Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

 Hello families,

Halloween

Lake Bonavista School will be having some happy Halloween fun on Friday, October 29th. Students are invited to wear their costume or black & orange on this day. In addition to the curricular tasks, we will be having a cohort parade with Room 6, 7, and 8 who we play with in our outdoor zone. 

Please remember...

- no face masks (except our daily cloth or disposable masks)

- no weapons

- students will wear their costume to school

- it should be comfortable to sit in and participate in activities for the entire day

- costumes are meant to be fun!!

**There will be no treats handed out to friends, instead students are invited to bring in their own special treat that we can eat later on in the morning.**

Masks

We have been handing out a lot of “emergency masks”. Please pack an extra mask or two in your child’s backpack.

Learning Update

Room 5 students have been engaged in looking closely at new artifacts from two new habitats. Acting as a scientist, students observe closely to determine, "how do these artifacts connect to wildlife and wild places?" They have been learning through examples and non-examples what to include and not include in their sketches and labels. A lot of learning has taken place when looking at both examples and non-examples to co-create task success criteria. Students have also begun to give one another feedback based on success criteria. Our next step will be to implement feedback.  

MOVE-EMBER CHALLENGE

November is movement month at LBS! We are encouraging students to be active throughout the winter with a movement challenge for move-ember :).

 

Students are encouraged to keep track of their movement minutes outside of school time from November 1-30. The class that earns the most movement minutes at the end of the month will earn a special reward! Please support your child in tracking their movement minutes either on Google Classroom or hardcopy (this will be specified by your child's teacher). 

 

Let’s encourage each other to be active and healthy! See the video for more information about our at school and at home challenges for the month.

https://youtu.be/bvVI4kMnXG4

 

Upcoming Special Dates:

October 29 - Halloween @ LBS

November 1 - Move-ember Challenge begins (more information will come soon)

November 2 - Photo Retake Day

November 4 - Mustache Day

November 11 - Freezer Feastival Orders are due

                    - Remembrance Day (no school)

November 12 - Non-instructional Day

Friday, October 15, 2021

 

Hello Room 5 families, 

This week we started working on mapping skills. After reading the mentor text "Mapping Penny's World" students generated a list of the features of a map. We now know that a map is a flat picture or drawing that shows what places look like from above. The features of a map include: a title, symbols, labels, a key, and a compass rose. To add extra detail to your map, you may choose on item to "zoom in" on. On Tuesday we will work on creating a map of the classroom.

Students were asked to work on creating a map of their bedroom, or another space in their house and bring back their work to share with others next week! 

As artists, students worked on using zentangle doodles to create detail on their pumpkins.

Thank you to all families who brought in plants for our classroom. Students have enjoyed observing, sketching and labeling the various plants. 

We worked together to co create a concept map around the central idea of "Habitats". As a class we will add to the concept map as we learn about different habitats in our world. After visiting Ralph Klein Park, we now know a lot about wetlands. Ask your child something that they can do to protect the wetlands habitat, as building empathy and acting as stewards for the land is an important aspect of our learning. 

Have a wonderful long weekend! 

Mrs. Morden

Friday, October 8th 2021

 Our classroom plant collection is growing & this past week we have spent time observing the different plants, sketching them using a variety of sketching techniques and adding labels.

Our Ralph Klein Field trip was a success! Thank you to the parent volunteers who joined, we hope that there will be more opportunities for field studies throughout the school year. Students learned about a variety of aquatic invertebrates as well as other mammals and birds that make their homes in wetland areas. They were able to explore and examine aquatic invertebrates such as the damselfly nymph, sideswimmer, and water boatman up close during our pond dip. 

This week we wrapped up our math exploration on data analysis, which is the  collection, organization, and

interpretation of information.

In this unit, your child:

 Collected data to find information or solve a problem.

 Organized data using tally marks, charts, lists, and line plots.

 Constructed and labelled pictographs and bar graphs.

 Read and interpreted data collection charts, pictographs, and bar graphs.

Here are some suggestions for activities you can do with your child at home:

Have your child collect and organize data at home to help make an

important decision. For example, he or she could collect and organize

data to decide the flavour of birthday cake to bake for the next family

birthday. Your child should write a question to ask family members,

collect and organize the results, and decide what flavour of birthday

cake to bake.

Upcoming Dates:

• Thursday, October 7th - ADmazing Savings Fundraiser due
• Monday, October 11th - Thanksgiving - No School
• Thursday, October 14th - Crazy Hair Day (school wide)
• Monday, October 18th - PD Day - No School
• Thursday, October 21st - PJ Day (school wide)
• Friday, October 22nd- School Shirt/Blue & White Day
• Friday, October 29th- Halloween @ LBS (more details to come)

ADmazing Savings Coupon Books

 ADmazing Savings Coupon Books

ADmazing Savings Fundraiser is coming to an end. If you wish to take advantage of these discounts, please complete the order form printed on the back on the ADmazing envelope and enclose the correct amount of money - $25.00 per book ordered. - directly to your child’s classroom teacher by Thursday, October 7^th, 2021.

 

Please ensure if you are returning the book that you have not scratched off the code area for the app, as the book will not be returnable if the code is visible. 

Thank you for your support!

LBS Teachers