Wednesday December 8, 2021

 Happy Wednesday December 8, 2021!

As a class we decided we are going to start doing fun Fridays. This means we will choose a theme for every Friday (such as anime, specific colour, hats) that we will vote on each week. We are doing this as a way to further strengthen our class community and have a laugh each Friday.

December Spirit Day is the last day of school this term, Friday Dec 17th, and it will be Festive Holiday themed.  That could mean, ugly holiday sweaters, dress as Santa or his elves or his reindeer or a snowmen/women, or even a lit-up holiday tree! Basically, anything to get into that holiday cheer!  

This year we will be doing Secret Santa for those that would like to participate. The max is $5 for spending. We will exchange names when I get all the forms back. I sent home the form today. It can also be found below. Apologies for the error on the sheet I sent home. It says 2018. I had it fixed...but I printed the old document.

Reminders:

1.  Poetry projects were due Tuesday Nov 16
2. Trees and forests project due MONDAY Dec 6. I am giving students the weekend to work on them. We have started to present the projects in class.
3. December Spirit Day Friday December 17th -Holiday themed
4. Science test this coming Friday December 10 Review can be found below
5. Mayor's food bank --- BRING IN ANY CANNED OR DRIED GOODS for the less fortunate.
6. Basic Facts test tomorrow!

7. Loonies for Lunch - same as above but bring in a loonie to help homeless people for their lunches

8. Patrollers will be happening this year! If you're interested we will be handing out sign up forms next week. We are also looking for some amazing parents that would be willing to support the patrollers by becoming patrol supervisors! Email me at malancee@cbe.ab.ca if you are interested.
   

9. spelling Test Friday

Spelling week 7 

1. Novel study 
2. Chapter 
3. Character 
4. Setting 
5. Fiction 
6. Non-Fiction 
7. Narrator 
8. Paragraph 
9. Genre 
10. Author 
11. Publisher 
12. Vocabulary 
13. Symbolism 
14. Dialogue 
15. Conflict 

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with some DEAR time before diving into math. In math we explored the area and perimeter of triangles, rectangles, squares and L shapes. 

After math, snack, and recess we library. Only one book is allowed to be checked out over the holiday break. Today we did another round of reading a non fiction text and answering questions. Students came up with questions before, during and after the reading and then answered reading comprehension questions based off blooms taxonomy. 

After this big reading comprehension task the students went off to gym to play basketball with our gym specialist.

In the afternoon we had mindfulness and recess followed by reading a chapter of our novel study. 

We finished up the day by doing some Kahoots to prep for our science test on Friday!

Trees and Forest Science Test Review

Date: Test will be this Friday

Format: 20 MC questions

Topics

-producers

-consumers

-decomposers

-herbivores, omnivores, carnivores

-ecosystem

-plants vs trees

-Forestry

-Logging practices

-Forest Recreation

-Food chains vs food webs

-layers of the forest

-leaf type

-leaf shape

-leaf margin

-layers of a tree (outer bark to heartwood)

-coniferous vs deciduous trees

-xylem vs phloem

-soil erosion

-nutrient cycle

-photosynthesis

-abiotic vs biotic factors

A message from...

Beddington Heights Parent Council  

Get Your Christmas On....

Beddington Heights Elementary Parent Council is Happy to announce their First Fundraiser of the year, Growing Smiles. They are selling Beautiful Poinsettias, Wreaths, Boughs, Outdoor Greenery and Indoor Planter.

The Campaign will run from November 5th -19th, 2021.

Pick up will be December 3rd. Details to follow

Thank you for your interest and your continued support of our school 

 

https://beddingtonheightsschool.growingsmilesfundraising.com/home

Mayor's Food Drive + Loonies for Lunches

With the holiday season soon approaching it's important to care for others and give back to those who are less fortunate than us.  This holiday season, Beddington Heights School will be a part of 2 programs that the city of Calgary runs for those less fortunate.  

The first program is Loonies for Lunches.  Loonies for Lunches would bring students together to collect loonies to donate to the food bank. Each school and/or classroom would create a donation box to collect the loonies and perhaps have some healthy competition to see which class could raise the most. The loonies would then be used by the Food Bank to purchase food for our Weekends and More program that makes sure kids get the nutritious food they need on the weekends to stay healthy and learning.  

The Mayor's Food Drive is where we collect non-perishable items, i.e. can goods, sealed boxed items, for Calgary's Food Bank.  Both programs start this Monday to Dec 14th. 

For more information, please visit https://www.calgaryfoodbank.com/wam/, thank you for the support on this!