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We started our new word work today. We got to sort them today. Today was Orange Shirt Day. We discussed what it would be like to not be allowed to go to school near our families and not be able to speak our first languages. We then wrote one thing we couldn't imagine life without on our shirt that we cut out, coloured orange and glued into our visual journals. We began our problem of the week in math. We looked at a graph and we had to read it. There was also an open ended question where we were given an answer and asked to provide as many answers as possible. I'm requesting that our Grade 3's bring headphones to school tomorrow. They may need them for a few days this week. We are going to do a math and literacy activity (informal assessment) on the computers and the students may require headphones to hear some of the questions. I have talked to the class about how this is for me to know what they remember from Grade 2 and where they may need extra help for Grade 3.

Thank you to everyone who came to our Open House yesterday. It was great to see everyone who could make it. Our Welcome Back BBQ is going to be rescheduled for a later date. Monday is Orange Shirt Day. Remember to wear something orange. We worked on finishing up our work period jobs. We worked on completing our problem of the week in math that was on graphing. Students worked on completing their Terry Fox newspaper writing and their visual journal page about Terry. Most of us remembered to quiz each other on our words for the week. We will receive new words Monday. We are trying out assigned seating at the carpet to see how it goes with our focus during instruction time. Room 2 is also going to try out a lineup order to see if we are more successful during our school assemblies. In French the Grade 4's worked on making a backpack with the school supply labels. They got to draw pictures of the school supply items beside the french word for the item. Grade 3 and 4 worked o

Today was buddy day! We were very excited about meeting our buddy from Mr. Link's class. We had the opportunity to interview our buddy. We continued to work on graphing our survey about what we think Calgary looked like 50 years ago. In gym we learned a new game. Ask me about it! Room 2 had a fun time in music at the end of the day. Tomorrow afternoon we will be having our Terry Fox run. Parents are welcome to join us. It's from 2:00 - 2:30. We also have our Open House and Welcome Back BBQ tomorrow.

In math we made surveys with the main question being "What did Calgary look like 50 years ago?" We then had 3 to 5 options for our classmates to choose from. We will begin to graph this data tomorrow in Math. We watched a video about Terry Fox at the end of the day. Students thought it was interesting that there is currently an 80% survival rate. We are going to be writing a newspaper article about Terry Fox, pretending that they saw him run. In Gym we played Great Wall of China. We worked on our new problem of the week and got our new word work for the week. Anyone who didn't finish their one spelling activity today is coming home with their word work in order to do the one spelling activity. Students can choose what they do. Some choices are creating a tangled web with their words, putting them into alphabetical order, counting out and recording the number of syllables, writing their words so that the vowels are a different colour, sailboat words, fancy words, c

We played dodge ball in gym today for the first time this year. It was fun! In Science we talked about different building materials. Ask me about it! Don't forget to start bringing in your materials to build with. Some ideas are cardboard, boxes, newspapers, paper towel rolls, tin foil and so much more. For Work Period, we worked on finishing up our writing and math. Room 2 students were persistent in doing a good job and helping each other. In Art we worked on finishing up our sketch of our faces using different shapes. During library, we were able to sign out 2 books. Everyone was so happy to get to the library. Remember there is no school tomorrow. Our Open House and Welcome Back BBQ is on Thursday September 26th. The following is the link you can use to get your tickets: https://lakebonavista.yapsody.com/event/index/470306/welcome-back-bbq   

The week is really going by fast. Today we presented our 3 Truth's and 1 Fib. It was a great way for everyone in Room 2 to get to know each other. In Math we continued to work on graphing. We looked at reading a pictograph. We continue to work on our math workshop too. Tomorrow we have library. It will be in the morning. I'm encouraging students to choose a book they are interested in and challenging them to try new authors that they wouldn't usually choose. This Friday is a PD. On September 26th we will have our Terry Fox Run, Open house and BBQ. See you tomorrow!

Terry Fox Run 2019 We will be having our Annual Terry Fox Run on  Thursday, September 26, 2019, at 2:00pm . Teachers will be discussing with students the life of Terry Fox and the contributions he has made to cancer research. We would like to extend the invitation to all parents and families to join us for the Terry Fox Run! Also, a reminder that our school Open House and BBQ are the same day, so you’re welcome to join all of the events! Students can dedicate their run to someone who they know that has been affected by cancer. Please speak to your child prior to our run and if they choose to, they can write who they are running for on a sticker that they will wear during the run. These will be available in the classroom on Thursday. Should you wish to make a donation online, please use the following link to donate through the Terry Fox website:  http://www.terryfox.ca/LakeBonavista Please join me in supporting the Terry Fox School Run! Coming in September to a sch

Students in Room 2 worked really hard during their math workshop. Most groups are in the process of going over their posters in marker. Our next step will be a gallery walk where students have the opportunity to view other groups posters and work. Grade 4 began looking at the days of the week in french. Students have been working on finishing their weekend writing and then they are working on writing about something they can't imagine life without. We began to make a representation of ourselves. Students have been asked to create a picture of themselves with shapes.

ADmazing Savings Coupon Books ADmazing Savings Fundraiser has begun! The proceeds from this fundraising activity will be used directly in your child’s classroom.  Books are available for  $25.00  each, of which Lake Bonavista will use $10.50 for the benefit of our students. If you wish to take advantage of these discounts, please complete the o rder form printed on the back on the ADmazing envelope, and enclose the correct amount of money - $25.00 per book ordered. - directly to your child’s classroom teacher by  Friday, October 10 th , 2019  or earlier. This year there is a free app included in each coupon book. Please ensure if you are returning the book that you have not scratched off the code area for the app, as the book will not be returnable if the code is visable.  Additional books for Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer or Southern Alberta may be ordered at  $25.00  each for family, friends and relatives.  If you wish to order additional books, please send your order

ADmazing Savings Fundraiser has begun! The proceeds from this fundraising activity will be used directly in your child’s classroom.  Books are available for  $25.00  each, of which Lake Bonavista will use $10.50 for the benefit of our students. If you wish to take advantage of these discounts, please complete the o rder form printed on the back on the ADmazing envelope, and enclose the correct amount of money - $25.00 per book ordered. - directly to your child’s classroom teacher by  Friday, October 10 th , 2019  or earlier. This year there is a free app included in each coupon book. Please ensure if you are returning the book that you have not scratched off the code area for the app, as the book will not be returnable if the code is visable.  Additional books for Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer or Southern Alberta may be ordered at  $25.00  each for family, friends and relatives.  If you wish to order additional books, please send your order as soon as possible to your child’

Students worked really well on their math workshops. It's great to see everyone work together to share their ideas. We had gym outside this morning. We got to play a tag game. The school had our fire drill today. Room 2 did really good. Thank you to MAPSS for the journals! We can't wait to begin to use them in our learning this year. ADmazing Savings are coming home today. Everyone is bringing home one ADmazing Savings book for you to preview. If you are not interested, please return the book to Room 2. Students are able to win prizes again this year, like last year. Students who sell a book will have their name entered into a school draw. Each book is $25.00. They are due back before the Thanks Giving weekend. Please remember to return the back to school packages (blue forms). School is done at 12:15 tomorrow.

Room 2 had a lot of fun today with their learning. We went over our fire drill procedures with Ms. Nielsen and Ms. D. Then we had a practice. There will be an actual fire drill tomorrow. Some of us are trying out the wobble stools. So far we like them. During work period, we did a good job at working independently. We had four work periods today. Grade 4's played french bingo independently. Some of us worked on finishing our weekend writing, problem of the week and graphing questions. We worked on our math workshops. Some of us made a pricing graph. We had the opportunity to share our work with Ms. D. Ms. Nielsen came around and asked us about our math and how we got our numbers.

We did more work on our Math Workshop. Students discussed their strategies for creating the number scale and determining how they came up with amount of items sold on Friday along with the cost in the book we read yesterday. We have started Communities in Our World for Social Studies. The class did a picture walk. They were asked to look for differences within the different pictures that showed different communities from all over the world. We brainstormed the different observations they made. Students were then asked to create a title page. We had fun playing a tag game called Great Wall of China in gym. The Grade 4's taught the Grade 3's how to play the game. It was great to see the students working as a team to make the game work and problem solve. During Work Period students were successful in working independently and completing work. We began our problem of the week today. Students are given an open ended math problem that they can work on throughout the week. Thi

We had a good day.  Room 2 enjoyed the sharing circle this morning. They were asked to share about one thing they are grateful that they did over the weekend or this morning. During Work Period students wrote about their weekend. They worked on finishing up their class survey and graphing their data. We started word work in our small groups today. Students had to sort words according to different patterns. They then got to do a spelling activity of their choice. It was fun! Today was the first math workshop for Grade 3/4. We read "Lemonade for Sale" and we are working on graphing the information we discovered in the story. We created our own store names and pricing list. We are working with small groups. Each Grade 4 student has a Grade 3 partner to work with on creating their math workshop poster. It was great to see everyone sharing their ideas. Grade 4 had fun playing bingo in French. In Music we all got to play music bingo.

Today was another crazy busy day. During work period, Grade 4's worked on the French alphabet.  Grade 3 and 4's worked on finishing their summer writing, time capsule and math. We began to write three truths and a fib. We are trying to trick our classmates by making our fib less obvious. In Math we looked at making a graph about our favourite hockey teams. Students enjoyed brainstorming all the hockey teams. We chose a few of them. Then voted on our favourites. Grade 3 and 4 then had time to work on their graphing survey and begin to graph their data. Friday September 6 is Blue day at LBS. Please remember to wear something blue and white. Don't forget that we have early dismissal on Fridays. Our Friday dismissal is at 12:15.

It was fun to get our new seats this morning. It's a great opportunity to work with other students. Each month we will get a new seat. In Math we came up with a few questions to ask our classmates. We used tallies to record the data we collected. Our next steps will be to finish collecting our information and then we will put this information into a graph. We got to go outside for Gym this morning. We had a great time playing tag as a Grade 3/4 learning community. It was nice to have a Montessori Work Period this afternoon. It's time when we can choose different things to work on from a list of good work choices. Before we begin our Work Period, we have to show our teacher our list of what we have chosen to do for our Montessori Work Period. Grade 4 started French today during work period. We began creating our title page. We will be learning beginner French and will begin by exploring the French alphabet. Room 2 is bringing home their welcome back school package. Pleas

Welcome back to school! We had our welcome back assembly today. It was so nice to see our friends after our summer break. Today we wrote in our new journals about our summer break. We sang and skipped "skip, skip lines" to remember to skip lines when we wrote about the great summer we had. Students designed their name tags for their cubbies. We had a lot of fun designing and decorating our tags. We talked about how we can use respect as our classroom rule. Students felt that being respectful is a great way to show grace and gratitude. Grade 4's, if you took home your words, words, words books at the end of last school year and still have them, please bring them back to school. Our Room 2 learning community is looking forward to a new school year. It will be great to get to know each other and learn from one another.