Good Friday Afternoon Families,

Learning is always happening in Room 16.

LA - Reading and writing are going well. We are learning strategies on how to read more challenging words and learning to answer questions that make us really think about what we are reading. At home, you can help by listening to us read and asking questions when we are done.

Math - We have come to the end of our unit on fractions. We have learned about equivalent fractions, how to make equivalent fractions and how to add and subtract fractions with common and uncommon denominators.

Science - We are learning about weather. We know about temperature, climate and different weather phenomena. We are learning how to write about what we see and feel when we go outside. We are using more descriptive language when we write.

Social Studies - We are learning all about Alberta. We are currently working on a project called Alberta Bound. Through a webquest we will be researching the land, resources, weather, climate, leisure activities and the traditional Indigenous territories of all of Alberta.

Art - We have finished our Jason Carter Art study using the medium of tinfoil to create pictures. We will be moving on to learning about Leah Dorion. She uses dots and colours to create pictures.

Reminders:

1. For March 11th and 12th, Conferences are going to be happening on the Thursday evening and Friday during the day. There is no school on Friday for students. Please book online through the MyCBE Account. If you have challenges booking a time, please let me know asap and I will see where we can assist, but I am unable to book for you.

2. We will be going outside often for learning in the next few weeks before spring break. Please ensure that your student comes prepared for any type of weather.

Have a great weekend,

Mrs. Mahon

 Hello Happy Cappy Families,

Two weeks have passed and even though they have been short weeks we continue to learn every day.

Math

We are learning all about fractions. We have learned about equivalent fractions. We are learning how to multiply and divide to make larger and smaller fractions. Next we will be learning about adding and subtracting fractions, converting fractions into decimals. We will be working with money when we learn more about decimals.

Writing

We have been writing fractured fairy tales. We got to rewrite The 3 Little Pigs using our own characters. We had a lot of fun sharing our stories with each other when they were finished. We will be moving on to learn about myths and legends next.

Reading

We are beginning to learn about answering more challenging questions when we read. This helps us to better understand what we are reading. We will be learning how to read a variety of texts more carefully. For example, we will be learning about graphic novels and how to pull important information out of reference books.

Science

We continue to learn about the weather. We have created and shared Google Slides on chosen places. We learned about interesting weather phenomenon that occur in different places. We have been taught about monsoons, chinooks, sundogs, tsunamis and sea smoke.  We took a break from our regular scheduled lessons yesterday to watch the Perseverance Rover land on Mars. So many questions were asked and Mrs. Mahon tried to answer. Today we learned about anemometers. Ask me all about it.

Social

We have focused on Black History Month learning about how people of African descent have influenced and been a large part of both Canadian and Albertan history. 

Art

Our art has been from the perspective of Jason Carter. He is an Indigenous artist from Alberta. He focuses on lines to create mountains, animals and other scenes that represent the land he lives on and respects.

 Good Morning Parents and Guardians,

In writing we have been learning about stories.  We are learning about fairy tales, fables, myths and legends. We learned that there are many parts to a story. The parts we have learned about this week are the characters, setting, kick off and feelings.  We will learn about the others next week.

In science we are learning about the climate in Canada, Alberta, and other places in the world. We are learning about weather and that it is different than climate.

In social we have learned about the great places to visit in Alberta.  The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology is the largest and only museum in Canada that tells about dinosaurs. We created Jamboards about where we would like to visit and what we have learned. We learned where dinosaurs lived in Alberta.

In math we are learning about fractions and decimals.

In art we have been learning about Jason Carter. He is an Indigenous artist from Alberta. We sketched and painted mountain landscapes. Ms. Neal taught us how and what to do. It was awesome, amazing, and fun.

Next week is a short, 3-day week due to teachers convention.  We are only in school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We get Thursday, Friday and the following Monday off as it is Family Day long weekend.

Please ask me about Healthy Hunger. (It is in my backpack)

Have a great weekend and enjoy inside with your family as it is supposed to be cold.

Mrs. Mahon's Marvelous Masked Monsters

 Hello Families and Friends of Room 16,

We have been learning about the land today.  We went outside for a walk. We connected to nature. We got to feel, smell, listen, see, but not taste everything around us.

We are learning all about fractions with Ms. Neal.  There can be a whole, half and a set. Fractions are a part of a whole. They can be in cards, recipes, animals and there can also be fractions in a calendar. There can be fractions in a clock. Fractions are everywhere.

We shared our Jamboards with our classmates.  We created Dream Boards about what we want to see and do in Alberta. We were giving feedback to our classmates, compliments on how they did, asking questions and making connections.

In Phys Ed we have been learning to play floor hockey. We have been learning skills, like how to hold a stick, play safe and spatial awareness.

Ms. Neal has been working with us to learn about Heart Health. We learned that with a healthy heart we will live longer. We learned that it is possible to have a broken heart. 

In writing we have been writing about ourselves so that Ms. Neal can learn more about us.

In Science we discussed our carbon footprint and how everything we use is part of that. We learned how to decrease our carbon footprint.

We are looking forward to what is coming in the next few weeks.  We are starting some new units and we are getting excited to share our learning with you.

Mrs. Mahon's Magnificent Monsters

 Hello Friends,

Online we have been learning multiplication and division. We have reviewed addition and subtraction. We are learning about these by solving word problems. To solve a word problem there are 5 steps: 

1. Read the problem

2. Circle the important numbers

3. Underline the question that needs to be answered.  This will tell us what "function" to use to solve the problem. The function is whether we add, subtract, multiply or divide.

4. Write out the equation and solve it.

5. Answer the question.

We learned all about healthy food. We started to plan out a healthy menu for a day of eating. We found out that we need half of our meal to be colourful and the other half protein and grains.

We learned all about Alberta in social studies. We learned that the Canadian Shield is pretty old (4.5 billion years) and it is the smallest geographical region in Alberta. Alberta has 6 geographical regions. Calgary is in the Parkland Region of Alberta. Edmonton is the capital city of Alberta. The Boreal Forest takes up 58% of Alberta. We are looking forward to doing a webquest when we come back to school.

In art we have been asked to draw different animals that have a variety of adaptations. We have also been allowed at times to draw our own things. 

In science we have learned all about how plastics have affected marine life in our oceans. Some people have invented devices to help clean up the plastic and to make our earth cleaner.

In reading and writing we have been able to free write, we read books on Epic Books online and we have also reading with Mrs. Mahon.  On Google Classroom we were able to read a variety of stories and facts and answer comprehension questions so that we know and understand what we have read.

Online learning was good because we had a lot of meets so that we could talk to each other and our teacher.  We also got to read a lot. It was good because we got to stay home but still talk to each other. We didn't have to get up early to go to school. 

Some of us prefer to learn in school so we are happy we get to go back on Monday. We also prefer to see our friends and teachers face to face and not on a monitor or screen of any kind. 

It has been a very full and busy week. The students have done a great job in their learning and I am very proud of them.

Have a great weekend and stay tuned for an update again before the end of January.

 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