February 23

Science


Thank you all parent volunteers for helping all Grade 3/4 class with making a metamorphic rock as part of the rock cycle. Students have the opportunity to explore the creation of metamorphic rocks through crayons. Please ask your child the following:
- What is a rock cycle?
- What is an igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock?

Celebration of Learning 

CJP's next Celebration of Learning is happening this Wednesday, February 28th from 6:30pm-8:00pm.  Students and their families are invited to attend an evening of fun, learning, and inspiration.  This celebration's theme is "Growing a Community of Learners," and classrooms throughout the school will host a variety of activities that are designed to encourage learning through games, play, discussion, and exploration.  There will be a variety of math and literacy activities, critical thinking tasks, Indigenous studies, current events explorations, Science inquiries, and much more!  We hope that you can join us in celebrating the amazing learning that happens every day!

Pile it On: A Multiplication Game

This game provides an excellent demonstration of how multiplication works. First, players roll the die twice to find numbers for their multiplication fact. Then, they place cards in piles to create a visual representation of each fact. When solving their problem, players can count the cards or use the multiplication facts they already know. As patterns appear within the game, players will gain a better grasp on multiplication.

What You Need:

One deck of cards  (or blocks, counters etc.)

One die (Make your own.)

A score sheet for every player

Pencils

What You Do: 1. On a player's turn, they roll the die twice. Their first roll indicates how many piles they must make. Their second roll tells how many cards to place face down in each pile. 2. The player will then create those piles, add up the total number of cards used (either by counting them or by using multiplication), and record their score. 3. Play for ten rounds. The person who uses the most cards total is the winner.

Book Fair Dates
Both classes on the 27th and 28th will have an opportunity to purchase and look at books on these days. Students can bring money on both days. Thank you to all the parents who are volunteering and making this happen!

Pink Shirt Day
On February 28th students are encouraged to wear a pink shirt in order to show that bullying is not tolerated in their school community. If your child does not have a pink shirt they may wear red. Below are two links that you can check out for more information. There is a difference between bullying vs being mean/rude so it's important to have those conversations. 
https://www.pinkshirtday.ca/
https://www.bullyingcanada.ca/


Important Dates
Feb. 27th-28th - Book Fair
Feb. 28th - Pink Shirt Day & Celebration of Learning

February 14

Just a quick reminder parents that there will be no school on February 15th, 16th, and 19th.  During the long weekend, students are encouraged to continue playing the math games and review their multiplication facts.

Weekend Journal Prompt:
Investigate and look for some common uses of rocks and minerals in your home, community, and at school. Write down some of the examples on how it is used. We will share our findings on Tuesday February 20th.

New Math Game and Math Work!
Last  week students played a game called Plus 9 this week students are reviewing their subtraction facts as well. Below are the instructions in case the sheet they have brought home with them is missing. Also, every student has brought a math sheet of multiplication word problems to solve. We will be reviewing that sheet on Tuesday.

Lastly, thank you for all the lovely valentines and well wishes! We appreciate your kindness and look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday :) Have a fantastic long weekend and family day. 

Help Needed: Rocks and Minerals

Dear Parent volunteers,

The Grade 3/4 classes are studying Rocks and Minerals and will be doing an experiment that requires the use of a stove and oven.  We are looking for parents to volunteer on February 20^th and 22^nd (approximately 4 volunteers each day) for either a half-day (9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00) or a full day. If you are available to volunteer on either or both of these days, please let us know what day and morning or afternoon you can help out.

In order to complete this experiment we are looking for donations of crayons (new or used) and aluminum foil to help us recreate igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary replicas.

Please email your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Ms. Howard, Ms. Nielsen, Mr. Gustafson, Ms. Betty, Ms. Yong, and Ms. Ma

Accountability Pillar Survey

Each year in January, Alberta Education sends an important survey to all parents and guardians of students in Grades 4, 7 and 10. The survey is called the Accountability Pillar Survey. In February, students in Grades 4, 7 and 10 and all teachers completed their surveys online at school. All surveys are anonymous and ask questions about experiences with the school.

Your voice matters. It is very important that families complete the survey and return it to Alberta Education. The results are used to assess satisfaction with the quality of education in our schools, and the CBE uses the information to improve teaching and learning for your children. When filling out the survey, if you don't know the answer, simply proceed to the next question.

Alberta Education and the CBE thank you for filling out and returning the parent Accountability Pillar Survey. You can mail it back to Alberta Education free of charge, or simply return it to your child's school.

October Precept

This weekend for homework, students shall be writing a paragraph or journal entry in their Weekend journal based on a Wonder precept. Students are explaining what they think the precept means. Below is the precept.

“Your deeds are your monuments.”—Inscription on an Egyptian tomb 

In order to brain storm ideas ask yourself these questions:
1. What is a monument? Why are they important?
2. What does the word deed mean? Are there other words similar to it?
3. How are your deeds a monument? What would you want to be remembered for?

New Math Game and Spirit Day this Friday February 9

To celebrate the start of the Winter Olympics Games this Friday, we will be having a Olympics/Sports Fan Day. Students are encouraged to dress in one of the following 3 ways: 

1. Dress like an athlete

2. Wear Team Canada gear

3. Dress in Red and White

New Math Game
Students have been taught a new math game called Nine Plus. They will be bringing a sheet home with instructions on how to play. Below is an image of the math game itself. By solidifying our understanding of addition we are able to add harder digits!

Me to We Club Fair Day

The Me to We Club students are organizing a “CJP Fair” on Tuesday, February 13th. The objective of this fair is to raise money for the pillar we are supporting this year: Education in Sierra Leone. Please visit the following website to find out more information: http://www.freethechildren.com/international-programming/our-model/

The Me to We Club students have organized some very fun games and activities, including a target shooting game, Nerf shooter game, relay races, pin the penguin, a hockey shooting game, and a beanbag toss challenge. Please help us meet our goal by giving your child some change (not pennies) to bring to school on February 13 so they can participate in the fun and games. Games will cost between 25 cents to 1 dollar. We do not currently have change on hand as we recently made a donation to the bank. NO BILLS PLEASE.

Thank you,

Me to We Club

February 2

Important Information and Dates:
- February 5: Guest speaker, Mr. Gray will be coming in to talk to our class about his cool profession that's related to Rocks and Minerals.
- Class Photos on February 6th


Literacy
Students analyzed a story and completed a story mountain independently. Now they are using their favourite fairytale and make an adaptation to make their own twisted fairytale.

- No weekend journal this week.


Math
- Students are encouraged to play UNO 99 at home this weekend. They have been playing other Math games in class such as Muggins, War, and Salute.
- They worked on their multiplication skills by coming up with mental strategies to help them remember multiplication facts
-Students have also been practicing their multiplication skills by completing a fun activity called Ninja Bed Bugs. Below is a link to the activity and sheets you can do at home!

http://mathpickle.com/project/ninja-bed-bugs/

Science
-We have been wrapping up our unit of Light and Shadow by compiling our very own photo albums. Pictures that students took in order to show their understanding of Light and Shadow concepts have been put into a miniature photo album. Inside, students pasted their pictures and wrote a small blurb about how they took the photo, what concept the photo shows and what that concept means.
-Our next unit in Science we will be covering will be Rocks and Minerals! Stayed tuned for more exciting posts