Tuesday December 10th

Science
Today we started making study page in our VSJ for Evidence and Investigation. We will be having a test on Thursday.

Math 
We have been plotting coordinates (ordered pairs) on the Cartesian Plane. We will be having a quiz on Friday.

Literacy
Students worked on comprehension questions/summary/connections from the Lorax and discussed how that story has related to our learning on Trees and Forests.

Reminders 

Bridlewood School will be collecting items for those who are in need to get through the cold winter. This initiative is in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CHMA) work to help people in the Calgary community.

We will be starting our collection of donations at Bridlewood School starting December 5^th at Parent- teacher interviews and will collect items until Dec. 19^th.

Items we will be collecting include:

Toiletries: Soap, shampoo, conditioner, other bath items, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, feminine hygiene products, shaving cream and razors, manicure and pedicure nail sets, Chapstick, comb, hairbrush, Kleenex, deodorant and hair elastics

Clothing (All sizes men and women. Items do not have to be new, but in good to excellent and clean condition). Winter jackets, winter boots, snow pants, scarves, winter hats, mittens, gloves, thermal socks (must be new), thermal underwear, underwear (must be new), sweatpants, sweatshirts, plain t-shirts, jeans and wallets

Your generous donation will assist CMHA Calgary is supporting others through shared understanding, hope and increase community resiliency. Thank you!

Tuesday December 3rd

Science
Today we looked at analyzing handwriting and how graphologists use characteristics and traits of letters in writing to work at solving crimes. 

Math 
As part of our patterns, we worked on 'input/output' and determining the pattern rules.

Literacy
Students worked on writing a self-reflection on their strengths and areas for growth in Character and Citizenship.

Book Fair Viewing

Book fair will be available for purchases tomorrow as well as at PT Conferences.

Reminders:
-PT Conferences are Thursday December 5th 4:00-7:30 and Friday December 6th 8:00-11:30am
-Please pay the $6.00 field trip fee if you have not already done so.

-Thursday is a half day for students - no school Thursday afternoon

-NO School for students on Friday.

Monday December 2nd

Science
Students completed the post survey from our Youthlinks field trip asking about their understanding of drugs.
Math 
Students worked on the 'envelope problem' 

A set of ten cards, each showing one of the digits from 0 to 9, is divided up between five envelopes so that there are two cards in each envelope. The sum of the two numbers inside it is written on each envelope. (7, 8, 13, 14, 3)

Literacy
Students did a pre-writing assignment in their MWB.They chose something from their weekend that they say/ate/heard/did and wrote a descriptive paragraph. 

Reminders:
-PT Conferences are Thursday December 5th 4:00-7:30 and Friday December 6th 8:00-11:30am
-Please pay the $6.00 field trip fee if you have not already done so.

Thursday November 28th

Social/Art
Students continued to work on VSJ pages to depict the Seven Sacred Teachings. They chose one that they feel applies to them/one they need more of/important to them and started an individual art project using chalk pastels and silhouette techniques.

Math 
Using large numbers, students worked on deciphering word problems deciding on which operation(s) to utilize and worked through multi-step problems. We will be having a quiz at some point this week.

Science
Students looked at videos and pictures of animal tracks and used their evidence and investigation skills to determine directions, speed, etc. 

Literacy
Students finished up Tree Cookie Stories and Seven Sacred Teachings reflections.

Reminders:
-Bookings for PT Conferences opens this Friday November 29th. Please sign up for a 15 minute time slot.
-PT Conferences are Thursday December 5th 4:00-7:30 and Friday December 6th 8:00-11:30am
-Please pay the $6.00 field trip fee if you have not already done so.

Tree Cookie Story Rubric

I can organize and present ideas in my own writing.

I can add and organize details in my writing.

I can experiment with words and sentence patterns to create word pictures.

I can describe and explain the characteristics of the rings/markings in my tree cookie using science vocabulary.

I can explain the life of the tree/ possible events that happened in the life of my tree according to the rings/markings.

Traits	4	3	2	1
Organization	The beginning of the story does an excellent job at grabbing the reader’s attention. The information is in logical order and keeps the audience’s interest.	The beginning of the story does a good job at grabbing the reader’s attention. The information is in logical order and keeps the audience’s interest most of the time.	The beginning of the story does a basic job at grabbing the reader’s attention. The information is in logical order.	There is little or no structure and information is not in logical order.
Content	The reader has an excellent understanding and “knows” the life of the tree from reading your story. There are 8 or more excellent descriptions and explanations of each main part of the tree cookie.	The reader has a good understanding and “knows” the life of the tree  from reading your story. There are 6 or 7 good descriptions and explanations of each main part of the tree cookie.	The reader gets a basic “idea” of” the life of the tree    from reading your story. There are 4-5 basic descriptions and explanations of most parts of the tree cookie.	The reader has little or no “idea” of the life of the tree from reading your story. There are 0-3 descriptions and explanations of some parts of the tree cookie
Sentences	Uses a variety of sentence types. Sentences vary in beginnings and length. Writes in an engaging manner.	Most sentence types vary. Most sentences vary in beginnings and length. Writes in an engaging manner.	Some variety in sentence types. Sentences do not vary in beginnings and length.	Sentences are incomplete or repetitive.
Science Vocabulary	Correct and consistent use of science vocabulary is used for all descriptions and explanations.	Correct and consistent use of science vocabulary is used for most descriptions and explanations.	Correct and occasional use of science vocabulary is used for some descriptions and explanations.	There is little or no use of science vocabulary.
Grammar and conventions (capitals, punctuation,)	There are minimal errors.	There are some errors.	There are several errors.	There are many errors.

Check list of things to include in your story:

Parts of the tree cookie (science names)

Function of each part of the tree

Photosynthesis

Nutrient Cycle

Age of tree

What events/conditions happened in the tree’s life?

What type of tree is it?

How did its life end?

Where did this tree live?