November 29, 2021

We were a very busy bunch today.  We needed lots of reminders to be working and to not be so very loud when we are working.  We were so loud that we couldn't work on our group projects today, but tomorrow is a new day!

In LA, we worked on writing our polar bear stories.  We also worked on editing the stories by finding all our capital letters, words we weren't sure we spelled right, and places we needed end punctuation.  Then we had a conference meeting with Mrs. P to help us edit and add ideas to our work.

In Math, we played a dice game to help us work on either adding, subtracting, multiplication or division.

In Social Studies, we ended up working on writing definitions for several words connected to our unit about the physical geography of Alberta.

We had Music today!

We found out that TOMORROW is Crazy Hair Day!  Mrs. P didn't know until Friday afternoon, so it was a surprise for everyone.

Upcoming Dates:

Loonies for Lunches - We are trying to collect loonies to donate to the food bank.  The loonies would then be used by the Food Bank to purchase food for the 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 go until to Dec 14th. 

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

November 23, 2021

 In LA today we worked on asking questions as we read a non-fiction text.  We started with asking a question based on the title, then asking a question when we paused half way through, and finally any unanswered questions we had when the reading was over.

In math, Mr. M. (our student teacher) showed us what happens when we can't divide a number evenly.  We ended up with a remainder.  A remainder is a leftover piece.

In Science, we watched a video about why the sky is blue.  We also finished up our properties of light booklets.

Upcoming Dates:

November 25 - Online Conferences 3:30 - 7:30

November 26 - NO SCHOOL - Online Conferences 8 - 12

November 19, 2021

 This week we have been working on summarizing texts in LA.  We also worked on using a highlighter to find the proof when we were answering questions about a text we read to ourselves.  We also used our first, next, then, last format to create a how-to paragraph about building something with snow.

In math, we continued working on fact families, and did some graphing work with scales that count by more than 1.

We started working on our social studies group research project about the regions of Alberta.

Upcoming Dates:

November 25 - Online Conferences 3:30 - 7:30

November 26 - NO SCHOOL - Online Conferences 8 - 12

Mayor's Food Drive

With the holiday season soon approaching its 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!

November 16, 2021

 This week our student teacher, Mr. Marjoram, joined our class.  We were all very excited to meet him.

We are still working on summarizing stories this week.  This time, we were given a specific story from our teacher and then we created storyboards for the four main events in the story.

In math, we are learning about Fact Families - three numbers that are all related 

3+4=7, 4+3=7, 7-3=4, 7-4=3

We can also do this with multiplication and division

In Science, we learned about the Northern Lights.  Did you know that they are caused by electricity?  Ask your child about it.

Upcoming Dates:

November 25 - Online Conferences 3:30-7:30

November 26 - NO SCHOOL - Online Conferences 8-12

November 10, 2021

We had our virtual assembly for Remembrance Day today.  We missed our Music, but got to sing along to Highway of Heroes and O' Canada during the assembly.

In math today we continued working on division today.  We used counters to help us split up the sets into equal parts.

We did some work on goal setting today, thinking specifically about our literacy goals to share at conferences.

Upcoming dates:

November 11 - So School (Remembrance Day)

November 12 - No School (PD Day)

November 25 - Conferences (online 3:30-7:30)

November 26 - No School - Conferences (online 8-12)

November 9, 2021

This week we are working on summarizing stories that we read using the First, Then, Next, Last framework.

In math today we worked on division!  It wasn't as scary as we thought, and we were able to draw pictures of our math thinking to help us solve our questions.

In Science, we watched a video about light and shadows and then did a short recall activity with a partner afterwards.

A Message from 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

November 5, 2021

 This week we did a mixed up basic facts quiz.  This required us to look at every part of the number sentence, rather than just the numbers because we needed to know what operation we were doing.

In LA we worked on reading comprehension using visualization as a technique.

We talked about Remembrance Day today and the significance of the poppy.  We brainstormed words that we think of when we think of Remembrance Day, heroes, and courage.

For Art, we drew and painted a field of poppies.

Upcoming Dates:

November 10 - Picture Retakes

November 11 - Remembrance Day - No school

November 12 - Professional Day - No school

November 3, 2021

 This week we have been working on writing paragraphs that have an introduction sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence to wrap the paragraph up.  We mostly wrote about an exciting event from the weekend.  We also spent time today working on editing - finding errors in capitals, spelling, and end punctuation.

In math, we have been working on skip counting this week.  We practiced skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.  Today we also worked on using graphs to answer questions.

In social studies we continued working on developing our research skills using Google to find facts about Alberta.  We looked at some of the historic sites around our province, and shared the ones we found on the Smart Board.

In Science we did an experiment to find transparent, translucent, and opaque objects.

Upcoming Dates:

November 10 - Picture Retakes

November 11 - Remembrance Day - No school

November 12 - Professional Day - No school