Science FunFest Invitation!

The Science FunFest, part of National Science and Technology Week activities taking place across Canada, is an open house at Natural Resources Canada’s Booth Street Complex, where kids and their families can enjoy exciting exhibits and free activities from several government departments and partners. They can explore energy-efficient cars, go on a chocolate chip cookie mining expedition, bring rocks and fossils for identification, and much more. There’s lots to see and do. It’s fun, educational and inspiring.

 

WHAT: Science FunFest in celebration of National Science and Technology Week

WHERE: Natural Resources Canada’s Booth Street Complex (at Carling

Avenue) in Ottawa

WHEN: Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

To view the calendar of events in Ottawa and across the country, please visit www.science.gc.ca/nstw.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Media Relations

Natural Resources Canada

613-992-4447

media@nrcan.gc.ca

Room 920 Class Meeting

Thank you to all the parents who came out tonight to the room 920 class meeting. It went very well. It was great to have an opportunity to see familiar faces and meet some new people! We are so looking forward to working with your families this year!

It was funny to see the classrooms we've gotten used to seeing full of students full of parents. The parents seemed to love seeing the members of 920 sing "You and Me are Gonna Be Friends" and gave you all a big round of applause!

Now it feels like the year has really, officially started!

Spelling List #2

Check out Spelling City, the second spelling list is up and ready for you to explore, practice, play games and test your knowledge!

There is also a link on the right-hand side of the page so you can always come back and try each of our spelling lists.

Purposeful Talk Tips #2

Purposeful Talk Tips #2

Hopefully, you will be able to use this information to have interesting, in-depth conversations with your child about what is going on in his or her classroom.

What follows below reflects what your child has on display in his or her classroom.

Over the coming weeks, ask your child about the information you see below.

Vocabulary: longevity, benign, innocuous, covert, interminable

Joke: There once was a cross-eyed teacher. She couldn't control her pupils!

Riddle: Q. The more of them you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?          

A. ????


Read Aloud: The Elephant and the Tree, Jin Pyn Lee

Musical Genre: Orchestral

Class Debate: Should zoos exist?

HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Class Meeting Time Changed

Hello parents of students in Room 920 (Andrew, Natalie and Shauna's classes),

  Last week, we sent home a notice that incorrectly said our class meeting would be Monday, September 26th. In fact, the meeting will be on Tuesday, September 27th from 7-8 p.m. Please come right up to your child's classroom (Andrew - Room 312, Natalie - Room 303, Shauna - Room 305) at 7 p.m. You will have an opportunity to look around before going downstairs to the Gym for a brief presentation. Please remember that this is an opportunity to learn about your child's classroom and not a time for interviews about any individual child's progress.

  See you on Tuesday, September 27th at 7 p.m.!

Spelling List #2

Andrew and Natalie's classes have come up with twenty exciting spelling words based on the long o sound. They will be posted on Spelling City later tomorrow, but for now, here they are:

1. covert

2. toad

3. Jello
4. toe
5. yoga
6. comb
7. explode

8. video

9. episode

10. gecko

11. o'clock

12. opal

13. ocean

14. Ontario

15. radio

16. automobile

17. quote

18. shadow

19. stereo

20. soap

  Aroud the dinner table, challenge your family to come up with a sentence containing as many long o sound words as possible!

Why did we put this image on this blog post?

Room 920 - Class Pictures

While we wait to figure out media permissions and whether we can include students faces, names and/or work on our blog (stay tuned for the Class Meeting!), we still wanted to include a picture of our giant class - Room 920. We did an outdoor photo shoot on Friday and made sure all faces were hidden.

Check out our rainbow ordered class shot...

 ...and a collaborative created 920...

This was an energetic end to our first week back at school!

We hope you're enjoying the blog so far, feel free to leave comments below!

The Song We're Singing

Spelling - List #1

We are very excited about our sensational spelling program in room 902!

The 4/5 team has decided to have the students generate their own spelling lists around phonemes (the sounds that make up words) and various spelling rules. This makes our spelling program more meaningful for students as they have taken responsibility for creating the lists.

Once lists are developed, they will be posted on spellingcity.com. Students can go onto the website and practise using the words and play games with them. This is an opportunity for students to extend their learning at home so they can use these words in their written work.

Our first list is up! Check out words with a long-e sound!

Purposeful Talk Tips #1

Occasionally, we will be posting information about some of the themes and ideas we have been discussing in class.

Hopefully, you will be able to use this information to have interesting, in-depth conversations with your child about what is going on in his or her classroom.

What follows below reflects what your child has on display in his or her classroom. These items will change over the course of the year, some weekly, some bi-weekly, some monthly, some by term.

Over the coming weeks, ask your child about the information you see below.

Peaceful Person: Jack Layton

Article from "Teach Kids News" about Layton

Quote: "My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world." - Jack Layton, 2011

Vocabulary: commence, values, community, culture

Joke: Q. Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off?
         A. ????

Riddle: Q. You can keep it only after giving it to someone else?
           A. ????

Science Stumper: Q. Why is the sky blue?
           A. ????

Read Aloud: The Three Questions, Jon J. Muth

Musical Genre: Pop music!!!