Collecting our Learning Memories

As the year winds down we are busily preparing for our Learning Assembly on June 22nd.  Here are some sneak previews of what is to come.

Here is a video of a creative skit written and performed to entertain and inform.  We hope you enjoy it.  

From Crazy Hair to Maverick's on Show to Roots Expanding

Here are some photos of our learning and growing this week:

Crazy Hair anyone?

Oxygen or water?  

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Is it a garbage patch?  Waste in World, or waste in our hair?  

Roots expanding just like our neurons!  Time to transplant!

Is it the visible spectrum of light?  

Mavericks inspire us to leave a legacy behind. We decided to try a new venue for sharing, the Learning Commons.   Here are some photos of a slide show:

Here are the criteria we brainstormed for the best presentation skills:

Rehearsing our skits for the learning assembly:  Light and Shadow anyone?

Please Return Any Home Reading Books

This is just a reminder to return all home reading books to school.  Please include the plastic folder along with any books from home.  Thank you very much for your support. 

Bring your 0.25 cents for the Book Exchange Tomorrow

The Great Book Exchange - tomorrow, June 8

Thank you for all of your book donations of gently used books. 

We will be having our great book exchange during the morning. Students can bring 25 cents to purchase one book only. 

All proceeds will be going to build our library collection.
Thank you for your continued support.
​​​​​​​The Grade 3 and 4 Leadership Students

Learning Highlights from Thursday, May 31 and Friday June 1

Ideating and rehearsing possible performance art for upcoming learning assembly:

 Writing scripts on the white board tables in the Learning Commons

 Using the materials in the maker cart to prototype props

Here is a video of one  group's interpretive dance demonstrating photosynthesis and the power of plants:  

Does this sound remind you of anything?  Hmmm...  Creative minds in a creative space, there's no end to the prototypes:

Students present their Maverick Biography slide shows to the class.  These biographies have allowed students to develop research, writing and presentation skills.  It is a multilayered task that builds their background knowledge about Alberta's history and the important people who made our province the dynamic place it is today.  

A List of our Theme Days this Week

Sunday: Fun Lunch Orders due

Monday: Read my Shirt Day – Wear a shirt we can read!!

Tuesday: Colour Day – Wear your favourite colour!

Calgary Ride Your Bike to School Day

Wednesday: Crazy Hair/Hat Day – How crazy can you make your hair?

Thursday: Crazy Sock Day – Wear a crazy pair or just mix and match!

Friday: Beach Day – Dress in your favourite beach wear (no bathing suits please)

All Library Books Due!

The Great Book Exchange (students can purchase previously owned books for $0.25!)

Fun Lunch

Thinking with the Kindergarten students across the hall on Tuesday

Today we decided to visit Mrs. Steckly's Kindergarten classroom to compare the growth of our bean plants to theirs.  It was very inspiring to learn together with these young minds.  Here are some photos: 

 Here are their bean plants

 Here are ours.  Can you guess which ones have been growing longer? Notice the different pots used.  How might this make a difference for plant growth? 

We made many inferences about difference in leaf size and the specific needs of plants when we looked at the roots of the Kinder bean plants.  Can you inference what we discovered?

Some student's used their background knowledge to inference how long the Kinder beans had been growing compared to ours. 

Here are some of our findings:

What is happening to the roots?  Why?  

The answer is photosynthesis.  What is the question? 

Why do plants have leaves?  What makes plants green?