Friday, April 12, 2019

Friday April 12 in Joy Pod

Joy Pod learners continue to amaze us each and every day!   A couple of quotes overheard during learning this week:

             As students were signing out new book club books   "I can't wait to get back to class to start reading!"
   
                During a writing lesson when students were asked  what does writing look like, sound like and feel                 like?  The teacher said it would be great to see pencils  writing so hard that smoke is coming out of them.

            A student responded "That is just like when we are mathematicians and solving math problems"
Reading Each Day is IMPORTANT  Check out the infographic to see what home reading can do:
Please remind your child to return their home reading books and exchange it for another "good fit" book.

Please return all Learning Commons books that are overdue
Mrs. Carde  will be (if she hasn't already) overdue notices.

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BOOK ORDERS: DUE FRIDAY!!!

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Physical Education: Students continued with our gymnastics unit during their physical education classes.  We encourage students to wear loose, comfortable clothing to help with movement during this unit.  Gymnastics will continue into next week so students who are at the Science Centre this week will not miss out on the fun. 
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BOTTLE CAPS:
Please continue to think of Joy Pod when you are recycling your bottle cap lids.  We are happy to have any colour of lid (Black, Brown, Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple, Pink and Orange plastic lids.  Thank you in advance!

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Lunch:  The school has been trying something different at lunch since returning from Spring Break.  The students have 15 minutes of quiet time to eat at the beginning of lunch. This is to help lunchroom supervisors take attendance, get milk handed out for those students who are in the milk program and allow the students time to concentrate on getting food into their bellies.  If you are finding your child is still not eating their lunch, please let your responsibility teacher know.  After 15 minutes of quiet eating time, students who are finished eating can watch a video, read a book and then head outside for some fresh air until lunch is over.

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Open Minds Inquiry Field Trips-Volunteer Sign-Up

  •  Vivo Open Minds Inquiry group  has been discussing "how does our body work when we play?" and "how does our mind work when we play?" Ms. Chang will be taking her group to Vivo Center June 10-14th.  Forms will be coming home soon but here is the sign up genius for volunteer opportunities... https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-vivo
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If you have questions regarding attendance or require the extended absence form, please access the following link:


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Upcoming Dates:

April 12-18: Gymnastics (taught during our physical education classes) 
April 18: Fun Lunch (Dominoes Pizza)
Last day with Joy pod student teachers
April 18 Baby Visit Chickadee
April 19: No School (Good Friday)
April 22: No School (Easter Monday/ PD Day)
April 23 Fun Snack (Pretzel)
April 25: Spring Picture Day
April 29: Puppet Residency Begins 
May 2 Fun Lunch
May 3 Peace Assembly  (watching)
May 7 Fun Snack
May 9 Baby Visit Chickadee
May 15 Baby visits in Tamarack and Aspen
May 16 Fun Lunch
May 17 Pd Day no school
May 17 Victoria Day no school
May 21 Fun Snack
May 23 Student Led Learning Walk

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Volunteer Opportunities in April and May
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.

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Thursday, April 11, 2019

In math, Joy Pod students worked on further developing addition and subtraction skills using math counters and 100s charts. Some of us practiced writing math equations (math sentences such as 5 + 10 = 15 or 100 - 10 = 90). Some of us practiced our addition and subtraction using word problems.

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BOOK ORDERS: DUE FRIDAY!!!

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Physical Education: Students continued with our gymnastics unit during their physical education classes.  We encourage students to wear loose, comfortable clothing to help with movement during this unit.  Gymnastics will continue into next week so students who are at the Science Centre this week will not miss out on the fun. 
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BOTTLE CAPS:
Please continue to think of Joy Pod when you are recycling your bottle cap lids.  We are happy to have any colour of lid (Black, Brown, Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple, Pink and Orange plastic lids.  Thank you in advance!

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Lunch:  The school has been trying something different at lunch since returning from Spring Break.  The students have 15 minutes of quiet time to eat at the beginning of lunch. This is to help lunchroom supervisors take attendance, get milk handed out for those students who are in the milk program and allow the students time to concentrate on getting food into their bellies.  If you are finding your child is still not eating their lunch, please let your responsibility teacher know.  After 15 minutes of quiet eating time, students who are finished eating can watch a video, read a book and then head outside for some fresh air until lunch is over.

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Open Minds Inquiry Field Trips-Volunteer Sign-Up


  • Vivo Open Minds Inquiry group  has been discussing "how does our body work when we play?" and "how does our mind work when we play?" Ms. Chang will be taking her group to Vivo Center June 10-14th.  Forms will be coming home soon but here is the sign up genius for volunteer opportunities... https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4EACAF2DA5FA7-vivo
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If you have questions regarding attendance or require the extended absence form, please access the following link:


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Upcoming Dates:
April 12: Telus Spark Science Centre School - Mr. Kelly's group ONLY
April 12-18: Gymnastics (taught during our physical education classes) 
April 12: Early Dismissal
              : No Wonder time 
              : Peace Assembly (We are the audience)
April 18: Fun Lunch (Dominoes Pizza)
Last day with Joy pod student teachers
April 19: No School (Good Friday)
April 22: No School (Easter Monday/ PD Day)
April 23 Fun Snack (Pretzel)
April 25: Spring Picture Day
April 29: Puppet Residency Begins 
May 2 Fun Lunch
May 3 Peace Assembly  (watching)
May 7 Fun Snack
May 15 Baby visits in Tamarack and Aspen
May 16 Fun Lunch
May 17 Pd Day no school
May 17 Victoria Day no school
May 21 Fun Snack
May 23 Student Led Learning Walk

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Volunteer Opportunities in April and May
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.


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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Wednesday April 10


Today in the Joy Pod students, participated in our first (of hopefully many), Pillow Play Day.  Students were asked to bring in their own pillows.  We established and reviewed rules prior to all the fun.  Here were our rules...

  • Soft pillows only!  Try to not send feather pillows as they can definitely cause a mess!
  • Swing lightly, many people will be swinging at once
  • Do not swing at people without pillows
  • Remove eye glasses beforehand
  • Listen to all signals of when to start and when to end
  • Only swing at a person's body (no heads). - we may need to make a time-out bench for those who forget this rule :)
  • No running
  • Make eye contact with the person you would like to play with
  • If someone says "stop" and/or  is no longer smiling than I need to stop
The "Pillow Play" event fits perfectly with  our essential question of, "How Does Play Connect Us?"  Through our inquiry work, we have been learning and understanding to make play fun, inclusive, challenging, enjoyable and safe, we must have rules.  This was another perfect example of how rules help everyone stay safe and have fun.
We had sooooo much fun. 

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BOOK ORDERS ARE DUE FRIDAY!!!

 Thanks

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Physical Education: Students continued with our gymnastics unit during their physical education classes.  We encourage students to wear loose, comfortable clothing to help with movement during this unit.  Gymnastics will continue into next week so students who are at the Science Centre this week will not miss out on the fun. 
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BOTTLE CAPS:
Please continue to think of Joy Pod when you are recycling your bottle cap lids.  We are happy to have any colour of lid (Black, Brown, Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple, Pink and Orange plastic lids.  Thank you in advance!

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Lunch:  The school has been trying something different at lunch since returning from Spring Break.  The students have 15 minutes of quiet time to eat at the beginning of lunch. This is to help lunchroom supervisors take attendance, get milk handed out for those students who are in the milk program and allow the students time to concentrate on getting food into their bellies.  If you are finding your child is still not eating their lunch, please let your responsibility teacher know.  After 15 minutes of quiet eating time, students who are finished eating can watch a video, read a book and then head outside for some fresh air until lunch is over.
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If you have questions regarding attendance or require the extended absence form, please access the following link:




 Upcoming Dates:
April 11 - 12: Telus Spark Science Centre School - Mr. Kelly's group ONLY
April 11-18: Gymnastics (taught during our physical education classes) 
April 12: Early Dismissal
              : No Wonder time 
              : Peace Assembly (We are the audience)
April 18: Fun Lunch (Dominoes Pizza)
Last day with Joy pod student teachers
April 19: No School (Good Friday)
April 22: No School (Easter Monday/ PD Day)
April 23 Fun Snack (Pretzel)
April 25: Spring Picture Day
April 29: Puppet Residency Begins 
May 2 Fun Lunch
May 3 Peace Assembly  (watching)
May 7 Fun Snack
May 15 Baby visits in Tamarack and Aspen
May 16 Fun Lunch
May 17 Pd Day no school
May 17 Victoria Day no school
May 21 Fun Snack
May 23 Student Led Learning Walk
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Volunteer Opportunities in April and May
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.


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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Tuesday, April 9

JOY POD
Pillow Play Day:  On Wednesday, April 10th, Joy Pod (minus Mr. Kelly's Science Centre Inquiry Students) will be holding their first "Pillow Play Day."   Students are asked to bring in their own pillow from home (with the permission from a parent).  Please do not send your best pillow in case it gets dirty or torn.  We plan to have our "Pillow Play" in the afternoon from 1:20-2:00 (time for reminders of rules and expectations and time for play)

As this is our first event of this kind, students will be creating rules for our "Pillow Play."  Here are some example rules:
  • Soft pillows only!  Try to not send feather pillows as they can definitely cause a mess!
  • Swing lightly, many people will be swinging at once
  • Do not swing at people without pillows
  • Remove eye glasses beforehand
  • Listen to all signals of when to start and when to end
  • Only swing at a person's body (no heads). - we may need to make a time-out bench for those who forget this rule :)
The "Pillow Play" event fits in with our essential question, "How Does Play Connect Us?"  Through our inquiry work, we have been learning and understanding to make play fun, inclusive, challenging, enjoyable and safe, we must have rules.  Back in January students in small groups invented a game and were asked if they needed to make rules?  Some students at that time decided that they didn't need rules to play together.  From many months of exploration we are realizing that rules are important to allow everyone to play and everyone to be safe when we play.  We will post our "Pillow Play" on the blog on Wednesday.  Please check the pictures out!  If you have any questions or concerns, please email your child's responsibility teacher.

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Physical Education: Students this week began the gymnastics unit during their physical education class.  We encourage students to wear loose, comfortable clothing to help with movement during this unit.  Gymnastics will continue into next week so students who are at the Science Centre this week will not miss out on the fun. 
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BOTTLE CAPS:
Please continue to think of Joy Pod when you are recycling your bottle cap lids.  We are happy to have any colour of lid (Black, Brown, Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple, Pink and Orange plastic lids.  Thank you in advance!
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Lunch:  The school has been trying something different at lunch since returning from Spring Break.  The students have 15 minutes of quiet time to eat at the beginning of lunch. This is to help lunchroom supervisors take attendance, get milk handed out for those students who are in the milk program and allow the students time to concentrate on getting food into their bellies.  If you are finding your child is still not eating their lunch, please let your responsibility teacher know.  After 15 minutes of quiet eating time, students who are finished eating can watch a video, read a book and then head outside for some fresh air until lunch is over.
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Upcoming Dates:
April 8 - 12: Telus Spark Science Centre School - Mr. Kelly's group ONLY
April 8-18: Gymnastics (taught during our physical education classes) 
April 10:  Pillow Play Day  ***Bring Your Own Pillow-BYOP"
April 12: Early Dismissal
: No Wonder time
April 18: Fun Lunch (Dominoes Pizza)
April 19: No School (Good Friday)
April 22: No School (Easter Monday/ PD Day)
April 23 Fun Snack (Pretzel)
April 25: Spring Picture Day
April 26: Last Day with Our Joy Pod Student Teachers
April 29: Puppet Residency Begins 
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Monday, April 8, 2019

Monday, April 8

JOY POD


Pillow Play Day:  On Wednesday, April 10th, Joy Pod (minus Mr. Kelly's Science Centre Inquiry Students) will be holding their first "Pillow Play Day."   Students are asked to bring in their own pillow from home (with the permission from a parent).  Please do not send your best pillow in case it gets dirty or torn.  We plan to have our "Pillow Play" in the afternoon from 1:20-2:00 (time for reminders of rules and expectations and time for play)

 As this is our first event of this kind, students will be creating rules for our "Pillow Play."  Here are some example rules:

  • Soft pillows only!  Try to not send feather pillows as they can definitely cause a mess!
  • Swing lightly, many people will be swinging at once
  • Do not swing at people without pillows
  • Remove eye glasses beforehand
  • Listen to all signals of when to start and when to end
  • Only swing at a person's body (no heads). - we may need to make a time-out bench for those who forget this rule :)

The "Pillow Play" event fits in with our essential question, "How Does Play Connect Us?"  Through our inquiry work, we have been learning and understanding to make play fun, inclusive, challenging, enjoyable and safe, we must have rules.  Back in January students in small groups invented a game and were asked if they needed to make rules?  Some students at that time decided that they didn't need rules to play together.  From many months of exploration we are realizing that rules are important to allow everyone to play and everyone to be safe when we play.  We will post our "Pillow Play" on the blog on Wednesday.  Please check the pictures out!

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Inquiry:  
*****For inquiry groups who visited their venue visit last week.  Please check out last weeks blog to get a sense of what we have been doing*****

  • Science Centre Inquiry:  This week students will be spending time reflecting on their play-space structure, making modifications and discussing what they would or could change to make their structure more accessible.  As well, students are spending time as a group deciding where each piece of the play-space should be placed on the land and the "best place" to allow for accessibility by all those who would play on our play-space model.  As Mr. Kelly's inquiry group will be coming back to school on Friday with their own play-space we will have to dismantle our play-space and send home the different pieces.  Just a heads up students will be asking to see if they can bring their structure home.
  • Glenbow Museum Inquiry:   Today we made a thank you collage of sketches from our the Glenbow Museum.  We will still be looking at the history of Calgary throughout the week and beginning a pop-up book on the different sites of Calgary (zoo, playgrounds, stampede, movies)
  • Vivo Inquiry:  Today we created an eating chart. recorded what we had for breakfast and lunch and what nutrients are in each of the foods we ate.  We played a student created tag game called "Shark Fish."  We will continue to play student created games for the rest of the week.
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Upcoming Dates:
April 8 - 12: Telus Spark Science Centre School - Mr. Kelly's group ONLY
April 8-18: Gymnastics (taught during our physical education classes) 
April 9: Fun Snack (Tim Horton's)
April 10:  Pillow Play Day 
April 12: Early Dismissal
: No Wonder time
April 18: Fun Lunch (Dominoes Pizza)
April 19: No School (Good Friday)
April 22: No School (Easter Monday/ PD Day)
April 23 Fun Snack (Pretzel)
April 25: Spring Picture Day
April 26: Last Day with Our Joy Pod Student Teachers
April 29: Puppet Residency Begins 

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Friday, April 5, 2019

Day Five Open Minds Week 1


Joy Pod

Telus Spark Science Center:
Students today shared and celebrated their play-space with "Dash the Robot." We used Dash to test the different structures and to see how well our structures could hold up to its size and weight.  Students tested Dash going up ramps, sliding down slides and going through the different structures.  We will continue this focus and present the question to the  students, "How accessible is the play-space for the robot?"

 After snack we were given a demo at the Inspiration Stage called "Playing with Science and the Senses."  As well, with the help of our parent volunteers we were able to export our play-space structures back to school.  We will be putting our play-space together and working through our design thinking process next week.

 A huge shout out to all the volunteers who helped us this week at Open Minds.  We recognize that you too have stuff going on in your day and thank you for being able to help support us.  The students and teachers are super appreciative.  Thank you!

 Here are some of our favourite moments this week:
"I liked the Earth and Sky exhibit." - Kylah
"I liked the bed of nails because I'm interested in the whole bed rising up." - Javen
"The water table in the Creative Museum was my favourite because I can move the dam with the blocks." - Kaden
"I liked drinking out of the toilet bowl water fountain." - Austin
"I liked the 63 foot slide because I like to climb." - Chase
"I liked the building we did yesterday because I like wrapping the tape in rainbow colours." - Macy


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On our last day at the Glenbow Museum we had the most amazing speaker, Amy.  She taught us about the different people who helped in the creation of what is now our city of Calgary.  She told us an amazing story about a young NWMP officer who joined the force at the young age of 15.  He was the one to blow the bugle every morning to wake the soldiers up during over the long journey from Ontario to what is now Calgary.  She told us about ranchers and farmers.  She shared artifacts and the students had to guess what they were and how they were used.  She was an amazing story teller and have everyones attention.  A special thanks to Shannon, Sharon, Kristina, Stefan, and Evelyn for volunteering today.
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