Monday March 14, 2022

Happy Monday March 14, 2022

Reminders:

Starting March 1st Masks are optional.

Pillar of the month: Truth

Pillars of Care March 18

Science Projects due March 14, then we will start presenting

Spring break March 19-27

Sky science test moved to Thursday! Please study your notes to be ready for the test.

Transformations quiz Wednesday. 

Today in room 16:

We started our morning with an appreciation circle to talk about some sad news we received over the weekend. I gave students a chance to share their feelings and discuss the week.

In math today did some tricky multiple choice questions to prep for our test on Wednesday. Students will need to understand how to rotate, reflect and translate triangles and polygons on a grid. I will attach some extra practice below.

After math I gave the students an hour to prep and plan their stories. We are starting the story writing this week and I want all students to have a plan before they start writing. 

Students must write with our graphic organizer that has them plan out:

Characters

Setting

Conflict Resolution

An Inciting incident to start the story

3 events

Climax

Falling action

After LA we moved into science and started our presentations. This will be combined with review this week to study for the test. 

In the afternoon we had a presentation from Save On Foods to describe how to go shopping and explore the healthy foods our body needs. 

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Mr Lancee

Taken from worksheetsworks.com

Thursday Mar 10, 2022

Happy Thursday Mar 10, 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

Sky Science Test Next Friday

Transformations quiz next week! (Most likely Tuesday or Wednesday)

Today in room 16:

We started our morning on laptops in order to finish our science projects. These are due Monday so please finish them over the weekend. 

After science we had math and focused on performing multiple transformations on a shape.

In Gym today we had a large curling tournament in which all students will win a prize.

We also began planning out our stories today! We focused on characters and settings and next week we will get into actually writing them.

We finished our day with a session from safety expo, a desk clean and an appreciation circle. Looking forward to seeing everyone during conferences!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Mr Lancee

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!