Winter Concert Invitation

Weekly Announcement 

Students will be having a Social Studies quiz on Wednesday (November 20th) on the provinces and capital cities of Canada. Here is a good practice sheet.

 

Parent- Teacher interviews will take place this Thursday, November 21, 12:00pm-3:00pm and 4:00pm- 8:00pm.  Please sign up online

No school Thursday or Friday this week

Curriculum Update Nov.14

Curriculum Update

Science:

We finished up our Trees and Forests unit with a unit test this week. We will be moving on to start learning about Wetlands next week! We are very excited to connect our understanding of trees and forests into the closely related area of Wetlands!

Math:

We have been continuing to look at equivalent fractions this week. We have extended this learning to include simplifying fractions.

To simplify a fraction you need to find the greatest common factor between the numerator and denominator.

8 - 1 x 8, 2 x 4

12 - 1 x 12, 2 x 6, 3 x 4

Greatest Common Factor - 4

Once you have found the greatest common factor you need to divide both the numerator (top number) and the denominator (bottom number) by that number. This will give you the simplified or reduced fraction.

 

English Language Arts

In ELA we have been continuing to look at newspaper articles. We have been examining articles looking for the 5 W Questions and putting them into the inverted triangle. Most recently we have been practicing making interesting and creative headlines to draw in audiences. Students read an article and put a headline in that is interesting and makes sense. 

Social Studies

We began our Canadian Geography unit by re-familiarizing ourselves with Canada's provinces, territories and capital cities. We will soon be moving on to looking at each Canadian region through the lens of story, by reading books related to each province and region.

Physical Education

This week we have been focusing on the 3 main skills of volleyball, bumping, setting and serving. We have begun to develop greater control of the ball and have started to play small skirmish games to help familiarize ourselves with the rules.

We are blazing full steam ahead as we head into the winter season and are looking forward to discussing our learning with parents next Thursday November 21, at Parent Teacher Interviews!

Weekly Reminder

Weekly reminders:

• Parent Teacher interviews will take place on November 21st (12:00pm-3:00pm and 4:00pm-8:00pm) Online sign up will open at 10:00 AM (Nov 13, 2019), and booking ends at 10:00 PM (Nov 19, 2019). Sign up through your My CBE account or by phoning the main office.
• Detailed instructions on how to access "my School Conferences" are posted on our school website (http://school.cba.ab.ca/school/osgeiger

• Basketball Club forms are due on Friday November 15, 2019.  Please give your signed form to Mr. Loewen

Canadian Provinces and Capitals Practice

https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/games/my-canada

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Canadian_Geography.htm

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/canada-puzzle.html

Remembrance Day Ceremony

Remembrance Day Ceremony

Friday November 9th at 10:30am

Please come and remember the sacrifices of the those that came before us together. 

Feel free to bring non-perishable food and hygiene items, or money, for the Veteran’s Food Bank for the next 2 weeks. Items like cans, jars, socks, soap, toothpaste, etc are much appreciated!

Curriculum Update

Curriculum Update

Math:
This week in Room 11 & 12 we started our Fractions unit. We have started by defining some of the important words like: Fraction, Numerator, Denominator, Equivalent, and Whole. We have also started look at equivalent fractions by using our knowledge of multiples to connect fractions together.



Science:
We have also been looking at Water Cycle this week. We learned how the water cycle starts with Evaporation (Water turning into water vapour), Transpiration (Plants "sweating" water), Condensation, (Water in the air turning into little droplets, creating clouds), Precipitation (Water falling from clouds) and Accumulation (Water collecting in lakes, rivers, underground and more.) We used this information to create these spin charts to help us remember!

Language Arts:

In Language Arts we have begun to do a deep dive on Newspaper Articles. We have learned all about the Headline, Dateline and Bylines of the articles. We have also been examining articles to find the 5 W's (who, what, where, when and why).

Social Studies:
As we move forward in Social Studies we will be starting to examine the regions of Canada and geography associated with each region.

Physical Education: 
We have also started our Volleyball unit in Physical Education, practicing our serves ensuring the correct body position, hand position, and arm movement.