Important dates:
Spring Break - March 23 to March 31
Monday | April 1 - Classes Resume
Monday | April 1 - Classes Resume
Friday, March 22, 2019
Monday, March 18, 2019
Monday - March 18, 2019
Our Learning Quest!
We started our week with new learning challenges!
This is our roadmap for this week:
This is our roadmap for this week:
Ask your child what they were able to complete today!
If you your child was away, please find the details about our weekly tasks here (Note: we haven't started all tasks in this link, yet).
Inquiry | Maverick Living Museum
Today we had our Maverick Living Museum and it went great!!! Your child should definitely feel proud of all the hard work they put into getting ready for this celebration of learning. Thank you to all the special guests that were able to come and interact with our Mavericks!
Calvin's Thought of the Week:
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Napoleon Hill
Tomorrow it is VERY important for all students to arrive on time. We will be leaving by bus to go to our field trip to Studio Bell. If you arrive late, you might miss the bus and miss the totally awesome field trip.
Students should be dressed for the weather, according to our investigations- it should be 14 degrees tomorrow. All students need to bring a litter-less lunch, full water bottle, appropriate shoes and full tummies from eating a full breakfast. Students are welcome to bring personal note-pads if they want to take notes or sketch what they see.
Important dates:
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip
Thursday | March 21 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
Friday, March 15, 2019
Friday - March 15, 2019
Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset
There are two types of mindsets we can cultivate. One that embraces problems as opportunities to learn, and one that avoids them, often out of fear to fail. People that avoid conflicts can be described as having a fixed mindset. Those who see problems as interesting challenges have a growth mindset. Sometimes we like to switch from one to the other.
Watch the video about these two types of mindsets and discussed with your child:
Unfinished Tasks
Ask your child if they have any unfinished tasks this week!
Click here for more information about this week Unfinished Tasks! Please ask your child why he/she was unable to complete his/her assignment(s) during class and sign the form attached to their work.
Learning Assembly | Monday - March 18, 2019
Families are welcome to join us during the presentations.
Maverick Living Museum: Monday - March 18, 2019
Location: Lake Bonavista School Gym
Time: 10:30 - 11:30
Studio Bell Field Trip | Tuesday - March 19, 2019
We still have a few students missing their forms. Please send them as soon as possible.
Also, we are still in need of one volunteer for this field trip. If you have your clearance and is able to volunteer, please let me know.
Important dates:
Monday | March 18 - Grade 3/4 Assembly - 10:30 to 11:30
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip
Thursday | March 21 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip
Thursday | March 21 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Thursday - March 14, 2019
Learning Assembly | Monday - March 18, 2019
We have been SUPER busy getting ready for ur Maverick Living Museum. On Monday, students in the grade 3/4 classrooms will be presenting/performing as the character they have been learning about/researching. This has required students to use a website to research their character, take that research and record it into planning sheets. Then create a script using the planning sheets. And finally, create some trifolds/posters to display their information. Students are welcome to bring their costume to school any day this week for our photo display. We are looking forward to sharing our work with our peers in our Living Museum. Families are welcome to join us during the presentations.
Maverick Living Museum: Monday - March 18, 2019Location: Lake Bonavista School GymTime: 10:30 - 11:30
Studio Bell Field Trip | Tuesday - March 19, 2019
We still have a few students missing their forms. Please send them as soon as possible.
Also, we are still in need of one volunteer for this field trip. If you have your clearance and is able to volunteer, please let me know.
LBS School Council’s Spring Fundraiser!
You are invited to shop from Purdys Chocolatier, just in time for Easter to support our school through your purchases.
You will find sweet Easter/Spring gifts for friends, family and yourself in their online catalogue.
Please click the link below:
After you’ve signed in, you can buy amazing chocolates and invite others to support our LBS Spring Fundraising Campaign.
Shopping open until Friday March 29.
Delivery on Thursday April 11.
Thank you so much!
LBS School Council
Learning Conferences will take place on March 21 and 22.
These conferences are student centred and student led. Each time slot will be 1/2 hour long, where you will have a chance to interact with your child as they show case their work. Teachers will be available for conversations with students and their parents, however there will be more than 1 family in the room at a time.
Please contact the office at 403-777-6871, extension 0 if you require assistance with booking.
Important dates:
Monday | March 18 - Grade 3/4 Assembly
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip
Thursday | March 21 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip
Thursday | March 21 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
Monday, March 11, 2019
Monday - March 11, 2019
Our Learning Quest!
We started our week with new learning challenges!
This is our roadmap for this week:
This is our roadmap for this week:
Ask your child what they were able to complete today!
If you your child was away, please find the details about our weekly tasks here (Note: we haven't started all tasks in this link, yet).
Calvin's Thought of the Week:
If we only did things that were easy, we wouldn’t actually be learning anything. We would just be practicing things we already knew.David Dockterman
Learning Conferences will take place on March 21 and 22. The online booking site opens for parents on Monday, March 11 at 5:00 pm.
These conferences are student centred and student led. Each time slot will be 1/2 hour long, where you will have a chance to interact with your child as they show case their work. Teachers will be available for conversations with students and their parents, however there will be more than 1 family in the room at a time.
Please contact the office at 403-777-6871, extension 0 if you require assistance with booking.
Important dates:
Monday | March 11 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Online booking starts
Tuesday | March 12 - Alien In-Line Skating
Thursday | March 14 - Alien In-Line Skating
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip (Forms need to be signed as soon as possible!!! Please come volunteer with our class!!!)Thursday | March 21 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
Tuesday | March 12 - Alien In-Line Skating
Thursday | March 14 - Alien In-Line Skating
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip (Forms need to be signed as soon as possible!!! Please come volunteer with our class!!!)Thursday | March 21 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Student-Led Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
Friday, March 8, 2019
Friday - March 8, 2019
Social Studies | Maverick Costumes
On Monday March 18th, our class along with the other grade 3/4 classes are hosting a living museum for the other classes in the school. This is connected to our inquiry into "Alberta Mavericks." Students have spent several weeks researching their Maverick in order to perform as them in the living museum. We are also taking portrait photos of each student dressed as their Maverick for our documentation panel. Most students have brainstormed possible ideas for a costume they could wear in order to fully embody their Maverick. It would be extremely helpful is parents had a chat with their child this weekend about their costume ideas to see if some items could be gathered from home. We would like to start taking the portrait photos as soon as possible. If there are any challenges with putting together a costume, students are welcome to wear a nice outfit for both the living museum and their portrait. This is very exciting work, and we are excited to pull this all together!!
Unfinished Tasks
Ask your child if they have any unfinished tasks this week!
Important dates:
Tuesday | March 12 - Alien In-Line Skating
Thursday | March 14 - Alien In-Line Skating
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip (Forms need to be signed as soon as possible!!! Please come volunteer with our class!!!)
Thursday | March 21 - Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Thursday - March 7, 2019
Science | Rock Cycle
Rock Cycle is the process of rocks changing from one type to another. This week we started developing a poster to explain the Rock Cycle. Students are using all the activities we have done in class about rocks and also using the following website:
Growth Mindset Discussion
Students with a growth mindset understand they can get smarter through hard work, the use of effective strategies, and help from others when needed. It is contrasted with a fixed mindset: the belief that intelligence is a fixed trait that is set in stone at birth. We have been discussing in our classroom how our brain works and that we can learn anything. This week we watched two videos about growth mindset:
John Legend shares a personal story about overcoming early rejections in his career to get to where he is today.
TedTalk: The way we understand our intelligence and abilities deeply impacts our success. Based on social science research and real life examples, Eduardo Briceño articulates how mindset, or the understanding of intelligence and abilities, is key.
We want our students to get excited about reading. As they participate and are encouraged to choose their own books, they become more motivated and interested in reading. Students have access to Scholastic catalogues to order books and learning games. If you are interested, ask your child if they have a book catalogue. Please send your orders by March 8th (tomorrow).
You can also order online at http://www.scholastic.ca/parents/
Don’t miss out on school messages!
Most school messages are sent to parents through SchoolMessenger. It’s a mass communication tool that allows us to easily and securely send email, phone and text messages to families of students in a particular grade, class, or area. Messages are sent to the parent email contacts on file at the school.
To ensure you receive important information from our school and the Calgary Board of Education, we ask that you please Subscribe online (if you have not done so already). This will allow us to send electronic messages on school topics such as student fees, picture days, field trips and fun lunches.
Visit the CBE website at www.cbe.ab.ca , click on the section called ‘Subscribe’, and subscribe today.
Important dates:
Friday | March 8 - Scholastic Orders are due - Tomorrow
Tuesday | March 12 - Alien In-Line Skating
Thursday | March 14 - Alien In-Line Skating
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip (Forms need to be signed as soon as possible!!! Please come volunteer with our class!!!)
Thursday | March 21 - Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Tuesday - March 5, 2019
Descriptive Writing
The main goal of writers is to create such vivid details that the reader can easily form a precise mental picture of what is being written about. The author may accomplish this by using imaginative language, interesting comparisons, and images that appeal to the senses. Today students started to brainstorm how to describe the picture below, creating a story using their senses.
What do you see?
What do you hear?
What do you smell?
What do you feel?
What do you taste?
The main goal of writers is to create such vivid details that the reader can easily form a precise mental picture of what is being written about. The author may accomplish this by using imaginative language, interesting comparisons, and images that appeal to the senses. Today students started to brainstorm how to describe the picture below, creating a story using their senses.
What do you see?
What do you hear?
What do you smell?
What do you feel?
What do you taste?
Ask your child about his/her ideas for their story!
Important dates:
Tuesday | March 12 - Alien In-Line Skating
Thursday | March 14 - Alien In-Line Skating
Friday | March 8 - Scholastic Orders are due
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip (Forms need to be signed as soon as possible!!! Please come volunteer with our class!!!)
Thursday | March 21 - Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
Monday, March 4, 2019
Monday - March 4, 2019
Our Learning Quest!
We started our week with new learning challenges!
This is our roadmap for this week:
This is our roadmap for this week:
Ask your child what they were able to complete today!
If you your child was away, please find the details about our weekly tasks here (Note: we haven't started all tasks in this link, yet).
Calvin's Thought of the Week:
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison
Studio Bell Field Trip - March 19th
Please sign and return the forms as soon as possible!
We still need Volunteers
Please send me an email if you are available on this day. Field trips cannot happen without the support of our wonderful volunteers.
It will be a full day field trip from 8:00am to 2:00pm.
Today we had a great discussion about neuroplasticity and how can you “rewire” your brain.
Video:
Important dates:
Monday | March 4 to 15 - Alien In-Line Skating
Friday | March 8 - Scholastic Orders are due
Tuesday | March 19 - Studio Bell Field Trip (Forms need to be signed as soon as possible!!! Please come volunteer with our class!!!)
Thursday | March 21 - Learning Conferences - Evening
Friday | March 22 - Learning Conferences - Daytime – NO SCHOOL for students
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