Peanut Allergy

We have a student in our class with a peanut allergy.  If at all possible, please avoid sending Birthday treats, or Valentine's Day treats that contain peanuts.  Thank you for your help with this!

January 27, 2019

Thank you for returning field trip notices so promptly!  Fees are now able to be paid on-line!  Thank you!

After some quiet reading, we wrote about our weekends as we had so much to say!  Students were reminded of the goals that they chose, either to work on making their writing more interesting OR easier to read!  Ask your child what his or her writing goal is.

We were very excited to gather snow and make a snowball for the insulators that we built on Friday.  Turns out that metal was the best material to use!  In fact we are still waiting to see how long a snowball will last in one of the insulators.  Well done H and D!

Tomorrow we will begin to look at animals who live in the Arctic, and how they are adapted to live in the cold weather. 

Tomorrow we will have an assembly about Jump Rope for Heart.  Please watch for an information package coming home in your child's backpack in the next couple of days.  A reminder that Friday is a PD day for students!

20 minutes of reading a night is something to aim for!  Keep up the great work Room 135!

Talent Show / Fieldtrip

You will have received a field trip form in your child's backpack for the Glenbow Museum.  The on-line payment through MyCBE is delayed, and the fee hasn't been loaded into your account just yet.  Please check your account next week or send in cash if you prefer.  Thanks!

Mini-Talent Show

Who: Grade 2 and 4 performers
When: Wednesday, February 12th
Where: School Gym
Time: 9:30am

Things that can be considered for the talent show (but not limited to):
· Gymnastics routine
· Dance routine
· Martial Arts routine: but has to be a choreographed/pre-planned routine
· Playing an instrument: practiced piece
· Comedy: has to be appropriate jokes and must be funny
· Singing with or without music but the music has to be played quietly and the child has to really know the words. Instrumental only is preferable.
· Made up song or rap
· Dramatic reading

Mini-Talent Show / Auditions will take place for our class on February 5th.

Please check the music Blog for additional information https://auburnbaymusicmakers.blogspot.com/

A few things....

1.  We will be going on a field trip to the Glenbow Museum on February 10th, all day. We are in need of at least 4 volunteers to accompany our class! Please email me if you are able to volunteer with us. You need to have your police clearance completed through the school.

Permission slips etc to follow!

2.  We will be building insulators as a part of our Hot and Cold Unit.  We are in need of:

-aluminum cans / jars

-plastic yogurt containers

-plastic bags

-playdough

-bubble wrap

-Saran Wrap

Thanks for your help!

A Chilly Week!

Student Word Goals for the New Year!

Opinion Writing

Students were introduced to a graphic organizer called, "OREO".  This is a format used when writing about an opinion.  0 - Opinion

                              R - Reason

                              E - Examples

                              0 - Opinion

Afterwards, they had to share their opinions about OREO cookies.  There may have been a celebration with OREO cookies afterwards.  We will continue this type of writing throughout the week.  

Nunavut

We read a special book called, "Hide and Sneak" by Michael Kusugak.  This is a story about a little girl who wanders too far into the Tundra, and discovers that an Inukshuk is a landmark that symbolizes home.  

Math

We continued to practice double digit addition without regrouping.  We focused on completing our questions by stacking the numbers on top of each other.  Tomorrow we will begin to look at questions that require regrouping. 

The Lion King!

We are very excited to invite students in Grades 1 through 4 to join the musical production of Disney’s “The Lion King Kids” .


Rehearsals will begin on Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 and will continue to take place every Tuesday AND Thursday. Students MUST bring their lunches on rehearsal days. Rehearsals will take place from 11:45 – 12:15 every Tuesday and Thursday at lunch.


If your son or daughter is interested in performing in the musical, the form below will need to be filled out and returned to the Mrs. Bourgeois by Friday, January 17th, 2020. 


***The final production will take place on Thursday, April 30th in the evening at the First Alliance Church. Ticket information will come out closer to the date***


Should you have any questions regarding the musical please do not hesitate to contact me hmbourgeois@cbe.ab.ca. Thank you in advance for your support and we are looking forward to embarking on this musical adventure together!


Cheers,
Mrs. Bourgeois and Auburn Bay Staff

Lion King Parent Letter

Gymnastics

Students will be studying gymnastics during Phys Ed from Tuesday, January 7^th till Thursday, January 24^th.

*Please wear clothing that is easy to move in and comfortable. Sweats and a t-shirt are great clothing options (Remembering not to have TOO loose of a top on)

*Please try to avoid dresses or skirts 

*If you have long hair please try your best to have it in a ponytail so that it does not go in your face

Alissa Miller

Phys. ED Specialist

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  It sounds like everyone had a wonderful break, full of adventures in the snow and time with family and friends.

This week we will focus in on our winter break and do some writing using the 5Ws (who, what, when, where, why).  Students will practice editing their work, and will have the opportunity to participate in some peer editing.

In Math we reviewed place value, and how to represent two digit numbers using Base 10 Blocks.  Some of us had forgotten over the holiday.  For example, this image represents the number 35.  (3 tens, and 5 ones).

After reviewing place value, we looked at adding two numbers together using our blocks.  This was fun!

We ended the day with a special task of coming up with just one word to describe something we would like to work on in the New Year.  Student word goals for the New Year included words such as; share, kind, read, math, calm, responsible, play and visit.  A common theme with the students seemed to be doing things at home other than technology.  I'll post some pictures in the next couple of days of the finished product.

Tomorrow we begin learning about the community of Nunavut!  Stay tuned....