This week in learning:

Math: continuing with decimals, first estimating then multiplying them.

ELA: tomorrow is the last class to work on CTF Food  trucks, then we will present next week. Debates sides have been assigned and students will put together their debates on Wednesday with the hope of debating Thursday and Friday .

FLA: students should have memorized their lines for the quick play by Friday. Next Monday, we film.

SCIENCE: how's that moon calendar coming along? Today we looked at Solstices and equinoxes. Next up, shadows and how the seasons affect the sun. we will also be making sundials.

ES: tests will going home soon, I have one students who still needs to write. We will look at society in Ancient Greece looked like and at the end of this unit, students will have put together a pamphlet of everything they learned.

Religion: we are putting together a magazine for Advent. Assignments have been distributed.

Music: go to GC and listen to the music and sing the lyrics for our song.

ART: we will finish our Metis art project tomorrow. Some Sketchbooks were not handed in last week on shape. Next element is Value.

Our item for food hampers is aluminum foil but other non-perishables can be sent (no soup, no candy thx)

Math tests going home today. Great results overall. Please sign and return them.

Google classroom has the lyrics and music to our Christmas play to help you memorize your lines. 

Next week:

Feed the hungry campaign

Dance residency

Debates

Your music blurb for the intercom due Monday before you get to school

This week in Learning:

MATH: test on unit 1 this Wednesday am. Some time in class to ask questions tomorrow. Next unit... Decimals.

SOCIAL: test on chapter 2 this Friday on how we participate in democracy and how the Charter works.

Next unit: Ancient Greece...our democratic beginnings.

SCIENCE: we will finish our star magnitude detectors. Students should be continuing to look at the moon every other day and record it on their sheet. Next up rotation and revolution.

FLA: we will finish the present tense verbs and this week will be the auditions for the 5 roles in the play at recess. Students will be told where and when to show up.

ELA: today we will look at debate topics and then students will do some research to find good facts to back up their arguments.

RELIGION: mass booklets due today. Next up is looking at Advent and how the Holy Family helps us grow closer to God.

MUSIC: I hope to finish presentations this week on francophone music.

ART: painting Metis style. Sketchbooks are due today.

Coming up: Advent Liturgy Friday @ 10am

Feed the Hungry social justice service project

Next week: Sound Kreations dance residency

FYI all you sleuths out there:

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Friday update:

Due Monday as I did not pick up today: Religion booklet of the mass and how the mass helps us grow closer to God paragraph

Sketchbook: Vermeer and shapes

A sheet on the phases of the moon is going home today. For almost one month, students must look at the moon every 2-3 days and draw what they see in the sky on the sheet. This will be picked up just before Holidays. 

Some photos of our week on anti bullying and jersey day

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Jersey day and

 pizza tomorrow

Math test has been moved up to the 24 November

Pour le programme de musique :

voir le GC car le vidéo est trop long pour  mettre ici. Voici les mots pour le Blurb

Bonjour je m’appelle __________________ de la classe de Mme Colette.

Notre défi en musique était de trouver une chanson francophone originale et d’expliquer les lyriques. Le nom de ma chanson est ____________________ et c’est par le groupe / l’artiste _______________________.

Cette chanson parle de _(2-3 phrases ici… __________________________________________________________________. 

Voici  ___________________________ (le nom de ta chanson).

This week in Learning:

Thank you to all parents who showed up for interviews for your child's learning. It is important that we are all on the same page to ensure success.

MATH: we will be finishing up the unit this week, if not wearly next week and students can expect a test Friday the 26th. It may be a little bit earlier as we are behind, so keep your eyes peeled for updates.

SCIENCE: we begin Astronomy and ther timing could not be more perfect. November 19th there will be a partial eclipse of the moon and it will be red. The time, however, is tricky. It will be seen from midnight to 3am ONLY, but the 19th is a Friday so it still works out. I will be asking the kids to look at the sky often during this unit so don't be surprised if they leave the house just before bed to star gaze.

ALSO if your child has a phone or iPad, please allow them to download SKYVIEW APP. It is free and allows then to look at the sky even during the day.

ES: we are coming to the end of chapter 2 and the test will also be next week. Details to come. Current events assignments are going well.

FLA: With Christmas fast approaching, we will be putting on plays to film for parents. We will shift away from GB+ for now.

ELA: with the end of chapter 2 in Social Studies, it brings the opportunity to learn how to find reliable sources and put on a debate. Students will vote on topics. We will spend time this week on Anti-bullying activities as well.

Religion: mass booklets due Friday

ART: we will painting a Metis inspired painting on next Day 2, next Monday, wear shoddy clothes if you don't want to potentially ruin them.

 

Google homepage was interesting today...did anyone check it out? 

Monday Odd socks day

Lockdown practice at 12h45

 Mme vous a invité à voir le site web IDELLO pour aider avec votre compréhension orale. Vous pouvez commencer avec les épisodes intituler  "Là où je dors" .  Ceci fera partie de votre devoir de français à tous les soirs pour augmenter votre français. Il y a une place ou vous pouvez accéder les sous titres pour vous aider : regardez en bas

 

Parents: this is a web site for French listening foryour kids to improve their French comprehension skills. 

Si nécessaire, voici le code à joindre.

Code : o55pbi6c6g080

 Coming up next week: Anti bullying week 

Monday, November 15 will be Odd Socks Day! Please come to school wearing two mis-matched socks. 

LOCKDOWN practice on Monday

Science tests going home for signatures

Friday, November 19: We will share kind messages using post-it’s throughout the school. Students can write a kind word or note to a friend and place the post-it on their friends’ classroom door during the day. 

 Our book fair is now open for online purchases!  We have 12 books sold so far.  St. Luke’s receives approximately 20% of total sales in credits we can use to purchase new books and classroom resources.   

 

Our school link is:

https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/fr/pages/5166965

This week in learning:

Math: going onto y and x axes and how to plot diagrammes on them. There are still a few students who need to see me with help for algebra. It is their responsibility to do so.

ES: current events calendar is up in the classroom and students are responsible for putting together a presentation on something that is happening in the news with the government...be it federal, provincial or municipal. 

SCIENCE: we are moving onto our next  unit "Astronomy". I am correcting tests from our forensics unit last week. They will go home to be signed and returned later this week.

Religion: we are looking at how the mass brings us closer to God and students are working on a mass missal with the different parts of the mass.

FLA: continuing to work on GB+ reading comprehension, plus 2 more stations where students lsiten to spoken French and another where they read with me. All students from St Isadore have been tested for reading levels.

ELA: we are working on some basic grammar skills because I am flabergasted at how many students still do not use capitals at the beginning of sentences and periods at the end. We will also work on other punctuation.

MUSIQUE: students are presenting their research on their group or artist and the explanation of the lyrics of the song they chose.

IMPORTANT

• Parent teacher conferences Wednesady evening and all day Friday
• No school Thursday nor Friday
• Remembrance day liturgy Wednesday at 10am 

 

 Scholastic Book Fair...from Mme Amanda

The fair will open for purchases on November 8^th and run to November 22^nd.  This fair is online only so parents must use the link provided on the flyer.  Parents can use the link this weekend to look at the feature titles only.  Orders will be shipped to the school for distribution to students.  There are French and English resources available.  Please email me with any questions or concerns.

 amanda.medernach@cssd.ab.ca

Homework update:

Science test tomorrow

Vaccines tomorrow (wear short sleeve shirt)

End of Jacket Racket tomorrow

Library tomorrow

Send music presentations overdue

Vermeer Novel Study Overdue

Rights of the child and notes to soldiers due tomorrow

Welcome back from a 4 day weekend... 

this week in Learning:

MATH: we continue with algebra, changing a number to a variable and writing a math expression.

ES: we continue to look at the Constitution and our Rights and Responsibilities. We are also working on the bulletin board for UN rights of the child. Please sign the test and return asap.

SCIENCE: we are finished our unit in Forensics and the test is this Friday the 5th

FLA: we continue with GB+, a reading program to help students improve their comprehension.

ELA: Vermeer novel study is due tomorrow. Last class today to work on it.

REMINDERS:

• Jacket Racket donations are due this Friday.
• Hep B and HPV vaccines are this Friday, wear loose clothing or short sleeves
• Picture retakes are Nov 17th. Return the photos that you don't want back to school.
• Parent teacher conferences are coming up soon. See St Luke newsletter for conference manager to book your time.
• With Halloween over, please do not send candy for snacks. Snacks should be healthy and help the brain to function. Candy puts kids to sleep. Thank you for your help in this matter.

Félicitations à Jalen pour sa chanson "Magic in the air" qui a gagné notre concours de musique francophone. Ecoutez ici. Magic in the Air