A Message from Mrs. R-W

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Mental Health Information

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CBE Learning at Home 

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March 10, 2020

3D Shapes:  Students have had an opportunity to look more closely at 3D shapes.  They have learned about the attributes that make 3D shapes unique, such as faces, vertices, and edges.  Students had an opportunity to build different shapes using a variety of materials, and are currently writing riddles for others to solve.

In Writing, students continue to practice Instructional Writing, and "How to" stories.  Today students wrote tips to help inform about global warming and the melting sea ice.  Students have some many writing pieces that they want to share next week during conferences!

March 3, 2020

During Math today we tried a new thinking routine called, "It is / It isn't.  Students were given the number 26, and here is what they came up with as a group:

We will try this again tomorrow with another math concept.

Last week......

We continued our work with Dash and Dot.  As a class, we created a map of Nunavut which included some landmarks and animals.  After recording the map in their books, students were partnered up and given a unique challenge.  Example - move from the school to the airport.  What made it even trickier was coming up with more than one way to complete the challenge.  Students began by creating a code in their books, and then they programmed Dash and tested their code!  Almost everyone was successful in completing their challenge!  If you notice, each square is 30 cm which makes it interesting when figuring out how far Dash has to move at a time.

Pink Shirt Day - tomorrow!

To acknowledge Auburn Bay School’s participation in Pink Shirt Day tomorrow, February 26, and to continue the fight against bullying, students and staff will be encouraged to wear something pink. Pink became the color for standing up to bullying when two students in Nova Scotia stood up to bullying in their high school.  A student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school and these students showed their support for him by buying pink shirts and encouraging other students to wear them. 

February 18

We began the day with some sharing about our weekends.  It sounds like everyone had a lot of fun!

Today we learned about the types of homes that the Inuit used to live in.  In the summer, they would make tents from wooden poles and deerskin, while in the winter they would build igloos.  Things are much different today in Iqaluit.  Students also worked on finishing up their Ted Harrison art.  The finished pieces look amazing!

In Math, we continued to work on double digit subtraction with regrouping.  This is proving to be a challenge!  These are the two methods that we are using so far.....

Please continue to practice at home.  

Tomorrow we get to do some ROBOTICS with Mr. Neiger!  Pictures to come!

February 11, 2020

Thank you to the Volunteers who joined us at the Glenbow Museum!  It was a wonderful day, filled with new facts and experiences.  A highlight for many was seeing the tipi, and visiting the exhibits with the model plane and statue of Cyclone the horse.  Here are a few pictures of our day.

A reminder that we will be exchanging Valentines in the afternoon tomorrow!  Exciting!  The Grade 2 and 4 Talent Show is at 1:00 for those who advanced to the big show!

A Few Reminders

Field trip on Monday!

Itinerary

8:00:  Begin boarding buses

8:10:  Leave for the Glenbow Museum

8:45:  Brief on-site orientation inside the museum

9:00 – 10:45:            

Mrs. R-W: Nitsitapiisinni: Our Way of Life

Miss Oberg:  Discovery Adventure

11:00 – 11:30:  Lunch break

11:45 – 1:30:            

Mrs. R-W:  Discovery Adventure

Miss Oberg: Nitsitapiisinni: Our Way of Life

                      

1:45:  Board the buses for Auburn Bay School

Students will ONLY be bringing their lunch kit to Glenbow on Monday (Glenbow instructed us that we are not to bring backpacks).  Please put water bottles in the lunch kit, attach it, or place the lunch kit and water bottle in a plastic bag. 

THANK YOU for your help and assistance with this! 

Valentine's Day

On the afternoon of February 12th, we will have a Valentine exchange in the afternoon.  If students wish to bring Valentine's cards, they must make one for each student in the class.  Here are a list of names to help!

Hannah     Sloane     Alex     Avery     Andie     Danika      Colby      Will     Gavin

Aleyna     Fizza     Isabella     Katia      Haley      Megan      Brayden     Hunter      Mykiah

Aaliyah    Mark      Addi     Tyson      Elijah      Damien     Lexi