November 15-22

 

Science

Second Great Lesson has started in room 10 and 11. We learned that gases, specifically oxygen, formed in the atmosphere allowing living things to develop on Earth. We explored the five earliest life forms; bacteria, sponges, seaweed, sea worms and jellyfish.  We captured these 5 different living things in our visual journals. 

Math

Friday, November 19th marked our 50th day of school.  The students played Race to 50.  By rolling a dice and using ones and tens students raced to get to the number 50!

Social Studies

In social studies, students have been identifying what groups they belong to,  and ways we belong to more than one group at the same time. Groups brainstormed and discussed in class were family, school, our city (Calgary), sports groups like hockey, swimming, dance, and gymnastics, as well, a few students identified Canada and Earth as a group we belong to. Our focus next will be how do these groups benefit us, what can help us identify different groups and communities and what our rights and responsibilities are at home, at school, and in groups and communities.

                                                        Gymnastics

                             

                                                        Family

                                                     City

                                                 

 

Language Arts

In animated literacy, we have been learning about the letter C and G which both have a hard sound and soft sound.  We learned some rules and chants to help us figure out the sounds. 

Upcoming Dates

November 22nd-28th - Virtual Book Fair

November 25th-26th - Teacher/Parent Conferences (Please book your spot for conferences) No school on the 26th

December 2 - Holiday Character Day

December 16 - Ugly Sweater Day

December 17 - PJ Day - Last day of classes before the break

Time to Shop!

Dear families,

It’s here! Our school’s Scholastic Virtual Book Fair has begun! Our very own shopping site will be open from Monday, November 22nd – Sunday, November 28th

Experience the joy of a Book Fair online by joining us at our Virtual Family Event! Make your favourite snacks, and come together as a family to view the fun, exciting and inspiring titles by clicking the link below:

https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5163640

Share this link with Grandparents, too! Extended family can participate in the Virtual Book Fair from the comfort of home.

Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn Rewards that can be redeemed for books and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library.

Thank you for participating in our

Scholastic Virtual Book Fair!

Happy reading! 

Action Club's Veterans Food Drive

 Hello Families! 

 

Wow!  The students In Action Club are blown away by your donations.  When we add up all of the items brought in, we ended up with a grand total of 1,152 food items!  Way to show care and generosity LBS!  By donating these items, you have helped make a huge positive change in the lives of Veterans that needed our help.   

 

The Students in Action Club would like to thank you for helping make this food drive such a success. Please check out the stop motion clip that we made to track our growing donations table.

The Students in Action Club  

https://youtu.be/yc00HiG6kQU 

Virtual Book Fair

 SAVE THE DATE!

Dear families,

Our school’s Scholastic Virtual Book Fair will begin next week! Our very own shopping site will be open from Monday, November 22nd – Sunday, November 28th

Experience the joy of a Book Fair online by joining us at our Virtual Family Event! Make your favourite snacks, and come together as a family to view the fun, exciting and inspiring titles. A link will be sent out on Monday the 22^nd.

Share this link with Grandparents, too! Extended family can participate in the Virtual Book Fair from the comfort of home.

Remember, all purchases benefit our school and earn Rewards that can be redeemed for books and Education Resources for our school’s classrooms and library.

Thank you for participating in our

Scholastic Virtual Book Fair!

Happy reading! 

Veteran Food Drive

 Veteran Food Drive 

As of today we have collected 809 food items, which is absolutely amazing!  Thanks for your continued generosity so far everyone!  Please keep bringing in food items until November 16^th and help build our donations.  We are going to have such a positive impact on the lives of Veterans.

Some ideas for donations are:

• Canned Beans, Vegetables, and Meats (Fish or Chicken) 
• Cooking Oil 
• Crackers 
• Nuts 
• Spices 
• Granola Bars 
• Peanut Butter 
• Cereal 
• Soup, Chili and Stew 

Thank you! 

Poppy Fund Donations

 

Poppy Fund Donations

Students will be given a poppy on Wednesday, November 10th while honouring Remembrance Day at school.  If you would like to send in a monetary donation to support the Poppy Fund that day, it would be greatly appreciated.  You can also show your support by donating online by following the link below: https://legion.ca/donations

Thank you kindly in advance!

Conferences Bookings

We will be hosting virtual Learning Conferences on November 25 at 4:00-7:30 and November 26 at 8:00-1:00. Please ensure you have your PowerSchool account set up so you can book your conferences when they open later this month.

Language Arts

This week the Grade One Team introduced spaghetti and meatball writing to learn about the importance of spacing between words and letters when writing. Our next step next week is to implement this strategy in our daily writing work. We also focused on the letters Kk and Ff  and the sounds they make. As well, we learned when a and r are together in a word the r is controlling and together they make the sound 'R'. As a whole class, we spelled and read words like far, star, mark, dark, mark, park, stark, part, dart etc....

Remembrance Day

 Students in Room 8, 10, and 11 used the work of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe as inspiration for the creation of poppy art for Remembrance Day. Three different mediums were used; water colour, oil pastels, and chalk pastels. 

 Social Studies

 In social studies, we talked about our homes in our community. We then explored that homes are different depending on what community you live in. After reading a few books and viewing a some videos about homes around the world the students picked three types of homes they learnt about. Can you guess what kind of homes are drawn below?

Upcoming Dates:

November 11 - Remembrance Day - No School/ Fundraising Freezer Feastival Orders due

November 12 - Non-instructional Day - No School

November 15 - National Metis Week

November 18 - Pattern Day

November 22 - Virtual Book Fair Begins

November 25-26 Conferences
 

Take care,

Mrs. Amanda Proctor

LBS Food Drive

 

Hello Families! 

 

So far, our food drive to support the Veterans Food Bank is off to a great start!  As of today we have collected 112 food items!  Our goal is to collect 500 items and we hope that you will continue to help us not only reach that goal, but make a positive difference in the lives of veterans.  Keep up the generosity LBS Community! 

 

Did you know that the food items that food banks are in need of are: 

 

• Canned Beans, Vegetables, and Meats (Fish or Chicken) 
• Cooking Oil 
• Crackers 
• Nuts 
• Spices 
• Granola Bars 
• Peanut Butter 
• Cereal 
• Soup, Chili and Stew 

Thank you! 

The Students in Action Club