Wednesday January 19, 2021

Happy Wednesday January 19, 2021!

Covid safety: Please remind students about the importance of wearing masks and using hand sanitizer. If you are sick, stay home, do a rapid test and email me if you need extra work.

Pillar of the month: Wisdom

Reminders:

Spelling Test Friday

January 28: Pillars of Care assembly

January 31: No school (PD day)

3 Math tests sent home last week+ 1 more this week: Measurement 1, Computation from Nov., Computation from dec. Measurement final test.

Social Cities and Write ups Due TODAY!!! I had several students tell me they are done and left it at home or nearly done. I want these handed in tomorrow so I do not have to make phone calls to parents.

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with a survey on google classroom to measure the students feelings on zones of regulation, sit spots and daily mindfulness. Anyone who has missed this survey can still access it through google classroom. 

We then used the next part of our morning to finish reading chapter 18 in Touching Spirit Bear. Today I let the students use technology to answer the different questions after our reading.

After an indoor recess and snack we continued pt 2 of our lesson on triangles and angles. Yesterday we learned about the different ways to classify triangles by angles and sides. 

Angles: acute, obtuse and right.

Side lengths: Scalene, isosceles and equilateral.

We learned how to classify triangles by names such as acute equilateral and obtuse scalene!

After math we had a presentation from WE Events about how we can support people in our community through Equity.

Room 16 had mission impossible today with Ms Sterne before lunch and indoor recess.

In the afternoon we had science and explored the concepts of rotation, orbit and revolution. This will help us to understand our day night cycle and the seasons in the year.

Math Spelling Words

Triangle

Isosceles 

Obtuse

Right 

Degrees

Quadrilateral

Protractor

Polygon

Rectangle

Interior

Scalene

Equilateral 

Acute 

Measure 

Opposite

Vertex

A message from 2022 Family Guide

Hello! I hope this note finds you well after a well-deserved holiday break. We are so proud to share the digital link to our 25th annual YYCFamilies Guide with your school community. YYCFamilies is a reference guide to everything that makes the Calgary area a great place to raise kids! We have something for every family at every age and stage, whether they've lived here for 24 years or 24 hours.

 

We hope this annual resource - divided into seasons to help families all year long - will give them some great activity ideas or inspire them to get out and explore this beautiful region we call home. We have tons of local information to help families discover the many, many resources, activities and supports that are still available right here in our backyard! 

https://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=729877

 https://www.calgaryschild.com/

Monday January 17, 2021

Happy Monday January 17, 2021!

Covid safety: Please remind students about the importance of wearing masks and using hand sanitizer. If you are sick, stay home, do a rapid test and email me if you need extra work.

Pillar of the month: Wisdom

Reminders:

Spelling Test Friday

January 28: Pillars of Care assembly

January 31: No school (PD day)

3 Math tests sent home last week+ 1 more this week: Measurement 1, Computation from Nov., Computation from dec. Measurement final test.

Social Cities and Write ups Due Wednesday!!!

Rapid antigen Covid test kits were sent home today with all students.

Today in room 16:

We started our morning some time to work on our novel study. We read one chapter and answered 5 follow up questions.

After our novel study we started marking our measurement test from Friday. These were sent home today to be signed.

The students then had music with Mr Wiens and Gym doing gymnastics. 

For the last hour of the morning I had the students work in pairs or threes to design posters that showed their understanding of emiting vs reflecting light objects in our class, atmosphere and space. 

In the afternoon we reviewed the election process for local governments and had 30 mins to work on social cities. These are due Wednesday!!!

Hope everyone has a great day.

Triangle

Isosceles 

Obtuse

Right 

Degrees

Quadrilateral

Protractor

Polygon

Rectangle

Interior

Scalene

Equilateral 

Acute 

Measure 

Opposite

Vertex

Friday January 14, 2021!

 Happy Friday January 14, 2021!

Covid safety: Please remind students about the importance of wearing masks and using hand sanitizer. If you are sick, stay home, do a rapid test and email me if you need extra work.

Pillar of the month: Wisdom

Reminders:

January 28: Pillars of Care assembly

January 31: No school (PD day)

3 Math tests sent home this week: Measurement 1, Computation from Nov., Computation from dec.

Social Cities and Write ups Due Wednesday Next week.

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with some time to study before our two tests. We then immediately wrote the spelling test followed by our area, perimeter, and volume test. 

I decided to leave the marking to Monday so we read two chapters of touching spirit bear instead. 

We finished our morning off with an appreciation circle before music and gym. 

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mr Lancee

Thursday Jan 13, 2021

Happy Thursday Jan 13, 2021!

Covid safety: Please remind students about the importance of wearing masks and using hand sanitizer. If you are sick, stay home, do a rapid test and email me if you need extra work.

Pillar of the month: Wisdom

Reminders:

January 14 - Spelling test (words found below)

January 14 - Measurement Test 

January 28: Pillars of Care assembly

January 31: No school (PD day)

3 Math tests sent home this week: Measurement 1, Computation from Nov., Computation from dec.

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with some DEAR time to read our library books from the previous day.

The next chunk of our morning was spent doing a big review of measurement concepts for our test tomorrow. We covered unit conversions, area and perimeter of triangles, rectangles and L shapes, volume of cubes and finding the LWH of a cube that we know the volume of. 

We then went outside for recess and time on the compound (Thank goodness for the warmer weather!)

In LA today we did a small group activity to discuss whether the main character of our novel study handled his banishment. Students discussed this serious topic and shared their answers with the class. The last chunk was spent reading another chapter of Touching Spirit Bear.

After LA we had science and continued the daytime amount of sun and observations we can make about the sky. We are graphing the amount of daylight as we go and noticing which planets can be seen each day! We also worked in small groups to create posters showing different things that emit or reflect light in our solar system, atmosphere and classroom.

The students had gym with Ms Sterne today and began gymnastics. The rule is...no neck stuff. Which means, no handstands, flips or holds that would otherwise cause damage to the neck.

We finished our day with some mindfulness meditation before working on our local government cities. 

Hope everyone has a Terrific Thursday evening!

Mr Lancee

Spelling Words- Sky Science:

Solar System

Orbit

Rotation

Revolution

Tilted

Axis

Lunar Cycle

Reflect

Emit

Waxing

Waning

Crescent

Gibbous

Light year

Universe

Monday January 10, 2021

Happy New Year!!! 

Welcome back to room 16 and a new year.  Hope you all had a wonderful extended winter break! 

Covid safety: Please remind students about the importance of wearing masks and using hand sanitizer. If you are sick, stay home, do a rapid test and email me if you need extra work.

Pillar of the month: Wisdom

Reminders:

January 14 - Spelling test (words found below)

January 14 - Measurement Test 

January 28: Pillars of Care assembly

January 31: No school (PD day)

3 Math tests sent home today: Measurement 1, Computation from Nov., Computation from dec.

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with a welcome back conversation and a reminder of the school, classroom and covid safety rules.

We did a desk change and placed ourselves into rows to keep safe and follow covid protocol.

After setting up our room we had some time to reflect on our winter breaks. Students had 30 minutes to write all about what they did on their break, the food they ate, presents they got and more. 

We then went outside for recess and time on the field (Thank goodness for the warmer weather!)

The next chunk of our morning was spent doing review for our test on Friday. We are continuing our exploration of measurement this week focusing on area, perimeter and volume of 2D and 3D shapes. I sent the test from before the break home today. Correcting the work is a great way to see where you went wrong and improve for next time.

After math we had science and began following the daytime amount of sun and observations we can make about the sky. We are graphing the amount of daylight as we go and noticing which planets can be seen each day!

The students had gym with Ms Sterne today and began gymnastics. The rule is...no neck stuff. Which means, no handstands, flips or holds that would otherwise cause damage to the neck.

We finished our day with some mindfulness meditation before working on our local government cities. 

Hope everyone has a marvellous Monday evening!

Mr Lancee

Spelling Words- Sky Science:

Solar System

Orbit

Rotation

Revolution

Tilted

Axis

Lunar Cycle

Reflect

Emit

Waxing

Waning

Crescent

Gibbous

Light year

Universe

Wednesday Dec. 15, 2021

 Happy Wednesday Dec. 15, 2021

Reminders:

1. December Spirit Days: Wednesday Pyjama Day, Thursday Plaid Day, Friday Holiday gear day.

2. 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.

3. No spelling this week!

4. Last day of class Dec. 17

5. Secret Santa gifts due tomorrow please!

6. Area perimeter volume quiz tomorrow!

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with some DEAR and time to work on social cities. 

After our morning catch up we did a large math review for the test tomorrow. 

The test will be on:

- area and perimeter of triangles, rectangles, and L shapes.

- conversions from mm to cm, cm to mm, km to m, m to km.

-Volume of rectangular prisms.

After math we had a short block to read one chapter of Touching spirit bear and answer questions.

The students practiced caroling in music, and basketball in gym before starting a science lesson. 

Today in science we learned about different constellations and how they are viewed by different cultures. Students got together in groups of 5 and 6 to read through a text about different constellations then drew and explained what the constellations were about. 

In the afternoon we had some time to play board games during our indoor recess before we worked on social cities for 30 minutes. 

The last chunk of our day was spent doing a virtual assembly and singing along with the school to different Christmas songs! It was a fun way to end the day and spread some holiday cheer. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday evening!

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!

Monday Dec. 13, 2021

Happy Monday Dec 13, 2021

Reminders:

1. December Spirit Days: Wednesday Pyjama Day, Thursday Plaid Day, Friday Holiday gear day.
2. Mayor's food bank --- BRING IN ANY CANNED OR DRIED GOODS for the less fortunate.
3. Loonies for Lunch - same as above but bring in a loonie to help homeless people for their lunches

4. 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.

5. No spelling next week!

6. Last day of class Dec. 17

7. Secret Santa gifts due Tuesday Dec 14 please!

8. Retest for the science quiz will be on Wednesday!

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with some DEAR before diving into volume in math.

To find the volume of a shape you simply multiply the length, width and height!

I would like to give a check in quiz to the students on Thursday to assess their level of understanding with geometry so far.

It will be a mix of area, perimeter and volume. 

After math we marked our asteroids and comets reading comprehension questions as a class. This carried us to gym and we played some basketball with teams rotating on and off.

For social today we learned about local government structure and how governments give people a voice. The last 30 minutes was spent working on our social cities. 

In the afternoon I started the students on a scavenger hunt using a website and some pre-created questions. We will continue this tomorrow!

Hope everyone has a wonderful evening. 

Mr Lancee

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!