Masloppy Math, Artifact Sharing and Safety Week!

Reminder

Student Centered Conferences

On Thursday, September 20^th and Friday, September 21^st we will have our first Student Centered Conferences. A reminder to parents that:

·      Thursday, September 20^th is a regular school day for Grades 1 – 3.  9:10am entry, 3:50pm dismissal.

·      There will be no school for Kindergarten students only on Thursday, September 20^th.

·      There will be no school for Kindergarten – Grade 3 on Friday, September 21^st. 

Additionally, the School Conference booking system will close TONIGHT, Tuesday, September 18^th at 11:59pm.

The following instructions will help you find the My CBE/PowerSchool Parent Account link to book conferences:

Booking School Conferences

• On the Calgary Board of Education website, scroll to the middle of the page
• Click on “My CBE/PowerSchool Parent Account” link
• Sign into your PowerSchool Parent Account
• Click on myCBE Apps (left hand side of screen)
• Click on my School Conferences (right hand side of screen)
• Select the conference day/time and submit to book your child’s conference

***NOTE: You will receive an email confirmation only if your booking was successful***

If you have not created a "My CBE/PowerSchool Account", the instructions to do so can be found here Create MyCBE/PowerSchool Parent Account

MATH
Yesterday we read a book called The Masloppy Family:

We then had to try to take inventory of some of the materials in our classroom. We had to think of different ways that we could organize the materials in order to figure out a total. Ask me how I organized my materials?

Today we continued working with organizing but looked at ways we could do so more efficiently. We used ziploc bads, elastic bands and sticky notes to help us organize our materials in order to count them more efficiently and accurately. 



Some people organized by 1's

Some people organized by colour or size

Some people organized by 2's

Some groups organized by groups of 5's, 10's, 14's, or even 20's...

Tomorrow we will share our methods in partners and with the class and then be challenged to see if our way of organizing made counting a total easier and more efficient or not? 

Efficiency=the quickest way to do something without wasting time or energy. 


Artifact Sharing-Thinking Like a Historian


Yesterday 3 people shared their Artifacts. They had to share the story of their artifact. We will be taking pictures of each of these artifacts and sharing them on our Canada and World map. If you know where your artifact originates from please share that information in your explanation so we can add you to our maps.We will have time everyday this week and some of next week to ensure all students get a chance to share their artifact and practice some public speaking. 


Safety Week! 

Yesterday we had our first Fire Drill of the year. We managed to exit the building as a whole school in 94 seconds. We practiced being Silent, Safe and Secure. Ask me how I think that I did during this drill?

Today we practiced a Lockdown. We sat quietly in our lockdown area and waited for Constable Will and Ms. Sparks to come around and tell us how we did! Ask me how we did and what I personally am going to work on improving for our next Lockdown practice?

Tomorrow is our Practice Evacuation to PRATT. We will walk as a school to practice being safe in the event of a real evacuation.