Newsletter no. 28 Mon. 18 Mar. 2019

NEWSLETTER NO. 28

MON. 18 MAR. 2019

Dear Parents,

REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK & EARLY NEXT WEEK:

Mon. 18 Mar: Faculty Inservice Day - no school for students

Tues. 19 Mar. - day 2: Begin Fantasy writing unit post-assessment. Begin ‘Social Change’ social studies unit.

Wed. 20 Mar. - day 3: Complete Fantasy writing unit post-assessment. Complete Fantasy Reading post-assessment.

Thurs. 21 Mar. - day 4: ‘World Down Syndrome Awareness Day’. Also ‘UN International Day for the Elimination of Discrimination’.

Complete math Unit 5: Multiplying & Dividing Fractions post-assessment.

Fri. 22 Mar. - day 5: G5 ‘Fantasy Character Dress Up Day’ (dressing up optional - students may bring a fantasy ‘prop’ instead of a costume or they can do both)  and sharing fantasy stories with G5 students.

Sat. 23 - Sun. 31 Mar: Mid-semester break

Mon. 1 Apr: School resumes.

Inclusive Schools Week begins.

G6 COURSE SELECTION FORM

Janelle Maxson - the G6 Counselor - presented the various G6 course options to the students at a GL assembly in the common area last Tues. 12 Mar. at 1:30pm.  Following the assembly, the students were given an orange course selection form to take home for you to read, complete and sign. Please return the completed orange form to school by Tues. 19 Mar. even if you think your family may be moving elsewhere at the end of the school year, please return the form just in case your plans change.

STUDENTS LEAVING SCHOOL EARLY

From the ES Admin:

Please remember to get gate pass from the ES Office if your child needs to leave school before dismissal time. It’s a student safety issue. Students leaving campus prior to the end of the school day must have a pass from the office to exit campus. Students need to released through the ES office instead of directly from teachers’ classrooms.

INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS WEEK PLANS

From the Inclusive Schools Week Planning Team:

There will be three special dress up days to celebrate Inclusive Schools Week:

March 21: Students are encouraged to wear odd socks with their school uniform on ‘Mismatched Sock Day’.

April 2: Students are encouraged to wear blue clothing for ‘Autism Awareness Day’.

April 5: Diversity Day - ES students are encouraged to dress in clothes that highlight them as unique individuals.

There will be a Coffee Chat & Resource Fair happening on April 1st. RSVP is required Click Here for the invitation. There is more information about these days below.

March 21, 2019, Down Syndrome Awareness Day

Today is World Down Syndrome Awareness Day. #WorldDownSyndromeDay. The ISKL ES community is encouraged to wear mismatched socks to raise awareness and highlight that our differences are what make us great.

April 1-5, 2019, Inclusive Schools Week. #kaleidoscopeoffriends.

The ISKL Community Schoolwide will celebrate the progress that we have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population. The week will also provide an important opportunity for educators, students and parents to discuss what else needs to be done in order to ensure that ISKL continues to successfully educate all children. Events will be planned to engage the students, teachers, and parents. 

April 1, 2019, Coffee Chat & Resource Fair. 

To kick off Inclusive Schools Week there will be a Coffee Chat and Resource Fair in the Community Room from 8:15 - 9:45 am. This is a great opportunity for parents to learn about the resources that the Student Resource Team (SRT) offers to support students in their learning and development at ISKL. In addition to learning about speech and language therapy, educational psychology, and counseling available at ISKL, parents will also have the opportunity to learn about additional supports that can be accessed outside of school to support their child and family.  Coffee and snacks will be provided. Parents need to RSVP - Click Here.

April 2, 2019, is World Autism Awareness Day 

#LightItUpBlue The ISKL ES community is encouraged to support the ‘Autism Speaks - Light it up Blue Campaign’ by wearing blue to increase understanding and acceptance of autism.

April 5, 2019, Diversity Day

As Inclusive Schools Week wraps up, ES students are encouraged to dress in clothes that highlight them as unique individuals. #kaleidoscopeoffriends

CLASS WORK LAST WEEK

Language Arts: Reading, writing, speaking & listening:

Last week for reading, the students continued their reading unit titled, ‘Fantasy Book Clubs’. The students continued working in their fantasy book clubs reading and discussing their current fantasy books. For writing, the students continued writing a short fantasy story and/or their ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ fantasy story using Google slides and they also continued their year-long ‘Free Choice Writing Project’ where they continued the process of writing and publishing their own realistic or fantasy story on their laptops using a Google doc. I also continued reading a series of short fantasy stories by Paul Jennings from his books, Unreal, Unbelievable, Uncanny and Quirky Tales.  The students also continued daily typing practice from 7:50 - 8:10am using the www.typing.com program.

Math:

Last week, the students continued working on Unit 5 titled: ‘Multiplying and Dividing Fractions’.

Lessons covered last week:

Lesson 3: Multiplying a fraction by a whole number

Lesson 4: Multiplying a unit fraction by a unit fraction.

Lesson 5: Multiplying a unit fraction by a non-unit fraction

Checkpoint.

Science:

Last week, the students concluded their Amplify Science unit titled, ‘Modeling Matter: The Chemistry of Food’. The students were involved in a simulation where they are in the role of food scientists who work for a fictitious company titled, ‘Good Food Production Inc’. Science lessons were conducted in one of the science labs and classroom. The students have now completed all the chapter 1, 2 and 3 lessons. Last week, they completed:

Lesson 3.6 Creating digital models of emulsifiers

They made the actual salad dressing in science lab 3 and tasted it on some lettuce.

They also completed the end-of-unit written assessment.

COUNSELING LESSONS

Our G4&5 Counselor - Stephanie Stone - conducted her usual counseling lesson last Wed. morning. Her next counseling lesson will be on Tues. 2 Apr. - the next day 7 - from 8:30-9:00am

UPCOMING MAR. APR. & MAY 2019 CLASS & SCHOOL EVENTS

Mon. 1 Apr. - day 6: school resumes following the mid-semester break

Tues. 2 Apr. - day 7: World Autism Awareness Day

Wed. 3 Apr. - day 8:

Thurs. 4 Apr. - day 1: G5 Social Change Maker’s Conference - Part 2, from 10:30am-12:30pm. We will have 5 more social change makers presenting to our students. Parents are invited to attend. 

Fri. 5 Apr. - day 2: Diversity Day

Fri. 19 Apr: Good Friday. School is in session. Red Hats’ Free Dress Day.

Sat. 20 Apr: Community Recycling Program in the Cell Phone Car Park from 9:30-11:30am.

Mon. 22 Apr: ES Earth Week begins.

Thurs. 25 Apr: ES MAP testing program begins.

Tues. 30 Apr: G5 Night of the Notables Presentation for parents in the Melawati Theatre from 7:00-8:00pm. More details TBA.

Wed. 1 May: Labour Day holiday - no school 

Until after the mid-semester break,

 

Best regards,         

 

David