Thursday, December 21

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your continued support and to wish you all a wonderful, relaxing holiday.

Classes resume on January 8, 2018.

I will see you then.

Kim Cook

Book Truck Books

Just a reminder that book truck books can be returned any day that the book truck is at the school or at any time to any branch of the Calgary Public Library.
Please note that books from the public library can be checked out for three weeks before having to be renewed or returned.  Otherwise fines begin to accumulate.  

Wednesday, December 20

Report Cards went home with students yesterday.   White envelopes (just the envelope) need to be signed and returned to school by Thursday. Thank you very much. 

Ginger bread STEM building challenge

We were very innovative in their building ideas. We had to be very patient waiting for the glue (icing) to dry. We found out that it was easier to lean to crackers together, creating a more stable structure. What a fun afternoon! Way to go future engineers. 

Ask me about: What was the hardest part about building your structure? 

What was easiest?

Important dates:

Tuesday Dec. 19 - Report cards go home

Wednesday Dec. 20- Wear Royal oak blue to school 

Thursday Dec. 21 - Wacky winter clothes day-wear your festive winter attire to school.

Thursday Dec. 21 - Last Day of Classes (Winter Break)

Thursday Dec. 21 - Working with our Buddies in the afternoon (Variety of Christmas arts/ Crafts)

Friday Dec. 22 - Non-Instructional Day. No school for students

Monday Jan. 8 - Classes Resume

Friday, December 15

Dec 15

Today we worked on a scavenger hunt with our buddies.

Next Week

1) Caroling: Is happening on Monday from 1:15-1:45 and Wednesday from 9:15-9:45. All are welcome.

2) Gingerbread building challenge: On Tuesday Dec 19th Students will be asked the question "How can I engineer a gingerbread house that can stand on its own?" We will be providing the graham cracker cookies and icing to build the foundation of the gingerbread houses, however, if students would like to decorate their gingerbread house they are encouraged to bring their own candy. The students will NOT be eating the candy or gingerbread house at school, the gingerbread house and any remaining candy will be brought home and can be eaten at the parent's discretion.

3) Report Cards: will be going home Tuesday dec 19th.

4) Royal Oak School Spirit day: is Wednesday Dec 20th. Students are encouraged to wear blue.

4) Wild, Whimsical, Wacky Winter Wear Day: is on Thursday Dec 21st. Students are encourage to wear a festive sweater, funky winter wear, or Royal Oak Blue.

5) Last day of school: is Thursday Dec 21st. Classes resume January 8th. Have a wonderful winter break.

December 12

Hello Parents!

We have had a very busy December so far!  The students enjoyed the Charlotte's Web performance on Thursday very much and we have been discussing how the play compares to the book and what our favourite parts have been.

Yesterday we learned 2 new math games. One is called "Shape Fill" and the other game is called "Making 10 Memory."  In both games students are working on using their mental math skills to quickly add sums.  

We've also adjusted our groupings for literacy centres this week.  Ask your child what group they are in and what they are working on.

In writing, students are working on their individual goals focusing on sounding out their words, writing in complete sentences, paying attention to capitalization and punctuation and ensuring their sentences make sense.  We are reading seasonal books each day and using these as mentor texts for our writing prompts.  Yesterday, we read "Snowmen at Night" and then wrote about what we would do if we were snowmen.  In the afternoon we worked with a new medium, chalk pastels, to illustrate our writing.  We learned how to add shadows and depth to our drawings by shading and blending.



Important dates:
Wednesday, December 13 - The CPL book truck will be here.  We are not scheduled on this date but can return library books to the truck.
Tuesday, December 19 - Report Cards sent home.
Thursday, December 21 - Last day of classes before winter break.

Important Dates

Charlotte's Web field trip: is Thursday Dec 7th. Students will be boarding the bus at 9:45 and returning later in the afternoon. Please ensure that your child has a packed lunch and snack. Students will have time to eat their lunch before the performance and a snack once they have returned to the school. 

Volunteers: Thank you to our volunteers. Please sing in at the office and come to our classroom for 9:30 am on December 7. Please note that We have all the volunteers required for this day. I am unable to take extra volunteers as the tickets are pre-purchased. 

 
No School: There is no school for students on Friday, December 8 as we have a Professional Day.

Royal Oak Christmas Market: Dec 9th from 1-4. It is being put on by the ROS fundraising society.

Stephen's Backpacks : We will be accepting donations for Stephen's Backpacks until the end of the school week, (Thursday, December 7th). A special 'Thank You' to our Royal Oak families for your generosity. At the heart of every donation is the desire to make a difference in one child's life.

December 1

I can't believe it is December already.  The students came in buzzing today about advent calendars, elves and other festive excitements.  We took advantage of this holiday buzz to work with our grade three buddies today to create some pastel Christmas cards.  These will be available at the ROS holiday market next Saturday.  A note about this event was sent home with your child today.
We were also working on finishing up our seasonal trees.  Most groups are just putting on the finishing touches and painting their backgrounds. They are looking so beautiful!
 

Just a reminder that if you have not yet paid your field trip fee for either the Glenbow museum field trip last week or our upcoming trip to see Charlotte's Web on Thursday to please access your CBE account and pay these fees online.