April 5

Today was our first circle of courage clubs. Ask me about what club I am in and what I enjoyed about my club.

This week in inquiry student learned how Acadian people relied on boats to move around. They where then tasked to think about possible materials they might need to design a boat that will float and with stand large waves. We watched the video below to help understand how boats move across ocean waters. Next week we will be unpacking what a nautical architect does how begin designing, building and testing our boats.

In writing and art this week we have been working on our Arctic stories. In writing, the students used the story board template below to plan how they will orally share their stories. This week we focused on the problem and next week we will be working on our solutions and practicing orally sharing our stories. Ask your child about my story and you can have your child practice orally sharing personal stories while thinking about the different areas on the story telling rubric shown below. In art students worked on representing the characters from their Arctic stories in the form of puppets. They thoughts about how to show their characters in a cold setting and the types of clothing their character would need.

In math we started working on some some problems that have 3 acts to and require the students to think about what math question is being asked. As a class we tried the pringle problem. You can work through the problem below with your child and ask them about the different steps they worked through.

Act 1:

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

How many Pringles did it take to make the Pringle Ringle?  

Estimate.an estimate you know is too high.  Write an estimate you know is too low.

Act 2:

How many Pringles came in the can and how many were left.

Act 3:

1) Green Shirt Day – Monday, April 8^th, 2019

On April 7, 2018, a young Albertan named Logan Boulet became an organ donor in the aftermath of the tragic Humboldt Bronco bus crash. By registering as a donor, Logan saved the lives of six others, and his story inspired thousands of people around the world to register as organ and tissue donors.

Logan’s generosity resulted in a spontaneous movement dubbed “The Logan Boulet Effect” — a huge spike in people signing up to be organ donors. According to Alberta Health, during the month of April 2018 there were 28,855 Albertans who registered to become a donor — an almost three-fold increase from the usual 10,000 who sign up monthly.

April 7th, the day Logan passed away and helped 6 others through his Organ donations, has been designated as Green Shirt Day. The Canadian Transplant Association and the family of Logan Boulet will carry on Logan's legacy by recognizing April 7th as Green Shirt Day, raising awareness of the need for registered organ and tissue donors so that access to life saving and life transforming transplants can be improved. To mark this annual event, 17 landmarks around the world, including the Calgary Tower and Niagara Falls, will be lit green this year. 

This year, April 7th is on a Sunday and so we invite your child to please wear a Green Shirt or Royal Oak blue to school  for Logan and Organ Donor Awareness on Monday, April 8th.

Thank you

2) Scholastic book orders: went home today. Please order online before April 9th.

Upcoming dates:

Apr 5, 12, 26, 3, 10 and 24 - Circle of Courage clubs 

Apr 8th - grade 2 team presenting at parent council

Apr 11th - Group class picture day

Apr 18th - Grade 2 dentist presentation

Apr 19th - no school due to Good Friday 

Apr 22 -  no school due to professional development

Apr 26th - Story book Theater - more information to come