Scholastic Book Fair

 Save The Date! 

Dear families, 

 

Mark your calendars! The fun and excitement of a Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! To adapt to our changing needs, Scholastic has developed a Hybrid Book Fair (in-school with a virtual link) to provide an opportunity for our students and families to experience the joy of reading together. 

 

So, save the date! Our Scholastic Virtual Book Fair will take place on:  

Friday, March 4^th – Friday, March 11^th

 

When it’s time to shop, you can choose to visit the virtual link and purchase online or send in cash for your child to purchase books in person. We will be sending home a letter with more information soon!  

 

Happy reading! 

 

Fitness Bingo at LBS!

 FITNESS BINGO AT LBS!

 

All of the classes at Lake Bonavista School are participating in a fitness bingo challenge from February 23-April 8! We wanted to share the bingo card with you so you can continue the fun at home! At school, each time a class completes a ‘blackout’ bingo card, they will be added to a draw and entered to win bonus recess time! If your family complete all of the exercises on a bingo card at your house, please notify your classroom teacher and your child’s class will receive an additional entry in the draw.

 

Each exercise on the bingo card is to be completed in an interval style - 20 seconds of the exercise, followed by 10 seconds of rest. In order to cross the activity off of your bingo card you must complete a minimum of 4 interval sets. If some of the exercises are unfamiliar, please ask your child to teach you the movement.

 

Feel free to check out the video below for a further explanation of the bingo challenge.

https://youtu.be/ejIjfWUBwpY

 

Happy sweating!

 

Active Living Committee

 

It's time to Lift Each Other Up: Pink Shirt Day happens Tomorrow!

 Hello Room 10 Families!

On Wednesday Feb.23, we invite all students at LBS to show their support for welcoming, caring, respectful, safe, and inclusive school communities by wearing a pink shirt. It is a day to encourage everyone to stand up to bullying when they see it in schools, communities, workplaces, at home and online.

We hope to see everyone in pink ;)

February Learning So Far!

Hello Room 10 Families! It has been a busy few weeks. I don't think I can even include all the things we have been up to so far but here is a quick glimpse of a few activities and learning opportunities we have had recently. 

 

Ground Hog Day

Math

2D versus 3D

3D Scavenger Hunt

Math Problems

We have been making up our very own math story problems using either addition or subtraction.

Social Studies

We have been playing landmark games in social studies class. I have...Who has and Landmark Bingo were a hit. I hope you get to spend some time this weekend looking for landmarks in your community!

Language Arts

We have been working on sentence construction during our writing time. As a class we did a step by step drawing of a fish and then wrote a sentence that had all the W's (who? what? how? where? and when?)

         February is Kindness Month

Room 10 and 11 are responsible for this month's assembly which will focus on Kindness. We have been brainstorming ways to show kindness and why it is important to be kind.  

Art

In art this week, we learned about Wassily Kandinsky. He felt he could express his feelings  through colour and shapes. We reinvented/recreated his well know art piece "Squares with Concentric Circles" by using heart shapes instead. The final product will be displayed in the school's display case for all to view.

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, February 16th- Healthy Hunger Lunch

Thursday, February 17th -Teacher's Convention (No School)

Friday, February 18th-Teacher's Convention (No School)

Monday, February 21st - Family Day (No School)

Thursday, February 24th - Beach Day (Dress up in beach attire)

Friday, February 25th - 100th Day of school

 

Masks

Hello Room 10 Families,

As I'm sure you've heard, masks will no longer be mandatory for students to wear in school starting on Monday, February 14th. We had a talk as a class about how different families will want different things and we all have different beliefs and views. We discussed the importance of showing respect for everyone’s decision to wear or not wear a mask. We will not be asking our classmates to put one on, or take one off. If you could please review this with your child and discuss your expectations for your child regarding masks, I would appreciate it! 

More masks and rapid testing kits provided by the government were also sent home this week.

January 24th- January 28 Classroom Learning

 Math

Can you guess the 2D shapes we made with toothpicks and modelling clay?

Social Studies

What is a landmark? Can it be a bridge, a statue, a building, a mountain, a river or perhaps a bottle of ketchup?

Students demonstrated their understanding of what a landmark is by sorting objects during our social studies class. 

Science

Would you rather adapt, migrate or hibernate in the winter if you were an animal?

This is what some of the students in room 10 would rather....

Upcoming Dates:

Thursday, February 3rd - Healthy Hunger Lunch (Subway)

Wednesday, February 16th - Healthy Hunger Lunch (Little Caesars)

Thursday, February 17th - Teacher's Convention (No School)

Friday, February 18th - Teacher's Convention (No School)

Monday, February 21st - Family Day (No school)

February 10th - Funky Feet Day

February 24th - Beach Day

March 10th - Inside Out Day

January 24th-25th Classroom learning

 Hello Room 10 Families!

In social studies, we are learning about how to distinguish geographic features in our own community from other communities. Our first question we are going to explore and reflect upon is "What are some familiar landmarks and places in my community?”

What is a landmark? We viewed a few photos and came up with a definition for a landmark. It is a feature (like a building, signs, statues, and things in nature) found in a place that is easily recognized.

We then played a game to sort objects or features that are landmarks and ones that are not. The kids laughed when we had to compare a pig with a library. Which one do you think is a landmark?

In science, our "How do animals survive the winter?" unit is soon coming to a close. Everyone has been working hard finishing up their dioramas and even some have finished and taken them home. Please have your child talk about what they made and speak to what each part of their diorama represents. We look forward to our walking field trip on Thursday, January 27th at 1pm. The students are excited to get outside to learn! Make sure your child is dressed for the weather on that day.

In math, we continue to explore 2D shapes. We had fun playing Shape Detective. We used clues to figure out the secret shape by eliminating the shapes that did not go with the clues given. We enjoyed this activity so much that we came up with our own clues and had Mrs. Green figure out our secret shape. 

In Daily 5, we are working with the at family during word work and making a "How to be Kind" poster during our work on writing time.  There has been some great ideas about how we can be kind such as; share, give a gift, make a friend, be silly, say nice things, eat ice cream together, and give a hug. 

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January 17th-21st Classroom Activities

 Hello Room 10 Families,

Our first Healthy Hunger lunch was a success! The students loved the booster juice. The next lunch will be Subway on February 3rd.

We also want to introduce you to our new class pets, Sally and Mander. The students are thrilled and look forward to taking care of them.

In language arts, we are reviewing the letter/sounds Yy and Qq. Next week will be the last letter of the alphabet “Zz.”

In math, we continue to play and practice our double facts.

In science, students  have been making their diorama that demonstrates their understanding of hibernation, migration and adaptation.  The students are responsible for building 4 shelters for the animals to live and hibernate in, make 1 migrating animal, 4 hibernating animals and 1 animal that adapts during the winter. It has been a lot of fun and messy, which is always a great thing!

At Home Activities

 

Hello Room 10 Families,

Here are some choice boards for you to do with your children for extra practice or if your child is home sick.

We have been working on some "No Excuse" words in class that the grade one students are responsible for learning so they can use them in their daily writing. Words we are currently working on are: my, the, a , is, it, in, to, and, that, am, I and we. 

Mathematics in our Daily Lives

 

Hello Room 10 Families,

Please feel free to use these activities for extra practice at home or if your child is at home sick.

• When your child is playing, take the opportunity to focus on the toys. For example, you might ask, "How many red cars do you have? How many yellow ones? How many altogether? How many are there if I take two of them to play with?"

• Have your child help with household chores and incorporate  counting, adding, and take away as you chat together. Some examples: Setting the table: "How many forks do we need on the table? How many are in the drawer. So if I take 4 from the draw how many do we have left?"

• Sorting laundry: "How many big socks did you find? How many little ones? How many altogether? How can you sort the pile of little socks? How many in each pile? There should be four blue socks, but I see only three. How many are missing?

• Tidying up: "How many books did you pick up?" Here are two more; how many do you have now? I'll take these three and put them in my room. How many do you have now?

• Involve the family in a guessing game. Have each family member guess and record how many raisins are in a small box, or how many pieces of cereal are in an individual serving box, or something similar. (Try to keep the number below 100.) When all guesses are in, ask your child to count the items, then to compare the answers and announce whose guess was closest. 

• Have your child go around the house and count certain items and tally as they go. For example, have your child count and tally how many lightbulbs, chair legs, pictures on the wall, your choice around the house. 

• Set up "shape hunts" where you give your child (or children) a time limit to find "three rectangles you can hold in your hand," or "four triangles you can find in your room," or similar mystery shapes. 

• Draw a picture using 2D shapes. Record how many of each shape used.