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Wednesday March 21, 20

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Papa Johns fund raiser is tonight!!  Royal Oak families will get 15% off at Papa John's on  March 21st . Use the code  OAK15 ... they will deliver!! One day only event.  Conferences- If you have not signed up yet, please click the link below or contact Mrs. Daniels or Mr. Pereira directly if you are unable to attend.  Parents please be aware and conscious of the other families attending conferences. These conferences are student centred and student led. Each time slot will be 1/2 hr long, where you will have a chance to interact with your child (15min) as they show case their work. Teachers will be available for conversations with students and their parents (15min), however there will be more than 1 family in the room at a time.   https://webapps.cbe.ab.ca/MyAccount/Account/LogOn Dance Mat Typing  Check out this fantastic website to practice your typing skills. Ms. Daniels class had the opportunity to try it out today.  https://www.dancemattypingguide.com/dan

Monday March 19, 2018

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Please if you are planning on being away for conferences, please contact Ms. Daniels or Mr. Pereira to reschedule a conference at a time that works best for you.  As well if your child will be missing school at all due to a holiday please let us know AS WELL AS the office. Thank you in advance.     Papa Johns fund raiser.  Royal Oak families will get 15% off at Papa John's on  March 21st . Use the code  OAK15 ... they will deliver!! One day only event.  Conferences- If you have not signed up yet, please click the link below or contact Mrs. Daniels or Mr. Pereira directly if you are unable to attend.  Thursday March 8 you may register online for your student led conferences on March 22 and 23. These conferences are student centred and student led. Each time slot will be 1/2 hr long, where you will have a chance to interact with your child as they show case their work. Teachers will be available for conversations with students and their parents, however there will be mor

Friday March 16, 2018

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Please if you are planning on being away for conferences, please contact Ms. Daniels or Mr. Pereira to reschedule a conference at a time that works best for you.  As well if your child will be missing school at all due to a holiday please let us know AS WELL AS the office. Thank you in advance.     Papa Johns fund raiser.  Royal Oak families will get 15% off at Papa John's on  March 21st . Use the code  OAK15 ... they will deliver!! One day only event.  Tomorrow is St. Patricks Day.  We had fun being creative with our building ideas and setting traps for our tiny  leprechaun friends all over the classroom!!  Conferences- If you have not signed up yet, please click the link below or contact Mrs. Daniels or Mr. Pereira directly if you are unable to attend.  Thursday March 8 you may register online for your student led conferences on March 22 and 23. These conferences are student centred and student led. Each time slot will be 1/2 hr long, where you will

Thursday March 15, 2018

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Skating - Unfortunately the ice is melting due to the amazing weather, we will be cancelling our skating trip this week.    Papa Johns fund raiser.  Royal Oak families will get 15% off at Papa John's on March 21st . Use the code OAK15 ... they will deliver!! One day only event.  Tomorrow is St. Patricks Day.  We had fun being creative with our building ideas and setting traps for our tiny  leprechaun friends all over the classroom!!  Conferences- If you have not signed up yet, please click the link below or contact Mrs. Daniels or Mr. Pereira directly if you are unable to attend.  Thursday March 8 you may register online for your student led conferences on March 22 and 23. These conferences are student centred and student led. Each time slot will be 1/2 hr long, where you will have a chance to interact with your child as they show case their work. Teachers will be available for conversations with students and their parents, however there will be mo

Wednesday March 12, 2018

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Skating - Unfortunately the ice is melting due to the amazing weather, we will be cancelling our skating trip this week.    Conferences- Sign up   Thursday March 8 you may register online for your student led conferences on March 22 and 23. These conferences are student centred and student led. Each time slot will be 1/2 hr long, where you will have a chance to interact with your child as they show case their work. Teachers will be available for conversations with students and their parents, however there will be more than 1 family in the room at a time.   https://webapps.cbe.ab.ca/MyAccount/Account/LogOn Story writing Our stories our now complete. We have made, or are in the process making and completing our characters and setting. Please over the course of the next week check out iris to see the stop motion video we made telling our story! We have spent so much time on these fantastic adventures and we can't wait to share them with you next week.  Mat

Friday March 9, 2018

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Picture Day on Monday March 12  Skating - Please sign and return  blue  permission forms and return for Monday!  Weather permitting we will skating.  Hello Royal Oak School Parents and Guardians! Your son and/or daughter will be bringing home a letter soon telling you about our Skating Activity that will take place March 14, 15 and 16 th . We are looking for several volunteers to help with tying skates, assisting on the ice, walking with classes from the school to the outdoor rink and helping with the skate shack. We are very fortunate to have booked the KidSport skate shack and we will need a few volunteers organizing and managing the skates and helmets. If you are available to help out during this activity please email Keri Blakeney at  rosvolunteers@gmail.com  for more information. Thank you for supporting our Physical Education program!!    Needed We are asking students to bring in cereal boxes. We are starting a building project and will need a cereal box each for each

Wednesday March 7, 2018

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Skating Hello Royal Oak School Parents and Guardians! Your son and/or daughter will be bringing home a letter soon telling you about our Skating Activity that will take place March 14, 15 and 16 th . We are looking for several volunteers to help with tying skates, assisting on the ice, walking with classes from the school to the outdoor rink and helping with the skate shack. We are very fortunate to have booked the KidSport skate shack and we will need a few volunteers organizing and managing the skates and helmets. If you are available to help out during this activity please email Keri Blakeney at  rosvolunteers@gmail.com  for more information. Thank you for supporting our Physical Education program!!    Needed We are asking students to bring in cereal boxes. We are starting a building project and will need a cereal box each for each student.   Thank you in advance:)  Conferences Thursday March 8 you may register online for your student led conferences on March 22 a

Tuesday March 6, 2018

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Skating Hello Royal Oak School Parents and Guardians! Your son and/or daughter will be bringing home a letter soon telling you about our Skating Activity that will take place March 14, 15 and 16 th . We are looking for several volunteers to help with tying skates, assisting on the ice, walking with classes from the school to the outdoor rink and helping with the skate shack. We are very fortunate to have booked the KidSport skate shack and we will need a few volunteers organizing and managing the skates and helmets. If you are available to help out during this activity please email Keri Blakeney at  rosvolunteers@gmail.com  for more information. Thank you for supporting our Physical Education program!!    Literacy What amazing progress we have been making with our reading so far this year. Every day we take time in class to read independently, to a friend, and sometimes to the whole group.  We are working on using our known reading strategies to decode unfamiliar words as well a

Friday March 2, 2018

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Math  Making apple boxes of 20 using 2 different colours, how many different ways can you make 20?   We graphed our results of making 20. Look at all of the patterns you can see!  Then we graphed all the ways to make 20 in a staircase graph using lego!!  Inquiry What makes a sustainable community?  What does the word sustainable mean?  Why is public art important in our community?    Today we brainstormed all of the different components that sustainable community needs.  We started working with our Artist in residence this week to develop our own community art.  Transportation Nature Health and Wellness Services People Places Yesterday we painted the canvas back drop.  This is a collaborative art piece that all of the grade 1 classes are working on together.  Circle of Courage Spotlight Sorsha & Brooklyn March 9 To learn more about the Circle of Courage Spotlight  click here. ****Home Reading**** Please