Food Drive

 Hello LBS Families,

Please help us collect food items for our yearly food drive, so that we can help people in need have food to eat and stay healthy.  We will be accepting donations starting tomorrow until Friday, December 11th.  There is a wish list from the Calgary Food Bank, but all food items are appreciated. Even giving one food item makes a big difference to others.  Let's show people how generous LBS families are!

Thank you for your help! 

The Students in Rooms 16 & 17

Monday, November 30th

 Hello Families,

There has been a lot going on in Room 3!

First, we are observing some vegetables that we have had in a terrarium since Halloween. They have made quite the transformation over the past month. 

Next, our new classroom pets are doing very well. We are learning a ton about Isopods and Red Wiggler Worms. We have explore their anatomy, life cycles, and predators. 

In addition, we have been working on procedural writing. We have been working on a How to Use Dash piece of writing to inform other student have to use the robot. We have made planning pages and used the planning page as a tool in our writing. As a class, we talked about how to elaborate on each step of our writing to help the reader understand. 

Finally, we have been exploring infographics and how they are used to share information. We have been working as a class to understand what are the important parts of an infographic, so we can apply that understanding when we create our own. We have began to look at two waste reduction programs which we will eventually put our understanding of infographic into action.

Important Dates:

Dec 3 - Pajama Day (no stuffed animals, blankets, or pillows)

Dec 4 - PD Day

Dec 18 - PD Day

Mayor's Annual Christmas Food Drive

Lake Bonavista School is pleased to be support The Calgary Food Bank by participating in the Mayor's Annual Christmas Food Drive. 

Students are invited to bring in non-perishable food items starting on Wednesday, December 3rd until Friday, December 11th. Donations boxes will be placed near each entry door for students to add their donations.
Please see the picture below attachment for the Calgary Food Bank’s 'wishlist', however all food donations are all welcomed and appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your generous support!

 

Conference Reminder!

 Hello Families,

This is a reminder that Conferences are Thursday, November 19 from 4 - 8  and Friday, November 20th from 8 - 1. If you have yet signed up please do so through this link: 

https://sis.cbe.ab.ca/public/home.html

When it is time to join Microsoft Teams, use the most recent email if they have received more than one and that the link becomes active 5 minutes before their conference time.

Tomorrow, your child will bring home some pieces of work. Please have them available during your scheduled conference time and I will explain it to you then.

Take care,

Ms. Carroll

Reminders:

Students do not have school on Friday, November 20th due to Conferences.

Book Fair Link:https://bookfairs-canada.myshopify.com/pages/5148539

BOOK FAIR STARTS TODAY!

 

Remembrance Day Virtual Assembly

Dear Parents,

Rooms 16 and 17 are hosting a virtual assembly for LBS students on November 10th at 10:40 am, in honour of Remembrance Day.

Did you know that every year from the last day of October until November 11th, tens of millions of Canadians wear a poppy as a visual pledge to honour Canada's veterans and remember those who sacrificed for the freedoms that we enjoy today.

Students will be given a poppy on November 10th and can give a donation at the school office. If you would like to support out local veterans, the Legion is encouraging people to donate online this year. Please follow the link: https://legion.ca/donations to donate to the Legion's Poppy Fund.

Thank you from Ms. Mumford & Ms. Burnham's students.

October 29, 2020

Hello Everyone,

Here is what we've been up to this week:

We worked with the Dash and Dot robots again this week. Students were tasked with making Dash go around a chair, create a personalized voice command, transforming Dash into a traffic light, and have Dash go through an obstacle course. Throughout this process, they worked on debugging by changing different variables in their code, worked collaboratively, demonstrated perseverance, and worked with different forms of measurement. Our class is loving working with them and everyone is excited to learn more during Science School next week! 

 

Our class practiced different sketching techniques and had a lesson on labelling. Students sketched natural artifacts in our room. We discussed that scientific sketching and labelling is another tool observers use to document artifacts and experiences. 

 

   

Today, we began the beginning of our multi-medium Halloween Inchie Art. Students will work with a variety of mediums to create 6 Halloween inspired inchies. We completed 2 parts of a 6 part art task. Here is a sneak peak. 

I hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend! I can't wait to start Science School with everyone on Monday! If you have not sent your child's form to school, please do so on Monday! 

Take care,

Ms. Carroll

Important Dates:

Oct 30 - PD Day

Nov 2 - 6 - Telus Spark Science School 

November 3 - Photo Retakes

November 11 - Remembrance day (No School)

October 23, 2020

 Hello Families,

We have been up to a lot of new things in Room 3! This week we were the first classroom to try out our new Dot and Dash Robots! Ask you child what they thought of Dot and Dash. 

We has a mysterious box in our room. Students completed an I see, I think, I wonder thinking routine to make predictions and record noticings. You could ask what your child think it is and what are some questions they have about the box. 

For this weeks STEM challenge we decided to take advantage of the weather and use the snow as the material. The tallest structure was 80cm tall!! 

Finally, students created a map and a legend demonstrating all of the geographical features mentioned in the Wild Robot novel. Students created their own nomenclature cards to define a geographical feature. As a class we created a map and legend based on what we knew about Roz's Island. We then began to map out her journey. 

Open Minds

Yesterday, an Open Minds Form was sent home. We are still waiting on CBE to set up the online payment. Once the payment is setup I will send out a School Messenger to inform you.

Google Classroom

In our Google Classroom you will notice that there is a topic named 'In Class Work.' The work posted under this topic is for students to complete as part of their work period at school. This work is not to be done while at home. The topic named 'Responsible Work Choice' is for student away for an extended period of time. Please do not complete any of the 'In Class Work' while at home. 

Important Dates:

Oct 29 - Low key Halloween

Oct 30 - PD Day

November 3 - Photo Retakes

November 2 - 6 - Science School

November 11 - Remembrance day (No School)

 

Scholastic Books

Halloween - Thursday, October 29

LBS is planning low-key Halloween activities on Thursday October 29.

 

If children are planning to dress up at school, please discuss plans with them for:

• a costume that is comfortable to wear all day: able to sit down, move around easily and complete school tasks throughout the day,
• regular sanitizing and hand-washing, as usual,
• using an AHS face mask, costumes with attached masks or other “Halloween masks” are not to be worn and are not suitable for preventing the spread of airborne droplets,
• school-appropriate themes (no gore, weapons and so on),
• no shared food to be brought to school.

 

Children are not required to wear costumes and may choose to wear orange and black. If your family does not participate in Halloween, there will be alternate tasks and activities provided.

 

Students will be looking at examples/non-examples of costumes in their classrooms.  Based on the weather, we may hold a costume parade outside. Students are asked to maintain physical distancing during this outdoor event. We will send an invitation via text to families if an outdoor parade will occur. Families will be invited to view the parade from outside the edges of our school field.

 

October 30 is a CBE system-wide non-instructional day. Please mark your calendars, as this is a ‘No School’ day.

Headphones

 Hello Families,

Students will begin using the computers this week, as they are all re-imaged and ready to go. Can you please send your child a pair of headphones to have at school for when they are using the iPads or laptops.

If you child is in grade 3 can you please send them as soon as possible as we will be starting SLAs later this week.

Thanks,

Ms. Carroll 

Thursday, October 8

Hello Families,

This week we have been learning about adaptations. Ask your child for an example of a behavioral and a structural adaptation. Students drew a scientific sketch of our class pet Coconut and discussed her behavioural and structural adaptations.

In math we continue to word on representing number using base 10. Students picked a number and came up with as many ways to represent their number using base 10.

We did have our first student -led virtual assembly today. Room 2 and 3 hosted the assembly and they were amazing. We cannot share the assembly out due to FOIP, but definitely as your child how it went. For the assembly we created a Found Poem using keywords that the students felt the pictures represented.  They worked together to create a great poem. Below are the pictures and the poem.

Have an amazing long weekend!

Important Dates:

Oct. 9 - No School 

Oct. 12 - No School 

Oct. 30 - No School 

Wear School Shirt Tomorrow Oct. 7

 Hi Families,

Room 2 and 3 are doing activity about school spirit tomorrow. If you could please send your child to school wearing their LBS T-shirt that would be awesome!

Thanks,

Ms. Carroll

Virtual Open House

Hello Families!

You can find the link to the LBS Virtual Open House below. 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk-XgLH3ifaD_-8hLASlMBDcyAdNDod23

Thursday, September 24

 Hello Families,

Welcome to Room 3 :)

We have been very busy these past 3 weeks! We are continuing to settle into our new way of learning. 

We have started our class read aloud The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. While reading this book we have been making connections to the waste in our world and adaptations.  This week we have been crating "inches" for each chapter and we created some Sandwich Poetry to make a prediction of what Roz (the robot) would do next. 

In Math, we have been exploring increasing and decreasing number pattern. We explored what a pattern is, given examples and non-examples using the Frayer Model. We have also been working on organizing our math pages in a way that demonstrates our understanding. 

We welcomed Fall this week by designing a Fall Favorites page. We found a sit spot in the school field and sat and observed for 5 minutes with no talking. This gave us time to observe the signs of Fall and think about what we like most about this season. 

Finally, today we had our Terry Fox Run. Our class ran a total of 79 laps around the field to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation. Should you wish to make a donation online, please use the following link to donate through the Terry Fox website:  

https://secure.terryfox.ca/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?TeamID=918010 

Let’s keep Terry’s dream to find a cure for cancer alive! 

As a reminder: 

If you have not yet logged into our classes Google Classroom please do so. If you have any questions please email me.

If you have not yet brought back your child demographic forms, please send them to school as soon as you can.

Important Dates:

September 25 - PD Day

September 29 - Picture Day 

September 30 - Orange Shirt Day 

October 9 - PD Day 

October 12 - Thanksgiving (no school) 

Google Classroom and G Suite

Hello Families,

On Monday, we start our first day using Google Classroom and G Suite as our main learning platform. Below is the email sent to all families in Room 9 explaining our learning environment moving forward. CBE has a great information on G Suite for Education to help you navigate through these platforms. 

Please keep your eyes out for a second email containing your child's password for the G Suite login.

I'm excited to start this journey with you all. Please feel free to ask me any questions you have regarding the learning platform or the work period content.

Take care,

Ms. Carroll 

Hi Families, 

On Friday, you received a SchoolMessenger from Mrs. Jones detailing the availability of CBE G Suite for Education as a learning environment for students and teachers.

Your child’s login has been connected to our Google Classroom within CBE G Suite for Education. We will be using this platform, in addition to seesaw for our online classroom needs moving forward. Please hand in and share assignments via Google Classroom unless stated otherwise on the assignment. Please take some time to explore our Google Classroom and navigating between apps.

CBE information regarding G Suite for Education, including login information can be found here:

https://www.cbe.ab.ca/support/Pages/Google-Apps-Gmail.aspx

Your child’s login (username@educbe.ca) which was provided in the login information sent out before Spring Break. Each child’s password has been reset and you will receive an email with their new password in a separate email due to privacy.

Some students were instructed with login for specific apps before class cancellation occurred. This will be new for many, but surprisingly intuitive for students of this learning generation! Time and practice will be important in developing independence. 

Our first week of learning tasks will be available on Google Classroom under Classwork. Each week under the Classwork section will contain the “Work Period” for the week. Please not this work can be completed at any time throughout the week and we encourage you to complete work in a way that best reflects the needs of your schedule.

I will be planning two Google Meet video chats this week to touch base with the students and give them an opportunity to chat with their classmates. This is optional and I will be sending more information out later this week.

  

Thank you again for your patience as take steps towards this new learning experience. I appreciate all the words of encouragement and support you have offered during this time.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact me and I will do my best to help.

Warm regards,

Molly Carroll

Connecting Kids to Seesaw

Hello Families,

As our first Home Learning task was sent via email yesterday afternoon, here are some tips for getting your child on SeeSaw. Please remember it may be tricky the first few times (as all things technology related seem to be) but the children will quickly develop independence with this routine, we know they learn so quickly! :)

Many of you are already using the SeeSaw Family App at home, this is great and please keep this app installed on your device. To access SeeSaw Class you'll need to download a new app.

Go to your App downloader on the device your child will be using and search: SeeSaw Class - download this application.

After the app is downloaded, when it opens you will reach this screen:

Press the button that says "I'm a Student". Then you will see this screen where you can enter the text code that was sent via email. Please keep this text code somewhere safe or refer back to the email incase you are logged out and need to log-in again. 

If you need to switch between users on the device (for example, multiple children at home sharing a device) you log out by pressing the circle icon on the top left side of the screen, selecting child's name, and pressing "sign out".

I hope this helps, let me know if you are still experiencing difficulties and I can assist you!

Take care, 

Molly Carroll 

Ongoing - Montessori Learning Routines

Hello Families,

I have sent out an email to all of you with some Montessori Learning Routines to try out. These are meant to be ongoing and are not expected to all be done by the end of the week. I have put the email below; however, the supporting documents for this will be attached in the email. 

I can't wait to see what the students come up with! 

Take care,

Ms. Carroll 

Hello Families, 

As we venture into our first days and weeks of Home Learning, we want to introduce four learning routines that support the ongoing Montessori programming at Lake Bonavista School. They include ideas to integrate into your Home Learning Routines as available, so your child can still feel connected to the Montessori principles woven into their daily life as a student, practice familiar skills and learn new things.

Please find attached 4 infographics, along with supporting documentation for understanding how they connect to the curriculum, designed by our teaching staff, for our students and families:

- Community Care

- Hands on Learning

- Learning with Nature

- Practical Life

As these are documents created specific to our school and learners, please do not distribute to families outside of Lake Bonavista School, or post on public platforms.

Learning Routines are ongoing. As your child explores them, we would love for them to document and share their work with us. They can do that with pictures, videos, writing, drawings, etc.  

How can students submit work? 

Students must be logged in using their personal information, using the Home Learning code sent before Spring Break, not parent login.

SeeSaw --> Add --> Post Student Work --> Choose Method --> Save (checkmark) 

For the time being, please refrain from sending work through email.

We are in the process of creating an online platform that allows us to store materials and resources for families to access as needed. Please continue to watch for information regarding this platform to come soon.  

As always, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

With gratitude,

Ms. Carroll 

Connecting to the Programs of Study

Below is a link CBE has sent out for families to connect with the programs of study. 

https://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mychildslearning/

Alberta Government Information on Student Learning During COVID-19

Over the break the Alberta Government shared information about content delivery, resources and other information. Below I have attached the link:

https://www.alberta.ca/student-learning-during-covid-19.aspx

Take care,

Ms. Carroll

Welcome Back!

Welcome back! 

I hope that you have a relaxing, healthy, and safe spring break. We will be getting more information today and throughout the week about our online learning and what that is going to look like. Your patience has been amazing over the past two weeks and is greatly appreciated. This will be a learning curve for all of us and I am looking forward to working together to ensure that your child is as successful as they can be during this time. 

I will be reaching out to you all, today. I have heard from quite a few of you but it is important that I touch base with all families. Please be checking your email and the blog regularly.

Miss you all!

Ms. Carroll

Message from Mrs. Kawchuk

Mrs. Kawchuk has a message for you on her blog.  Please go take a look.  Go all the way to the bottom of the blog list on the school website, or find the link here:

https://d2l.cbe.ab.ca/d2l/lms/blog/view_user.d2l?ou=6605&ownerId=22024

Mental Health Resource and Information from CBE

Hi Families, 

Important COVID-19 and mental health information is now posted on the CBE website:

https://www.cbe.ab.ca/about-us/school-culture-and-environment/health-and-wellness-in-school/Pages/Positive-Mental-Health.aspx

Take care,

Ms. Carroll 

Math Card Games

Hi Families,

Here are some math card games we have played in class. I have attached the instructions below. These games are great for the whole family to play and there is variations for some of the games so that students are playing at their just right level. The games are Salute, Making 10s, and Shut the Box. 

Enjoy!

Ms.Carroll

Learning Update

Hello Families,

On Tuesday, a system-wide email was sent through SchoolMessenger providing K-6 resources and activities for students to work with in the time before spring break.

Lots of the information being sent from both the system level and the school level has been sent through SchoolMessenger. If you have not registered, here is the link: https://www.cbe.ab.ca/privacy-statement/Pages/sms-text-message-terms-and-conditions.aspx. 

The note is attached below:

Suggestions for Learning from Home | K-9

Class cancellations are unusual and challenging events.  During this short period before spring break, we encourage families to maintain a balanced and consistent routine for children; including regular sleeping and eating times, breaks for activity and outdoor time, and healthy boundaries on screen time.    After spring break, additional learning resources and activities will be shared to support students in learning.     Children are naturally curious learners and there are opportunities at home to engage their learning. We have created a webpage that offers a variety of educational ideas to support literacy, numeracy and wellness at home for this week. The resources are meant as suggestions only. You may choose to use the links and activities as needed over the next few days as more long-term educational programming is considered. In addition, http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/lakebonavista/teaching-learning/learning-commons-library/resource-list/pages/default.aspx will be updated regularly with commonly used web-based resources.  In the next couple of days I will be working on emailing families with their login in information for the website that are commonly used in the classroom, these may be needed after spring break to access information.  I will be posting more information on the blog and sending out a SchoolMessenger later today. Thank you all for your patients and understanding through this crazy time!  I miss you all and hope you're well :)  Ms.Carroll