Tuesday

Hello families, 

Today we had a busy day! In the morning we did our word work centres. During snack we had some song requests from students that I attempted to play on guitar for them. Maybe I will have to bring it in more! We then talked about one of our students who has some interesting medical needs. We read a book called "Rare is Everywhere." All proceeds of this book go towards the Rare Disease Foundation. We talked about how we are all unique but this student is especially rare. She wears Ankle Foot Orthodics (AFOs) on her legs. Her legs are not as strong as other students her age and wearing AFOs allows her to do all the activities she loves to do like dancing and horseback riding. She sometimes uses a walker or a wheelchair on days where she has to do a lot more walking than usual or days where her body is feeling sore. This students also has epilepsy so we discussed what a seizure is and what to do if she ever has a seizure at school. Here is the link to a video we watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9SPxikmf9E At the end of the day, her mom came in to answer some of our questions and to help us understand how we can make school safe and comfortable. 

We also started to talk a bit about Remembrance Day (heavy day, hey?) We watched a video with no words and discussed what we thought it meant (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOT5CDnYHEs) We also read a poem called "Little Poppy." Students decorated their poems and will be bringing them home to share and practice at home. We will continue talking about Remembrance Day this week. 

Little Poppy
A little poppy given to me,
Help me keep Canada safe and free. 
I'll wear my little poppy, 
As red as can be.
To show that I remember, 
Those who fought for me.

After lunch, students worked with Ms. Kassam during mindful minutes and guest reader. We then had music! 

Please remember that November Scholastic Orders are due on Friday, November 9th.



LBS Scholastic Book Fair

Dear Families,
We are pleased to be hosting another Scholastic book fair this year during Parent Teacher Conferences. The book fair will be open for purchasing from
4:00 pm-7:45 pm Thursday Nov. 22 and 8:00 -12:45 Friday November 23.
Your child will have an opportunity to view the book fair on Wed. Nov. 21 and Thursday Nov.22 in the morning.  They will not be purchasing any books on the previewing days.
 
We are looking for parent volunteers who would be interested in helping set up the book fair, as well as some parents to help with the book fair while it is running.
 
If you are able to volunteer during any of the time slots below we would greatly appreciate it! Please email Pam Green with the time and day you are available to help at pngreen@cbe.ab.ca. 
You will receive a confirmation email from Mrs. Green with more information.
 
Tuesday, November 20th – set up Time to be determined
 
Wednesday, November 21st  - all day previewing for students
 
8:00am - 11:35am (2 volunteers needed)
12:25 pm - 2:35pm (2 volunteers needed)
 
Thursday, November 22nd 
 
8:16-11:30am (3 volunteers needed) Previewing for students
 
3:45- 8:00 pm (4 volunteers needed) Purchasing for families
 
Friday, December 2nd 
 
8:00-1:00 (3 volunteers needed) Purchasing for families

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