September 30 - October 4

Winter Weather
Winter is making an early visit to Calgary! With snowy days on the way, a friendly reminder to send students to school with outdoor gear (boots, parkas, mittens, hats, snow pants). We go outside every day at lunch and recess unless the weather is extreme.

Volunteer Opportunities

Bridlewood School relies on volunteers to help us with fields trips, special lunches

and Scholastic Book Fairs, just to name a few examples. We are currently putting

together a list of people who may be able to give us the gift of some of their time

for these occasions. If you are interested in supporting our school in this way,

please email us at Bridlewood@cbe.ab.ca. Please remember that all volunteers

must have a current security clearance and have completed a yearly volunteer

form. If you need to begin this process, please visit our school office during regular

office hours.

Headphones
Sometimes when students are working on computers, they would like to use the text-to-speech function when doing research. We do not have headphones for each student to have as their own. Do you have cheap earbuds or headphones that your child can keep at school? If so, would you mind sending them? It is best if you label them and a plastic ziplock type bag might be helpful as well for personal organization.

Monday, September 30
Mindful Monday
Time Capsule
Climate vs Weather
Math: Place Value
Refugee

Tuesday, October 1
Wear your ORANGE shirt today to remember Phyllis' story!
October Calendar
Music (Ms. Jenn)
Math: Place Value

Wednesday, October 2
Gym
Math: Place Value
Grasslands: A Hidden Wilderness
Ecosystem Research and Visual Journal Page

Field Trip forms to Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation came home today. All forms are due by Thursday, October 10.

Thursday, October 3
Gym
Music
Math
Ecosystem Research and Visual Journal Page
Grasslands: A Hidden Wilderness

Friday, October 4
Gym
Math
Finish Up Time

Place Value
We are learning about place value. Place value is important as it helps us understand the meaning of numbers. We use the meaning of numbers to help us make reasonable estimates and accurately add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Students created a visual journal page to create a reminder about the value of each digit in a number. In grade 4, students need to demonstrate understand of numbers up to ten-thousand. In grade 5, student need to demonstrate understanding of numbers up to a million. Students then created questions to show their understanding of place value. Below are examples of visual journal pages and a frame for questions that students should be able to create and then answer. Students would benefit from practicing these skills at home. One suggestion is for the students to create the questions and then test their parents. Are your answers the same? Why or why not?

September 23 - 27

Monday, September 23
Science (focus: ecosystem, biotic factors, and abiotic factors)
Math - Graphing (focus: x-axis, y-axis, magnitude, quadrants, and opposites)
Patrol Meeting at Lunch
PM Bridlewood Pond (dress to be outside for the afternoon)

• What is a ecosystem? 
• What is the relationship between biotic and abiotic factors?

Tuesday, September 24
Photo Day
Novel Study (focus: predictions, questions, and clarification)
Math: Place Value Yahtzee
Refugee
Time Capsule

Wednesday, September 25
Orange Shirt Day Preparation

• posters
• presentations/scripts

Thursday, September 26
Patrollers Please arrive at 7:55am and 2:55pm to be ready.
Gym
Music (Ms. Jenn and Ms. Tanya)
Math
Special Lunch
Terry Fox Run (Toonies for Terry)
   Bring a toonie for Terry and help us reach our fundraising goal - dress for the weather

Friday, September 27
Scholastic Orders Due
Ms. Jasmine's and Ms. Emma's last day (for a little bit)
Orange Shirt Day Presentations


Coming Up...
Dare to Care October 10 (K-5)
Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area Field Trip on October 15

ORANGE SHIRT DAY

Today we learned about Phyllis Webstad and the Orange Shirt Story.  Phyllis was a little girl who went to a Residential School and when she arrived the nuns took her brand new orange shirt.  Phyllis shared her story.  She had to Say Something and today as we work towards Reconciliation we wear orange shirts - to remember Phyllis and Every Child Matters.

We created posters and scripts so we can present to the classrooms and students on Friday this week.  We will  wear an orange shirt on Tuesday October 1, 2019.

The story of Shi Shi Etko is another story about the legacy of Residential Schools and the story of a little girl and a family holding on to each other, their values, and their traditions.

ECOSYSTEMS

We continued looking to the human and natural world by doing a gallery walk and observing and reading about a variety of ecosystems.  We looked for biotic and abiotic features in the the pictures.  I can tell you what abiotic and biotic is.  I can tell you what an ecosystem is.  Ask me about the images below.

TERRY FOX

Bring a Toonie for Terry- Thursday September 26 is Bridlewood's Terry Fox run.  We run, like Terry, in the rain or snow or sun because together we are strong and can make a difference.  Make sure to dress for the weather.

September 16-20

Scholastic Book Order Information

Dear Parents,
Today, your child is bringing home some Scholastic Book orders. These orders provide the opportunity for you to order books and other educational items for your child. While it is entirely optional to order, your purchases do help to support and build our classroom library.


If you choose to buy any items for your child, you need to complete your order and payment information ONLINE (parentpay.scholastic.ca) and ONLY SEND THE COMPLETED ORDER FORM BACK TO SCHOOL.

Please do not send any cash or cheques to school. As your child’s teacher, I will receive a confirmation email from Scholastic Books that your payment has been received and the paper order form provides me with a record of your purchase.

Deadline for placing orders is Friday September 27, 2019 at 3:10pm. No late orders will be accepted.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Thanks,
Jennifer and Tanya

Week at a Glance

Monday September 16
--Mindful Monday
Patrol Forms are due TODAY (Grade 5)
Identify Self Portraits
Book Tasting- book assignment
Music (Ms. Tanya)
PE

Tuesday September 17
--Active Tuesday
Open House Invitations
Working on Comprehension - Reading Groups (predict, question, read and respond)
Music (Ms. Jenn)

Wednesday September 18
--Yoga Wednesday
Patrol Training (Grade 5)
PE

Thursday September 19
--Journal Thursday
Patrol Meeting at lunch grade 5 students
Please join us this evening for Bridlewood's Open House (4:30pm-6:00pm)
Music (Ms. Jenn and Ms. Tanya)
PE

Friday September 20
Professional Day (No School for students)
Have a Great Weekend!

Multiplies and Factors

Here is a game to play by yourself or with a friend.  In this game you are practicing both multiplication and division.  See how long a chain you can make.  Or if you can stump your partner and win with the last move.

https://nrich.maths.org/factorsandmultiples

Coming Up...
Community Walk to the Bridlewood Pond September 23 (Please dress for the weather)
Photo Day on September 24
Special Lunch on September 26
Scholastic Orders due September 27
Ms. Jasmine and Ms. Emma's last day (for a little bit) September 27
Dare to Care October 10 (K-5)
Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area Field Trip on October 15

September 9-13

Monday, September 9
PE
Music (Ms. Tanya)
Math
Time Capsule
Learning to use handwriting (Ms. Jenn)

Tuesday, September 10

Music (Ms. Jenn)
Write - create a plan for your story
Math - Odd Squares: Learning about...addition, subtraction, square numbers, even and odd numbers, visualizing, working systematically, cubes and cuboids, and generalizing 
Time Capsule
Learning to use handwriting (Ms. Tanya)

Wednesday, September 11
Math - Finger Trails
Book Tasting - What books interest you? Which ones would you like to read?
PE
Write - continue to work on your story
Refugee - meeting Mahmoud
Remembering September 11
Time Capsule

Thursday, September 12
Music (Ms. Tanya and Ms. Jenn)
PE
Write
Math

Bridlewood Pond (PM)

Friday, September 13
Math
Writing

Coming Up...
Patrol Training on September 18 (grade 5 only)
Open House on September 19 4-6:30pm
Professional Development Day (No School for students ) on September 20
Photo Day on September 24
Special Lunch on September 26
Ann and Sandy Cross Conservation Area Field Trip on October 15

What is Weather? What is Climate?

How are weather and climate similar and different?  

We begin a look into weather and climate.  This venn diagram shows what we think we know are examples of weather and climate are. 

Our Next Steps:

- What questions do we have about weather and climate?

- What do we need to know in order to understand the difference between weather and climate?

- What can we 'say' about weather?

- What can we 'say' about climate?

Determining how we will answer our questions and share what we learn.

Picture Writing Prompt- Looking at Art

Students first thought to themselves about the image above.  After a few minutes they shared what they noticed first starting with simple observations.  For instance the truck is red or I see logs on a truck and a trail of animals.  After this students began sharing what they thought the message of this picture might be and why.  Some questions to prompt student thinking:

Why do you think that?

What makes you think that?

What clues are in the picture that you used?

Can you tell me more about that idea?

After sharing ideas students created a story plan for their own individual story.  Stories were collected on Friday.

Friday Teachers - The Game of Golf 

Our teachers (Ms. Hall and Ms. Leong)  taught us the game of Golf.  This game requires a little strategy and a little luck.  For each hole we have to add up our cards to try and get the lowest score.  After 8 holes we would need to total all our holes to determine the winner.  We used our addition skills and tried to use strategy to get the lowest score.

September 2 - 6

Monday, September 2
Labour Day (No School)

Tuesday, September 3

Welcome back!

STEAM Challenge
Write
Yoshi (ask me how to play)
Read Aloud - Say Something

Watch for the brown envelope with forms to be completed and returned back to the school ASAP.



Wednesday, September 4

September Calendar
SKUNK math game
PE or Music
Pringle Ring Challenge
Yoshi


Thursday, September 5

Stories: The Name Jar and The Day You Begin
Identity
Heart Map
Mathematical Thinking Games
PE
Creating a Time Capsule

Friday, September 6

Assembly
Music
Math
Time Capsule
Finish Up Friday