Good Afternoon,

The last 2 weeks have gone by in a blur.  We have been busy in the classroom as usual.  The learning the students continue to do is fantastic.

We have not done a lot that is different in the past 2 weeks.  We still read and try to write everyday.  We are beginning to use computers to do some of our writing which includes opinion writing and even beginning to do some story writing.

Math has seen us continue on problem solving.  We have tackled mixed problems and multi-step problems.  The students are learning to read through them and pick out what is important and then apply the appropriate function to find the answer.

We are finishing up our Waste unit in Science, and our next unit will focus on Weather.  We are beginning to find out more about Alberta in Social Studies, then moving back into the history of Canada as time goes on.

We completed yoga and dance in Physical Education and next we will be doing some floor hockey and ringette.

I do not get to see your wonderful children now until the 4th of January.  Mr. Bennett has also sent an update out to families that gives details about what to expect. 

From January 4th - 8th, 2021 your children will be learning online.  There are times when they will be online with me, Ms. Hanan or Ms. Murphy, being instructed, receiving support and asking or answering questions.  These online times will be for attendance as well.  A schedule came home with your student today, but it is not perfect, so there may be changes.  In that case, a new schedule will be sent out to you by Sunday, January 3, 2021.  I will also be posting it on our Google Classroom.

Stay tuned to your email for any updates that are coming.  Thank you for your ongoing support, your children could not do what they do without you.

Have an amazing break and I can't wait to see everyone in January.

Mrs. Mahon

 Hello Fabulous Families,

In the last 2 weeks we have tried to do a lot, so let us update you on what has happened and what will happen next week.

In reading we continue to read with our teacher, read with a buddy (safely and at a bit of a distance). We choose books that are at a level that we are great at reading.  We have access to a lot of books online over the break coming up.  Ask me how.

In writing we continue to write about Ivan the Shopping Mall Gorilla and we get to free write about anything we want but appropriate for school.  Some of us have written letters to Santa, written about our weekends, what we want for Christmas,  We have written about how we feel about things using our own opinions.

In mathematics we have started to learn all about word problems.  We are learning the steps to solve word problems and some of our problems are more than 2 steps to solve. We continue to practice basic facts to learn to multiply and divide bigger numbers.  

In science we have been learning about toxic waste, e-waste and other types of waste.  We found out that we have a lot of e-waste in our houses. We get to learn all about our carbon footprint next week.

In social studies we have learned about confederation and Canada becoming a country.  We have learned about the railway and how it was built to expand to the west.  We are learning all about Alberta now and we get to become "Travel Agents" to write brochures to tell how great our wonderful province is.

In Phys. Ed we are doing dance and yoga, and we also got to play some games of basketball.  We also get to continue playing a variety of tag games.  Dance and yoga will continue next week.

We have school 5 days next week.  Yes, we are in school on Friday, December 18, and it will be a half day.  After that we are on a 2 week winter break.  Online School is starting on Monday, January 4, 2021.

We will do one more blog entry next week! Stay tuned.

Mrs. Mahon's Marvellous Monsters from Room 16