Nov 2

Wow what a fun week. On Wednesday we all participated in a Halloween Parade around the school so that we could see everyone's costumes. Then we chose our favourite costume to write about and describe so that our classmates could guess what costume it was. Next week we will continue to think about how to add more  descriptive word to enhance our writing. This weekend you can think about what words you would use to describe the objects/landscape around you.

This week in inquiry we where preparing for our debate between the four perspective. Everyone took part and voiced their opinion while respectfully disagreeing with an opposing opinion. Some of us had questions for the other side. Ask me about whether my opinion changed and why. Below is the Self- Assessment we used to reflect on our arguments and whether we where respectful during the debate.

In math this week we have started to learn how to solve problems and look for the important information in a problem. We tried out the problem below. Ask me about one of the ways I tried to solve it. You can use the link for some extra practice with place value and odd/even numbers.

1) Remembrance Day: Royal Oak School will be having a Remembrance Day ceremony on November 9th at 10:30 a.m. Families are welcome to attend; please try to arrive a few minutes early to ensure you find a seat.

 

Holding Remembrance Day ceremonies helps pass on the tradition of remembrance and is an important way to show our gratitude to the Veterans of Canada, those currently serving and their families, for the losses and sacrifices they have suffered. Due to the solemn nature of this ceremony, families are reminded to refrain from clapping after student presentations. Students who participate in Girl Guides (Sparks, Brownies) and Scouts (Beavers, Cubs) are welcome to wear their uniforms to the assembly.

 

With Remembrance Day quickly approaching, Royal Oak School would like to support our Veterans by collecting non-perishable food items. These items will be collected all week (November 5-9) and will be picked up and delivered to the Calgary Food Bank (Veterans branch). There are specific items that are more needed than others and the Calgary Food Bank has outlined these as wish list items that are greatly appreciated.

 

Ms. Bennett will be putting together a Remembrance Day slideshow and is inviting school families to send her photographs of family members who are veterans or current members of the Canadian Arm Forces. Please send in all photographs by the deadline of Wednesday November 7^th. With the photographs please include the Canadian Arm Forces veteran or current member’s name, the war or peace keeping mission they participated in, if possible, where the photo was taken, and their relationship to you ( for example great grandfather, aunt, uncle etc.). Ms. Bennett’s email address is mebennett@cbe.ab.ca

2) Artist in Residence Volunteers Needed: We are still in need of two volunteers for Wednesday Nov 14th from 9:45-10:45 during our artist in residence session. If you are able to volunteer please let me know. Please ensure that you have your volunteer clearance. Thank you for your continued support.

Coming up
Nov 5th - artist in residence 

Nov 8th - artist in residenceNov 9th - Remembrance Day assembly

Nov 14th - artist in residence

No 14 - Gr 2 Book TruckNov 16 -No school due to PD

Nov 16 - Winter wonderland family dance hosted by ROS school councilNov 22-23 - Student led Conferences

Nov 22-23 - Book Fair during conferences