Wednesday March 1, 2022

Happy Wednesday March 2, 2022

Reminders:

Starting March 1st Masks are optional.

Pillar of the month: Truth

Parent teacher conferences March 10, 11.

No school March 11

Pillars of Care March 18

Science Projects due March 14, then we will start presenting

Spring break March 19-27

Today in room 16:

We started our morning by learning about sit spots for our walk to confluence park. We then immediately set out and braved the winter winds to walk down to Split Rock. Students loved experiencing the nature and connecting with the land. 

When we returned we had snack and library before starting our social presentations. Students presented their Black History Month projects to their class and helped us learn about the amazing individuals accomplishments and lives.

In the afternoon I gave the students a long block to work on their science projects. 

Have a great day everyone!

Mr Lancee

Monday February 28, 2022

Happy Monday February 28, 2022!

Reminders:

Starting March 1st Masks are optional.

Pillar of the month: Truth

Parent teacher conferences March 10, 11.

No school March 11

Pillars of Care March 18

Spring break March 19-27

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with an hour on laptops to work on our science projects.

After science we moved into math and learned how to reflect triangles over the x and y axis.

Mr Wiens then took the students for music before we went to gym to do curling.

When we returned to class I taught the students how to use dialogue in their stories. This exploration took us through how to use proper punctuation and quotation marks when having characters speak.

In the afternoon we started our Black History Month presentations. Students present their chosen individual and then answer questions provided by me to show their understandings.

Have a great day everyone!

Mr Lancee

Tuesday February 22, 2022

Happy Tuesday February 22, 2022!

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

MASKS ARE NOW OPTIONAL

Pillar of the month: Love

Reminders

Reading give it a shot is back! 1 hour of reading at home= 1 card animal or hockey card. We will also read in class.

Patrollers started the other week! Please be on time for your shifts :)

Pillars of Care assembly Friday.

Pink shirt day tomorrow. Please wear a pink shirt to support anti bullying.

Basic Facts quiz tomorrow.

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with an appreciation circle to talk about our weekends and our goals for the week. 

Next we had some time to work on our Black History Month projects and complete some mathletics. We will begin presenting them soon!

After laptop time we had a short period in which we practiced plotting points on a cartesian grid. We will be applying these skills to creating triangles and reflecting them over axis tomorrow. 

After gym and music we went over our math from the morning before learning about the who, why, what, where, when and how of story planning. 

In the afternoon we had a long science block and covered the difference between meteors, asteroids and comets. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful evening. 

Stay warm! It is chilly out there!

Wednesday February 16, 2022

Happy Wednesday February 16, 2022

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

MASKS ARE NOW OPTIONAL

Pillar of the month: Love

Reminders

Reading give it a shot is back! 1 hour of reading at home= 1 card animal or hockey card. We will also read in class.

Patrollers started this week! Please be on time for your shifts :)

No school February 17, 18, 21 (Teachers convention and family day)

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with some laptops to continue working on our Black History Month projects. The projects are due March 1st and then we will begin presenting them. 

We then had a short LA block to learn about theme and point of view in books and stories. 

After snack and recess we had another short LA block to do DEAR and library. 

When we finished up reading we had a nice math block in which the students continued their exploration of graphs and plotting coordinate points. Students blasted through this lesson and are ready to start plotting triangles. 

After math we had a short art block in which I taught the students how to draw anime characters and we watched the last 5 minutes of the Canada vs Sweden hockey game. 

In the afternoon we had science and finished our exploration of the planets before having an appreciation circle, kindness box and cleaning up for the day. 

Hope everyone has a great 5 day weekend!

Mr Lancee

Monday February 14, 2022

 Happy Monday February 14, 2022

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

MASKS ARE NOW OPTIONAL

Pillar of the month: Love

Reminders

Reading give it a shot is back! 1 hour of reading at home= 1 card animal or hockey card. We will also read in class.

Patrollers started this week! Please be on time for your shifts :)

No school February 17, 18, 21 (Teachers convention and family day)

Local Government Test tomorrow!

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with some laptops to do some mathletics on our new unit, transformations. We will look at this unit more in depth tomorrow. 

After math we did a short LA lesson and learned about characters in story writing. We created a stick person and then chose a character to describe everything about the given character. When we write, we have to describe the characters appearance, personality and how their values will connect to the main conflict. 

After LA the students had gym and music before heading off to science. In science today we explored the planets. 

In the afternoon I spoke to the students about some of their behaviour during lunchroom. They have been informed that if they are disrespectful or do not follow the rules their privileges will be swiftly removed and they will sit in their desks and have to be quiet. I hope this does not have to happen.

We finished off our day with a big social review before our local government quiz tomorrow. 

Hope everyone has a great day.

Mr Lancee

Happy Valentines Day!

Wednesday Feb. 9, 2021

 Happy Wednesday February 9, 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: Love

Reminders

Reading give it a shot is back! 1 hour of reading at home= 1 card animal or hockey card. We will also read in class.

Patrollers started this week! Please be on time for your shifts :)

No school February 17, 18, 21 (Teachers convention and family day)

Social Cities are now very late. Parent calls have been made. Please ensure work is being completed on time.

Angles and Triangles Test Friday!

Edmonton Spelling Test was today!

Local Government Test will be next week. I will hand out a review tomorrow.

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with some DEAR time for reading give it a shot. I have been totalling up the values for each of the reading times and students will start earning cards tomorrow!

Next we had social studies and looked over a review study guide for our local government test coming up next week! Students now have all the terms we have learned, the notes and a process for passing a bylaw in hand. 

In math today we did a big review of angles, triangles, quadrilaterals and using protractors. 

After library we went to gym to play some 4 on 4 games of floor hockey. 

I decided to move the Edmonton Spelling Test to today as we had a nice big chunk to complete it.

For black history month I introduced a project in which the students are researching and reflect on the achievements and lives of individuals of African descent.  Students will be creating a powerpoint presentation to share with the class about their selected individual. Students chose who they would like to research and spent about 30 minutes working on their projects.

Have a great day everyone!

Mr Lancee

Monday February 7, 2021

Happy Monday February 7, 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: Love

Reminders

Reading give it a shot is back! 1 hour of reading at home= 1 card animal or hockey card. We will also read in class.

Patrollers started this week! Please be on time for your shifts :)

No school February 17, 18, 21 (Teachers convention and family day)

Social Cities are now very late. Parent calls have been made. Please ensure work is being completed on time.

Angles and Triangles Test Friday!

Edmonton Spelling Test will be Thursday.

Local Government Test will be next week. I will hand out a review tomorrow.

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with our class meeting and appreciation circle. We had a chance to share about our weekends, a goal for the week and what we would like to learn about.

Next we moved into math and learned about reflex angles and quadrilaterals.

After math we had snack and finally went outside for recess!

Next I gave the students a chunk of time to write about their space art. The descriptions needed to describe What they were, What they are made of, when were they discovered/by whom, and where they are found.

I then had an hour to introduce the students to story writing. We started by focusing on beginnings. Our beginnings must introduce a character, setting and some exciting conflict to hook the reader. 

In the afternoon we had a conversation about how some students have been showing rude or disrespectful behaviour today. We talked about why this might be and did a mini activity to come to terms with why we might be upset.

We finished our day by exploring the textbook and learning about the government structure of local governments.

Have a great day everyone!

Mr Lancee