March 9-13

 

March 9 -13 

March 17 - SPIRIT DAY: Wear Green! 🍀🍀🍀

March 19 – Edo Fun Lunch Day / Mr. Pretzel Treat Day (order through healthyhunger.ca by March 15 if you are ordering)

March 19 – Evening Student Involved Conferences (The booking system opened on March 3)

March 20 – Daytime Student Involved Conferences (The booking system opened on March 3)

March 19 & 20 – Purdy's orders can be picked up at the Evening Student Involved Conferences on Thursday or the Daytime Student Involved Conferences on Friday

March 23 - 29 - Spring Break

March 30 – First day of classes after Spring Break

Thank you so much to all of the families who have booked their conferences to come and see the hard work that your kiddos are doing! We love seeing the growth and depth of understanding that they show each day and are glad they can share it with you! If you have haven't yet booked, please do 😀

Highlights of the Week:

• When we were with Chantal we got to play the drums! - Vansh
• In music we started a new trading card and we listened to more music madness! - Evie
• In social studies we started researching either Ancient Mesoamerica, Ancient Indus Valley, Ancient Greece, or Ancient China! - Lilly
• Leadership has been a big success! - Kixton
• In gym we did hockey games! - Lizzie
• Today in school our grade two buddy teacher got us sparkly gel pens to thank us for helping them in science! - Clinton

Happy 100th day of school!

From Mini Ms. Sera and Mini Mrs. Barnden 💜💜

Story Telling/Medicine Wheel Residency

On Tuesday we spent time with Knowledge Keeper Chantal Chagnon. Our students listened to stories, learned a great deal about the medicine wheel, and the importance of listening to our animals and nature. They were able to play drums, and learned two new songs. Here is what our students had to say about their experience:

• We learned about the 4 animals. The bear and elk know when there is forest fire and will tell their group. The bears stopped eating fish because they knew something happened to them and knew they shouldn’t do it. - Clinton
• We learned all about the 4 parts of the medicine wheel, such as the animals representing each part. The 4 animals were the elk, the deer, the buffalo and the moose. - Lizzie
• We learned about different songs and the sign language that represents the 4 animals. We also got to use the drums. - Evie
• We made a beat with the drums according to the information that Chantal was sharing. - Vansh
• We learned how to say thank you in 3 different languages. - Clinton
• I really enjoyed the drums and playing the song on them. - Claire
• We got to learn some Indigenous songs in their language and we got to use the drums that she made. - Lizzie
• I enjoyed hearing the stories that Chantal shared. - Evaya
• We got to learn that holding the drum on the bottom is the best way to get a good sound. - Mazneen
• We got to learn that she made a giant drum and it took her 16 hours. Now it is in the Banff Museum. - Clinton

Math

We continued to work on further developing our understanding of Area, this week we tied in some algebra by using the formula for finding area to determine missing factors when determining length and width of a rectangle or square. We also reviewed how to play Nifty Fifty the card game!

We also continued on with multiplication this week - moving into 3-digit by 2-digit equations! We continue to encourage you and your student to practice their basic facts skills at home.

Emma and Ted working on their flexible thinking with two digit addition and subtraction.

Dan practicing his basic fact skills.

Health/Restart

We are in our second last week of Restart programming with Nate and Robin! This week the students discussed budgeting skills as well as financial literacy. We had a great discussion during an activity where students guessed if the average cost was higher or lower than the given number. Some surprises were had around the cost of living vs. minimum wage. We also discussed how do know that you are cared for? We started this last week on Friday during our sharing circle and each student had a thoughtful answer so we thought we would share some of them here (see below). The purpose of this activity is to help students understand what they need to feel safe in friendships and how it can sometimes differ from what their friends need to feel safe.

Phys-Ed!

We wrapped up floor hockey this week with lots of playing time! Students did a great job demonstrating sportsmanship, hand-eye coordination, and enthusiasm (and some dance moves too)

To end off the week, we had a snack and share with our buddies! They shared some of the writing they've been working on in their class, and then many of the buddies spend time doing buddy reading together. :)

We hope you have a fabulous weekend!! 💜💜