We hope you have a happy and safe winter break,
From all of the Kindness Pod teachers!
We also want to say a big thank you for the cards, books, gifts, baking, and hugs we received. Our hearts are full!
We will see you on January 8, 2019!
Friday, December 21, 2018
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
December 19, 2018
Don't forget...tomorrow is Pajama Day and it is also the last day of school before the break.
This is what Kindness looks like...
This is what Kindness looks like...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
December 18, 2018
Today we had a great time during our second day of caroling as a school in the gym.
Tomorrow we will exchange their home made gifts. If you don't have time making an ornament, students can make them tomorrow during Ignite.
In Math, some of the groups played "Empty the Bowl" and some students did a Christmas Tree math activity. We are starting to work on addition and subtraction strategies where students start with a number and break it into two parts to show equations for those amounts: (ie. for the number 5 it can be broken into 2+3, 1+4, etc)
Tomorrow we will exchange their home made gifts. If you don't have time making an ornament, students can make them tomorrow during Ignite.
In Math, some of the groups played "Empty the Bowl" and some students did a Christmas Tree math activity. We are starting to work on addition and subtraction strategies where students start with a number and break it into two parts to show equations for those amounts: (ie. for the number 5 it can be broken into 2+3, 1+4, etc)
Friday, December 14, 2018
December 14, 2018
Congratulations, Kindness Pod on your fantastic drumming performance today. It was wonderful to see all the families who were able to make it. If you weren't here, we will try to post a collection of videos and photos later today.
We would like to say a HUGE thank you to the Kindness Pod for your generosity in providing gifts for the Families Helping Families campaign. It was a great success and the families we have helped this year are grateful to you all.
Next week, the Kindness students are going to get in the spirit of the season through daily caroling and activities.
Please share these spirit notices with your child/children as we did not mention this in the busyness of today
We would like to say a HUGE thank you to the Kindness Pod for your generosity in providing gifts for the Families Helping Families campaign. It was a great success and the families we have helped this year are grateful to you all.
Next week, the Kindness students are going to get in the spirit of the season through daily caroling and activities.
Please share these spirit notices with your child/children as we did not mention this in the busyness of today
- Tuesday - Holiday/Festive Wear or Red and Green Day (red/green food, clothes)
- Wednesday - Gift Exchange - tree ornament (must be crafted at home...nothing store bought!) to give to a mystery fellow student from the Kindness Pod.
- Thursday - Pajama Day - wear your pjs and bring your favorite stuffy!
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
December 12, 2018
Today's Bloggers:
Landis, Naveen, Anton, Kaitlyn, Nathan
We did our Beakerhead planning about the future. We are imagining and inventing an object in 3018, that is 1000 years from now!
I'm making a t.v so it can fit in your pocket and you can ask it to do anything.
I am designing a tower.
Mine will be a flying tower.
I'm redesigning a shoe. You can press a button and it can drive, wheels will come out and you push a button and they will go in.
I'm designing a fireplace. It is going to be white brick. It is going to have little details on it.
In math we played a bingo game with adding. You could knock people off. Whoever uses their bing chips first wins.
In literacy, we did Read to Partner and Read to Self.
In my Titanic group we are writing books about facts that we read. We searched some research about when it sunk. It sunk, April 10, 1912.
Ignite was super fun. I got to hammer nails and I made a door.
Mrs. Cox was so proud of the Kindness kids for their clean up after Ignite.
Families Helping Families is being accepted until Tomorrow. Thank you so much for all that you have given.
Please come to our drumming performance on Friday at 10:00. Please arrive a few minutes early so we can start right at 10:00
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
December 11, 2018
We hope families can come and see all of the students' hard work in their drumming performance!
Performance Schedule – December 14 2018
Time
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Pod Sharing
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Teachers
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9:30
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AM Kindergarten
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Khan/Conley/Watterson
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10:00
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Kindness Grade 1/2
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Cox/Low/Blenkhorne/Disher/Le
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10:30
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Joy Grade 1/2
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Chang/KCambpell/Sigurdson/Ross
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11:00
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Peace Grade 3/4
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Campbell/Huebner/Lawson
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11:30
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Hope Grade 3/4
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Danchuk/Campbell/Neily/Kai
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The Kindness Pod has looked at technology over time in preparation for our Beakerhead challenge. This year's theme is imagine 3018! Today we looked at telephones, computers and forks and how much they have changed to become more efficient.
Please think about what our classrooms and homes would look like in 3018. What would you like to see improve and how could it?
Thursday, December 6, 2018
December 6, 2018
Thank you to all of the families who have already signed up for Families Helping Families! What a kind pod we have!
On World Drumming Perforamance - Friday December 14
On World Drumming Perforamance - Friday December 14
Performance Schedule – December 14 2018
Time
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Pod Sharing
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Teachers
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9:30
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AM Kindergarten
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Khan/Conley/Watterson
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10:00
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Kindness Grade 1/2
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Cox/Low/Blenkhorne/Disher/Le
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10:30
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Joy Grade 1/2
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Chang/KCambpell/Sigurdson/Ross
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11:00
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Peace Grade 3/4
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Campbell/Huebner/Lawson
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11:30
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Hope Grade 3/4
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Danchuk/Campbell/Neily/Kai
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Performances will be held in the gym. The Kindness Pod will perform at 10:00. Please make sure you arrive 15 minutes early as we will need to ensure all families are seated by 10:00.
No School Tomorrow - PD Day
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
December 5, 2018
The students had a great time in the book fair today!
The Kindness kids learned another new journaling technique today. Some learned Event Mapping and some learned how to do 1 minute sketches.
In math, the students are finished the rotations for ways to represent numbers. If you'd like, you can ask your child to show you how to represent number using number lines, ten frames, base 10, and expanded form (53 is 50 + 3) (129 is 100+20+9).
The students have a greater understanding of the value of a number depending on the place it is in.
Thank you to the families who are able to help our Families Helping Families campaign.
Eric Harvie families, if you are interested in helping…
We are calling on your kindness and generosity to help support a family in need at Christmas. We are supporting 7 families from Colonel Fred J. Scott School. Each pod has been assigned a family/families to support this season. A sign up genius has been set up with the family needs and wishes. Please go to the following site to make your contribution(s):
Pod
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Link
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KINDERGARTEN
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PEACE POD
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HOPE POD
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JOY POD
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KINDNESS POD
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Please remember that our families would love to not have to worry about the purchase of food items and more than one gift card to their chosen grocery store would be welcomed!
Please wrap and label all gifts/donations with who it is for.
Wrapped contributions will be due on or before:
Thursday, December 13, 2018
In the spirit of giving this holiday season, all staff at Eric Harvie School would like to thank families in advance for their thoughts and contributions! Thank you for making a family’s Christmas a little brighter!!
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
December 4, 2018
Just a reminder that our Scholastic Book Fair is open for sales to parents and students the following times:
Wed. Dec. 5 8:30 to 3:30
Thu. Dec. 6 8:30 to 3:30
Thu. Dec. 6 6:30 to 8:00 (Polar Express ticket holders only)
Thanks!
Bobbi Carde
Library Assistant
Eric Harvie School
403-817-3532
One World Drumming began today!
Monday, December 3, 2018
December 3, 2018
A visit from the Grey Cup today!
Eric Harvie families, if you are interested in helping…
We are calling on your kindness and generosity to help support a family in need at Christmas. We are supporting 7 families from Colonel Fred J. Scott School. Each pod has been assigned a family/families to support this season. A sign up genius has been set up with the family needs and wishes. Please go to the following site to make your contribution(s):
Pod
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Link
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KINDERGARTEN
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PEACE POD
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HOPE POD
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JOY POD
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KINDNESS POD
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Please remember that our families would love to not have to worry about the purchase of food items and more than one gift card to their chosen grocery store would be welcomed!
Please wrap and label all gifts/donations with who it is for.
Wrapped contributions will be due on or before:
Thursday, December 13, 2018
In the spirit of giving this holiday season, all staff at Eric Harvie School would like to thank families in advance for their thoughts and contributions! Thank you for making a family’s Christmas a little brighter!!
Book Fair
The students will get a chance to browse through the book fair tomorrow and will bring home their wish list incase families would like to send students with money to buy books Wednesday and Thursday. The book fair will also be open during the Polar Express Evening as well as after school on Wednesday and Thursday.
One World Drumming:
Our drumming residency started today and the sounds of drums have filled the hallways. Our students will be learning songs to share with you on the morning of December 14th in a similar fashion to our performances from Sound Kreations. The schedule with specific times is being confirmed with our instructor today and will be available tomorrow.
Coulee Wonderings
Water strider - How do they float?
Wild Rose Hips - Does it get rotten?
Why is it so special?
Spider - Does it spin a web from it's mouth or back side.
Deer - Why does it have antlers?
Moose - Why do they have antlers?
Water strider - How long do they live?
Hare Bone - Are they actually white?
Hares - Why are they afraid of people?
Garder snake - Do they hibernate?
Do they pee?
Cattails - Why do they grow at cattail pond?
Sparrow - what animal eats them?
Red Fox - Do they hunt in packs?
Worms - Do they have eyes?
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
November 28, 2018
Today's Bloggers:
Marshall, Shiven, Damien, Avva
I got to sketch a coke bottle during our 1 minute sketching.
In Math we were building numbers out of Base 10 Blocks. If I did 25 it would be 2 tens and 5 ones.
In my green journal, I made a book about gems but I didn't finish it.
I loved drawing a robot and a clock. I added a lot of detail on my v-robot.
I was reading an I Spy book. I had to find a creepy clown and a red-eyed bunny.
Outside today, I played with my friend Tara.
Marshall, Shiven, Damien, Avva
I got to sketch a coke bottle during our 1 minute sketching.
In Math we were building numbers out of Base 10 Blocks. If I did 25 it would be 2 tens and 5 ones.
In my green journal, I made a book about gems but I didn't finish it.
I loved drawing a robot and a clock. I added a lot of detail on my v-robot.
I was reading an I Spy book. I had to find a creepy clown and a red-eyed bunny.
Outside today, I played with my friend Tara.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
November 27, 2018
Today's Bloggers: Matthew H., Lucas, Darius, Blair
Math today was about getting to make a number and then go to someone else's number and we had to find out what number it was and then we wrote the number.
We sorted out colours from bins to colour on paper because we had a big bin we needed to sort. I liked doing that.
In gym we played "Frogs and Toads and Flies"
In a story we read, we were guessing what happens next. It is called predicting. Some of our guesses were right!
Christmas decoration orders are due tomorrow.
Math today was about getting to make a number and then go to someone else's number and we had to find out what number it was and then we wrote the number.
We sorted out colours from bins to colour on paper because we had a big bin we needed to sort. I liked doing that.
In gym we played "Frogs and Toads and Flies"
In a story we read, we were guessing what happens next. It is called predicting. Some of our guesses were right!
Christmas decoration orders are due tomorrow.
Monday, November 26, 2018
November 26, 2018
We have started using a RAN (Reading and Analyzing Non-Fiction) chart for our coulee inquiry project. We used cow poop as an example because it was something that no one could pick as it is not in the coulee.
During inquiry time, we picked a thing from the coulee and we wrote all that we thought we know about it.
In gym we played pass to partners.
Lunch was wet outside and there was snow on the ground.
We went to the gym and we played "Ships A'Hoy"
When we went outside for recess, some of us built a snowman.
Outside with Bradley and Miss Leask and Anatolia we built a snowman.
I chose a coyote for my inquiry. I am pretty sure that they are part of the K-9 family.
I chose garder snake. I wonder if they have a poisonous bite.
In math, we worked on number lines. It was fun!
Reminders:
Book Orders for Mountain View and Snowy Owl are due Monday, Dec. 3
Polar Express Forms were due today
Friday, November 23, 2018
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
November 21
Today's Bloggers:
Elliott, Cohen, Charlie, Euan, Mustafa
Tomorrow is Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences and so is Friday
Tomorrow is a half day, students are dismissed at 12:00
Friday is no school
We had P.E. today and some people played basketball while others did the climbing wall.
We were bouncing the ball with our hands and I did it high and I caught it.
Today was our last day doing Zones of Regulation for Mountain View and Snowy Owl. We are doing expected and unexpected behaviours. Today during a story, Mrs. Le did some very unexpected behaviours. She phoned her mom, she layed down in the middle of the story, she was laying on the teacher. She was also yelling and calling out and doing unexpected things. It was pretty funny.
In Math today I did 10 frames. We cut paper and glued them in our book. I went up to 20.
After we were bouncing balls, we did bear crawl and backwards crab crawl.
We had Roots of Empathy and we saw our baby. Our baby's name is Austin. I was out of control because of the cuteness. It was so cute it was making me cry. I think she liked me.
Elliott, Cohen, Charlie, Euan, Mustafa
Tomorrow is Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences and so is Friday
Tomorrow is a half day, students are dismissed at 12:00
Friday is no school
We had P.E. today and some people played basketball while others did the climbing wall.
We were bouncing the ball with our hands and I did it high and I caught it.
Today was our last day doing Zones of Regulation for Mountain View and Snowy Owl. We are doing expected and unexpected behaviours. Today during a story, Mrs. Le did some very unexpected behaviours. She phoned her mom, she layed down in the middle of the story, she was laying on the teacher. She was also yelling and calling out and doing unexpected things. It was pretty funny.
In Math today I did 10 frames. We cut paper and glued them in our book. I went up to 20.
After we were bouncing balls, we did bear crawl and backwards crab crawl.
We had Roots of Empathy and we saw our baby. Our baby's name is Austin. I was out of control because of the cuteness. It was so cute it was making me cry. I think she liked me.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
November 20
Reminder - Book Truck tomorrow!
We would like to remind you that Thursday and Friday's conferences are student led so Kindness students are asked to accompany their families to the conference so they can share their learning with you.
Today the students worked on their All About...books where they added a dedication page and finished their front cover. The began writing Lepidoptera Facts as well.
The students all heard a story about a red winged bird in the coulee. They then wrote in their math journals about a tree with 100 leaves. We will continue to work in their journals on representing numbers using that word problem.
Mr. Kelly worked with the Kindness students to write 6 word poetry. The students interpreted our writing through body movement and vocal intonation. Homework from Mr. Kelly...Think of 5 word to describe one topic. Today's example...Mountains, Hiking, Avalanche, Pointy, Magnificent, Peaks
We would like to remind you that Thursday and Friday's conferences are student led so Kindness students are asked to accompany their families to the conference so they can share their learning with you.
Today the students worked on their All About...books where they added a dedication page and finished their front cover. The began writing Lepidoptera Facts as well.
The students all heard a story about a red winged bird in the coulee. They then wrote in their math journals about a tree with 100 leaves. We will continue to work in their journals on representing numbers using that word problem.
Mr. Kelly worked with the Kindness students to write 6 word poetry. The students interpreted our writing through body movement and vocal intonation. Homework from Mr. Kelly...Think of 5 word to describe one topic. Today's example...Mountains, Hiking, Avalanche, Pointy, Magnificent, Peaks
Monday, November 19, 2018
November 19
Don’t forget to submit your Polar Express PJ party forms and your Christmas Wreath forms.
Booking for conferences is open in CBE My Account.
Booking for conferences is open in CBE My Account.
Friday, November 16, 2018
November 16, 2018
Today the students worked on their art piece from Cattail Pond. Students are currently working on recording their reading and uploading it to IRIS so they can share their reading with you during conferences. Reminder that booking begins Saturday morning. Today the students finished sorting their Words Their Way cards and glued them into their journals. Once the students have completed their activities with their words they will do a quick assessment and either receive new words or work with those same words for one more week.
When you place poinsettia orders and send in cheques, please make them payable to Eric Harvie School - this was missed on the original order form so we are attaching an updated order form (this is the only change). Thank you!
Hello. We are students from the Joy Pod. We are working on helping the Mustard Seed by collecting some items that they need. The Mustard Seed helps people who don’t have a home. The Mustard Seed gives them a home and food.
The Mustard Seed is collecting:
- Nail clippers
- Travel-size shampoo
- Travel-size conditioner
- Travel-size lotion
- Disposable razors
- Transit tickets
- Deodorant
- Men’s and Women’s briefs (NEW)
- Toothbrushes
- Q-tips
- Travel-size body wash
- Travel-size shaving gel
- Towels
- Socks
- Earplugs
- Lip balm
- Combs and brushes
- Travel-size tissue
- Blankets/sleeping bags
Could you please work with us and help us by bringing some necessities?
We will come on Wednesday, November 21 and Friday, November 30 to collect the items. Thank you.
-JOY POD-
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