Feb. 23 - 27

Welcome back!!  Fasten your seatbelts because it's a long one today!

Upcoming Field Trips:
We have our field trips booked from now until the end of the year.  Please mark these dates on your calendars - we will need parent volunteers!  Notes will come home closer to each trip.

• March 26th - Helen Schuler for "Recycling in Nature" - 12:30 p.m. (bus leaves at 12:05)
• March 30th - Chinook High School for "Charlotte's Web" - 12:30 p.m. (bus leaves at 12:05)
• May 19th - Helen Schuler for Plants Program - 9:30 a.m. (bus leaves at 9:10)
• May 27th - Gregg LeRock French performance at the Yates (bus leaves at 12:00)
• June 3rd - Fort Macleod for "March of the Redcoats" - 9:15 (bus leaves at 8:40)  *Note: this trip will go into the afternoon
• June 9th - Cemetery Tour 9:20 a.m. (bus leaves at 9:00)
• June 24th - Swimming at Westminster - 1:00 p.m. (we walk at 12:45)
• We are also planning to go swimming at Stan Siwik again - stay tuned!

Notes:
We are completely out of pencils and I am hoping that some families would be willing to bring in a package or two.  The best quality ones are the Ticonderoga by Dixon.  Other brands (particularly dollar store pencils) tend to either not sharpen well or break easily; and pencils that have a plastic coating gum up the electric sharpener.  However, we will take whatever we can get with humble thanks!

Curriculum:

• Math: We are taking a brief detour into geometry starring Pigeon of the Mo Willems books before diving into fractions.
• Language Arts:
• Guided Reading - The students presented their Flat Stanley tri-fold projects today and we will soon resume regular guided reading routines.
• Spelling - Lesson 8 is coming home today.
• Writing - We will be starting a new writing project this week that ties in with our upcoming science unit, Waste in Our World.
• Science: This week will see the end of the Wheels and Levers unit with review for the test that will happen next week.  Reminder: the leprechaun traps are due March 9th.
• Social: We are almost done learning about all the regions of Alberta.  We will finish the Grasslands Region with the Calgary Stampede before moving on to a final test.

This Week's Schedule:
Monday:

• Welcome back!

Tuesday:

• Energy Day Assembly 8:30 a.m.
• Hot Lunch
• Tone It Up Tuesday
• Family Fun Night in the gym 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday:

• Pink Shirt Day
• Guitar Club for applicable students

Thursday:

• Grade 3 Cupcake Sale to support the SPCA.  Cupcakes will be sold for $0.50 each.

Friday:

• Final Enrichment of this round
• Blue and Orange Day - students are encouraged to wear our school colours