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.
Important dates: Dec 3 - Tuesday: Mobile Scape In School Field Trip
Dec 12 - Thursday: Winter Concert (Room 4 presentation at 7:30pm)
Subtracting with thousands and hundreds can be hard. In our school, we use Montessori materials to show our work. The video below can help parents to learn how we use manipulatives to support students' learning for math equations. Students are creating their own videos on Seesaw showing how they can solve subtraction equations using different stratategies.
We discussed this week about how to improve our writing skills. Students were encouraged to brainstorm their ideas before writing, take a break of a day, read and start their revisions and edit their work. Everyone received a laminated checklist (pencil below) to support them check their work with a partner and by themselves.
Mobile Scape | In School Field Trip
Please return the forms by tomorrow.
Volunteers Needed:
Lake Bonavista School Improvement Society Casino Fundraiser
We are less than a week away from our fundraising Casino at Deerfoot Casino (December 1-2, 2019) and have had some positions open up. If you can help out, it would be greatly appreciated. This is a huge source of funding for the School Council in order to provide all the enhanced learning opportunities for our children at school. Each shift worked earns approximately $1,800 towards our school.
The open shifts include:
Sunday, December 1 Count Room Staff - 1 Position from 11:00pm - 3:30am
Monday, December 2 AM Cashier - 1 Position from 11:00am - 7:00pm
PM Chip Runner - 1 Position from 6:30pm - 3:30am
Click on the link below for more details and to sign up to volunteer.
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:
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.” Michael Jordan
Mindfulness | Self-Regulation
Today we discussed about our dependency on executive functions and emotion management every day—did you know these skills can be taught? Research shows that students with better self-regulation skills have higher academic achievement, are more likely to get along with others, and are better able to build and maintain strong relationships.
Thank you for all families that came to Learning Conferences!!! As many parents asked about different tools and websites to support their child at home, I've listed a few apps and websites that we use in our classroom. If you child doesn't remember their passwords, we can take a picture with Seesaw to share with you. Epic! Epic! is a reading and learning platform. It offers access to books and videos for children ages 12 and under.The service can be used on desktop and mobile devices. Class Code: did7082
Prodigy unlocks the power of game-based learning and is designed to be engaging for children. The application actively adapts to keep each child’s learning at his/her own pace, automatically identifies knowledge gaps and scaffolds them through difficult concepts. It is designed to ensure children master fundamental math skills, build fluency, understand complex word problems and develop deep conceptual understanding through the use of virtual manipulatives. https://play.prodigygame.com/
Khan Academy Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2008 by Salman Khan with the goal of creating a set of online tools that help educate students. The organization produces short lessons in the form of videos. Its website also includes supplementary practice exercises and materials for educators.
Solaro Free with the Calgary Library card! Find course lessons, reviews, and practice tests for students in grades 3 to 12. From science and math to social studies and English, Solaro follows the Alberta curriculum and provides online access to the same information found in The Key study guides. https://app.solaro.com/library/cpl
Spelling City
A link to a great website to improve your spelling. You can practice spelling choosing different topics and games on the website, or you can create your own spelling list. Have fun spelling! https://www.spellingcity.com/
French
This French language comprehension practice activity uses the theme of introducing Lucie to the French teacher and classmates in her new school. Students listen to the audio and read and complete dialogue for the following questions: Comment t'appelles-tu? Tu t'appelles comment? (introductions); Comment vas-tu? Comment ça va? (state of being); Tu es de…? Tu es de quel pays? (country of origin). Expressions include: Bonjour. Salut. (greetings); Bienvenue. Merci. (expressions of politeness). http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/flbla/html/scenarios/scenario1/index.html?scenario=1&group=2&totalactivities=20
There is an important field trip form coming home today. This is a special field trip that will be coming to our school. There was a cost error on the form - in order to save a paper, we adjusted the price with a pencil. Note: The actual cost of the Mobile Escape Field Trip is $11.00.
Addition with thousands and hundreds can be hard. In our school, we use Montessori materials to show our work. The video below can help parents to learn how we use manipulatives to support students' learning for math equations. Ask your child which materials and strategies they like to use when solving math equations.
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:
“All things are difficult before they are easy.” Thomas Fuller
Fixed Mindset x Growth Mindset
Today we discussed about the difference between Growth Mindset and Fixed Mindset. “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.” ( Dweck, 2015)
How is My Child Doing in School? It’s important to know how your child is doing in school. Knowing more about your child’s interests, strengths and areas for development are critical to help you support your child’s learning. What is the four-point scale? What does it tell me? In K-9, the achievement indicators (Excellent-4, Good-3, Basic-2, Not Meeting-1) signify the extent to which a student has demonstrated achievement of Alberta Programs of Study outcomes organized by report card stem. Report card stems are categories used to organize the Alberta Programs of Study outcomes.
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.
STEAM | Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math Building Bridges
Today we discussed about the Engineer Design Process and the steps necessary to solve real-world problems. Our challenge for the next weeks is to build a bridge strong enough to hold, at least, 1kg of weight. Students decided their partners today and started to develop a proposal. After the proposal is approved, they can modify and improve their blueprint before start building their bridges. Students can review the requirements and details about this project on our shared folder on Google Drive (clique here).
The current food drive organized by the Grade 6 Students In Action Club has already been a great success so far. The LBS community has showing how generous they are and have brought in a large amount of items to be donated and that will surely make a big difference in peoples' lives. We are continuing to collect items until this Friday, November 15th, so please do your best to help the Students In Action Club reach their goal of collecting 500 items!
Volunteers Needed for Book Fair Post
We are still in need of volunteers for our upcoming book fair.
We are pleased to be offering a book fair again this year over Parent Teacher Conferences. We are looking for parent volunteers who would be interested in helping set up the book fair, as well as some parents to help with the book fair while it is running.
If you are able to volunteer during any of the time slots below we would greatly appreciate it! Please email Pam Green with the time and day you are available to help at pngreen@cbe.ab.ca.
Tuesday, November 19th – (set up)
9:00 a.m. (2 more needed)
Wednesday, November 20th (previewing)
12:30pm - 2:35pm (1 volunteers needed)
Thursday, November 21st (previewing and evening purchasing)
8:15- 11:30am (1 volunteers needed for previewing)
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:
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” Confucius
Growth Mindset - The Iceberg Illusion:
We discussed in our class today about success and what means to say that someone is successful, We figure it out that success is like an iceberg: what people usually see on the surface! Things like confidence, wealth, beauty, relationships, and seniority. Meanwhile, there is what people don’t see hiding below the surface. The things that successful people go through or practice, things like persistence, failure, sacrifice, disappointment, discipline, hard work and dedication. Ask your child, how he or she is working to be successful at school!
