Hello parents! I hope everyone is having a restful weekend. The weather has been great! Please see below for a list of updates:
Curriculum
Things are moving along in curriculum. In math, we have completed review on simplifying fractions, equivalent fractions, and converting mixed numbers to improper fractions. We will be moving onto ordering fractions and adding and subtracting this week.
In Language Arts we continue to read A Monster Calls. This is a book with very mature themes about death, as the protagonist's mother is dying from Cancer. The students have been very thoughtful when talking about the book. This would be a very interesting conversation to have at home with your children. Ask them what they are reading!
Student's also continue to work on independent reading. We are starting to spend a half an hour reading to start the day every Tuesday and Thursday. Students are keeping reading logs, which is supporting accountability. I will start a new program with all of them shortly using a reading program called "Notice and Note" for their independent reading. If you have questions about it please let me know, or talk to me about it at conferences!
We continue to write in class as responses to A Monster Calls. We are working on grammar, and will be moving onto persuasive writing shortly.
In science the students are working on a bridge building project. They are extremely excited about it.
In social studies we are learning about the 13 colonies the British settled when they came to Canada.
Field Studies
This week's architecture walk is being reschedules. Because of the Bridges project we are not yet ready to study architectural features in our structures unit. I believe it is better for us to finish what we are working on in class, rather than moving on to our next field study.
This week the grade 7 team will be planning the rest of the field studies until the end of December. You will be sent out the volunteer requests shortly. Please remember that without volunteers these field studies do not happen, and if we do not have enough volunteers I will have to cancel trips. This has a tremendous impact on the type of learning we do at Langevin, and is one of the key reasons we are such a special school.
Parent Conferences
This is just a reminder that parent conference bookings are open now. They opened this Saturday. I've copy and pasted the information from the school newsletter about how to book:
Langevin Families:
We are preparing for the November 21-22 Parent/Teacher Conferences. Bookings open on November 16th (8am) and close on November 20th (11pm). We have asked the booking system to send out reminder emails to families (sent the day before).
Apologies for a reminder email you may have received yesterday regarding two grade nine teachers whose interviews must occur on alternate dates.
Please mark your calendars:
School Conferences | November 21 (3:00 pm -7:30 pm) & November 22 (8:00 am – 1:00 pm)
· Bookings Open | November 16 @ 8:00 am
· Bookings Close | November 20 @ 11:00 pm
· How to Book?
· Parent Guide (click to open the step-by-step with screen shots).
· How to access:
My (School) Conference For Parents
All parents with children enrolled in the Calgary Board of Education schools have access. Parents must first create a new PowerSchool parent account to be able to use this CBE application and the guide link below.
Parents login: MyCBE | PowerSchool > myCBE Apps > my School Conferences
See you all soon!
Brandie
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