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

Random Acts of Kindness

We began our day with a classroom meeting, and discussed what kindness looks like in the classroom!  We came up with several ideas such as; helping, sharing, listening, apologizing, and including others.  After reading a special book called, "Invisible Boy" by Trudy Ludwig, we talked about ways to show kindness to others.  During the month of February, we will focus on Random Acts of Kindness.....showing that we care about others without being asked.  We are creating a special tree in our classroom with all of the kind things we do each day.  Ask your child what he or she did today to show kindness.

A reminder that on Wednesday, February 5th our class will be able to perform in the mini-talent show during music time.  Some acts will be picked to perform in the bigger show on February 12th.

In Math we have begun to look at subtracting with "borrowing". We used pictures of base 10 blocks today.  This is a great skill to be practicing at home.

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!