Today we did Terry Fox Run and watched a video about Terry Fox. Ask me how many laps I did and how I enjoyed running with PRATT.

Today we worked with Mrs. McDonald's class. Some of us did fall art and some of us did uploading a video to IRIS. Ask me which I did? If I did IRIS please ask me to show you my video and comment about my video.

Reminder:

Tomorrow Thursday September 29^th at 5:30 pm is the Family Fun Fall Fair! Please come and enjoy food trucks, games and a chance to meet your neighbors and people in your community. It will run until 7:30 pm. Dress warmly!

Friday is the Terry Fox Run, starting at 10 am. Feel free to come run with us!

Today in math we continued to work on organizing classroom inventory. Ask me if I changed my strategy and how I decided to figure out the sum of my objects or what they counted to altogether?

Today in gym we practiced throwing and catching bean bags.

In writing we worked on creating juicy and descriptive colour words. Ask me what my colour was and what different ways I came up with to describe it?

Today we learned how to summarize. We re-read chapter 4 from “The Girl From Turtle Mountain” and we had to write 4 sentences about events we thought were important in that chapter. Ask me what things I wrote about?

Ask me what I did in my literacy group today?

Reminder: Bring a toonie for Terry all this week.

Today in Math we read the story The MacSloppy Family. We sorted and organized different materials in partners. Ask me what my strategy was? Ask me if I ended up counting my items yet? 

Today in gym we practiced for the Terry Fox run. Ask me about the route?

In writing we wrote descriptive sentences about our object. Ask me what kinds of sentences I wrote? 

We talked about Stranger Danger. Ask me what I learned.  We also reviewed playground safety. Ask me one way to stay safe on the school playground?

We read Chapter 4 of The Girl From Turtle Mountain. We sketched while we listened. Ask me what happened at the picnic with the ice-cream and the bowls? Ask me what Peter did to make this happen?

Royal Oak School Council

You are invited to Royal Oak School’s 1^st Annual Family Fun Fair!!

Thursday, September 29^th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm

5 food trucks – Spud Mobile, Sugar Cube, Family Freezed Lemonade and Popsicles, Tailgate Grill (items priced between $5 - $10, please bring cash)

Games and prizes!

Meet other ROS families!

Email roscommunityspirit@gmail.com

Volunteer Orientation Evening - Tonight

This invitation is for all parents of students who attend Royal Oak School who are interested in volunteering. The volunteer orientation will be on Monday, September 26 at 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  The purpose of this evening to familiarize you with practices at Royal Oak School and to let you know about all the wonderful opportunities for volunteering within the school. The students’ experiences have been enriched at Royal Oak School because of all the volunteers who have dedicated time in some way to our school. As Mahatma Ghandi said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the services of others.”  We look forward to seeing you. 

On Friday, September 30^th, Royal Oak School and William D. Pratt School will be participating in the Terry Fox Run.  Students will gather on the field between the two schools to take part in the annual 30-minute run, which is scheduled to begin at 10:00am. On this day please ensure that your child is appropriately dressed for the weather (including running shoes).  If the weather is poor, students will walk inside the school during their PE class time.

We are asking that each child donate a “Toonie for Terry” for the Terry Fox Foundation during the week of September 27-30^th.  All parents/guardians who are interested in joining their child in this event are more than welcome.

We do require a fair number of volunteers for this event to ensure its success.  If you have security clearance and if you are able to volunteer during the run time, kindly contact our school Volunteer Coordinator at rosvolunteers@gmail.com.

Thank you for your continued support.

The Terry Fox Run Committee

Reminder: There is no school for Friday September 23rd. See you Monday!

Today we used our sense of sight to continue coming up with juicy and descriptive words for our writing. On Monday we will be learning how to put all of these new words into sentences. Ask me what descriptive words I came up with in my group for my object.

For math we continued working on 'Number Neighbors' and building numbers using the strategy of one more and one less and if I know 57 then I know that 56 is one less and 58 is one more. Ask me to tell you some number neighbors that I know.

Today we continued looking at a picture of Frank from the past. Ask me what I imagined.

We read chapter 3 of The Girl from Turtle Mountain. Ask me what happened to Keeley in this chapter?

Today we practiced a lockdown. Ask me what I learned?

We read a book called Keeley:Book One The Girl From Turtle Mountain. We started drawing/sketching in our visual sketchbooks about the pictures we can see in our mind from listing to the words. Ask me what I drew?




Today we did math in Mrs. McDonalds room. We put numbers on a chart using clues about what number was one more or one less?

Tomorrow is the last day of Safety week!

Today we previewed the book fair. Ask me what books I wrote down that

Today we walked to William B Pratt for our practice evacuation. Ask me what I remember about the evacuation?

We practiced read to someone or partnered reading with Mrs. McDonald's class today. Ask me who my partner was and how we need to sit when we are reading to a partner?

Using the iPads for the first time this year was so much fun. We learned how to log into IRIS and posted a picture. Ask me to show it to you?

Please remember to dress appropriately for Calgary's ever changing weather. We need to be prepared as we do go outside in light rain and chilly conditions (unless it is -20 or colder).

Reminder: Please remember to bring back all forms.

Today we did our first day of literacy groups. Ask me whose room I went to.

Today we had milk orders at lunch for the first time!

We had a practice fire drill today. Ask me how it went.

We worked really hard today on our Use Your Imagination books. We can’t wait to share them with you at Student-Centered Conferences.

Our marble jar is getting full. Tomorrow we hope to get 2 more big handfuls!

In math today we built a chart of numbers. We explained If I know 5 then I know that one more than 5 is 6.

Today we began reading a book called The Girl From Turtle Mountain. Ask me what I think Frank is?

Friday September 16th, 2016

Attention parents!  Your child will likely come home excited to sell more ADmazing Coupon books to your friends and family!  There is a friendly competition going on among classes for the most books sold, and the most students returning orders, which will result in some great classroom prizes.  There will also be individual student prizes awarded, and every book order is an entry!  Please remember that the deadline for orders is Thursday, September 22nd, so send your orders in as soon as possible.  Cheques may be made payable to Royal Oak School Fundraising Society (or ROSFS)!   All orders will be collected and fulfilled by the Fundraising Society and will be sent home with your students within two days!  All questions can be directed to ROSFundraisingSociety@gmail.com  Have a great weekend, and Happy Selling!

All parents are invited to a Parent Volunteer Orientation Evening on Monday, September 26 at 6:30 p.m. in

Royal Oak School Learning Commons.  Come and learn about all the opportunities there are to help in your child’s school.

Today we practiced for our fire drill. Ask me what I need to do to be safe in a fire drill? Ask me if I remember the 3 S's.

We went to the Learning Commons. Ask me what books I signed out?

In math we played math games. It was Friday Fun Math Day!

In Mrs. Lagrana's class we were successful in our Read to Self for 25 minutes challenge. We got 3 BIG handfuls of marbles!
In Mrs. Lagrana's class we had a Ketchup time! Ask me what that means.

In Mrs. McDonald's class we wrote our Use Your Imagination stories about a bunny and a wolf.

Thursday September 15th, 2016

Reminder: Blue forms for Student-Centered conferences came home today. Please fill them out and bring them in with you when you come next week to meet Mrs. Lagrana.

Tomorrow is early dismissal and school is done at 12:48.

Today in music we had a pretend fire drill and lockdown practice. Ask me what I remember?

In gym we played a game called Fishes and Whales. Ask me the rules?

Today we practiced Daily 5 and tomorrow is our 25 minute challenge!

In writing we continued our imaginative story about what Rabbit does to get away from Wolf. We practiced drawing a rabbit and a wolf. Tomorrow we get to fold our drawing into a booklet and add some more info like title, setting, characters and problem.

In math we used the mini whiteboards and shared our problem solving strategies.

During inquiry Mrs. McDonald's class and ours continued to work on coming up with many ideas around what our imagination could turn a box into? Ask me about what new ideas I had.

Wednesday September 14th, 2016

Reminder: Today we are bringing home the school information package. There is quite a bit of information for you to look over. Please make sure you ask me to give it to you or show you where it is in my backpack. 

Today at gym we played a game called Donkey Tag...ask me how to play it! We also changed our squads a little bit today. Ask me if I moved places or to a different squad.

We practiced Daily 5 Read to Self today for 20 minutes and got 2 medium handfuls of marbles. Ask me how long we are going to try to get to by Friday?

In math today we used mini white boards and shared some different number counting strategies.

We used our imagination to transform a box. Ask me what I created.

Today we had a movement break using our smart board and Just Dance Kids...Ask me which dances we did?

Today for our Circle of Courage meeting we talked about things we need to remember to keep the gym a safe place when we are having physical education class. Ask me what I need to remember to do to stay safe in the gym? We also talked about feelings and when we might feel excited, angry or happy.

We also read the book "The Day the Crayons Quit". It was funny!

Tuesday September 13th

Student-Centered Conferences

Dear Parents,

Our student-centered conferences have been set up, and will open for you to book interviews this Wednesday, September 14th starting at 8:00 a.m.  

Please book your 15 minute time slot! I look forward to meeting you and having the opportunity to discuss your perspectives with regard to your child and their learning. We will be sending a set of questions home for you to fill out and bring to the interview to help guide our discussion. The website is listed below:

https://webapps.cbe.ab.ca/ParentTeacherInterview/Booking.aspx

Reminder:

Hello Students and Parents! 

By now you have all had the ADmazing Saving Ticket Pack order forms come home. Please ask your family, neighbours, relatives, etc if they are interested in purchasing a coupon book. 

We would like all order sheets back in by Sept 22, 2016 at the latest. Cheques can be made payable to: Royal Oak School Fundraising Society or ROSFS 

Thanks and happy selling! 

The ROS Fundraising Society

Today we finished our self-portraits and worked on our skin colors.

Today we had Mrs. Wong come in for a quick visit and we started reading the book "The Day the Crayons Quit". Ask me what it was about?

We did some writing using our imagination from a book we read called "Use your imagination but Be Careful What you wish for". Ask me what I did in my imagination when I pretended to be rabbit?it?

We practiced read to self again and worked on reading the whole time and using our inside voices so that Mrs. Lagrana can read with students or work with groups. We practiced improving our independence.

Today we had music. We practiced making noise and beats with our body to a musical story.