. It looks like a very nice day on Thursday so we hope to take to the streets instead of the +15s.

If you are volunteering for the day, please come to the school Thursday morning with your child, at the regular time. You will then be given the Volunteer form to complete at this time.

Thank you again for all the volunteers. It will make walking through the downtown more safe.

Weekly Update

I hope you all had a wonderful first week of December. With only two weeks remaining until the winter break, we have a great deal to complete and wrap up. It is going to be a busy couple of weeks.

The students were finally let in on the secret material that was in the Beakerhead box...TAPE!!! Students were shown a variety of tapigami videos for inspiration and also steps on how to properly roll the tape in order to create a sculpture. The students were given a time to explore the tape and become more comfortable with this specific material. We will be planning and constructing out classroom structure next week, with a focus on the year 3018! Any suggestions???

We are wrapping our novel study A Boy Called Bat. We recently finished reading a chapter that focused on how one can tell a great deal about a person from simply looking into their eyes. The students were taken through a guided sketch of a human eye and then asked to brainstorm as many descriptive words that best suited their own personality. The students will colour a portion of the eye accordingly and then print their descriptive words inside of the eye. We created a massive word bank which all students can utilize in future writing tasks. The students will finish up these sketches next week and they will be up for display.

The students were ‘hired’ by Calaway Park this week to create a new maze for the park. Students will need to create a new maze attraction that will take customers a long time to complete, so people visiting the park feel like they are getting their money’s worth. Students will be planning and then building a prototype. This prototype will allow Calaway Park to see the initial idea of the maze and to make sure the maze is safe before ‘real’ passengers use it. Students will use a marble to represent the passenger.

In Math, students continue to work on developing their understanding of place value. They have also been working on a pre-assessment booklet with regards to our next unit Number Sense. This pre-assessment will allow myself to develop a better understanding of both the individual and group needs in this particular area. The pre-assessment looked at odd and even numbers, adding by separating the tens and one, subtracting using a number line and subtracting using the re-grouping method.

Thank you to everyone who made it out for the Family STEM Night. It was  HUGE success. I hope you were able to generate a few ideas on how you can support your child at home.

I will be sending a email to all parents regarding the outline for the field study on Thursday. I could not be more appreciative of the number of volunteers that will be joining us. During the afternoon, the parent volunteers will be on their own with a very small group of students. The task will include basic map reading and identification of centre structures within the downtown core. I wanted to give everyone a heads up about the plan for the afternoon. I will send additional details next week.

Upcoming Events:

*Thursday, December 13th - Calgary Tower Field Study

*Friday, December 21st - Last Day of Classes

*Monday, January 7th - School Re-opens

Have an amazing weekend!

I learned...
*how to draw a human eye
*the STEM Family Night is tomorrow evening
*that our Beakerhead Challenge is based on tape and the year 3018

Ask Me About...
*our community walk on Tuesday afternoon
*the purpose of the Thesaurus
*Clark the Shark (audiobook)
*my personal progress on the Fibonacci sequence project (all most done!!)
*ask me how the sketch of the human eye is related to A Boy Called Bat

There is no school for students on Friday, December 7th. This is a Non-Instructional Day.

The STEM Family Night is tomorrow from 6:00-7:30pm.

Today I learned....
*we only have a few more weeks to collect donations for the Food Bank
*the first page of Carol of the Bells in Music
*a new game in PE called Tower Take Down

Ask Me About...
*how I can keep myself staying healthy
*my Calgary Tower field study form
*our grades and folders in Music
*Room 7's Top 10 favorite Christmas Carols
*our Fibonacci sequence project work

STEM Family Night is taking place Thursday, December 6th from 6:00-7:30pm.

We are sending home the pumpkin pastel art. Please display accordingly.