Koalas & Kangas

The CHS “Coventry Cares Club” is asking students and families to support our latest initiative “Koalas & Kangas” by bringing a loonie or a toonie to school between January 20th and March 19th, 2020.

Students thought this would be a good way to be global citizens and make a difference by helping and supporting animals that have been affected by the current Australian wildfires.

With your help we hope to send a really BIG cheque to one of the charities currently rescuing and nursing injured koalas and kangaroos. The BEST part of this project is that Mrs. Verstraete’s daughter, Miss V., is currently teaching in Brisbane, AU, and can personally deliver our money to the charity of our choice.  She will also send us back some pictures of our money in action!

Thanks in advance for your help and support of “Koalas & Kangas”!

Report Cards

Today your child is receiving their FIRST Report Card.  The following video might help explain the 1-4 scale on how they are assessed!

Assessment and Report Card Information Video: Assessment & Reporting in the CBE
https://players.brightcove.net/1366266428001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6108731724001

This Report Card is for YOU to keep...it does not need to be returned! 

Please take time to sit with your child, read the Report Card and celebrate their accomplishments. 
It is important for your child to know how THEY are doing and what areas they can improve upon!

If you have any questions, please e-mail me at lmsloane@cbe.ab.ca

Report Cards and Penguins

Tomorrow students will be bring their FIRST Report Card home in their Blue Folder.  

If your child does not come to school; they will get it on Monday!

Today we focused on animals who LIKE this cold weather!  

Our work was inspired by the Calgary Zoo posting...

can you believe Calgary was colder than the Antartica?

We read a non-fiction book about penguins and 

then we did a guided drawing lesson on drawing a cartoon penguin!

COLD Weather

BRRRR...it is COLD!  Please remember that on these cold days, that even though we are NOT going outside, students need to bring all their gear just in case we need to evacuate the building and walk to our emergency site, which is St. Clare School.  

We will be at the doors welcoming students until 1:00, but if you come after 1:00, please go to the office as teachers need to be in their classrooms with students and can't leave the class to open the doors.  Thank You for understanding! 

Pp

 At CHS we use a literacy program called Lively Letters.  Lively Letters is a multi-sensory reading program that turns plain, abstract letters and sounds into lively characters.  Today we started with the letter Pp.

We learned that when we make the Pp sound we use our lips and push out air like we are "puffing".

We brainstormed all the Pp words we could and then drew them!


On Tuesday...remember we have NO school on Monday...we will be learning about the letter Tt. 


Students are welcome to bring in small items that start with the letter Tt to help guide our work!

I like Myself

Today we read the story I like Myself.  We talked about how we are all special and unique!  

We learned that we are all different, but we are the SAME too!  

Look at how we see us as the SAME! 

Welcome Back

Welcome Back to School!

I hope you all had a wonderful break with your friends and family!  

I loved hearing about all of your adventures!

January is BUSY...so here are a few reminders!

January 10th: PM Kinder

January 13th: No School

January 17th: AM Kinder

January 24th: PM Kinder & Kinder Assembly at 9:30 AM

January 31st: No School

Looking forward to February....

February 13 & 14: No School for Teacher's Convention
February 17th: No School Family Day

On Friday, February 21st our class will be going to the Calgary Reads: Children's Reading Place

We will need 5 volunteers to join us on the Friday!
You need to have your security clearance completed...can YOU join us?
If you are able to join us, please e-mail me at lmsloane@cbe.ab.ca