Ms. Kassam's blog

 

 Wishtree Design  We continued our Wishtree design challenge this week. We voted on the most sturdy base structure to continue to build with. The class was then split up into three groups, one group building the branches, one group building the blue house from the story and one group building the green house from the story.       I can construct a structure and explain my choices.       I can work collaboratively with a group.  News Articles   We are working on creating news articles to capture the success of the assembly and Terry Fox Run last week. We learning that news articles are non-fiction texts that include the following elements:  I can use a graphic organizer to help with my writing.  Self Portraits  Students creating a self portrait using a picture of themselves without any pre-teaching/leaning. Over the next couple weeks we will be learning how to draw realistic parts of the face. We will apply these newly learning skills to draw a more accurate and realistic self portrait

  Lake Bonavista School is proud to be honoring Orange Shirt Day on Thursday, September 29th. We encourage all students to wear orange in support of this important event. 

On behalf of the LBS Improvement Society, SAVE THE DATE for Pizza Nights every Thursday! The Lake Bonavista School Council and Papa Johns are giving you 15% off at Papa Johns Pizza's* every Thursday night beginning September 22, 2022 all the way through to June 22, 2023! When you purchase at participating locations, use the LBS15 code to apply the discount immediately and Papa Johns will give our school 15% of net sales on all orders purchased under the LBS15 code throughout the school year! Check out the ad for more details. *Every Thursday, starting September 22, 2022 to June 22 2023 at the following Papa John’s locations only  Avenida, Copperfield, Bridlewood, Kingsland, Silverado and Seton . Parents are welcome to pay either online, at pick-up, or when the pizzas are delivered.

Terry Fox Run Tomorrow (Wednesday afternoon) we will have our Terry Fox Run at 12:40pm following Room 2's sharing assembly. Please make sure that: ·         your child is dressed appropriately; ·         has suitable footwear to walk or run in; and ·         has a water bottle for the day. If you would like to make a donation online, please visit  https://schools.terryfox.ca/LakeBonavista .  The school will also collect cash donations if students wish to bring in a "Toonie for Terry" or some other donation. Open House Our open house will be held on Thursday, September 22 from 4:00-6:00pm.  Please choose a window of time that suits your family best to come in and see our learning space. Your child can show you some of the many things we are working on. This is a "come and go" event, so feel free to drop in at a time that is most convenient for you during the open house hours. There is no formal presentation, however school council is generously supplying a snack

Hello Families, I will be participating in the Scholastic Reading Club program this year. It's a great way to build your home library, while also supporting your child's classroom library! Instead of sending home paper flyers I will be adding in a link to the digital flyer each month. Don't forget to add in the classroom code to help build Room 3's classroom library!  Class Code:  RC139758 Link:  Digital Flyer Link:  Bonus Flyer Place orders at:  scholastic.ca/readingclub Thanks for all your support! 

We have started to read the novel Wishtree by Katherine Applegate. While listening to the chapters being read aloud, students draw what they are visualizing. We are working on retelling the story using detailed illustrations of the key components of each chapter.  Here are some examples: Questions to ask your child:  Why is the book names Wishtree?  What did they predict would happen in the story from the front cover?  What new vocabulary have they learned from the book? - introvert, adorn, mimic, aspirations, pessimist, optimist  What characters have we been introduced to so far? - Red, Bongo, Samar Who's perspective is the story told by? - Red  We worked on creating a character map of Bongo the crow in the story. We will be adding character traits to our sketch as we are introduced to them.  We created a definition list of all the new words we are learning. Students worked in small groups, learning how to use a dictionary and thesaurus, building our vocabulary.  On Thursday. we c

Lake Bonavista School is proud to be participating in this year’s Terry Fox School Run. Our run will take place on Wednesday, September 21 at 12:40pm following Room 2’s sharing assembly.  Let’s get our fundraising going and show everyone how we can “Try like Terry”! To donate:  https://schools.terryfox.ca/LakeBonavista . Together, we can all make a difference.   #terryfoxschoolruns #tryliketerry @terryfoxfoundation  

Each morning students come in and work on an Opening Task. The Opening Task includes a math portion as well as a writing portion. The math portion stays the same for the week, this week we worked on number lines, independently selecting between three levels. The writing portion rotates between five tasks (alphabetical order, list making, spelling, descriptive words & neatest writing).  Quick Image is a math thinking routine in which students work on visual-spatial relationships, applying spatial strategies such as subtilizing, connecting mathematical concepts and communicating ideas and thinking. Students were shown an image for 10 seconds, they were then asked to recreate the image using a whiteboard or materials.  Math games are a fun way for students to engage in strategic mathematical thinking, problem solving and deepen understanding of numbers. Math games will be added to our Google Classroom as they are taught, feel free to play them at home.  Dare to Compare Our classroom i

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Hello Families, The first two days of school were great! I hope each child came home saying the same because they were ready to hit the ground running!  Room 3 Friendly Reminders:  Monday, Sept 5th  - No School - Labour Day Thursday, Sept 22nd - Open House (more info to come)  Friday, Sept 23rd - No School - PD Day Thursday, Sept 29th - Orange Shirt Day Friday, Sept 30th - No School - Reconciliation Day