Well, report cards are written, but the work does not stop! Team 24 will be busy reflecting on term 2 and preparing portfolios for Student-Led Conferences. Please hand in your child's (pink) conference time sign-up sheet ASAP! Reports go home next Wednesday, with conferences next Thursday evening and Friday morning. Be sure you check out our class science fair submission during conferences!
This week, we have also been learning about writing Story Problems in math, working on our science fair project and examining Egyptian hieroglyphics. Yesterday, students viewed a video clip about hieroglyphics. After reading a poem about hieroglyphics, we then used a virtual cartouche maker online to see what our own cartouches would look like. A cartouche is a fancy, oval nameplate which was created for kings and queens. Finally, we drew our name in hieroglyphics on our cartouches- another souvenir for our Egyptian suitcases!
Students also learned of a field trip taking place next Thursday (March 14). Field trip forms are due by Monday. There is no cost to students, but an optional $3 drink and popcorn combo is available to them. The money for the combo is also due Monday.
PLEASE be sure your child is dressing appropriately for the snowy weather. Students without ski pants are having a difficult time staying dry! Mittens are highly recommended!
See you all next week for conferences!
~Ms. Burland
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Thursday, 28 February 2013
TWAS
Dear families,
Today is going to be the best day EVER! We started the day with a school assembly. At the assembly, kindergartens performed "If You're Happy and You Know It" and the choir performed one of their festival songs. To end the assembly, the WHOLE school did the anti-bullying dance to "Good Time". We had to teach the moves to new adult visitors. It was awesome!
This afternoon, we are having a magician!! Thank you Parent Council for this FANTASTIC treat! We are very excited about it!
We are having a teacher swap this afternoon. This means each class has a different teacher right after lunch. The guest teacher will take attendance and read to the class. Ms. Burland is swapping classes with Mrs. Shabaga. Thank goodness it is only for 20 minutes! Tee hee... we will miss Ms. Burland SOOO MUCH!
Popcorn sale is also today. Bags are $2 and the flavours are caramel, white cheddar, dill pickle, salt and vinegar, butter salt and ketchup. YUM!
Don't forget- no school Friday! Ms. Burland will be here writing our report cards!
Love Team 24
Today is going to be the best day EVER! We started the day with a school assembly. At the assembly, kindergartens performed "If You're Happy and You Know It" and the choir performed one of their festival songs. To end the assembly, the WHOLE school did the anti-bullying dance to "Good Time". We had to teach the moves to new adult visitors. It was awesome!
This afternoon, we are having a magician!! Thank you Parent Council for this FANTASTIC treat! We are very excited about it!
We are having a teacher swap this afternoon. This means each class has a different teacher right after lunch. The guest teacher will take attendance and read to the class. Ms. Burland is swapping classes with Mrs. Shabaga. Thank goodness it is only for 20 minutes! Tee hee... we will miss Ms. Burland SOOO MUCH!
Popcorn sale is also today. Bags are $2 and the flavours are caramel, white cheddar, dill pickle, salt and vinegar, butter salt and ketchup. YUM!
Don't forget- no school Friday! Ms. Burland will be here writing our report cards!
Love Team 24
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Egyptian Necklaces
The highlight of the day was creating our Egyptian Necklaces! We know that Egyptians were the first to manipulate glass, to use as glass beads in their jewellery. We used glass beads and golden pasta to build beautiful 3 tiered necklaces. It was also a great activity for designing and repeating patterns.
Upcoming this week: Popcorn sale Thursday ($2/bag). No school Friday.
~Ms. Burland
Monday, 25 February 2013
Happy Monday!
Another exciting Monday for Team 24! We filmed our dance for the Safe Schools video (thanks to everyone who wore pink!). We also created 3-D objects from nets. Look for a cube, cylinder and cone to come home today (the pyramid came home on Friday). We have worked on identifying the faces (which are flat), edges and corners of these objects. Ask your child to describe the objects.
As part of our study of Egyptian clothing, we are looking at Egyptian jewelry. After watching a video clip and doing a picture walk of non-fiction books with a buddy, students described the jewelry as large with bright colours and lots of gold. We will be making our OWN Egyptian jewelry and started the process by painting pasta gold today. Tomorrow we will create our necklaces using glass beads and gold pasta. It will be the first souvenir we add to our Egyptian suitcase. Look for pictures of our finished pieces tomorrow!
We finished the day with a visit from my puppy, Malakai!
As part of our study of Egyptian clothing, we are looking at Egyptian jewelry. After watching a video clip and doing a picture walk of non-fiction books with a buddy, students described the jewelry as large with bright colours and lots of gold. We will be making our OWN Egyptian jewelry and started the process by painting pasta gold today. Tomorrow we will create our necklaces using glass beads and gold pasta. It will be the first souvenir we add to our Egyptian suitcase. Look for pictures of our finished pieces tomorrow!
We finished the day with a visit from my puppy, Malakai!
Remember- library tomorrow!
~Team 24
Friday, 22 February 2013
TGIF
A short, but as always, busy week. Please look for TWAS journals to come home and return them Monday.
Mrs. Lockhart introduced the class to a dance the school is learning. We are creating an anti-bullying video for Safe Schools. Our class will film on Monday. Please wear a PINK top on Monday! If possible, bring extra(s) for students who do not have. We ALL need to be in pink. Thank-you!
I am starting report card writing this weekend. Attendance next week is a very important. I will be completing assessments for reports. With it being a busy assessment week (and a short week), we will not do Word Study. Word Study will resume the following week. Report card writing day is next Friday, March 1st (yes, March already!! Eek!). There is no school next Friday.
~Ms. Burland
Mrs. Lockhart introduced the class to a dance the school is learning. We are creating an anti-bullying video for Safe Schools. Our class will film on Monday. Please wear a PINK top on Monday! If possible, bring extra(s) for students who do not have. We ALL need to be in pink. Thank-you!
I am starting report card writing this weekend. Attendance next week is a very important. I will be completing assessments for reports. With it being a busy assessment week (and a short week), we will not do Word Study. Word Study will resume the following week. Report card writing day is next Friday, March 1st (yes, March already!! Eek!). There is no school next Friday.
~Ms. Burland
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Egyptian Clothing
This morning, we learned about Egyptian clothing. Egyptian people don't wear the same clothes we do. But they do dress for the weather like we do! Egypt is in the desert in Africa, so it is very HOT! We now know:
-Kids often don't wear clothing. (Damien)
-Egyptian children had bald heads with a "lock of youth" on one side (a ponytail). (Sienna)
-They wore golden jewellery. (Braden)
-Rich Egyptians would have had brightly coloured clothing. (Brianna)
-Workers would wear white clothing because it was cheaper. (Liz).
-In Egypt, they usually wear white clothes because it helps them keep cool. (Spencer)
-Clothing was made from linens. (Emily)
-Egyptians had wigs. They brushed them with combs made of wood. (Ava)
-Necklaces could be big and bright. Men and women wore jewellery AND make-up, to keep the sand out of their eyes. (Sienna)
-They wore cones on their head of perfumed oils that dripped down their head to make them smell nice and to cool them off. (Spencer)
-They wore sandals because it was so hot. (Ava)
~Team 24
-Kids often don't wear clothing. (Damien)
-Egyptian children had bald heads with a "lock of youth" on one side (a ponytail). (Sienna)
-They wore golden jewellery. (Braden)
-Rich Egyptians would have had brightly coloured clothing. (Brianna)
-Workers would wear white clothing because it was cheaper. (Liz).
-In Egypt, they usually wear white clothes because it helps them keep cool. (Spencer)
-Clothing was made from linens. (Emily)
-Egyptians had wigs. They brushed them with combs made of wood. (Ava)
-Necklaces could be big and bright. Men and women wore jewellery AND make-up, to keep the sand out of their eyes. (Sienna)
-They wore cones on their head of perfumed oils that dripped down their head to make them smell nice and to cool them off. (Spencer)
-They wore sandals because it was so hot. (Ava)
~Team 24
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Winter Scenes
We just finished working on our French winter scenes and we wanted to tell you about it. We are drawing a winter scene with lots winter vocabulary. Then we will label the pictures in French! Ms. Burland took a picture of us on the camera. We cut it out and glued ourselves onto our winter scene. Here are some of them.... We aren't done yet, but they are looking great!
~Team 24
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