Friday

General:

1. Legend Has It forms and fees are now overdue. There are still six students in Rooms 14 and 15 who have yet to return their forms and fees.
2. Thank you to all students and families for bringing in bottles for our fundraiser for the Chinery family.
3. As per the notice sent out last week, Room 14 and 15's Parent-Teacher conferences will ALL take place on Friday, December 4th from 10:30 to 6:30.
4. A green form has been sent home regarding our winter concert/art walk. Please sign and RSVP as soon as you can.

Language Arts:

1. Narrative Story is due Monday, November 23rd. Many have handed in their stories already.

• The package needs to include: Good copy of the story, beginning checklist, self and peer evaluation, story writing reflection, and rubric.

Math:

1. Please sign the green sheet for Number Sense Quiz #2 and return ASAP.

Outdoor School

1. Come to school at your normal time. Go through the front doors and place your bags along the sides of the gym wall. Come dressed and prepared for that day's weather. We will head up to our class together at about 8:10. Students will read quietly until it is time to board the bus.

• Remember: If you can't carry your own bag, you have packed too much. 
• For Thursday, December 3rd: Please ensure that you have a ride home or someone can come pick you up. Students will need to be signed out by a parent/guardian/other adult. Students who will not have someone pick them up will have to stay until 2:30, at which time they may walk home with their bags. They can leave their bags in the gym IF THEIR PARENTS/GUARDIANS ARE ATTENDING PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES THE NEXT DAY. 

Wednesday/Thursday - delayed

General:

1. Legend Has It forms and fees due this Friday, November 27th, 2015.
2. Due to the hit and run incident on Friday, the Grade 5/6 classrooms decided to start a bottle drive to raise funds to buy items to make a personalized gift basket for each of the students in our class. We have begun collecting the recyclable items. Please rinse them out prior to bringing them to school.  Students are welcome to bring monetary donations if they are unable to bring something for the bottle drive.

Language Arts:

1. Students have begun to type up their good copies at school.

• Students now have the narrative story rubric and we went over how to use it to ensure that stories submitted are the students' best possible work.
• Story due date: November 30th, 2015

Math:

1. Please sign the green sheet for Number Sense Quiz #2 and return ASAP.

Social:

1. Ancient Athens title page is now overdue. Those who have not finished their title pages are reminded to use the title page evaluation to guide the completion of their work. 12 students still owe Ms. Cheng title pages. They have said that they will hand it in tomorrow morning.
2. Ancient Athens Scavenger Hunt due date has been extended to Friday, November 27th.

Tuesday

General:

1. Legend Has It forms and fees due this Friday, November 27th, 2015.
2. Due to the hit and run incident on Friday, the Grade 5/6 classrooms decided to start a bottle drive to raise funds to buy items to make a personalized gift basket for each of the students in our class. We have begun collecting the recyclable items. Please rinse them out prior to bringing them to school.  Students are welcome to bring monetary donations if they are unable to bring something for the bottle drive.

• Thank you to all who have been able to contribute monetarily, with recyclables, and your thoughts/well wishes for the family affected.
• We had a follow-up conversation with each of our classes separately today after lunch. Parents/guardians, please let us know if you believe your child will require more support as they deal with making sense of the incident. The students have done an amazing job demonstrating compassion, empathy, and support for their classmates. 

Language Arts:

1. Students have begun to type up their good copies at school.

• Tomorrow, we will discuss the narrative story rubric and how to use it to ensure that stories submitted are the students' best possible work.
• The rubric has not yet been handed out, but copies have been put up in the class for students to refer to. However, many have yet to look the rubric over as they have only just begun their good copies.
• Due date: November 30th, 2015

Math:

1. Please sign the green sheet for Number Sense Quiz #2 and return ASAP.

Social:

1. Ancient Athens title page is now overdue. Those who have not finished their title pages are reminded to use the title page evaluation to guide the completion of their work. 12 students still owe Ms. Cheng title pages. They have said that they will hand it in tomorrow morning.
2. Ancient Athens Scavenger Hunt due date has been extended to Friday, November 27th.

Monday

General:

1. Due to the hit and run incident, the Grade 5/6 classrooms have decided to start a bottle drive to raise funds to buy items to make a personalized gift basket for each of the students in our class. We will begin collecting the recyclable items tomorrow.  Please rinse them out prior to bringing them to school.  Students are welcome to bring monetary donations if they are unable to bring something for the bottle drive.
2. "Legend Has It" form/$ due November 27th.

Language Arts:

1. Rough copy of story was due on Monday. 

• Students had a self and peer evaluation period today and are to make their changes for tomorrow. Beginning tomorrow, students will be given time to type up their stories in class, which means that they in theory, will not have LA homework this week.
• Ms. Cheng will go over proper formatting tomorrow in class; e.g.:
• How to double-space work
• Centre a title

Math:

1. Please sign the green sheet for Number Sense Quiz #2 and return ASAP.

Social:

1. Ancient Athens title page is now overdue. Those who have not finished their title pages are reminded to use the title page evaluation to guide the completion of their work.
2. Ancient Athens Scavenger Hunt is due Wednesday, November 25th.

Thoughtful Thursday

General:

1. No School tomorrow!
2. Scholastics due Monday.  Cheques only, no cash.
3. "Legend Has It" form/$ due November 27th.

Language Arts:

1. Rough copy of story is due on Monday. 

• Be sure to have edited and revised your work. Monday's LA period will include peer evaluations.

Math:

1. Number sense quiz #2 have been marked and returned.   Overall, students did well on Order of Operations and need to work on Estimations.  We had a discussion about what effective studying looks like.  Students are informed of quizzes/tests at least a week in advance.  Please spend 15 mins to review each night and ask for extra assistance if something doesn't seem to make sense at home.   Please sign the green sheet and return by Monday.

Social:

1. Ancient Athens title page is now overdue. Those who have not finished their title pages are reminded to use the title page evaluation to guide the completion of their work.

Warm Wednesday...

General:

1. No School Friday!
2. Wear blue tomorrow for "Anti-bullying Week"
3. Scholastics due Monday.  Cheques only, no cash.
4. "Legend Has It" form/$ due November 27th.

Language Arts:

1. Rising actions #2 and #3 due tomorrow.

Math:

1. Number sense quiz #2 have been marked and returned.   Overall, students did well on Order of Operations and need to work on Estimations.  We had a discussion about what effective studying looks like.  Students are informed of quizzes/tests at least a week in advance.  Please spend 15 mins to review each night and ask for extra assistance if something doesn't seem to make sense at home.   Please sign the green sheet and return by Friday.

Social:

1. Ancient Athens title page due tomorrow.  Students have been given 1.5 work periods to complete this.  Anything unfinished needs to be completed at home.

Totally-Tubular Tuesday

General:

1. No School Friday.  It is a PD Day!
2. Picture retakes this Wednesday.
3. Scholastic orders due Monday.  Cheques only please.
4. "Legend Has It" form/$ due Friday, November 27th.  The field trip takes place on December 15th.
5. Wear blue on Thursday to take a stand against bullying.
6. We are still missing a handful of Behavioural Contracts for ECOSchool.  Please hand them in ASAP.

Language Arts:

1. We have been working on story writing for the past week.  For today, students had to have finished:
• Story Map #1
• Story Beginning #1
• Story Map #2
• Story Beginning #2
• Self-Evaluation for story beginning #1 and #2
2. Students were given time to write Rising Action Event #1 today. Tomorrow, time will be given for writing Rising Action Events #2 and #3.

Social:

1. Students will be given 20 minutes on Wednesday to work on their Ancient Athens title page.  Any unfinished work will be assigned for homework.

• If students think they will not have time to finish their title page on Wednesday night, we strongly encourage them to finish it tonight (or finish most of it tonight) for homework. Some students have already completed their title pages and have handed them in.

Calgary Firefighters Toy Association - Mrs. Hayes

Below is a repeat of a post made last week re: The Calgary Firefights Toy Association's event that supports families in need during the holiday season. 

Dear Families:

The Calgary Firefighters Toy Association hosts an annual Christmas party for families who may require some form of assistance during the festive season. If you feel you may need some support this holiday season and would like your children to be considered to attend the party on December 20^th at the Stampede Corral, please pick up a form at the office and return to Karon Hayes, Assistant Principal. 

Please note this is only for children 12 years of age or younger. There are a maximum number of children that can be accepted and applicants are chosen on a first come, first serve basis. If you have any questions, please contact Karon at (403) 777-6610. 

There is a deadline for applications, so please contact Mrs. Hayes no later than Wednesday, November 18, 2015.

Respectfully,

Karon Hayes, Assistant Principal, Beddington Heights School

ECOSchool Packing List

Merely Monday

General:

1. No School Friday.  It is a PD Day!
2. Picture retakes this Wednesday.
3. Scholastic orders due Monday.  Cheques only please.
4. "Legend Has It" form/$ due Friday, November 27th.  The field trip takes place on December 15th.
5. We are still missing a handful of Behavioural Contracts for ECOSchool.  Please hand them in ASAP.
6. We had our special guest, Sgt. Dave Harty from the Calgary Police Services, give all Grade 5/6s classes a presentation called About Face.  Students learned about surrounding ourselves with people that inspire them to be better, being aware of drug abuse issues that many teens face today (e.g. Fetanyl), appropriate social media use and the importance of demonstrating kindness to everyone.  Please have a discussion with your child about what they heard today.

Language Arts:

1. We have been working on story writing for the past week.  Students should have the following completed:
• Story Map #1
• Story Beginning #1
• Story Map #2
• Story Beginning #2
• Self-Evaluation for story beginning #1 and #2

Social:

1. Students will be given 20 minutes on Wednesday to work on their Ancient Athens title page.  Any unfinished work will be assigned for homework.

Phenomenal Friday

General

1. We are still missing a handful of behavioural contracts and permission forms for outdoor school. Please bring them in ASAP. 
2. "Legend Has It" form and money due November 27th. Cost: $5. Thank you to all who offered to volunteer for our trip. We now have our two volunteers.
3. Fun Lunch: Orders due November 18th.
4. All of next week is anti-bullying awareness week. Next Friday will be a spirit day - dress in blue to show you're against bullying. 

Language Arts

1. Story #2 was mapped out today. Some students took the initiative and began their second story beginning. The map for Story #2 must be done for Monday.

Social Studies

1. The title page assignment was assigned today. Students need to use the checklist on the back of the handout to ensure that the title page is done completely.  

• Words brainstormed by the class: lottery, social structure, constitution, Bouleterion, Boule, democracy, minority, majority, citizen, metic, tyrant, slaves, defendant, magistrate, justice, plaintiff, values, power Greece, dowry, oral history, orator, ostracize, justice, agora, philosopher, rights, and responsibilities. 
• Students were asked to spend the weekend thinking about what illustrations they can use the represent the 10 vocal words they chose; they may need parent/guardian support for this as some of the key terms are abstract
• 15 minutes will be given in class next day to continue work on the title pages. A due date will be announced afterwards.

A Message from Mrs. Hayes

Dear Families:

The Calgary Firefighters Toy Association hosts an annual Christmas party for families who may require some form of assistance during the festive season. If you feel you may need some support this holiday season and would like your children to be considered to attend the party on December 20^th at the Stampede Corral, please pick up a form at the office and return to Karon Hayes, Assistant Principal. 

Please note this is only for children 12 years of age or younger. There are a maximum number of children that can be accepted and applicants are chosen on a first come, first serve basis. If you have any questions, please contact Karon at (403) 777-6610. 

There is a deadline for applications, so please contact Mrs. Hayes no later than Wednesday, November 18, 2015.

Respectfully,

Karon Hayes, Assistant Principal, Beddington Heights School

Full-Throttle Thursday

General

1. We are still missing a handful of behavioural contracts and permission forms for outdoor school. Please bring them in ASAP. 
2. Great job during the fire drill today. Rooms 14 and 15 were excellent while waiting for instructions and remained quiet throughout the drill.
3. Keep bringing in food donations. We're at 35 food items. Remember, our goal is to have one for every student in our class (53).
4. "Legend Has It" form and money due November 27th. We are looking for one more parent-volunteer to help supervise the trip on December 15th. Cost: $5. 
5. Fun Lunch: Orders due November 18th.
6. All of next week is anti-bullying awareness week. Next Friday will be a spirit day - dress in blue to show you're against bullying.

Language Arts

1. Story Beginning #1 was due today. 

• Most people were ready for a pre-check, check. Tomorrow, story beginning #2 will be written. We only had time to brainstorm possible conflicts today. Tomorrow, students will pick one of the conflicts and map out the story on the second graphic organiser. If there is time, the official self-assessment will take place and by Monday, students will know which beginning they wish to continue.

Social Studies

1. If Ms. Cheng spoke to you last week, your make up geography quiz (capital cities of Canada and provinces and territories of Canada) is tomorrow during D.E.A.R time.

Movember - A Message from Mr. Sadowsky

"We are beginning a Movember fundraiser and I am asking for your support with this. Mr. Hebert, Mr. Shackleton and myself, Mr. Sadowsky, are all growing moustaches in support of Movember, which is an organization dedicated to promoting men's health and finding a cure for prostate cancer.

To help raise funds the three of us will have a little competition in which students and staff can vote for who has the WORST MOUSTACHE for a small donation. Each vote will cost $1.00 and you can vote as often as you like. You are voting for the one who you believe has the worst moustache. 

Each week some Mavericks will update a poster located in the front of the school with how many votes each person has. I am asking students to give their donations to their home room teacher and teachers will keep a tally of the votes. 

On the last day of November we will determine who has the most votes and the class that raised the most money will get to choose an outfit of their choice that the losing teachers will have to wear all day on Monday Dec 7th. (We chose this day as some grade 5/6 students will be away at camp on the 1st and would miss out on the fun.) 

I’m also setting a minimum of $300.00 raised for this to happen. 

Reminder, students are voting for the WORST 'stache, NOT the best.

Thank you all for your support with this.

VOTE Mr. HEBERT or Mr. SHACKELTON!"

Mr. Sadowsky

Tribute Tuesday

General

1. Beddington had our Remembrance Day assembly today.  It was a beautiful way to remember the soldiers that fought for our freedom.  We are proud of how our students participated and behaved during the assembly.  Congratulations to the students who represented our class for our presentation, it was a huge success.
2. Our class has collected 31 food items (our goal is 53, one per person) for We Scare Hunger.  Please continue to bring them in on Thursday and Friday!
3. "Legend Has It" form and money due November 27th.
4. No school tomorrow. See you Thursday!

Math

1. Number Sense Quiz #2 on Thursday!  Study!  

• Extra practice questions have be posted in a separate blog post.

Language Arts

1. Story Beginning due Thursday.  Please use one of the four story beginnings (e.g. description, dialogue, action/sound, or thought) to begin yours.

• Students chose a picture from 10 choices. They were then given time to brainstorm potential conflicts (to drive their stories) with classmates, identify a resolution, and then work backwards from the resolution to create the major events (for the middle of the story).
• Story beginnings only need to be one paragraph long for a short story (5 - 8 sentences). Beginnings establish: Setting, character, and conflict.

Multiples and Factors Extra Practice

Order of Operations Extra Practice

Memorable Monday

General:

1. ECOSchool Forms are officially overdue!  Please get them in as soon as possible.  If you require financial aid, please call the office to speak with Mrs. Hayes or Mr. Hebert.
2. Bring nonperishable food items for the veterans and We Scare Hunger.
3. Photo retakes on November 18th.
4. Remembrance Day singers, please practice tonight. 
5. If you're in Scouts, Cadets, etc., and are able to come to school in your uniform tomorrow, please feel free to do so for our Remembrance Day assembly.  

Math:

1. Number Sense Quiz #2 will be postponed until Thursday, November 12, 2015. Students have been given all the their study topics.  If you were absent, check preview posts for test topics.

Science

1. Bring in 4 different types of leaves. 

Frightful Friday

General:

1. ECOSchool Forms are officially overdue!  Please get them in as soon as possible.  If you require financial aid, please call the office to speak with Mrs. Hayes or Mr. Hebert.
2. Bring nonperishable food items for the veterans and We Scare Hunger.
3. Photo retakes on November 18th.

Math:

1. Number Sense Quiz #2 may be postponed until Wednesday.  We may need another day to review Order of Operations.  This will be decided after Monday's math class.  Students have been given all the their study topics.  If you were absent, check preview posts for test topics.

Science

1. Bring in 4 different types of leaves.

Thinking-On-Your-Feet Thursday

General:

1. Behavioural contracts were sent home yesterday. Please sign and return them ASAP.
2. Picture orders: Due Friday, November 6th, 2015
3. Food Drive: Mavericks is trying to get enough donations for the food drive to match the length of our hallways when the items are placed end-to-end. If you are able to donate non-perishable food items, please do so.
4. ECOSchool Forms due TOMORROW. 15 students have yet to return their forms.  Payment methods include:
• Cheque
• Cash
• Online payment
• *Please contact the Mr. Hebert or Ms. Hayes in the office for financial assistance.

Language Arts

1. Spelling quiz tomorrow. Check previous posts for words.

Math

1. Number Sense Quiz #2: TUESDAY, November 10th.

• Students wrote down the topics in their math notebooks today.

• Order of Operations (PEDMAS/BEDMAS)
• Places values
• Decimals up to thousandths
• Factors/Multiples
• Lowest Common Multiple / Greatest Common Factor
• Prime/Composite
• Estimations
• Front End
• Compensation
• Rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000
• Compatible Numbers 

Science

1. Collect 4+ different types of leaves.  Try to choose ones that are different sizes, shapes, colours, and arrangements.

ECOSchool Behavioural Contract

A behavioral contract related to ECOSchool was sent home with your child today.  Please review it together, sign and return it to school as soon as possible.

Worrisome Wednesday

General:

1. Picture orders: Due Friday, November 6th, 2015
2. Food Drive: Mavericks is trying to get enough donations for the food drive to match the length of our hallways when the items are placed end-to-end. If you are able to donate non-perishable food items, please do so.
3. ECOSchool Forms due this FRIDAY, November 6th.  Payment methods include:
• Cheque
• Cash
• Online payment
• *Please contact the Mr. Hebert or Ms. Hayes in the office for financial assistance.

Language Arts

1. MANY students have yet to hand in setting riddles despite the 1+week extension. 
2. Spelling sentences are overdue.  Quiz on Friday. The words are:

• hour
• our
• than
• then
• affect
• effect
• lead
• led
• lose
• loose

Math

1. Number Sense Quiz #2: TUESDAY, November 10th.
• Order of Operations (PEDMAS/BEDMAS)
• Places values
• Decimals up to thousandths
• Factors/Multiples
• Lowest Common Multiple / Greatest Common Factor
• Prime/Composite
• Estimations
• Front End
• Compensation
• Rounding to the nearest 10, 100, 1000
• Compatible Numbers 

Science

1. Collect 4+ different types of leaves.  Try to choose ones that are different sizes, shapes, colours, and arrangements.

Tumultuous Tuesday

General:

1. Food Drive: Mavericks is trying to get enough donations for the food drive to match the length of our hallways when the items are placed end-to-end. If you are able to donate non-perishable food items, please do so.
2. ECOSchool Forms due this FRIDAY, November 6th.  Payment methods include:
• Cheque
• Cash
• Online payment
• *Please contact the Mr. Hebert or Ms. Hayes in the office for financial assistance.

Language Arts

1. MANY students have yet to hand in setting riddles despite the 1+week extension. 
2. Spelling sentences are due Wednesday, November 4th, 2015. Quiz on Friday. The words are:

• hour
• our
• than
• then
• affect
• effect
• lead
• led
• lose
• loose

Math

1. Math Estimation Projects: OVERDUE.
2. Number Sense Quiz #2: TUESDAY, November 10th. 

Social Studies

1. Geography quizzes were handed back yesterday. 

• Similar to the math quiz on number sense, we do not send quizzes back as we keep them for our records. HOWEVER, the students fill out a green sheet that outlines the student's mark, the areas/topics they did well with, and the areas for growth. There is also a section that talks about what students plan to do to continue their positive results or to improve upon them.
• A small group of students will do a second quiz on Friday after lunch. Their green sheets will come back tomorrow. 

Makeshift Monday

General:

1. We began our artist in residence work today. Students will work on creating a landscape using transformations of polygons.
2. ECOSchool Forms due this FRIDAY, November 6th.  Payment methods include:
• Cheque
• Cash
• Online payment
• *Please contact the Mr. Hebert or Ms. Hayes in the office for financial assistance.

Language Arts

1. Poet-Me Anthologies will be handed back tomorrow.
2. Spelling sentences are due Wednesday, November 4th, 2015. Quiz on Friday. The words are:

• hour
• our
• than
• then
• affect
• effect
• lead
• led
• lose
• loose

Math

1. Math Estimation Projects: These projects were due today; beginning today, we had students who did not finish their assignments work on them during lunch.

Social Studies

1. Geography quizzes were handed back today. 

• Similar to the math quiz on number sense, we do not send quizzes back as we keep them for our records. HOWEVER, the students fill out a green sheet that outlines the student's mark, the areas/topics they did well with, and the areas for growth. There is also a section that talks about what students plan to do to continue their positive results or to improve upon them.
• A small group of students will do a second quiz on Friday after lunch. Their green sheets will come back tomorrow.