Winter Writing

We are working towards our writing goals when we write about what we know about winter.

Reading and Writing Goals

Check your child's Iris account to see their reading and writing goals that they have set for themselves.

Play Plans

When we make a Play Plan before we go outside for FAB or lunch we are safe and always have fun!

Field Trip Payment on Powerschool

We have received an email from Student fees and they are very back logged. They said it could be a week before they get the fee put on students accounts.

So that being said you can send in cash or you can wait until it shows up on the PowerSchool account but for now feel free to send in the forms.  We appreciate your patience and understanding while we get everything sorted out.  If you do choose to pay on Powerschool, it could be upwards a week and we will send out a message once we hear that it has been uploaded.

Thanks!

Mr. Butler and Ms. Tjostheim  

What does it mean to be equal?

We have been doing number talks to figure out what it means to be equal. 

Building a Catapult

Here are the instructions that we used to make our catapults this week. We attached a plastic spoon to it instead of using a bottle cap.

Winter Ornament

If you would like to make more....
Here is a sample of our Winter Ornament that we did before the break.

Graphing Our Favourite Winter Holiday Activities

We gathered data about our favourite winter holiday activities and made a class graph. Check out the picture on the Twitter feed as ask your child to read the graph to you.

Your child can do the same activity with your family at home for this week's TWAS activity.

Building Spaghetti Towers

We have been designing and building spaghetti towers to learn about how to apply what we learn from our mistakes. 

This week's TWAS is writing an event map to write about First, Next, Then. Ask your child to read their writing to you and share what they learned.

Sliding on the Hill

Sliding down the hill is a fun part of recess!  We do however have rules to keep students safe.  We have some rules for sliding that help us to keep our students safe.
 
1. On your bottom, feet first (no head first, stomach or back sliding)  Knees are okay.
2. One at a time – no doubles, trains, etc
3. Make sure the person ahead of you has cleared the area before you go – no sliding in to people
4. No running into the slide – start standing at the top, sit down and slide
5. Do not go up the slide down area and do not go up on icy spots
 
Students who cannot be safe and follow these rules will be removed from the playground.

Math Homework

This is a great website for practicing math skills that we are working on. Students are part of our teacher account and each have their own username and password. The teacher assigns the skills that the students are working on. 


Click here to go to the Prodigy website.

Musical

Students are invited to join the musical production of Disney's "The Lion King Kids".

Rehearsals begin on Tuesday, January 21st 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, a permission form will need to be filled out and returned to Mrs. Bourgeois by Friday, January 17th.
THE PERMISSION FORM CAN BE FOUND ON THE AUBURN BAY MUSIC BLOG.

***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 Mrs. Bourgeois at hmbourgeois@cbe.ab.ca.

Gymnastics Information

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