Math Game

May 25

Updated Information and Dates
- Calgary International Children Festival ends on May 26th. If you have time, please take a look at our artwork that is located outside between the Arts Common and the Olympic Plaza in downtown.
- May 30th is school open house. Please check the school website for more information.
- May 31st is the Volunteer Tea at 9:30am. If you are able to attend, please let us know by Monday 28th the latest.
- June 1st will our class assembly. Families are welcome to come. It starts at 9:30am.


Health:
Starting on Monday, Grade 4s will start the Human Sexuality program and Grade 3s will be learning about wellness and decision-making. If you have a child in Grade 4 and wants them to participate in the program, please do not return the form. If you DO NOT want your child take part, please return the form to us by Monday May 28th in the morning.   

Math:
Instead of students writing in their weekend journal, they have a math activity to work on this weekend. Please return it on Monday to reinforce their learning next week.

Grade 3: Your homework can be found by clicking this link here. Students have one of the problems attached to their weekend journal. The link has a variety of questions for students to try out.
Grade 4: Your homework is here.

Bike to School on June 5th

We are excited that CJP will be participating on Bike to School Day on June 5th. Students are invited to participate by biking from home to school or driving closer to school and biking the rest of the distance. Bike to School Day helps students become active and engaged with the outdoors. It is a school project that encourages students to build a healthy lifestyle while having fun! If your child is choosing to participate please ensure their bike is clearly labeled with their first name, last name and room number. Students will be storing their helmets inside their classrooms. Please do not bring your bike in through the front doors. There will be two outdoor doors connected to the gym for students to drop their bikes off. Grades K-3 will enter through the west door (door closest to staff parking lot) with their bikes. Please be courteous to staff by not parking in the staff parking lot. The other entrance for grade 4-6 will be the the door closest to the front entrance of the school facing Northmount drive. Both doors will be marked with a sign and pylon. The students will enter the door and drop their bikes off inside the gym by their designated classroom spot marked with a number. Please note which door your child takes their bike in, they will be exiting through this door at the end of the day to meet you outside. Due to the volume of people participating, it would be beneficial for the students to independently without a parent escort, bring their bike inside and outside of the gym. Teachers will be assisting students in parking their bikes indoors. 

Stampede Breakfast

We are trying to make this a litter free event so please bring washable dishes and cutlery. Wash stations will be provided for easy clean up.

We only have 13% of the volunteers needed to host this event.

If we do not fill the required positions by Friday June 1st we will have not choice but to cancel this event. Please sign up at:

http://signup.com/go/aqfZySM if the link does not work, try cut and pasting it. Thank you.

May 17

Upcoming Dates and Information:

- No school on Friday May 18th and 21st

- Author visit on May 23rd

- School presentation from Humane Society at 2:30pm

- Assembly on June 1st at 9:30am

- No weekend journal

- Students are encouraged to read and play a math game this weekend. 
-Volunteer Tea on May 31st

Social Studies: 

Students are not only finished their Social Studies Unit: Alberta Celebrations and challenges, but they are finally finished their kidfest panels! All 8 are looking fantastic, great work everyone. Thank you to the volunteers for coming in and helping us. Kidfest will be happening Wednesday May 23rd-Saturday May 26th. If you want to check it out either come to our assembly or come to Kidfest.

Math Game:





Math Concepts
In Physical Education, students participated in incorporating math concepts to movement. They made connections to fractions, perimeter, estimation, and shapes. 


1. Which half (1/2) of a bag would you prefer? Which container of soda would you prefer half (1/2) of? Can you explain how a half can be different?






2. Can you order the fractions on the number line correctly? Try these out






Science:
This week students learned how seeds travel and parts of a plant. Please ask your child what they learned about plants.

Message from Me to We Club:

Dear CJP Students and Families,

The Me to We Club students are organizing a outdoor “CJP Fair” on Monday June 4^th. The objective of this fair is to raise money for Education in Sierra Leone. Please visit the following website to find out more information:

https://www.we.org/we-villages/where-we-work/sierra-leone/

The Me to We Club students have organized some very fun games and activities, including tug-of-war, splish splash shoot, drip drip drop, water pong, pin the moustache on the grandma, bean bag toss, cup target game, face painting and tattoos, and popsicles. Please help us meet our goal by giving your child change (not pennies) to bring to school on Friday June 1^st (to avoid students forgetting to bring it on Monday!) so they can participate in the fun and games. Games will cost between 25 cents and 1 dollar. Please bring change as bills are time consuming for the students to change.

Volunteer opportunities for "Me to We Outdoor Fair Day" on June 4th are now open. We are in desperate need of volunteers for this event to take place. Please click on the following web link to go to the signup sheet: www.volunteersignup.org/LRPM8

To sign up, just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds to do.

Thank you for volunteering!

Thank you,

Me to We Club

May 11

Happy Mother's Day

Important Dates:

- Math Moves Workshop next week with Decidedly Jazz

- No School on  May 18 (PD day) and May 21

- Assembly on June 1 at 9:30am. 

Social Studies/Art : 

Artwork will be displayed at the Calgary International Children Festival

Kidsfest is pleased to host a casual, drop-in reception for our students and families directly involved in the student art exhibition taking place at the festival this year. It would be nice opportunity for kids to have the chance to view the art after it is installed and before the Kidsfest begins. 

Our classes artwork will be displayed outside of the Arts Common and is viewable throughout the festival on May 23-26, 2018.

Reader Rock Garden field trip:

Please ask your child about the field trip and what did they learn about William Reader and the Reader Rock Garden. 

Math:

Students continued to explore fractions.  Please ask your child about fractions and how to show fractions in many ways. 

Social Studies & Field Trip

Important Dates
May 7th Music Monday 10:30am (depending on weather. It may be postponed to Friday May 11th)
May 9th Room 21 Field Trip
May 10th Room 20 Field Trip
May 18th PD Day
May 30th Kindergarten Open House at 5pm-7pm
May 31st Me to We Fair
May 31st Volunteer Tea from 9:30-10:30am
June 1st Assembly

Field Trip
Room 21 will be going to Reader Rock Garden on the 9th of May (Wednesday). Room 20 will be going to Reader Rock Garden on the 10th of May (Thursday). On the day of your field trip either Ms. Ma or Ms. Yong will be outside Door 3 to let both volunteers and students inside early to be organized. Students will be receiving name tags and be sorted into their groups with an adult supervisor. Please ensure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather. It should be warm with a high of 20 Especially outdoor footwear, closed toed shoes with some grip are preferred.






Students and volunteers are encouraged to bring a small backpack to put their  litterless lunch, a water bottle, and extra belongings in.

Math and Science: 
Students have been exploring fractions and how it is related to everyday life. We have made a connection between fractions and measurement and how it can help us with our Science topic, Plant Growth and Change. They looked at a ruler carefully to understand what the lines mean in centimeters and also be represented in tenths of a centimeter too.













Social Studies/Art

Students have been learning about Alberta's Celebrations and Challenges. They have been journaling about two perspectives based on Glenbow Museum archived photos. By looking for clues and details, students engaged with thoughtful discussions about what they saw, and what stories were being represented in the photos.

An update on our Kidfest art, backgrounds have been painted and blended! Smaller student groups have completed the very first stage of painting. More students are drawing and will be painting more figures, landscapes animals and plants next on top of the backgrounds. Students are very excited to be part of an art project that reflects the wonders of Alberta.

Any volunteers willing to come into the class and help us with art during the week of May 14th-18th from 1:40-2:30pm are more than welcomed!









Assembly
Our Assembly will be in June 1 (Friday) at 9:30am. Parents and families are invited to attend.

Math Game and Planting information

Here is a fun Fraction game to play with your child. If you need materials, students are welcome to ask one of us to borrow them.


Science: Plant Growth and Change
We would like your help. We will be studying plants and animals every Friday and this Friday, we will begin to examine the seeds and start our first planting project. We are looking for a few volunteers to help us form 9:10am to 10am this Friday in the classroom if possible.

We are also looking for donations such as potting soil and seeds. Your help is greatly appreciated. As the weather continues to get warmer, a lot of the times, we will be doing our science discovery and physical education outside.