March 2 - 6

Monday, March 2
Evergreen Theatre Kickoff Assembly 8:45-9am (students and staff only)
9:30-10:30 Ms. Tanya Evergreen Theatre- Ms. Jenn Energy Diet Challenge
Gym
Music Ms. Tanya's group |  Ms. Jenn's group Math- Decimals
Energy Diet Challenge

Money Challenge Problem-  Decimals

Today we started looking at decimals by considering money.  We talked about different ways to represent our coins or decimals.
I can identify a penny (no longer in use), a nickle, a dime, a quarter, a loonie and a toonie.
I can write the value of the coin in at least three different ways.
For example: A loonie
$1.00
100 cents
One dollar                                            The Money Challenge:
    A family is trying to save money to go vacation.  They need               $1258.50. They decide to put $1.00 into savings in the first               week.  They save $2.00 in second week.  Now they have $3.00.        If in week 3 they save $3 and in week 4 they save $4.00.
      How much will they have saved in one month (4weeks)?         
      How much will they have saved in 6 months (26 weeks)?
     After 1 year (52 weeks) how much money will they have saved?

What would happen if instead of a dollar the family saved $0.50 at a time?  How much would they have saved after 4 weeks? 26 weeks? 52 weeks?
Or $0.25 each week cummulatively? How much would they have                                                          after 4 weeks? 26 weeks? 52 weeks?

The Writing Process

We continued to work on story writing.  We talked about the writing process.  The writing process has 5 stages:

1) Prewriting

2) Writing

3) Revising

4) Editing

5) Publishing

Evergreen Theatre

Evergreen Theatre Information click the link to learn more about our Evergreen Theatre Residency.

Tuesday, March 3
8:15-9:15 PE
9:40-10:40 Ms. Tanya's group Evergreen Theatre- Ms, Jenn Energy Diet Challenge
Music Ms. Jenn's group | Ms. Tanya's group Math- Decimals

Decimals (to the hundredths (gr. 4), to the thousandths (gr.5))

We are working decimals.  Practice tonight with this grid.  What decimals represent this picture?

Synonyms

What is a synonym?  We worked in a small group to figure out synonyms for the word 'said'.  How many can we get at home?  The most we could find at school was approximately 30.

Yearbook update

Would you like to order a YEARBOOK, the order deadline has now been extended to March 31^st.

You can order and pay online with your MYCBE/PowerSchool account, you will find the fee under

School Based Optional Fees. Click on the yearbook icon and you will asked to add to your cart,

this will automatically add the $25 fee to your account. You can call the school office ask for the

fee to be attached the fee to your account, please email me directly at catunney@cbe.ab.ca or

call 403 777 6259 with your request.

Wednesday, March 4
Refugee News Article (looking at major events within each of the three stories - Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud)
9:40-10:40 Ms. Tanya's group Evergreen Theatre - Ms. Jenn Energy Diet Challenge
Math (Using a number line to represent a decimal)
Writing (editing and revising)
Endling Research/Canadian Reader

Natalie has asked students in Ms. Tanya's group to practice their lines at home. If possible, someone at home will read the lines that their child doesn't have to memorize so students can practice only their lines. Students will not be using a script when they perform, so lines need to be memorized. Students each have a hard copy of the script in their backpacks. Here is a digital copy...just in case.

Thursday, March 5
PE
Music Ms. Jenn's group | ? Ms. Tanya's group
Music Ms. Tanya's group | Ms. Jenn's group
10:40-11:30 Ms. Tanya's group Evergreen

Evergreen Theater Residency at Bridlewood School!

Evergreen Theater has joined Bridlewood School. Their work with us began on Monday, March 2 and will finish on Friday, March 13.

Each week, artists will work with specific classes on a particular topic identified by each class to create a theatrical version of curricular concepts and content.

Each Friday, the classes who have worked with the artists will come together to present their work in a performance. 

Performances will begin at 10:15 am on Friday, March 6 

and Friday, March 13. This residency is possible due to the generosity of the Bridlewood School Fundraising Society.

Parents and guardians, please plan to attend!!

Classes that will perform on March 6: Gross (pm class), Rinaldi, Baker, Penonzek, Ashacker, Faulkner, Hess, Mori, Steeves, Palamar, Wagenblast

Classes that will perform on March 13: Gross (am class), K. Aebli (am class), L. Aebli, Swanson, Olijynk, Bhachu, Sanders, Barge, Gordon, Sleno, King

http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/Bridlewood/about-us/news-centre/_layouts/ci/post.aspx?oaid=16b6dbe3-6041-49f6-a7a9-f1b9adb324dd&oact=20001

Friday, March 6
9-9:20 Ms. Tanya's group Evergreen
10:15-11:15 Ms. Tanya's group - Performance


Upcoming Events
March 2-13 Evergreen Theatre Grow a Show 
March 13 - MYCBE/PowerSchool booking system opens at 6:00pm
March 13 - 10:15am Evergreen Theatre performance (Ms. Jenn's group)
March 19 and 20 - Student Led Conferences
March 19 - 11:45 dismissal
March 20 - No School for Students
April 16 - Grade 4/5 Celebration of Learning
April 16 Weaselhead Field Trip (~$14.50 through PowerSchool)

February 24 - 28

Bridlewood School Updates

From the Office - How to pay for a Yearbook online

Parents & Guardians, 

Because the yearbook is an optional fee, the fee does not automatically appear in your MYCBE/PowerSchool account. 

You will find the fee under the Goods/Services tab, click on the tab and you will see two optional fees

Noon Supervision Drop In

Yearbook

Click on the fee you want, hit ok, the fee will then appear in your school fees, for online payment.

If you have any issues with this, please call the office we can attach the optional fees.

Monday, February 24
Glenbow Museum Field Trip
Bring:
- lunch
- water bottle

How do artists tell stories?
What is art?
Is art personal?
Does art have a message?

Sensory Art
At the Glenbow Museum, we used our senses to create art.
We listened to a song and thought about how it made us feel or what sounds we heard.
We looked at images and decided which images we had a connection to.
We smelled four scents and drew a picture of a memory it created for us.
And we reached in a box to feel an object and recreated how the object felt with tissue paper.

Tuesday, February 25
Stone Soup Readers Theatre practice
Math: Grade 4 - Perimeter and Area Practice | Grade 5 Perimeter, Area, and Volume Practice
Social Studies: Heritage Minute
Crochet practice

Perimeter, Area, and Volume Practice
1. Read the problem and underline important information (i.e., know information and unknown information)
2. Draw a picture and put in the known information.
3. Solve showing your thinking and writing a solution statement with proper units of measurement.

Wednesday, February 26
Pink Shirt Day
Stone Soup Readers Theatre practice
Gym
Math - Perimeter, Area and Volume practice continued
Mr. Tynan and Ms. Williamson - Making Predictions

What predictions can you make about the book, Endling, based on the front cover?

Practicing Stone Soup!
We have speakers, actors, and sound effects. We have been working at putting these three elements together for the Assembly on Thursday morning. Our actions are becoming more purposeful, our speakers are finding their performance voices, and our sound effects people are hitting their cues. Come see us live Thursday morning at 10:30am.

Thursday, February 27
Purple Shirt Day
Dress Rehearsal for the Kindness Assembly
Kindness Kickoff Assembly (10:30am families are welcome to attend)
Math
Buddies

Friday, February 28
Mr. Tynan and Ms. Williamson - Music
Commonplace Book

Upcoming Events
March 2-13 Evergreen Theatre Grow a Show 
March 6 - 10:15am Evergreen Theatre performance (Ms. Tanya's group)
March 13 - 10:15am Evergreen Theatre performance (Ms. Jenn's group)
March 19 and 20 - Student Led Conferences
March 19 - 11:15 dismissal
March 20 - No School for Students
April 16 - Grade 4/5 Celebration of Learning
April 16 Weaselhead Field Trip (~$14.50 through PowerSchool)

February 17 - 21

Monday, February 17
Family Day - No School

Tuesday, February 18
Remember to return your field trip forms for our upcoming visit to the Glenbow Museum.

Readers Theatre - Follow the Drinking Gourd
Math grade 4 -  area | grade 5 - volume
Ms. Jenn Music | Ms. Tanya
Ms. Erin OT...adding donkey kicks to the Motor Lab
Social Studies: creating a timeline of our notable Canadians from our past
Write: free write
Crocheting - learning how to do a single crochet stitch for our second line

Wednesday, February 19
Math  grade 4 -  area | grade 5 - volume
Cinquain Poems (adding to our Looking At Art)
PE
Read Aloud: Stone Soup
Preparing for Stone Soup Readers' Theatre
Weather Tracking Sheet and Legend for crocheting

Thursday, February 20
Social Studies: Heritage Minute - Viola
PE
Stone Soup Practice
Math: grade 5 division (3-digit by 1-digit) | grade 4 line of symmetry
Buddies
Stone Soup Practice

Friday, February 21
PE
Commonplace Book
Stone Soup Readers Theater Practice
Crocheting practice

Upcoming Events
February 24 Glenbow Museum Field Trip (~$21 through PowerSchool)
February 26 Pink Shirt Day
February 27 Kindness Kick Off Assembly
March 2-13 Evergreen Theatre Grow a Show 
April 16 Weaselhead Field Trip (~$14.50 through PowerSchool)

February 10 - 14

Request for Crochet Hooks/Knitting Needles for science/art
In science, one of our learning outcomes it to document/record weather over a period of time. We would like to make a weather scarf to accomplish this learning outcome. In order to create a weather scarf, we will need to learn the skill of crocheting or knitting. We will also need either a crochet hook (preferably - 5mm or H) or a set of knitting needles for each student. We are hopeful that students will be able to borrow the required supplies from a grandparent, parent, etc. so we can create a weather scarf. We would also welcome donations of yarn to help us. We have some yard at the school, but will probably need different colours.  If students could bring these things by Monday, Feb 10th, we can start our work next week.

We will work towards setting up a legend to help us with what each colour we use will represent. We will share that once we have it all figured out.


Monday, February 10
Reader's Theater: Follow the Drinking Gourd
Build an Anemometer
PE
Ms. Tanya Music | Ms. Jenn Learning to Crochet - the magic loop
Math
Finish building your Anemometer

A pinwheel is a simple anemometer. Anemometer are used to monitor wind speed.
Students built their own pinwheel using a straw, a pipe cleaner, a piece of cardboard, and a piece of paper.
How does a pinwheel measure wind speed?
Can it also measure the direction of the wind?
How accurate is the pinwheel?

Tuesday, February 11
Can you build a different Anemometer
Math
Ms. Jenn Music | Ms. Tanya Learning to Crochet - the magic loop
Refugee
Social Studies research
Novel Study

Social Studies Research
Who are the notable people of Canada?
What did they do/say to make them important in Canada's history?

Wednesday, February 12
Healthy Hunger Special Snack - Cobb's Bread
Valentine Card Exchange
Math - lines
Looking at Art
Novel Study
Crocheting

Grade 5 Math
How many vertical lines can you find?
How many horizontal lines can you find?
How many parallel lines can you find?
How many perpendicular lines can you find?
How many intersecting lines can you find?

Grade 4 Math
How many lines of symmetry can you find in each picture?
Does colour matter when looking for a line of symmetry?

Our grade 4/5s have taken to crocheting.
They all know how to crochet a chain and take every opportunity they have to practice.
We are listening to "Six Minutes" after lunch.
How many crocheting students can you see?

Thursday, February 13
No School for students - Teachers' Convention

Friday, February 14
Valentine's Day
No School for students - Teachers' Convention

Upcoming Events
February 17 Family Day | No School
February 24 Glenbow Museum Field Trip (~$21 through PowerSchool)
March 2-13 Evergreen Theatre Grow a Show 
April 16 Weaselhead Field Trip (~$14.50 through PowerSchool)

Motor Lab Information

Ingenuity Challenge 2020

Beakerhead 2020