Monday March 7, 2022

 Happy Monday March 7, 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 with some time to work on our science projects. These are due next Monday!

After science we had a long appreciation circle to talk about our goals for the week and the weekend.

After recess we moved into LA and learned about how to add description to our writing and show instead of tell our ideas.

In math today we completed some more work with transformations. We will have a quiz on this unit on Monday next week.

In the afternoon we finished up social presentations and then started our new unit: Provincial Government!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Mr Lancee

Friday March 4, 2022

 Happy Friday March 4, 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 with diving into math and working on transformations. Students completed two handouts, in which they described transformations as translations, reflections and rotations.

After math we had a half hour block in which the students earned some minecraft time. 

Our assistant principal came at 9:30 to complete a survey with the students on their well being and relationships within the school.

After the survey got to work on creating our poem that is being filmed and presented to the school. 

We finished off our day with gym playing dodgeball and an appreciation circle/kindness box.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Mr Lancee

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!