Week of March 11-15

Important Dates:

Student Led Conferences

    -Booking opens Saturday morning for Thursday afternoon and Friday 

No School Friday 15th for Conferences

We are excited for families to come in to see some of the amazing work the students are preparing to share with you.

Welcome to our Scholastic Book Fair! 

Wednesday Mar 20 to Fri Mar 22 

 

What?  

Student purchases during school and family purchases during parent conferences, for students, please help your child by sending their money in a baggie or envelope with their first and last name on it in their backpack, not on their person.  Wondering how much things cost?  The average book is $8.00 to $17.00 and bookmarks/erasers/pencils/gadgets start at $1.00 and go up to about $17.00 for diaries. Debit and Credit is accepted. 

For those wishing to surprise their child with purchases or gift them at a later date, please e-mail our school librarian at blcarde@cbe.ab.ca and she will arrange for you to pick up your order in the office.  

Where?  

EHS Learning Commons  

When?  

Student Purchases: during school hours on Wed. and Thu.  

Family Purchases: Thu. 4:15 PM to 7:45 PM and Friday: 8:15 AM to 12:15 PM during conferences. 

Why?  

Scholastic Book Fairs promote literacy and support our Learning Commons by rewarding EHS with a percentage of all sales in books.  

 

For more information email our librarian Bobbi at  blcarde@cbe.ab.ca, or call 403-560-7595.  

Literacy

"You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory,

in what people say on the bus, in the news,
or just what's in your heart."

-Carol Ann Duff 

We have been studying different forms of poetry this week.  We started with Limericks, which were just in time for St. Patrick's Day, and then went into Haikus.  These are two very different types of poems and the students are doing a fantastic job of both.

We started new Literacy groups this week.  We are in small groups with 5 teachers for 30 minutes/day to work on reading fluency.

It was a beautiful day in the coulee!

Social Studies

Students are studying the bison and inquiring into the many ways Indigenous people used the bison, also known as the grocery store of the prairies, for their survival.

Taking a close look at limerick poems.

What do you notice? What is common throughout?

While reading a fable of our choice, we made several predictions based on new information that came about while reading. We have been practicing writing summaries of 

Science

This week we finished up our wheels and axles and levers projects.  Students are working on reflecting on the process.