Hi everyone, I just wanted to remind everybody that we have our class Google Meet today. The grade 3's will meet from 1:00-1:30. The grade 3's will meet from 1:30 - 2:00. Also we have our office hours from 11:30-12:00 if you have any questions about your Google Classroom assignments. Remember please don't submit your assignments until you have finished everything for the week.
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Hi Everyone, Remember to look at your Google Classroom accounts to see this weeks work. If you have any questions about it I will be available in our google meets class, using the same code as Friday, from 11:30 - 12 and from 2:30-3. Please make sure that you look at the Monday Google Classroom Math and Writing slides before the Google Meet.
Good morning everyone, I just wanted to remind everyone that we are having our first Google Meet tomorrow at 11 am. If you have not been able to log onto Google Classroom please contact me and I will try to help out however I can. To get onto Google Classroom log onto your student email in the same way that you would get onto Google Docs at school. I should have sent you a class invite. Remember this week we are using Raz Kids for Reading and Prodigy for Math and it would be wonderful if you were practicing your multiplication facts. Grade 3's need to know up to 5 x 5 and the grade 4's need to know up to 7 x 7. We will be using these skills next week when we begin using Google Classroom. Have a great day.
Hello, This week for Math we will be using Prodigy prodigygame . Prodigy is a Maths game where students answer math questions in order to cast spells and collect points. I have assigned questions related to Math concepts that we have covered in class. Once those questions have been answered the program chooses appropriate additional questions based on the students ability level. It is important not to give too much support when students are answering the questions otherwise the program will continue to give out even more challenging questions. How to help If you notice that they are having trouble with a questions, let them answer but then show them on a piece of paper either what the question is asking or how you might solve the problem. Also near the top of the question there is a prompt button that will give a clue and some math tools such as pens and 100 charts that can also support them. To prepare for next week please practice Multiplication facts wi...
Hello Families, I forgot to include in the email that the class user name is mrpressey2020 For this week, please log into Raz-kids and support your learner in reading for 30 minutes a day. When reading on Raz-kids with your learner 1) Choose a book together The level has been preset, please make sure that the book your child is reading is appropriate for them. 2) The books can be listened to Raz-kids' books can be listened to but also encourage your child to read the books either to themselves or out loud to your. Sit in a comfortable position. When listening to a book headphones can help with focus and to minimize noise. 3) When learners read their books out loud to an adult Listen to your child read some, half, most, or all of the book to you. Offer support for figuring out unknown words but also let them try their decoding skills first. Discuss the book and make connections. 4) Learners take the tests Watch your learner take the tests. ...
Hello! Below is information about using Google Classroom and Google Meet. We will be having our first Google Meet class meeting with students on Friday, April 17 th at 11:00 am. As we are learning how to create, attach and collect work, weekly literacy and math lessons will be posted in the Google Classroom and information emailed to families beginning the week of April 20 th . For next week, (if you haven’t done so already), please try to log in with your learner so that we can work though any issues. If something isn’t working or you would like more assistance, please email me and I will connect with you. Otherwise, for next week, please use Raz-kids and Prodigy to practice literacy and math skills. Don’t forget to check the blog weekly. -Mr. Pressey Accessing Google Meet for the First Time This week, our principal let you know that the Calgary Board of Education was activating Google Meet and Google Classroom to enable teacher...
Good morning everyone, I am still in the process of calling everyone and letting you know your new Razkids' login and making sure that you are able to get onto Google Classroom. For the students that I have not called yet, you can go to your gmail and use the link that I sent you to join our Google Classroom. It has been great talking to you. It should be nice today so get out and enjoy a walk to the sunshine.
Hi Room 8, It was really great talking to some of you yesterday. Today I am planning on calling the rest of you and letting you know about Razkids and Google Classrooms. I have put one small reading activity on google classrooms. We are meant to be doing at least one hour a day of school work. Tuesday's Schedule 20 min of Prodigy 20 min of Raz Kids For Writing please send me an email through gmail telling me how you are doing. What you have been doing and any questions that you may have. Here are the questions that I will be asking you again. Have a great day and I hope that I see you all on Google Classroom. is anything that we can help you or your family with? can we help you get in contact with any community supports? what kind of computer access do you have? do you need paper learning packages? do you know your student email and log in information? do you need your passwords reset? do you need help getting onto D2L/ Google Classroom? is your gu...
Hi everyone, I hope that everybody had a wonderful break. I know that it was not as social as we would have wanted and the weather has not quite met my expectations of spring yet. But we are back! Over the next couple of days I will be contacting each of you to find out how your break has been and how your family is handling the new situation. I will also be asking you other questions: is anything that we can help you or your family with? can we help you get in contact with any community supports? what kind of computer access do you have? do you need paper learning packages? do you know your student email and log in information? do you need your passwords reset? do you need help getting onto D2L/ Google Classroom? is your guardian receiving emails? Once we have all of this information we will be in a much better position to help you learn from home. Thanks to the people who were checking the blog over the break. For today I will be adding things to the...
Hello Room 8, We had our first person complete the daily brain wake up and they got everything right, even the riddle. And a few students have event done the challenge on Prodigy. Remember to read and to do all of the things that a good reader does like connect, code break, analyze, ask questions and summarize. Here is a video from the teachers at O.S.G. https://youtu.be/mmz3zLh8X8Y Finally, here is todays quiz of the day. This will be the last quiz until after the spring break but stay tuned for more blog posts.
Hello Room 8, Hi everyone. I hope that everyone is enjoying things as much as you can. Remember to read and discuss some books, play some games that are not video games :) and get some exercise. But remember that it is Spring Break as of now so have fun, play outside :) I have updated prodigy and sent you all a new assignment. You can comment and add your answers to the daily quiz in the comment section. Teach your parents how to play Array Conquer. Remember all you need are two dice.
Hello, I hope that everyone is doing well and taking care of themselves. Here are some activity suggestions that the CBE sent out https://cbe.ab.ca/programs/curriculum/learning-at-home/Pages/k-6.aspx I will try to send out more information and activity ideas each day. Here is a daily quiz You can post responses and comments to share your answers if you would like
March 13 In Math this week we continued our focus on learning our multiplication facts by focusing on our 4 times tables and using the strategy of doubling our doubles. We practiced our facts by using think boards, playing array conquer and multiplication fill-in. Mr. Traynor also began teaching us about asking data collection questions that are clear and specific, collecting information using tallies and displaying the information on a pictograph. In Science, we started researching about wolves using our note taking skills. We are working in small groups and using information websites to locate information about wolves. This week we focused as a whole class about wolf habitats and some of the challenges and adaptations of wolves. In gymnastic we are learning about gymnastics. We have focused so far on safe movements and balance. In Art on Friday we used our drawing skills to draw a realistic picture of a wolf. It was not easy and we had to develop our perseverance skills to ...
Monday March 9th Help me practice my four times tables. Here is a helpful website to practice with https://www.timestables.com/4-times-table.html
End of the week March 6th We have had a great week this week. The weather has been warming up and we have been enjoying all of our wonderful visitors this week. On Monday we were visited by La Boucheron. He visited our school and taught us about traditional cultural practices from all around Canada. He taught our grade 4 students how to play the spoons and even helped us make a traditional maple treat. We started our new gym unit, gymnastics. We spent most of the week learning how to be safe and practiced our safety landings and safety falls. In Math, we have been continuing to learn about multiplication and how to represent it. We have been using pictures (moons and stars) as well as arrays to represent multiplication problems. The grade 3's have been learning their Math facts up to 5 x 5. The grade 4's have been practicing up to 7 x 7. To help us we have been playing games like Moons and Stars and Array Conquer. This week we also finished our Science presentation...
Wednesday February 26th Dear Parents/Guardians, On Monday, March 2, O.S. Geiger will be hosting Le Bûcheron (Lumberjack). He will be teaching our students about Canadian traditions and cultural diversity through stories, music, spoons and dance. Our Grade 4 – 6 students will learn some traditional French-Canadian dances and spoons. These students will then present these dances and music during a school-wide presentation at 11:00 a.m. In the afternoon, students will learn about the maple syrup making process and its’ historical roots with Indigenous peoples who then shared this skill with the early settlers. Students will also make a maple syrup treat called maple taffy. This is heated maple syrup poured on crushed ice and then students will roll their popsicle stick on the maple syrup creating a maple taffy treat! If you have any questions or concerns about these events or if your child has food allergies to maple syrup, please co...
January 26-30 Just a reminder to all of the parents that Monday will be the last day to submit Scholastic Reading orders. In Math we explored several areas. We looked at reading graphs. We explored some problem solving that involved unknowns and used our understanding of these to create our own problems. We also learned more about what equal means. We continued to develop our mental subtraction strategies and developed our spatial vocabulary and visualization skills during our Quickdraw activity. During our Science activity we continued to explore the animal classes. Some students have completed their investigations and are now developing slide show presentations explaining their learnings. Please remember that Friday is our It's a Crime Not to Read pizza party at the Saddletown Library. Here are some of the mammal drawings that students have done, including some of the research facts that they have discovered about mammals.