Thursday, January 17, 2019

Joy Pod

Cross-Curricular Time (CCT): Some of us read a book called "Audrey". Audrey's class was performing a play, but kids in her class forgot their lines. However, Audrey helped her classmates remember the lines and she saved the play!

Some of us played the Thumb Ball game. Ask me how to play the Thumb Ball game!

Inquiry: We continued our inquiry focus through the lens of "Play."  Students worked in different groups depending on their choice: photography, sketching, wire sculptures or playdoh sculptures. 

Our overarching question for the rest of the school year will be "How Play Connects Us?"  This inquiry will lead us to student choice on an upcoming field trip venue with Campus Calgary/ Open Minds.  

More information to come!  We are excited for the possibilities of this inquiry!  

Swimming 

Joy Pod February 4-8th 

Swimming permission forms came home earlier this week. Please return these as soon as possible as their is important information teachers need to make groups with the pool people..  You should have received an email earlier this week or on the week from your child's responsibility teacher sharing which group your child is in for swimming.  This information will help you choose the correct group/time to volunteer in:

Joy Group A: 

 Depart School: 9:05

In Pool: 9:50-10:30

Depart Pool: 10:50

Joy Group B: 

Depart School: 9:45

In Pool: 10:30-11:10

Depart Pool: 11:30

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-swimming

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Volunteer Opportunities in January

We are always open and happy to welcome volunteers into Joy Pod.  If you are available Monday - Thursday mornings we would love for you to visit the link below and sign up.   All volunteers must have a current Police Clearance on file at the school.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-volunteer

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Upcoming Dates:

Friday, January 18: Early Dismissal & Kindergarten Peace Assembly
         Chickadee Book Orders are due Friday

Thursday, January 24: Fun Lunch

Friday, January 25: Early Dismissal 
Wonder Time Starts

Tuesday, January 29: Fun Snack
Thursday, January 31: Student Report Cards Coming Home

February 1: No School 
February 4-8 Swimming

Please refer to "Logging onto IRIS" posted on Wednesday, January 16th, 2019

Wednesday January 16th

Joy Pod

Inquiry:  We continued our inquiry focus through the lens of "Play."  Students worked in different groups depending on their choice.  Ask your child if they went to photography, sketching, wire sculptures or playdoh sculptures. 

Our overarching question for the rest of the school year will be "How Play Connects Us?"  This inquiry will lead us to student choice on an upcoming field trip venue with Campus Calgary/ Open Minds.  

More information to come!  We are excited for the possibilities of this inquiry!  

The Calgary Book Truck Came Today... if your child has public library books at home or brought new books home today, please make sure these get returned in two weeks. 

Swimming 

Joy Pod February 4-8th 

Swimming permission forms came home earlier this week. Please return these as soon as possible as their is important information teachers need to make groups with the pool people..  You should have received an email earlier this week or on the week from your child's responsibility teacher sharing which group your child is in for swimming.  This information will help you choose the correct group/time to volunteer in:

Joy Group A: 

 Depart School: 9:05

In Pool: 9:50-10:30

Depart Pool: 10:50

Joy Group B: 

Depart School: 9:45

In Pool: 10:30-11:10

Depart Pool: 11:30

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-swimming

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Volunteer Opportunities in January

We are always open and happy to welcome volunteers into Joy Pod.  If you are available Monday - Thursday mornings we would love for you to visit the link below and sign up.   All volunteers must have a current Police Clearance on file at the school.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-volunteer

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Upcoming Dates:

Book Orders are due TODAY for Tamarack, Aspen and Elbow.

Friday, January 18: Early Dismissal & Kindergarten Peace Assembly
         Chickadee Book Orders are due Friday

Thursday, January 24: Fun Lunch

Friday, January 25: Early Dismissal 
Wonder Time Starts

Tuesday, January 29: Fun Snack
Thursday, January 31: Student Report Cards Coming Home

February 1: No School 
February 4-8 Swimming


Logging onto IRIS 

Iris
Iris is a web-based teaching and learning application consisting of student learning plans, learner profiles, resource library and teacher and administrator workspaces. Iris brings together student voice, learning data, and best research in supporting teachers and administrators in making well-informed instructional decisions for each student.
The student learning plan is the primary space for students to be able to document and articulate personal learning processes. Iris supports students in developing and communicating their ongoing understandings as a learner, creating goals and exploring strategies that will enable them to be successful in their learning.

Logging on to Iris
1. You may find a link to Iris on the Eric Harvie School homepage.

2. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find useful links including Iris.

Scroll down the Eric Harvie School homepage

Click on the link to Iris

This is the Iris log on page.

Your child is the owner of the content in their Iris Student Learning Plan. Have a conversation with your child about them sharing the contents of their Student Learning Plan with you. If your child wishes to share with you, they may log in to Iris.

The Iris Student Learning Plan

User Name – CBE student number Password – student generated

New artifacts demonstrating learning are added here

A file, such as a photo or document, may be uploaded.
A note about the learning being demonstrated may be added as well.
The panel on the right of the page offers advice about what are appropriate and effective artifacts.

Students are encouraged to reflect, set goals, and find strategies to help them learn.

When a student adds to their Learning Plan, the right panel will offer prompts to assist the student in choosing appropriate content. 

Here are some images that show how to do this... sorry they are so small.

Tuesday, January 15

Joy Pod

Math: Ask your child how they answered our math question today:

"There are seven shirts hanging on a clothesline.  Some are white and some are blue. 

There are no other colours. 

How many of each colour shirt might there be?"

We have been working with students on showing different ways to organize their thinking using charts, pictures and/or equations.  We will continue our focus on "Number Sense" tomorrow.

Inquiry: Today students gathered to learn some basic acting skills and Create a Tableau on play. Students pretended to play basketball or play a board game or eat ice cream.  Students are learning that the viewer should be able to figure out what a student is doing using only actions (not talking).  

Using the design process, students will begin to plan and create "play" through a variety of mediums (playdoh, wire/tinfoil, photography, sketching).  This will help us connect to our overarching question,  "How Play Connects Us?"  

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Swimming 

Joy Pod February 4-8th 

Please return your child's signed permission and ability forms to school as soon as possible.  You should have already received an email from your responsibility teacher sharing which group your child is in for swimming.  This information will help you choose the correct group/time to volunteering in:

Joy Group A: 

 Depart School: 9:05

In Pool: 9:50-10:30

Depart Pool: 10:50

Joy Group B: 

Depart School: 9:45

In Pool: 10:30-11:10

Depart Pool: 11:30

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-swimming

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Volunteer Opportunities in January

We are always open and happy to welcome volunteers into Joy Pod.  If you are available Monday - Thursday mornings we would love for you to visit the link below and sign up.   All volunteers must have a current Police Clearance on file at the school.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-volunteer

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Scholastic Book Club Orders:

Tamarack, Elbow and Aspen Book Orders due tomorrow, January 16th

Chickadee Book Order forms came home today and are due January 18th

If ordering online, use code CLIFFORD and you can pick a FREE book 

when you spend $30 or more (online only)  

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Upcoming Dates:

Friday, January 18: Early Dismissal & Kindergarten Peace Assembly

Thursday, January 24: Fun Lunch

Friday, January 25: Early Dismissal 

Tuesday, January 29: Fun Snack
Thursday, January 31: Student Report Cards Coming Home

February 1: No School 

Monday, January 14

 Joy Pod

Math:  Students were given a problem solving question:

You walk into a room and see a bed.  
On the bed there are two dogs, four cats, a giraffe, five cows and a duck.  
There are also three chickens flying above the bed.  
How many legs are in the room?
Explain and show how you came up with your answer.

Ask your child how they came up with their answer.  Some of the queries with the discussions were "Do you count the legs of the bed?"  Or "do I count the legs of "you?"  Thought provoking!

Inquiry:  We continued our inquiry focus through the lens of "Play."  Today, students created a list of activities that they could play both outside and inside and used a Venn diagram to organize and represent their learning about play that happens both inside and outside.  The students found out that many of the activities that we play can happen both inside and outside.  
Our overarching question for the rest of the school year will be "How Play Connects Us?"  This inquiry will lead us to student choice on an upcoming field trip venue with Campus Calgary/ Open MInds.  

More information to come!  We are excited for the possibilities of this inquiry!  

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Swimming 

Joy Pod February 4-8th 

Swimming permission forms came home today.  Please check your child's backpack or communication folder.  You will receive an email today from your responsibility teacher sharing which group your child is in for swimming.  This information will help you choose the correct group/time to volunteering in:

Joy Group A: 

 Depart School: 9:05

In Pool: 9:50-10:30

Depart Pool: 10:50

Joy Group B: 

Depart School: 9:45

In Pool: 10:30-11:10

Depart Pool: 11:30

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-swimming

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Volunteer Opportunities in January

We are always open and happy to welcome volunteers into Joy Pod.  If you are available Monday - Thursday mornings we would love for you to visit the link below and sign up.   All volunteers must have a current Police Clearance on file at the school.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-volunteer

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Scholastic Book Club Orders:

Tamarack, Elbow and Aspen Book Orders due January 16th

Chickadee Book Order forms came home today and are due January 18th.

If ordering online, use code CLIFFORD and you can pick a FREE book 
when you spend $30 or more (online only)  

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Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday, January 15: Fun Snack
Wednesday, January 16: Scholastic Book Orders Due (Tamarack, Elbow, Aspen)

Friday, January 18: Early Dismissal & Kindergarten Peace Assembly
: Scholastic Book Orders Due (Chickadee)

Thursday, January 24: Fun Lunch

Friday, January 25: Early Dismissal 

Tuesday, January 29: Fun Snack
Thursday, January 31: Student Report Cards Coming Home

February 1: No School 

First Friday of 2019 For Joy Students! January 11, 2019

We have made it through our very first week of 2019!  What a busy week it was and what a busy year it will be!


Some important information in regard to swimming will be coming to your emails by Monday afternoon.  Due to the fact that we are all members of Joy Pod, students from each responsibility room will be swimming with their PE Group and not their responsibility room.  Each family will be notified if their child will be with Group A or Group B for swimming by email.  This will give parents/guardians a chance to sign up to volunteer when their child(ren) are swimming.  We encourage you to take the opportunity to see your child(ren) in action in the water.  Swimming forms will be coming out shortly

Swimming Joy Pod February 4-8th Forms and more information regarding groups coming soon

Joy Group A: 

 Depart School 9:05

In Pool 9:50-10:30

Depart Pool 10:50

Joy Group B: 

Depart School 9:45

In Pool 10:30-11:10

Depart Pool 11:30

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Volunteer Opportunities in January
We will be looking for volunteers to help in the new year on Mondays-Thursday mornings. Please use the link below to sign up.  All volunteers must have a current Police Clearance on file at the school.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-volunteer

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Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday, January 15th Fun Snack
Wednesday, January 16th Tamarack, Elbow and Aspen Book Orders Due

Friday, January 18th Early Dismissal and Kindergarten Peace Assembly

Book Orders for Chickadee due

Thursday, January 24th Fun Lunch

Tuesday, January 29th Fun Snack
Thursday, January 31st Report Cards Come Home

February 1st, No School

February 4-8 Swimming

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Tamarack, Elbow and Aspen Book Orders are due January 16th
If ordering online, use code CLIFFORD and you can pick a FREE book 
when you spend $30 or more (online only)

* Just of note*  Chickadee Book Orders will come home on Monday due to the transfer of ordering from Ms. Campbell to Mrs. Bowles there has been a delay.

Book Orders for Chickadee will be accepted until Friday, January 18th.

Apologies for the delay

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Home Reading and Learning Commons Book Reminder
Students are welcome and encouraged to return books each day and get a new one.

Wednesday, January 9th

Volunteer Opportunities in January
We will be looking for volunteers to help in the new year on Mondays-Thursday mornings. Please use the link below to sign up.  All volunteers must have a current Police Clearance on file at the school.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-volunteer

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Upcoming Dates:

Friday, January 11th Early Dismissal

Tuesday, January 15th Fun Snack
Wednesday, January 16th Tamarack, Elbow and Aspen Book Orders Due

Friday, January 18th Early Dismissal and Kindergarten Peace Assembly

Thursday, January 24th Fun Lunch

Tuesday, January 29th Fun Snack
Thursday, January 31st Report Cards Come Home

February 1st, No School

February 4-8 Swimming

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Swimming Joy Pod February 4-8th Forms and more information regarding groups coming soon

Joy Group A: 

 Depart School 9:05

In Pool 9:50-10:30

Depart Pool 10:50

Joy Group B: 

Depart School 9:45

In Pool 10:30-11:10

Depart Pool 11:30
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Tamarack, Elbow and Aspen Book Orders are due January 16th
If ordering online, use code CLIFFORD and you can pick a FREE book 
when you spend $30 or more (online only)

Home Reading and Learning Commons Book Reminder
Students are welcome and encouraged to return books each day and get a new one.

Tuesday, January 8th

JOY POD

We're Back!

Welcome Back to all our Eric Harvie families and students! We hope that you had a wonderful Winter break with family and friends.  We are looking forward to working with all our Joy Pod students and the many learning opportunities that we have planned.

Please remember to look at our blog daily.  This is really the best up-to-date happenings in Joy Pod.  Our hope is that the blog offers you an opportunity to initiate conversation with your child about their day and learning.  We also encourage parents to check the schools website and our "Connect Monday's" by Mrs. Kinsman as these are two more amazing ways to stay informed.  If you have questions or concerns, continue to feel comfortable to connect with your child's responsibility teacher.

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Indoor Shoes:
Please bring back your indoor shoes.  We survived with boots today but sure makes running in gym a challenge :)
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Math:  We begin the new year with a focus on"Numeracy."  Today students had an opportunity to showcase what they know about a variety of numbers.  With loose parts students were encouraged to share what they know about the numbers and the different ways to represent the number.s  This was a great opportunity for conversation among students and an opportunity for us educators to get a sense of our next steps in numeracy.

Inquiry:  We began our new inquiry focus today through the lens of "Play."  Students were introduced to a heart map and when presented with the question "Play is...?" they used this technique to represent their learning.  Our overarching question for the rest of the school year will be "How Play Connects Us?"  This inquiry will lead us to student choice on an upcoming field trip venue with Campus Calgary/ Open MInds.  

More information to come!  We are excited for the possibilities of this inquiry!  

Literacy:  We have done some rejigging of our literacy groups due to a shift in staff.  Students may have noticed that they are with a new group of students or teacher for their reading / writing in our next focus.  
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Volunteer Opportunities in January

We are always open and happy to welcome volunteers into Joy Pod.  If you are available Monday - Thursday mornings we would love for you to visit the link below and sign up.   All volunteers must have a current Police Clearance on file at the school.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-volunteer

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Upcoming Dates:

Friday, January 11: Early Dismissal

Tuesday, January 15: Fun Snack

Friday, January 18: Early Dismissal & Kindergarten Peace Assembly

Thursday, January 24: Fun Lunch

Friday, January 25: Early Dismissal 

Tuesday, January 29th Fun Snack
Thursday, January 31: Student Report Cards 
Coming Home

February 1: No School 

*****Reminder:  Joy Pod Students will be participating in swimming lessons the week of February 4-8.  More information to come.  We will be in great need of male volunteers to help out in the boys change room :)