Salty-Sand Separation

Agenda Items:

1) Teachers' Convention is Thursday and Friday
2) Monday is Family Day - we will see you back at school on Tuesday
3) Bring your Stuffy Day is Feb. 19th - it can be no larger than your desk. 
4) Feb. 20th in the morning - Tentative Solar Car Visit
5) Treat Day is Feb. 25 
Pink Shirt Day is on Feb. 26
6) Alien In Line Skating is coming to our school - Feb. 24-27

FYI - Chess Club starts next week 


Ask Me About:
Literacy: Ask me why there was pancakes and Owls everywhere?

Math: Ask me about how to compare decimals?

Social: Ask me about First Nations' symbolism?

Science: Ask me the best way to separate salt from sand? Also, ask me about some of the safety rules in a Science Lab?

Please Read the Important Message Below - 

Parents of students in grades 4, 5 and 6 have received the Accountability Survey from the Alberta Government. We encourage you to complete the survey and return it to Alberta Education. To date we have only 4% of our parent responses returned.  

Your voice matters. Your participation in the survey helps provide important information on the quality of education your child is receiving. We also use the information gathered from the survey to inform our School Development plan each year. Please contact Mrs. Polski if you have questions about the survey.

Can You Find...

1) Please return your report card envelope.
2) Please return your Ski/Snowboard form by Monday
3) Math Homework - Page 6 only - due Monday
4) Problem Solving is due Wednesday
5) Bring a Stuffy Day is next Wednesday. 6) Teachers' Convention is next Thursday and Friday


Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute! - Stay Tuned for more information on Wednesday!


Winter Walk Day

Bella Concert Hall

Winter Walk Day

Agenda
1) Please return your report card envelope.
2) Please return your Ski/Snowboard form by Friday
3) Math Homework - Page 6 only - due Thursday
4) Problem Solving is due next Wednesday
5) Healthy Hunger is tomorrow
6) School Science fair is tomorrow - Parents are welcome to come and view the projects from 9 - 11am 
7) Branton Open House is tomorrow evening
8) Teachers' Convention is next Thursday and Friday

What's with the Pancakes and OWLS everywhere?


Ask Me About:
Literacy: Ask me about how the peer edit helped me change my story. Also, ask me how I have planned to change some of the pictures in my Battle Bunny Book. 

Math: Ask me about the millionTH place. 

Social: Ask me about ways of living off of the land. 

Science: Ask me about the new unit we are about to start in Science. 
Also, Look Up and see if you can spot the 60 bright objects - can you explain this to your parents?

Bella Concert Hall

Just a Reminder about our afternoon Field Trip to the Bella Concert Hall

We will be eating lunch at 11:45 am on this day and we will be leaving the school at 12:15pm. All students must stay for lunch this day as there will not be time to go home and make it back to school in time to leave on the bus.

Please have your forms returned by Monday and if you are a parent who would like to join us for the field trip please let Mr. P or Mrs. Saunders know. 

Thanks! Remember there is no school for students tomorrow and have a great weekend. 

Annual Twin and Triplet Day

1) Your Line Graph and IRIS are due Jan 30 
2) Report Cards will go home on Jan. 30th 
3) Friday Jan 31st is a PD Day - no School for Students 
4) Tuesday Feb. 4th - 12:15 pm until 3:00 pm - Whole School Field trip to the Bella Music Concert Hall - Field Trip Form - Please have this form back by Monday at the latest. 
5) Math Homework - Booklet pages 1 - 3 - due tomorrow
6) School Wide Winter Walk Day - Wed. Feb. 5th 
7)Science Fair - 
Our school Science Fair is in 1 week - Thursday Feb. 6th. Parents and families will be invited to come and view the fair in the morning from 9 - 11:45. We will be in the Learning Commons this year.
The afternoon will be spent with our Visiting Judges from different fields of science in our community. This is when the students will get to share their findings with 2 of the judges. 8) Fun Lunch is on Thursday Feb. 6th
9) Branton French Immersion came to visit our Grade 6s today - they are hosting an Open House next Thursday evening.
10) get your parents to sign your Water Cycle Rubric


Ask Me About:
LA:   Have I finished typing the new text for my Battle Bunny Book?
Science: Ask me to see a picture of my insulator in IRIS?
Math: How can I relate decimals to fractions? 1/10    1/100    1/1000 
Social: Ask me which First Nation lives in which natural region of Canada?

Monday Reminders From Room 6 & 7

1) City of Ember permission form - please have this returned by Thursday so you can watch the movie. 

2) Our school Science Fair is in 10 Days  - Thursday Feb. 6th. Parents and families will be invited to come and view the fair in the morning between 9am and 11:45am. The afternoon will be spent with our Visiting Judges from different fields of science in our community. This is when the students will get to share their findings with 2 of the judges. 

3) Stay tuned for a Field Trip permission form for our trip on Feb. 4th trip to the Bella Concert Hall. We will need 1 - 2 parent volunteers - so ask your parents nicely to come and join us :-)

Dr. Coffin's Solar Array

Agenda:
1) Problem Solving is Due Wednesday - there are 2 problems - we need to see your work and your solution sentence
2) Twin and Triplet day is on Tues. Jan. 28
3) Your Scientific Method Sheet is due on Jan. 28
4) Your Line Graph and IRIS are due Jan 30 
5) Report Cards will go home on Jan. 30th 
6) Friday Jan 31st is a PD Day - no School for Students 
7) Tuesday Feb. 4th - 12:15 pm until 3:00 pm - Whole School Field trip to the Bella Music Concert Hall

Lots of Deadlines are approaching - How are you managing your time at school and at home? 

Please view our Solar Panel monitoring site
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