A few reminders...

Hello families! 

Just a few reminders...

I am still looking for a volunteer to help support our Buddy Spooktacular, an afternoon full of science themed exploration with our little buddies. Please let me know if you are able to join us from 12:30-2:43 on Monday afternoon. 

On Tuesday, October 31st all grade 5 and 6 Students will be participating in the costume parade at 9:00 a.m. with the AM Kindergarten students.  The remaining classes, including ours, will be changing into their costumes after lunch and the parade will start at 2:00 p.m. Students will be outside for recess before the parade, therefore please take this into consideration when planning your costume. Parents are welcome to join in the gym to view the parade at 2:00pm! 

Room 5 will be having a Pajama Day on Wednesday, November 1st! 

Scholastic Book orders are due back end of next week, just a reminder that you may use Scholastic Parent Pay as an option to pay for your Scholastic Books.  https://parentpay.scholastic.ca/pay 

Enjoy your weekend,

Mrs. Morden

Thursday, October 26th, 2017

Good evening families, 

As part of the Global Read Aloud, students have been looking closely at clues from other classes from around the world that are also reading "The Wild Robot" in order to Guess Where they are From. We are using our understanding of geography as well as the symbols, landscapes, structures, celebrations and more that make areas around our world unique. Please visit https://padlet.com/colleen_malley/wt8p0rdq26l8 to view the clues that Ms. Bouchard & Mrs. Morden's class created together about Calgary as well as other clues posted by Global Read Aloud participants! 


On the afternoon of Monday, October 30th, we are getting together with our buddy class for a Buddy Spooktacular! Students will work together with their buddies to explore a variety of themed stations. I am looking for 1-2 volunteers to join us from 12:30-2:43 to help run stations. Stations will include Mystery Touch & Feel, Spooky Smells, What’s that sound? and Slippery Slime.

This afternoon we had a conversation as a class about Halloween at LBS. Our next swimming lesson is the morning of Tuesday, October 31st and all LBS students will be changing into their costumes after lunch hour. 

We ask that costumes demonstrate the fun part of dressing up; costumes should be positive in nature. Costumes that promote violence are not appropriate for school. Fake blood, weapons and so on may not be sent as a part of your child’s costume. Costumes need to be easy to pull over clothes and simple to put on after lunch.

If this attention to Halloween is contrary to your family values, please contact the teacher so alternative learning activities for your child can be provided.

If you would like to provide a snack for Room 5 on Halloween we would love to have a balance of healthy snacks, preference to fruit and veggies. 

Have an enjoyable evening,
Mrs. Morden

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

Good afternoon parents, 

This afternoon we worked with our buddies outside and explored what is magnetic and non magnetic! 

We will be going to Heritage Park on November 10th, and will be riding the bus with our little buddies. Field trip forms will come home in the next few days! 

This week we have been learning about historical people including John Ware, James Macleod, Patrick Burns, Thomas Edworthy, Louise Riley, Sam Livingston, A.E. Cross. We are learning how they helped build Calgary, because Calgary wouldn't be the way it is if it wasn't for them. We have learned how to write biographies about these important people. 

As mathematicians, we have been using our addition and subtractions skills to solve unfinished number patterns (both increasing and decreasing). We have been using the Montessori Golden Beads as well as the Stamp Game as materials to help us with our calculations. 

As part of our Global Read Aloud, we have started working on creating clues for other students from all over the world to "Guess Where We are From". We will share our clues, and also learn more about different communities around the world by reading other clues! 

Please note that Parent Council has graciously paid for the $20.00 cost of our Reader Rock Garden Field Trip that took place on September 19th, 2017. We thank Parent Council for their generosity in using fundraising dollars to help make these enriching experiences possible for our students. 




Good bye parents! 

Room 5 & Mrs. Morden 

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

Hi parents! 

To celebrate the season of Fall and our Thanksgiving Day celebrations we have been working on an "inchie" art piece. For one of our inchies, we went outside to collect leaves, painted the veins on the leaf, and then stamped the leaf! 

We have been busy listening to our teachers read the Wild Robot book, we even listened to the audio book this week! So far, the Wild Robot has taught us how animals adapt to their environment and brought up the debate/argument: Does a robot who is manmade/unnatural belong in the wild/ in nature?

Please remember that swimming forms are due now. Mrs. Morden is still looking for volunteers for swimming, especially male volunteers. Please send a note or email if you can come any of the days!!!! 

This is the last week for the Ad-Mazing Savings Coupon Books. Please try to sell at least one book by Friday! 

Don't forget it is Mrs. Morden's birthday tomorrow! She likes smiley and hard working students!!!! 

Good bye parents! 
Room5 & Mrs. Morden

Casino Fundraiser

"Don't miss out on the opportunity to help earn ~$70,000+ for our Lake Bonavista School Improvement Society (LBIS) to use for the benefit of the whole school!  We need your help to fill the remaining positions for our Casino Fundraiser on October 26th andOctober 27th at Deerfoot Casino. 

Each volunteer position adds approximately $1,800+ to the total amount earned.  There are pretty great benefits too:

• spending time visiting with other parents from the school, 
• enjoying a free meal at the Mohave Grill, and 
• having your babysitter reimbursed by us!  

Volunteers can be anyone over the age of 18, with no criminal record, - so invite your friends and family to help out! 

Please go to:

 https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080e4fafac28abfa7-deerfoot for more information, or email Selena Candrlic at lbsccasino@gmail.com. "

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017

Hi Families,

This morning we joined Ms. Bouchard's students as we began reading the first few chapters of "The Wild Robot" written by Peter Brown as part of the Global Read Aloud. The Global Read Aloud was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. This is meant to make the world a little smaller, to open our eyes to the rest of the world and look at all of our shared experiences.  How phenomenal for a child to know that the same book they are reading is being read in classrooms across the globe. As a class, we watched a kick-off video which helped capture the key features of the Global Read Aloud... 

ONE BOOK

OVER 1 MILLION STUDENTS

IN 60 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

ALL READING THE SAME BOOK AT THE SAME TIME.

CONNECTING WITH EACH OTHER

SHARING QUESTIONS

SHARING IDEAS

SHARING OPINIONS

ONE BOOK CONNECTING THE WORLD

GET READY TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING GLOBAL!

As students listened to the story, they focused on the visual images that were being created in their minds and sketched these in their sketchbooks. This provided to be a useful listening tool which we will continue to use as a way to make meaning of the our shared listening experiences.

Part of our discussion about the Global Read Aloud was wondering if some of our own families living in other parts of the world could also be reading the same book. If your child has family in another county that is of similar age perhaps you could reach out and encourage them to ask their teacher to join reading The Wild Robot and join us in the Global Read Aloud. If so please let me know so that we can connect and communicate our thoughts and predictions about the book. (https://theglobalreadaloud.com/)

We look forward to continuing the book tomorrow.

Yesterday was International Day of Peace, also known as Gandhi Day, a national holiday in India where people celebrate peace. To better understand how this day came to be we viewed a short video biography and engaged in a discussion of Gandhi and his contributions that led to celebrating peace. Exploring culture and community allows students to examine shared values and their own sense of belonging, beliefs, traditions and languages. 

Have a nice evening,

Mrs. Morden