Oct.31st

Last week we carved pumpkins! I wan't post a picture so here they are! Today we wrote about what are pumpkins looked like. We practiced adding adjectives to describe pumpkins like: bumpy, big, sharp, funny, round, orange, and four. 

Today we learned how to represent two digit numbers using base ten blocks in more than one way. Ask me to represent 28 in two different ways using base ten blocks.

 NLS Spirit Wear (t-shirts and hoodies) can be ordered until 7:00 pm this Wednesday, November 2.  A form with the details came home to every family today for more details.  

(This will be the only time you will be able to order this year.)

Reminders:

-read 20 minutes

-check yellow folder for NLS Spirit Wear infor!

Oct. 24th

 Today our learning was all about pumpkins! Each table group did a variety of tasks about their pumpkin. We brainstormed adjectives to describe our pumpkin, measured the height and distance around, and sketched a diagram with all the parts of the pumpkin. We will be learning a lot more about pumpkins this week!

It is Literacy Week! Here are some ideas that you could do at home!

Back by popular demand! Our NLS Parent Fundraising Society is selling Northern Lights School Spirit t-shirts and hoodies in spirit colours that represent each grade with a BLACK Northern Lights School logo on the front. Grade spirit colours are as follows: 

• Kindergarten – RED 
• Grade One – ORANGE 
• Grade Two – YELLOW (GOLD) 
• Grade Three – GREEN (IRISH) 
• Grade Four – BLUE (ROYAL) 
• Grade Five - PURPLE 

$15 school spirit t-shirts in youth and adult sizes and $35 hoodies in youth and adult sizes will be sold between now and Wednesday, November 2, 2022. The online order form must be filled in by 7:00 pm on Wednesday November 2. Due to supply shortages, we do not have a guaranteed delivery date, but are hopeful they will arrive before the Winter Break. 

 

All payments must be made via e-transfer to nlsfundraisingsociety@gmail.com after filling in the online order form.

Within the online order form, you will indicate your OLDEST student’s full name, their homeroom teacher, and the total amount you are e-transferring. You will also indicate the size and color you would like. If the first-choice color is out of stock, we will call you so you can select a second-choice color. 

 

To place the order for your family, please go to: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc44VgXuYjHeXLIN31YQ1uibBNYjqmmeMGafdIgxFV7EOmEuA/viewform?usp=pp_url 

 

(Please complete only ONE online form per family that includes ALL of the t-shirts and hoodies your family is ordering.) 

Reminders:

-read 20 mins

-no school on Friday

Oct. 21

Some updates from Mrs. Brinson! 

DO YOU GET MRS. BRINSON'S WEEKLY NORTHERN LIGHTS NEWS EMAILS?

Every Friday, Mrs. Brinson sends out important information and updates through a Northern Lights News email.  Today, she sent out the eighth one for this school year.  If you don't receive them, it is because you have not subscribed with the email that the school has on file.  These communications are SUPER important so we would like ALL families to receive them. Please visit https://calgary.schoolmessenger.com/cbe_subscribe

NORTHERN LIGHTS SCHOOL'SVIRTUAL PUMPKIN PATCH / FALL FAMILY FUN VIDEO   

Please send a photo from your family to be included in our NLS Virtual Pumpkin Patch / Fall Family Fun video to mlbrinson@cbe.ab.ca.

 

Pictures can include any fall or Halloween activities.  Ideas include things like:  

• Designing, carving or dressing up a pumpkin and taking a photo of your family with it 
• Dressing up in a costume 
• Trick or treating (from last year since the deadline is before Halloween this year) 
• Sitting by a fire 
• Camping or hiking 
• Raking leaves 
• Baking or cooking fall favourite recipes 
• Drinking hot chocolate 
• Going for a fall walk 
• Picking apples 
• Visiting a petting zoo 
• Visiting Harvest Days or a Harvest Pumpkin Fest 
• Attending a football or hockey game 

Click HERE to see last year’s video. Once we create the new video for this year, we will send out a link to our families.  

Reminders:

-Read your shirt day Monday

-Read 20 minutes each day

Oct. 20th

In Math we are working on representing numbers in different ways. Today we practiced expanded form. Expanded form is when you write the value for each digit and add them together. Ask me to show you the expanded form for 88.

Today we talked about urban, suburban and rural communities. We discovered that we live in a suburban community because there are a lot of houses and not too many people like in urban areas. We are working on drawing each of the three types of communities. 

Reminders:

-bring a super snack tomorrow

-please dress for the weather as tomorrow we will be going out for Field Study Friday

-read 20 mins

 

Oct. 19th

 Today was Take Me Outside Day! We started the morning with a singalong all about different animals that we might find outside like caribou, beaver, and fish. In the afternoon we enjoyed one of the last warm days of fall by going outside to do buddy reading!

We explored our classroom to find objects that were magnetic or non magnetic. Then we drew a picture and labelled them in our visual journal.

Dear Families,

 

Next week is Literacy Week! There are a few spirit days next week to help us celebrate and get in the literacy spirit.

• Read my Shirt Day – October 24th

Your student can wear a shirt that has words on it for others to read!

• Teacher Swap Book Reading – October 25th

Teachers will travel to a different classroom to read a story to a different class.

• Whole School Read Out – October 26^th

Everyone in the whole school will go out to the field, pick a spot and read outside.

• Stop Drop and Read Day – October 27^th

Several times during this day the students will hear an announcement to stop, drop and read. 

We hope these spirit days will get everyone get even more excited about Literacy at Northern Lights School!

                                                                               Reminders:

-Read 20 mins

Oct. 18th

During Literacy each day different groups work on a variety of activities to become better readers and writers. One activity is Switch it. Each group gets words that are just right for them. For example they might build the word pot. Then they are asked to change one letter to make lot. Each time the words get more and more challenging.                                                                            

During literacy we learn about different sounds and the letters that make them. Today we learned about the ou and ow sound. They sound the same which can be tricky. We sorted the words by the two different sounds and learned when to use each spelling of the sound. 

                                                                               Reminders:

-Read 20 mins

-Picture day is Wednesday  

Oct. 17

Today we read The Ok Book. Each of us connected to the story by writing about one thing we are ok at and how we want to get better. Ask me what I wrote about. 

This week is Take Me Outside Week. On Wednesday we will be participating in Take Me Outside Day. Can you do something outside after school each day this week?

Reminders:

-Read 20 mins

-Picture day is Wednesday    

Oct. 14

   Today we officially kicked off our Field Study Fridays. Mr. Scout visited us virtually and told us about the importance of the land. He told us that we could learn lots this year from the land. In Blackfoot culture making an offering of tobacco shows your gratitude for all that we can learn from the land. On our community walk we did 6 quick sketches of things that we could see in nature.

                                    

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 Reminders:

-read 20 mins

-picture day is Oct. 19th (next Wednesday)