Friday, January 25th, 2019

Looking Back:

Math:
- Review of line, bar and pictographs
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing decimals
- Collecting data from our book, "If the World Were a Village"

Humanities:
- Completion of 'Cheat Sheet'
- Children of the Longhouse Chapters 4, 5, 6 * these three chapter sentences and pictures are due on Monday
- Vocab: Grand Council, 'The Three Sisters', Collective Identity, United Nations, Historical
- Maps/Political Maps (flip card), Hiawatha, War Chief/Pine Chief (flip card)
- Home Journal, extension to include next steps to help with 'Challenge'

Science:
- Finish "The Importance of Aerodynamics"

Health:
- Inspiring quotes/mantras

French:
- Created French Food Group lists and then Bingo Cards
(Legumes et Fruit, Produits Cerealiers, Lait et Substitutes, Viendes et Substitutes, Autre)

Looking Forward:

Math:
- Graphing data from "If the World Were a Village"
- Double Bar Graphs
- Interpreting Graphs

Humanities: 
- Vocabulary:
Hiawatha Wampum/Two Row Wampum (flip), Lacrosse, Foreshadowing, Rising Action
- Children of the Longhouse Part two, Chapters 7-10.
- Three Sisters Stew - Students will make a delicious and nutritious snack. Feel free to contribute by bringing in any of the following on Monday:
                 -frozen corn
                 -cans of beans
                 -squash (frozen cubes or fresh is best)
- Grand Council - role play activity

Science:
- Bernoulli's Principle
- Air is a fluid

Health:
- Photos with quotes

French:
- Play Food Bingo with self-created cards
- Practice saying number words (out of order)

Important Reminders:
**Please ensure you are checking assessments on PowerSchool. Scroll down if you need a reminder on how to find the correct screens.

• Monday, Jan 28 - Feel free to send in corn, beans or squash. (No Pressure!)
• Thursday, January 31st, 2019 - Field trip to COP (buses leave school at 9:30am)
• Thursday, January 31st, 2019 - Report Cards/IPPs home
• Friday, February 1st, 2019 - No School
• Monday, February 4th, 2019 - New round of CTF
• Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 - Field trip to CPO (We need volunteers!)

Links for Inspiration from Olympians

Kaillie Humphries 25 min documentary

http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1144076355787/

Mark McMorris story (there are 4 parts to this)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZo0XRkKUUQ&t=115s

Quotes from Olympians
https://www.success.com/20-olympic-quotes-to-inspire-you-to-do-better-and-be-better/

Olympic Wisdom

https://www.facebook.com/pg/CBCOlympics/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1229282470536498

Friday, January 18th

We still need volunteers with valid CBE Security Clearance for our field trip to COP on January 31st - If you can volunteer that day, please contact Ms. Woolfrey - cawoolfrey@cbe.ab.ca 

Looking Back:
Thank you to all students for demonstrating patience during todays very chilly Fire Alarm.

Math:

• Ordering and comparing fractions and decimals 
• Converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice versa
• Review of calculating area of a rectangle and surface area
• Multiplication of decimal numbers
• Test on fractions, decimals and percent

Science:

• Air and Aerodynamics vocabulary and meanings
• Aerodynamics in sport and life 
• The importance of aerodynamics represented through art - Mattisse style

Health:

• Olympians conquering adversity
• Positive self talk to support working hard and doing our best when things get tough

Humanities:

• Read first three chapters of class novel, Children of the Longhouse.   Students created images or symbols and wrote a "1$" sentences to summarize key points from each chapter. 
• Revisited note taking strategies to create 'cheat sheet' for unit quiz (in Feb)
• Vocabulary : Clan, Clan Mother, Chief/Hoyaneh, The Great Law of Peace, Wampum

French: 

• Continuation with practicing oral language through games 
• Les étudiants vont apprendre et joué à un jeu, "Ding-Dong", "As-tu commande une pizza?"

Looking Forward

Math:

• Graphing

Science:

• Artist statement for "Importance of Aerodynamics"
• Bernoulli's Principle
• Air is a fluid

Humanities: 

• Continue class novel study, Children of the Longhouse.  Students will read along and create images or symbols and "1$" sentences with key points from chapters 4-8. 
• Vocabulary: Grand Council, 'The Three Sisters', Collective Identity, United Nations, Historical Maps/Political Maps (flip card), Hiawatha , War Chief/Pine Chief (flip card)
• Share study guides/cheat sheets.
• Looking for parallels between the government structure of Haudenosaunee and Ancient Athens through four Pillars of democracy.

Health:

• Creating inspiring quotes/mantras - Photos

French: 

• Food Bingo
• practice conversations "What did you do last night?" / "Qu'est-ce que tu as fait hier soir?"

CTF:

• Presentation of sessions offered second round
• Choosing top 4 choices for second round
• Second round starts Jan 28th

Reminders:

• Be sure to check PowerSchool for updated assessment results
• Looking for yoga mat donations (if you have one you don't use)
• Tuesday, January 22nd - Branton Late French Immersion presentation in am
• Tuesday, January 31st - Field trip to COP (all day)
• Tuesday, January 31st - Report Cards go home
• Friday, February 1st - No school
• Wednesdays, second half of lunch - Just Dance Club

Photos of Mattisse style art pieces - "Importance of Aerodynamics"

Friday, January 11th, 2019

Looking Back:

Math:

• Fraction, Decimal, Percent conversion review
• Ordering and comparing fractions and decimals
• improper fractions and mixed numbers - games and review
• Multiplication review
• Area and Surface Area review

Science:

• Properties of Air
• Components of Air
• Aerodynamics in Sport

Health: 

• Perseverance, decisions in the face of adversity

Humanities:

• Vocabulary Cards: Iroquois/ Haudenosaunee, Consensus, Confederacy, Longhouse
• Circle and Retelling of the Hiawatha legend that explains the beginnings of the Iroquois Confederacy and the Great Law of Peace
• Introduction to novel study book,  Children of the Longhouse, by Joseph Bruchac
• Students created beautiful water colour art to show the symbolic elements of "Tree of Peace"
• The secret word is MOOCSt
• Students were asked to include "next steps" after writing about an area of challenge in their home journals from now on.  For example, if their challenge was focussing during group work, they may include a possible solution or strategy to use if facing the same challenge again.

French: 

• Food vocabulary and practicing pronunciation to gain confidence in speaking aloud.
• Les étudiants ont joué à un jeu, "As-tu commande une pizza?"

Looking Forward:

Math:

• Graphing
• Word problems with fractions, decimals and percent

Science:

• Air and Aerodynamics Vocabulary
• Creating aerodynamics in sport

Humanities: 

• Continue with proofreading and editing marks


• Class novel study, Children of the Longhouse.   Students will read along and create images or symbols and "1$" sentences to summarize key points from each chapter. 
• Vocabulary : Clan, Clan Mother, Chief/Hoyaneh, The Great Law of Peace, Wampum

French: 

• Continuation with practicing oral language through games 
• Les étudiants vont apprendre et joué à un jeu, "Ding-Dong", "As-tu commande une pizza?"

CTF: 

This is the final round of CTF, students will have an opportunity to revisit two of their chosen modules.  More information is forthcoming.                                                           

Important Notes:

• Tuesday, Jan 22 - Branton late French immersion presentation
• Thursday, Jan 31 - Field trip to COP - We still need 5 volunteers!
• Thursday, Jan 31 - Report cards home
• Friday, Feb 1 - No school
• Basketball tryouts are underway
• Looking for yoga mats! If you have any at home you will never use, we would love to take them off your hands!
• Please make sure you are checking PowerSchool for updated assessment
• Just Dance club - Wednesdays - 2nd half of lunch
• Last rotation of CTF ends Tuesday. Jan 28 is the start of our next round.

Welcome Back!

We hope you had a wonderful holiday season! Looking forward to seeing students on Tuesday, January 8th, 2019

Looking Back to December, 2018:

Math:

• Conversion and number line assessment
• improper fractions and mixed numbers

Science:

• Soil analysis
• Footprint analysis
• Chromatography
• Handwriting analysis (Graphology)
• Evidence and Investigation test

Humanities:

• Completion of Ancient Athens unit
• Introduction to Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy unit
• Independent book review presentations to examine genre, character, conflict and connections to a book
• Components of paragraphs (topic sentences, supporting details and concluding sentences)  
• Basic editing skills and proofreading marks

Looking Forward to January, 2018:

Math:

• Improper fractions and Mixed numbers
• Fraction work with fraction blocks and rods

Science:

• Introducing Flight!

Humanities:

• New vocabulary for Haudenosaunee unit
• Using a Historical Timeline to connect Ancient Athens and the Iroquois confederacy
• Watercolour work on 'Tree of Peace'
• Oral storytelling; Hiawatha and the Peacemaker

Important Notes:

• Monday, Jan 7 - PD Day - No school
• Tuesday, Jan 8 - First day back to school after break
• Tuesday, Jan 22 - Branton late French immersion presentation
• Thursday, Jan 31 - Field trip to COP (flight and aerodynamics) - more information and permission forms coming home soon
• Thursday, Jan 31 - Report cards home

Pre-holiday fun photos!

Checking Student Progress on PowerSchool

There has been a lot of confusion about how to check student progress in PowerSchool. We as teachers continue to learn and try different ways of using this tool to communicate, however there are many ways we assess that do not show through Powerschool.

When you log into PowerSchool to view your child's progress, the screen shows all of the courses your child is enrolled in.  The first column is “Semester 1”.  (S1)

To view assignments from now until the first report card, click the small (i) in this column.  This will give more information about the course you want to see. 

If there is one number to the right of the assignment, this is likely not the "mark". This number may just indicate the number of criteria your child was assessed on for a specific assignment.

To see the marks click this blue graph (some assignments do not have outcome marks, they may just have “collected”/”missing”/”late” markers, or only comments.

The small blue speech bubble means there is a comment on the student’s work

Click the word “view” to see the comments and the assignment description