Grade 3/4 Joy Pod : March 2020

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Video Message of the Day...

Mr. Der and Mrs. Coulson have a new activity for you! Check out their blogs!

https://ehsphysicaleducation.blogspot.com/

https://ehsmusic.blogspot.com/

Video from Mrs. Coulson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7yqD69IsOc&feature=youtu.be

Check out these fun activities!

Some websites kids might enjoy exploring:

Oak & Maple – a wordless picture book with sounds children could add text, ask questions, etc)

Caterpillar races
A free book for kids from EverActive – the Lucy Tries books
Free Calgary Public Library resources online

Digital Writing Lessons – 14 of them!
CPL – Read aloud – Read to Your Bunny
Cartoon by Sam Hester - ‘It’s Okay to Worry’
Calgary Zoo daily -information sharing on animals)
Penguins exploring the Calgary Zoo just for fun!
Author Peter Reynolds reads books
Jarrett Lerner -author, graphic novels; activities for writing and reading; how to form creative letters

Monday, March 30, 2020

Welcome Back!

Hello Joy Pod. We are back from spring break and ready to spring into this new season of learning. Today your parents will be receiving an email from their responsibility teacher with a very short survey that will help us move forward with your learning.

For this week we will be using this blog for your daily learning activities. Today there is story read by Mr. Lawson, who most of you should remember :) We will be using the FAB 4 (see poster below) for this activity. During or after the story can you or did you make any predictions, clarify, question or summarize). Please post your FAB 4 response in the comment section below! Make sure to include your first name in your comment! (It may be posted as unknown!)

Watch for Daily Updates from...

Mr. Der in Phys Ed and Mrs. Coulsen in Music

You may want to check out one of these links below:

Sheree Fitch, the poet/author who visited us last year, has a daily podcast of her poems.

Astronauts read from the International Space Station

Each day, Calgary Reads offers a new read aloud

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Sharing...

Thank you to the students that have shared their work with us!!!

It has been exciting to see all of the ideas you have about what brings you JOY!

If you have not yet had a chance to share...

Here was the challenge that was posted before Spring Break:

Reading the book...
I'm Here By Peter Reynolds

Your Challenge is to try the following:
1. Make a paper airplane.
2. Write down all the things that bring JOY to you on the "paper" of the airplane!
3. Take a picture.
4. Upload the pic to your google drive OR insert it on a google slide.
5. Share it with your teachers!

See the EHS Youtube channel for more stories from EHS staff!

EHS YouTube Channel

Please Note: You will be receiving correspondence from the school and your teachers tomorrow!

Friday, March 20, 2020

Happy First Day of Spring Everyone!

Not sure about you but I'd really love to see some signs of spring. Still looks a lot like winter to me!

We are all so sorry we couldn't see you before the spring break so we recorded a read aloud for you. If you are able to access your educbe Google account you could respond to us with some writing or a photograph over the break. If you can't access your account, we will be sending emails on Monday, March 30 with account information.

In preparation for learning from home, you may want to start thinking about creating a personal learning/work space in your home. Think about how you can personalize your space to make it special for you. Again, if you can access your Google account, send some ideas and photos and share with your teachers.

Reading the book...
I'm Here By Peter Reynolds

Challenge to Try:
1. Make a paper airplane.
2. Write down all the things that bring JOY to you on the "paper" of the airplane!
3. Take a picture.
4. Upload the pic to your google drive OR insert it on a google slide.
5. Share it with your teachers!

See the EHS Youtube channel for more stories from EHS staff!

EHS YouTube Channel

Also, if you'd like to do some learning from home over the break, the CBE has provided some resources for families:

https://cbe.ab.ca/programs/curriculum/learning-at-home/Pages/k-6.aspx

Enjoy a wonderful break with your families. Stay safe, keep reading, keep active and be creative!

Here's another poem by some amazing Joy Pod kids!

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Thursday, March 19th

It's Thursday, Yes It Is

We all hope you're healthy, happy, and enjoying time at home together. Your teachers here are missing your bright smiles, missing our busy activities, and missing learning together!

As in line with the message the CBE sent yesterday concerning Learning at Home. Here is the link to some websites to explore...

CBE LINK TO EXPLORE

Have a wonderful afternoon,

Ms. Huebner

Mrs. Cox

Mr. Kai

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Wednesday, March 18th

Hey Joy Pod!

We continue to be thinking of you all! We miss you at school! Thank you to those that have reached out and sent us some heartfelt messages!As in line with the message the CBE sent yesterday concerning Learning at Home. Here is the link to some websites to explore...

CBE Links to Explore

We also have some educational videos to share with you to help you learn about what's been happening recently. Knowledge is power!

Here is another poem to spread some inspiration! It was created by a group of Joy Pod students...

Ms. Huebner, Mr. Kai & Mrs. Cox

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

It's such a beautiful day today so during our lunch hour, the teachers went out for a walk and placed rocks and shamrocks around the community to spread messages of "Joy", "Hope", "Harmony", "Peace" and "Kindness". If you're out with your family see if you can spot any of our messages.

We miss you all!

Ms. Huebner, Mr. Kai and Mrs. Cox

Monday, March 16, 2020

Joy Pod Families,

We just wanted to let you know that we are thinking of you all and will miss you at school. Please note we will continue to use the blog to stay connected and hope that you will follow along. More information will follow as to what that will look like. We encourage families to be attentive to CBE Messenger and both the CBE and the EHS school websites:

CBE Website

School Website

Here is a poem created jointly by a group of Joy Pod students. We hope it spreads joy...

Ms. Huebner, Mr. Kai & Mrs. Cox

Friday, March 13, 2020

Happy Friday. It sure is a cold one!

Thank you to all of the students who have participated in the Reading Across Canada challenge. A big thank you also goes out to Mr. Kai and Mrs. Bowles for all of your work on this event. You can continue to add to the reading log this weekend to see how far north we can get!

Read Across Canada Continues...

We are tracking how many minutes we read! Each minute equals 1 km travelled! Track your minutes on the link below:

EHS Read-A-Thon Link Main Page

Reading Log Link

The Joy Pod continued working with non-fiction text. We have identified and explored many non-fiction text features and are now practicing using 4 specific reading strategies (predicting, clarifying, summarizing and questioning) while reading non-fiction text specifically.

Our literacy learning intention for March will be posted on Powerschool by Monday. Please review this with your child to see how they are progressing with non-fiction text.

This morning we also spent some time working in our math groups reviewing multiplication and division and putting our learning and understanding into action through repetition and application.

Have a wonderful weekend and stay warm!

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Thursday, March 12

Another Great Day To Celebrate Reading!

Today, as part of our Read-A-Thon activities, we joined the Peace Pod for buddy reading. We delighted in sharing our favourite books and reading aloud with some new friends. We also took some time to go down to the Hub and vote on our favourite Robert Munsch books. We'll find out what the results are tomorrow!