Wednesday June 9, 2021

 Happy Wednesday June 9, 2021!

Reminders:

We have spirit days every Friday this month!

Friday June 11 is Dress like your future career day! (Come dressed as the job you want one day!)

Friday June 18 is Dress like a super hero or villain! (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, you name it!)

Friday June 25 is Hawaiian day! (Hawaiian shirts and skirts for the win!)

June 25 Is the last day of school! 

This week will be rainy so please pack the necessary rain boots, hat or umbrella.

Dear Parents/Guardians:

 

As part of our ongoing learning, students at Beddington Heights School will have an opportunity to participate in a traditional smudge on June 21. Smudge involves burning a small amount of dried plant such as sage, sweet grass or cedar inside a cast-iron dish or abalone shell. During smudge, participants sit in a circle and listen to the Elder/facilitator offer teachings about the practice and its role in historical and contemporary Indigenous communities. The smudge bowl may be passed around the circle as part of this traditional way of opening or beginning time together. Participation in smudge is informed, voluntary, and always connected to learning. If, for any reason, a student is not participating in the experiential learning, the teacher will ensure that associated learning outcomes are available. The inclusion of Indigenous perspectives and experiences in classrooms is supported and encouraged by The Education Act, Section 16. This experience connects to various outcomes in the Alberta Programs of Study which demonstrates Alberta’s commitment to First Nations, Metis and Inuit Perspectives and experiences in curriculum. We are honoured to offer this learning opportunity to our students. For additional information and questions please contact Mr Lancee at malancee@cbe.ab.ca.

Today in room 5:

We started our day with some time to read and finish filling in our floating and sinking experiment from the previous day. Yesterday we tested several objects in small jars filled with water to see whether they would float or sink. Some students required a bit more time to finish filling in why some objects start floating, then sink.

After gym outside with Mr Sadowsky and snack we moved into math. Today we practiced using rulers to draw different shapes and 3D objects in our math books. We worked together to describe which shapes and objects were which by their sides, faces and edges. Students were telling me it was hard to draw some of the objects from the previous days science experiments so I thought it would helpful to practice them again!

We had some time today to continue reading the BFG before heading off to lunch. 

In the afternoon I gave the students a chunk of time to read their just right books on Razkids. They answered reading comprehension questions and came to ask me for support with understanding a new word. 

As you know, Friday is career day and we will be dressing up as our future occupations. To help students with thinking about what they would like to be we watched a the first half of Zootopia! We paused the movie and discussed different jobs we noticed the animals doing. Tomorrow we will be doing some writing about what career the students would like to be when they grow up!

We finished our day by cleaning up the room before heading home! 

Hope everyone has a great day!

Mr Lancee