What's Happening in Room 8?

Animal Research The students are hard at work researching their chosen animal! The purpose of this research is to inform them of the needs of the animal so that they can design and build a model of an enclosure for them. The students are really excited about this project! They have 5 main categories that they are focusing their research around: environment, feeding, care, enrichment, and enclosure design.  Each of these categories have more specific items for the students to consider while doing their research. We are very excited to see what the students come up with for their animals!  Math We are almost done working with multiplication! The students have done an amazing job learning the strategies we have worked on! Encourage your child to show you the different strategies! (Groups Of, Arrays, Repeated Addition, and Line Multiplication). We are starting division on Monday!  Writing Story writing has taken over our writing time! The students are lea...

Bow Habitat We had an awesome day with the trout at the Bow Habitat Fish Hatchery. The students learned a lot about the lifecycle of a trout. We were able to see the different stages for ourselves! Be sure to ask your child about the different stages of a fishes life!  We took a walk through Pierce Estate Park and had the opportunity to look for signs of animals that live in the park. There were lots of interesting things to see!  The students were so excited to feed the trout. They spent a great deal of time carefully feeding the fish and watching them fight for the food. That seems to have been a favourite activity for many of the students!  Upcoming Field Studies: Here is a list of field studies for the rest of the year. Next to each date is the number of volunteers that are still needed in order to make these trips possible. Please let me know if you are able to fill one of the spots! March 4th - Studio Bell (0) March 10th - Calgary Zoo (1) March...

Field Studies We are very excited for our field study on Wednesday! We now have enough volunteers for that field study! As we have so many field studies coming up forms will becoming out every week. It would greatly help me to have the forms returned as soon as possible so that I can keep on top of them! Studio Bell forms are coming home today. Please return them by Friday. Thank you to all of the parents who offered to volunteer for this trip! We have more than enough! We are still looking for volunteers for March 10th, and April 1st. In order to be able to take part in these activities we need to have at least 4 more volunteers for both dates. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are able to join us! Writing The students in room 8 are hard at work learning what verbs and adjectives are. They are using them to write more descriptive sentences that draw the reader in! They are working towards writing stories about their chosen animals. Science As a class we brai...

It has been a very busy week! We welcomed back our student teacher, Miss. Bauer. We are very luck to have her back with us until mid-April! Our field study to Arts Commons was a huge success! The students had a blast learning about hearing and sound through drama and music! This weeks Science Home Journal activity is related to what we talked about while downtown! Thank you for taking these journals on and encouraging your child to try their best! This is a chance for the students to demonstrate their understanding of the concepts we have talked about during the week! While it is beneficial for the students to talk about what they are going to write before hand, it is just as important, if not more so, that their writing reflect their voice, and their understanding! Thank you all for your support with this activity! This weeks question is: Explain what echolocation means. Who uses it, and how does it help them survive? We are heading to Bow Habitat Station on Wednesday! We a...

Field Studies Tomorrow we are going on our Arts Commons field study! The students will need a good lunch and a water bottle. They will be leaving their backpacks at school and just carrying their lunch kits.  We are in need of volunteers for our trip to Bow Habitat on Wednesday, February 26th. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can join us!  We have another field study coming up on March 10th. We are heading back to the zoo and are looking for volunteers for join us!  We need 1 more volunteer for March 16th to the Earth Science Conference.  Thank you so much for all your support with our field studies! These trips are carefully selected to support our students learning and understanding of the world around them!

Field Study We are going on another field study! (February and March are going to be packed with amazing adventures! Sorry about all of the paperwork!) If you have not returned the field study form for February 19th please do so on Tuesday, February 18th! We are going to Bow Habitat on February 26th, and are looking for 4 more volunteers to come with us! The forms for that field study are coming home today! They are due back next Friday - the 21st of February.  Science Home Journals Thank you so much to those that returned their Science Home Journals this week! Just a reminder that the journals will be coming home on the last day of the week (Friday) and are due on the first day of the week (Monday). This week they will be coming home today, and are to be back at school on Tuesday! The question for this week is:  February 12th 2020  You have been given a giraffe to care for. What are the most important things you need to find out about the giraffe in order to ma...

Science Life cycles have been a huge focus in our class this past week! We have looked at various animals and examined the life cycle of each. We are currently examining the 6 different categories of animals. The students have been placed into 6 different groups, and each group has been given a category. They are tasked with learning about the characteristics of that category and will then be teaching their classmates what they've learned. Social "Art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness." - Anni Albers We looked at Art in the 4 countries we are studying. The students were able to make connections and comparisons to what we've learned about each country! I am excited for the conversations around these 4 countries to continue!  Math "I can show my understanding of multiplication to 5x5" We have been hard at work on developing our multiplication skills! The Alberta Program of Studies indicates...

We have new book orders coming home today! They will be due back Friday, February 23rd. We are still looking for volunteers for our field study on February 19th! Please let me know if you are available to join us! We have another trip that has just been booked for the end of February! It will take place on either February 25th or 26th! Please let me know if you are interested in coming on that one as well! Our class will be having a small Valentine's Day celebration on Wednesday, Feb 12th. I will send home a list of names with each student tomorrow.