!Hola familias!
This week in science we continued with small crawling and flying animals. Tuesday was very hands-on and students learned about 7 different animals. Ask your student about them. Today we learned about the food chain.
!Hola familias!
Today we celebrated Earth day which will be tomorrow April 22. Students learned about composting in preparation of our own composting program which we will start next week. We also learned about how mealworms can eat styrofoam and that is one way of helping reduce waste that ends up in landfills.
For science we learned about the body parts of insects, arachnids, worms and snails.
In ELAL we are working on stuck stories and students have completed their planning and are now ready to start writing their first draft.
In math we are learning about 3D shapes and their attributes.
In Spanish we are learning about food and today we learned a game where we guess a fruit, given some clues in Spanish.
In physical education we continue to practice gymnastics.
!Hola familias!
This week in math we are starting to learn about 3D shapes.
In Science we are starting our unit on small crawling and flying animals. We have a whole bunch of new critters in the class.
In ELAL we are working on stuck stories and started writing our own stuck story.
In Spanish we are learning about food.
In physical education we continue with gymnastics.
School updates:
Yearbook: Deadline to purchase a yearbook is Friday, April 28. The cost is $21. If you want to purchase additional books per student, please contact the office Dalhousie@cbe.ab.ca It is an optional purchase and can be paid for through your MyCBE account.
With the change in weather conditions, please ensure that your child is appropriately dressed for the weather and any changes in weather. Additionally, please send an extra change of clothes with your child to school to be kept in their backpack. This should include a top, a bottom, change of socks and underwear. Recess and lunch is a great opportunity for fun and play in the snow and slush, resulting in wet clothing. The office has a very limited supply of clothes. Thank you for helping us keeping your child happy and dry.
We are so excited to have parent volunteers back in the classrooms! Please ensure your police clearance has been correctly uploaded prior to signing up for one of the many volunteer opportunities. If you are unsure of your status please reach out to our lovely office team who will be more than happy to assist you with this process.
Monday, April 17th - New Principal Day! Please welcome Sr. Jeff Belcher to Dalhousie!
Friday, April 21st -Earth Day – students to dress in Earth tones and classes will participate in earth friendly activities.
Dalhousie Parent Society News
www.dalhousieparentsociety.com – check out our website for all this info and more!
dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com – email us if you have questions about anything!
Check out our Facebook and Instagram pages as well! Search for Dalhousie Parent Society – tell your friends and fellow parents to give us a follow!
***FAMILY FIESTA***
Family Fiesta will be returning to Dalhousie this June! We are searching for donations for our silent auction, so if you know of any businesses or individuals who would like to donate, please contact us at dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com
We will be needing lots of volunteers to help out on the day of fiesta, so please watch out for the sign up genius link as we get closer to the date!
***PLAYGROUND***
Check out the sign up if you are interested in becoming part of the playground committee!
***FUN LUNCH***
Volunteers need to have police clearance to volunteer for fun lunch, please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com if you would like us to confirm.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! We have some spots from now until the end of the year. Sign up here
If your child will be absent and you‘ve already ordered fun lunch please email dalhousieschoolparentsociety@gmail.com before 11:00am and let us know if you’d like to:-Pick up the order from the office after 12:30pm-Donate it to the amazing Dalhousie staff-Have it sent home with a siblingUpcoming dates:
April 18 – Mucho Burrito
April 26 – Fat Burger
May 2 - Boston Pizza
May 10 - Tim Horton’s
!Hola familias!
Today was our challenge day where students created figures using pattern blocks.
Dress appropriately for the movement unit- stretchy pants, no dresses, no skirts, bare-feet, no dangly earrings, hair tied back.
Next Friday is Earth Day- come dressed in blue and green.
Yearbook order deadline Friday April 28.
Science:
This week we finished our buoyancy unit and we will be starting our unit on small crawling and flying animals next week.
Math:
We continue with double digit addition and subtraction with and without borrowing or regrouping. We are also practicing how to say numbers up to 1000 and skip-counting.
ELAL:
we are working on stuck stories.
Spanish:
We worked on oral aspects of food.
We asked and answered what we eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Have a good weekend!
A reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Friday, April 7 and Monday, April 10. We look forward to seeing everyone again on Tuesday, April 11.
Our next parent Society meeting is on April 12 via Teams. Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there! Link and password will be sent out to parents on Wednesday morning.
Our movement unit will start on April 11. Please see the separate email sent out regarding appropriate clothing and safety precautions.
!Hola familias!
Welcome back!
This week we will be learning about parts of a sentence (nouns, verbs and adjectives) in English as well as learning about cumulative stories.
In Spanish we are learning about food and reading aloud decodable books.
In Science we are building boats and testing them for stability and the ability to carry a load.
In physical education we are starting to count scores in curling.
In math we are learning how to say the numbers to 1000s in Spanish and also continuing with addition of 2-digit numbers with borrowing.
