AFS Room 8

Dear Parents, Our year is well underway and we have many opportunities for volunteering and supporting our classrooms.  Our room volunteer coordinator would like to compile a list of parents interested in volunteering for field trips and in-class experiences, as well as providing treats for class celebrations or helping at home (i.e. preparing materials for an art project). Room 8's coordinator is Bobbi Keith-Rennie.  If you are interested in helping in any way this year, please email her at  bobbikeith01@gmail.com  .   To ensure you are included in all opportunities, please contact her directly at your earliest convenience. Thank you for supporting our classroom!

November 1- no school for students (PD day for teachers) November 4- Grade 6 immunization presentation (questions and answers) with the nurse November 5- needle felting with ArtFelt Studios (thank you to our parent volunteers- we have enough volunteers for this morning in the classroom) November 5- photo retakes November 8- Remembrance Day assembly (early recess and assembly begins at 10:30 am, everyone is welcome to attend) November 11- no school because it's Remembrance Day November 18- Grade 6 immunizations in the morning November 22- no school for students (PD day for teachers) November 27- Astrodome in-school field trip November 28- Fun Lunch

Today's agenda note: 1) Homework for tonight: access "Oct.17HW" on your Google Drive and work on the tasks. Below is the document that was shared with your child, if he or she is having trouble finding it in the "shared with me" section of Google Drive. Task #1 Share this website with your parents. Show them the survey that you have already completed. If you didn’t have time to complete it in class, try it now with your parents. They can help explain the statements as you submit your answers, just like how Ms. Hurst did. You can ‘skip’ the page that asks you to submit personal information and it will still provide you with your results. Share the graph and then click on a topic to see how you align with other parties. Show them your work today. They can even do the survey themselves! https://youth.votecompass.com/canada/ Task #2 Share the two websites we have been accessing to research political platforms. These two websites were provided to u

Outdoor Field Trip This Morning Just a reminder that we have an outdoor field trip today from 9-noon. We will be learning outside in the Shaganappi gully. It will be damp and chilly since we'll be in the gully surrounded by trees. Please have your child dress for the weather and outdoor learning conditions. I'd recommend wearing layers because they can be removed as the morning progresses. Warm jackets, hats/toques, gloves and scarves are suggested. Sturdy and warm footwear is recommended.  Thank you for supporting your child in having a successful morning outside, learning in nature.

The school year is underway. Here are some highlights of our learning. Language Arts: - Personal narratives -"Juicy" verbs - Similes - Heart mapping paragraph with introductions and conclusions - The Best Part of Me mentor text for writing - Stories and reflective writing related to 'belonging' - Class read aloud: Wonder - Reading strategies: visualizations, connections, summarizing - Plot vs theme in stories - Opinion writing - Wordy study related to groups of words with same sounds, prefixes/suffixes - mini lessons/review of cursive writing Science: - Adopting a tree - Value of trees and forests - Tree vs plant - Deciduous and coniferous trees - Forest ecosystems - Producers, consumers, decomposers - Leaf classification (leaf type, shape, margin, arrangement) - Tree shapes/silhouettes Social Studies: -Decision-making processes/models -What does democracy mean? -Four pillars of democracy -Rights and responsibilities -Charter of Rights

Thursday, October 3 is a patrol meeting for all 'new' and 'old' patrollers in Room 8 from 12:00-12:15. Students will receive one paper copy of the following documents: patrol schedule and AMA School Safety Patrol Manual. The manual will need to be studied at home in order for students to be successful on the upcoming written and verbal tests. They'll need to be familiar with patrol rules and they will need to memorize the patrol promise in order to recite it aloud. Tuesday, October 8 is Picture Day (handout in the pocket of your child's agenda) Thursday, October 10 is noon dismissal for all students Friday, October 11 is no school for students because of teacher professional development Monday, October 14 is no school because of Thanksgiving Tuesday, October 15 is our morning gully walking field trip with Ann and Sandy's Cross Conservation Thursday, October 17 is the patrol written test and patrol promises will be recited Friday, October 18 is a shar