Wednesday November 30

 Highlights

Today we started our day with 2-Digit by 2-Digit addition.  We began trying to solve these equations using base ten blocks and seeing how rounding could help us.  Maybe I can show you an example!

 

For Literacy we read a new story and practiced questioning! Ask me what the book we read was about. If I have time I can show you how Raz-Kids works as well! 

This afternoon we practiced our word sorts and learned a new letter sound rule.  Ask me what rules my group went over. 

We finished the day by having some time in the makerspace. Ask me what I built. 

Reminders

If you are able to please bring a pair of headphones that can be left at school to be used with the ipads and chromebooks

December 1 – It’s December - PJ Day 

December 6 – Dress Like You’re Going on Vacation 

December 8 – Wear Red or Green Day 

December 13 – Festive Sock Day 

December 15 – Festive Hat / Headwear Day 

December 20 – Festive Sweater Day 

December 22 – It’s Winter Break – PJ Day

Tuesday November 29

 Highlights

This morning we started our day with a final activity to wrap up rounding.  We used base ten blocks to represent the different numbers and told our group what a number would round to.  This helped us get a concrete image of the numbers in our heads. Afterwards we did some practice round to the nearest ten, and the nearest hundred.  Give me a few numbers to round!

Today for Literacy we started to get ready for Literacy Centres that we are going to start soon.  We practiced logging into Raz-Kids and Epic Books.  Maybe I can practice reading at home on Raz Kids and show you! 

For gym we played an old game with a soccer spin! Ask me the rules of the game, and whether or not I liked it. 

This afternoon we had Music.  We practiced playing the 'Boomwackers' ask me what songs we played.

Reminders

If you are able to please bring a pair of headphones that can be left at school to be used with the ipads and chromebooks

Tomorrow is Little Cesars pizza day for those who ordered

December 1 – It’s December - PJ Day 

December 6 – Dress Like You’re Going on Vacation 

December 8 – Wear Red or Green Day 

December 13 – Festive Sock Day 

December 15 – Festive Hat / Headwear Day 

December 20 – Festive Sweater Day 

December 22 – It’s Winter Break – PJ Day

Monday November 28

 Highlights

Today we started our day with a review of rounding.  We practiced our rounding by playing a game using the 100's chart.  Ask me how we played and who won in my group.  After that we did a small show what we know to see if we have understood the topic so far. 

For Literacy we continued to practice our phonemic awareness.  Ask me what words we reviewed.  After, we talked about the reading power 'Questioning'. Ask me about the book we read. 

For P.E, we began our soccer skills unit.  Ask me the three new terms we learned.   One starts with a D, one starts with a J and one starts with a T!

This afternoon we continued our rock brochures, talked about landforms in India and had Makerspace where we tried to recreate those landforms

Reminders

December 1 – It’s December - PJ Day 

December 6 – Dress Like You’re Going on Vacation 

December 8 – Wear Red or Green Day 

December 13 – Festive Sock Day 

December 15 – Festive Hat / Headwear Day 

December 20 – Festive Sweater Day 

December 22 – It’s Winter Break – PJ Day

Thursday, Nov. 24

Highlights:

• In Math, we continued working on rounding. We also did an esti-mystery as our warm up.
• For Literacy, we learned the rules for when to use "ou" and "ow" in words. Ask me what the rules are. We also worked on compound words. I can share two examples with you!
• For Phys. Ed. it was our last day of curling. Ask me what my favourite part has been.

• In Music, we got to play the boomwhackers! We had tons of fun. Ask me what two songs we played.

• For Science, we are working on a rocks and minerals brochure to show all the things that we have learned. Ask me to share at least two facts with you.

Reminders:

• Parent Teacher Conferences are tonight and tomorrow. We look forward to seeing you! Students in Mrs. Pham's class, conferences will be in-person. If your child is in Miss. Hansen's class your conferences will be online through Microsoft Teams. Please check your email for further information. 
• There is no school tomorrow.
• Book Fair is on during conferences in the Learning Commons.

Wednesday, Nov. 23

Highlights:

• In Math we, practiced rounding numbers. Ask me what the rule for rounding and how to round the number 38, 72,  and 4231.
• For Literacy, we worked on visualizing. We read a poem called Green Giant and drew out what we visualized based on the descriptions. Ask me what the Green Giant looked like.
• Today, we also got to visit the Book Fair! We saw many great books that are available to be purchased during conferences.

• In PE, we continued our curling unit. We learned a new score keeping strategy. Ask me what new curing technique we learned.
• For Art, we created geodes using watercolour. Ask me what we used to create the crystal look.

Reminders:

• Tomorrow evening is the start of Parent Teacher Conferences. They will continue to run till Friday. Please make sure you arrive on time for your schedule conference.
• Book Fair begins tomorrow and continues till Friday.
• There is no school on Friday!
  
  
  
  

Tuesday, November 22

 Highlights 

• This morning for Math we continued our project of using $20.00 to make our school lunches for the week.  Ask me if I was able to spend the right amount. 
• For Literacy we wrapped up our personal narrative from a rock's perspective! 
• In gym we used the curling game we borrowed from another school.  Ask me if blue or red team won! 

• This afternoon we learned the rules for using the boom-whackers and practiced placing notes on a staff. 

• We finished off the day learning about landforms in India

Reminders

• Photo Retakes November 23 
• Book Fair November 24 
• Parent Conferences - Please Book November 24 
• Purdy's Orders November 27 
  
  
  
  

See you on Thursday evening or Friday during the day!

Hello families, Parent / Teacher Conferences will be in person at Northern Lights School this Thursday night (November 24) between 4:30 - 8:00 pm and Friday (November 25) during the day between 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. There is no school for students on Friday. Families have their own booked 15-minute slot so there will not be other families in the classrooms at the same time. To help them stay on track, we ask that you arrive at the time you have booked. When arriving, teachers would love to greet you with a smile and a wave, rather than a handshake. Teachers will also likely wear a mask during your meeting time and may have their meeting table set up with additional room for physical distancing. Hand sanitizer is available upon entering the school and on the wall in every classroom to be used at your convenience. We hope you will pop by the Learning Commons for our Book Fair to browse what is available and say hello to Mrs. Barrowcliff, Mrs. Brinson, Mrs. Docherty and Mr. Newton.   If your child or other little ones at home are sick, we ask that you come to the conference without them to help reduce the spread of any illnesses. We look forward to seeing everyone in a few days!

- Monday , November 21

 Highlights 

• This morning for Math we started a new project using flyers.  Ask me what our Math task is and what we must include! 

• For Literacy we continued to work on our rock personal narrative.  Ask me what kind of rock I started with and about my journey. 
• We started a new CURLING unit in P.E.  Ask me the most challenging part. 

• This afternoon we learned about all the different minerals in our houses and daily lives.  Ask me about one that I remember 

Reminders

• Photo Retakes November 23 
• Book Fair November 24 
• Parent Conferences - Please Book November 24 
• Purdy's Orders November 27 

Friday, Nov. 18

Highlights:

• Today in Music, we presented our rhythm patterns that we created last class. We had to attach different body movements to our patterns. Ask me to show you what I came up with!
• In PE, we did Freedom Frenzy! Ask me what this means and what activity I chose to do.

• For Literacy, we started to create our storyboard for our narrative. We are going to write a personal narrative in the perspective of one of the rocks we are learning about. Ask me what rock I have chosen. 
• In Math, we did a show what you know for our basic math facts.  Make sure we are practicing this at home! 
• During Field Study, we talked about signs of winter. Ask me what story we read and what we found outside. 

Reminders:

LIBRARY BOOKS 

Students are once again able to take books home from our Learning Commons. Just a friendly reminder that students must return their library book each week. We have sent overdue notices home to families whose children have late books.  Lost or damaged library books must be paid for. Mrs. Barrowcliff has begun to send invoices home indicating the cost of the books. Please help us get all books back each week so all students can enjoy them and there is always lots of variety to choose from.  

 

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR 

We are very excited to announce we will be having an in-person book fair during our Teacher Conferences. The book fair in the Northern Lights School Learning Commons on the evening of Thursday, November 24 from 4:30 – 7:45, as well as the morning of Friday, November 25 from 8:30 – 12:30.  We would love families to come by any time between these hours. Books make excellent Christmas gifts and for every book sold during the book fair, our school earns a percentage to get new books for our library.  

Thanks for your support! 

 

PICTURE RETAKES 

If your child needs picture retakes on Wednesday, you can send back the original proof sheet with them with a note to let the teacher know you would like them to do retakes.  

 

If your child was away for picture day (or joined us as your new school after picture day), they will also need to have their picture taken on Wednesday. 

 

Please make sure your child knows if they need a picture taken so when we make an announcement asking students from each grade to come down to the photographer, they go down to them. 

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Thursday November 17

 Highlights

• This morning we started the day with Math where we continued practicing counting money, this time we started to count bills.  Ask me to show you how I can count bills and coins.  Don't forget to send grocery flyers please.   We also started the day with a esti-mystery.  ask me how I solved it. 

• For Literacy we had a phonics lesson where we learned the difference between TH voice on and TH voice off.  Ask me the difference and to give you some examples.  After, we practiced visualizing with a tricky poem.  Ask me the trick. 

• This afternoon we finished our art project from Remembrance Day.  Ask me what medium we used. 
• To finish the day we had maker-space ask me what I made
  

  
  
  
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Reminders

• Photo retakes November 23
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Wednesday November 16

 Highlights

• Today we learned to count bills, and a played same game we learned yesterday.  Ask me how to play, and I can teach you! 
• For Literacy we started our word sorts, and then we worked on OUCH stories.  Ask me what mine was about! 
• For P.E. we played '???'.  Mr. Newton is waiting for us to name the game he invented! Ask me how to play

• This afternoon we practiced using notes to make patterns.  Next week we will present our patterns to the class! 

• For Art we made a landscape scene, ask me what kind of animals made the footprint for my art. 

Reminders

• November 23 - Photo Retakes 
  
  
• Parent Conferences - Please book if you can.
  

Tuesday, Nov. 15

Highlights:

• In Math, we continued working on counting money. We practiced skip counting and also using different coins to make various amounts. Ask me what are two ways to make 25 cents.

• For Literacy, we learned about transition words and how they help us write an order for our narratives. We practiced telling a story using our 5 finger method. Ask me to show you an example of this strategy.

• For PE we played hide and seek tag! Ask me my favourite part of the game.
• In Science, we did an experiment that taught us about weathering. Ask me what the experiment was and one thing that I learned.

• In Social Studies we talked about celebrations and festivals that we have with our families. We shared traditions that families might have.

Reminders:

• Parent Teacher Conferences will be on Nov. 24 and 25. Please ensure that you book a time to meet.
• We are continuing to collect flyers for a Math activity we will be doing. If you have any at home, please send them to school. 
• Picture retakes are on Nov. 23 for those are wanting them.

Monday - November 14

 Highlights 

• This morning for Math we continued learning about dollars and cents.  Some of us found this skill quite difficult.  If we have some time maybe we can practice at home together! 

• For Literacy we learned to show not tell in our writing, ask me to show you an example of how to say 'She was sad'. 

• This afternoon we examined a soil a specimen ask me how it felt. 

Reminders

• If you can please send any flyers to school to help us with a Math project we are doing later in the week 
• If you have any change (small coins) from other countries please send them in a baggie with your name
• Picture order form went home if you're interested
• Purdy's order form if you are interested 
  
• Keep your eyes out for the parent conference booking system to open (should be coming soon)

Thursday November 10

 Highlights

• We started our day out with Math were we started learning about money.  To support our learning please bring in flyers of a variety of kinds. (Grocery or department store). Ask me how my group organized their money. 
• After Math we had our Remembrance Day assembly.  Ask me the meaning of the poppy or what I thought about during the moment of silence

• This afternoon we had an extra Recess because we can finally go outside! 

• After that we worked on a art project, ask me what medium we used

Reminders

• Dress for the weather
• NO SCHOOL tomorrow

Wednesday November 9

 Highlights

• This morning we finished making our remembrance day wreaths for tomorrow's assembly.  Ask me how we made our poppies. 

• For Math we continued practicing our skip counting. Ask me what I skip counted by. 

• In Literacy we talked about 'peace makers' and 'peace breakers' ask me how I can be a peace maker or how I calm myself when I am a peace breaker
  

• This afternoon we continued our soil investigation.  Ask me how we represented the layers!

• After, for Social Studies we talked about Quality of Life in India

Reminders

• No school on Friday 
  

Tuesday, Nov. 8

Highlights:

• Today in Math, we practiced skip counting on a number line. We worked on skip counting using different starting numbers. Ask me to show you how to skip count by 25 to 300.

• In Literacy, we talked about two new ways that we can start a narrative. One way is to start with an action that hooks the reader. The second way is to use dialogue. Ask me what an example of dialogue is and the punctuation we use for it.
• For Music, we practiced singing a few different Remembrance Day songs. We also worked on echo singing the different solfege notes.

• For Art, we started the process of creating poppies that will decorate the wreath that will be used during our school Remembrance Day assembly. We will be finishing them up tomorrow morning.
• It was another blue day at school today! We are hoping the weather will warm up soon so we can enjoy our recess times outside. Ask me what we did as our movement break this morning.

Reminders:

• Tomorrow is Cobs Healthy Hunger Treat Day for the students that ordered.
• There is no school on Friday.

Monday November 7

 Highlights

• This morning we started the day with a Math activity where we showed what we know.  We combined all the different place value activities we have learned and tried our best to show how much we learned!
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  For Literacy we practiced writing a personal narrative.  We began today's narrative with a question.  Ask me what I wrote about.  After that, we began talking about Remembrance Day and we read the book 'What is Peace'.  Then, we wrote on poppies what we thought Peace was, ask me what I wrote. 
• This afternoon we talked about the different layers of soil.  Ask me what they are! 
• To wrap up the day we had makerspace where we used paper to hold up books.  Ask me how many books my creation held! 
  

Reminders

• It is important you dress for the cold weather even if the morning is a blue day.  Sometimes we are able to go outside later on in the day even though its still cold! 
• No school Friday
  

Friday, Nov. 4

 Highlights 

• This morning we started our day with two activities outside of our classroom! We went to Music and then P.E. In Music we practiced our Remembrance Day song and practiced the Solfege Scale.  Ask me to sing you some of our song, or show you some of the Solfege Scale.  In gym we played a new game called 'Pin Destroyer' ask me how to play.  
  

              

•  For Math we practiced more place value where we did 10 more and 10 less.  We also did 100 more and 100 less. Ask me to show you how to change numbers, two ways are using base 10 blocks, and a T-Chart.

                

 

• For Literacy we had a phonics lesson where we learned about a special letter.  Ask me what letter, and what his trick is.  

 

• To finish the day we did some sketching for Field Study Friday, and we also voted on the doors in the school.  Ask me my favourite door.  

Reminders

• Next week is supposed to be very cold, please make sure you are dressed for the weather and have extra clothes as necessary.