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Just a few of the student postcards for the Canadian Armed Service Members |
Parent(s),
I hope this finds everyone in good spirits and health! Sorry it has taken me so long to send out a blog message. I had wanted to do one earlier but due to circumstances; I never got an opportunity to do so. This message will primarily focus on some things that the class has been doing as well as highlight up and coming events and curriculum.
Poetry Residency / Poetry Cafe
The images below show some of the student's poems as well as them participating in the Poetry Cafe.
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Eco-Leaders Conference (Jan. 22nd)
As part of our Eco-Leader's community garden project, six student representatives and myself were required to attend a conference at the Ralph Klein Park & Environmental Education Centre. The images below show some of the workshops that the students attended as well as the amazing environmental education building. If you haven't already visited this place, I would highly recommended anyone who is interested in the environment, wetlands, and birds to do so.
Workshops
Impact of Climate Change and Biodiversity
Tour of the Composting Facility
Ralph Klein Park & Environmental Education Centre
(the building and surroundings)
Hands on displays and closing remarks
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Up and Coming Curriculum
- working on and finishing 2 poems based on the book The Tin Forest (this includes using a rubrics to ensure that they have included all of the 'Must Haves' in their poems as well as having a peer edit them)
- selecting the natural species plants to grow in our school community garden
- review or go over the different ways that plants reproduce (e.g. seeds, rhizome, or spores)
- review or go over the different parts of a plant (e.g. stems, leaves, leaf stalk, shoots, flower bud, main root, secondary roots, root hairs, flower, petals, stamen, pistil, and sepals)
- wrapping up the unit on Waste and Our World (e.g. compare different kinds of packaging and infer the relative advantages and disadvantages of that packaging, identify kinds of wastes that may be toxic to people and to the environment, develop a flow chart for a consumer product that indicates the source materials, final product, its use and method of disposal, and develop and implement a plan to reduce waste, and monitor what happens over a period of time)
- continue exploring Everyday Objects turned into Illustrations (inspired by Victor Nunes) and then creating a final artwork piece
- starting the math unit of multiplication this week
- starting the French units La fête de la Saint Valentin and Ma Famille
- begin the Social Studies unit on The Stories, Histories and People of Alberta
- continuing to explore and play Handball in gym
Request for Volunteers
On Thursday, February 6th the students in room 4 are going on a field trip to the Glenbow Museum to take part in the Nitsitapiisinni: Our Way of Life and the Resourceful People: Albertans and their Natural Resources programs. At this time, we still require at least one parent volunteer in order to be able to participate in these programs. If you have an up to date police clearance and are willing to volunteer please contact me at my CBE email account.Bye for now,
Ms.LeVesconte
