Ms. Midgley's Blog

Hello families!  We had A LOT going on this week! We were so busy that I did not do a very good job with taking photos throughout the week. Make sure to check out the upcoming dates as our Active Living Committee has planned some fun spirit days coming up!  Have a lovely Thanksgiving long weekend!  Literacy This week we focused on the letters 'A' and 'D.' The students have enjoyed reading the story and learning the songs and actions for each character. They also love the Storybots, ABC Mouse and Captain Seasalt videos for each letter. The students have been continuing to enjoy our Daily 5 Literacy time each day! Here are the letters we have reviewed so far: P, U, O, M, X, A and D.  Math In math we have been continuing to review our numbers to 10. This week we focused on 8 and 9. We also reviewed patterns and made some fun fall art with the Montessori Botany Cabinet and learned about different types of lines to include in our patterns. Students were also given a patte...

Hello families,  We had a busy week in room 11! Make sure to read my last post for more information about social skills we discussed and some of our learning about Orange Shirt Day. Let's start there!! Social Studies This week we learned all about Orange Shirt Day and residential schools. We had some great discussions as a class, watched some videos and read some stories about Orange Shirt Day. Ms. Gierl and Ms. Mumford's grade 4/5 classes prepared a virtual sharing assembly to help teach us more. We discussed what school should feel like and how we can make sure we are creating a kind and safe space for all students in our school.  Science This week we finished up our shades and tints ice cream cones! We also continued talking about the fall season and students drew and wrote about their favourite things about fall!  Math In math we have been working on some number sense. We are starting with reviewing our numbers from 5-10 and different ways to represent them. Students ...

Yesterday we focused on the idea of having a peaceful classroom and that we can't control what other people say and do, we can only control how we react to it. So when someone is unkind to us, that does not mean we should be unkind back. We read a story called "Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class" and students have been eager to also have "peace week" in our classroom.  Today our principal, Ms. Rooke, came to visit our classroom and read some more stories with the students. She read "David Goes to School" and discussed personal responsibility with students. In other words, remembering only to worry about ourselves and our own actions, and letting Ms. Midgley handle the rest! She also read a story called "You Hold Me Up" and we thought of ways that we can hold each other up when we're at school.  Today we also started talking about Orange Shirt Day and Residential Schools. I was impressed with how much students already knew about this topic...

Hello families!  We had a lot going on this week! This week we learned about Terry Fox, celebrated the first day of fall and the International Day of Peace!  Literacy This week we talked about the letter 'O' with the character Dr. Ollie Ostrich. We started doing our Daily 5 Literacy rotations and students completed each activity once throughout the week.  Listen to Reading Read to Self Work on Writing Buddy Reading Word Work Word Work Math This week we worked on some number recognition! Students enjoyed rolling dice, adding up the dots, and colouring in the matching number. We also started focusing in on the number five and began learning about tally marks and even and odd numbers. We will continue with this next week!  Science In science we are talking about a few different things! We began talking about seasonal changes with the first day of fall. We read the story "Leaf Man" and made our own leaf artwork. Here are a few! For International Peace Day we talked about...

What an amazing school year start-up we have been having at LBS! Typically, at this time of year, we host Parent Teacher Conferences in an Open House format. With restrictions due to Covid-19, our format has been adjusted. This year, each class has created a video to introduce families to our school, answer commonly asked questions and show details of how our class works. These videos will be released on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 4:00 pm. If you have questions after viewing the video, please reach out. We are certainly missing seeing families in our school building and look forward to future opportunities where this may be possible. There will be more formal Parent-Teacher Conferences on the evening of November 25th and the morning of November 26th. 

LBS School Council We have many open positions for our School Council, including Chair. If you are interested in learning more about these volunteer opportunities, please contact Jennifer Rooke,  jlrooke@cbe.ab.ca . We will be having our first meeting on Tuesday, September 21 st  at 6:30pm.   Council  will share updates as well as describe some of the opportunities to get involved.   ADmazing Savings Coupon Books ADmazing Savings Fundraiser has begun! The proceeds from this fundraising activity will be used directly in your child’s classroom. Books are available for  $25.00  each, of which Lake Bonavista will use $11.50 for the benefit of our students.   If you wish to take advantage of these discounts, please complete the order form printed on the back on the ADmazing envelope, and enclose the correct amount of money - $25.00 per book ordered. - directly to your child’s classroom teacher by  Thursday , October 7 th , 2021 ...