Message from your gym teacher:

Dear Parents and Guardians

We have started our gymnastics unit in our regularly scheduled Physical Education classes. This unit will run until the end of January. Safety procedures are being carefully covered with each class. While students in elementary school are not expected to change their clothing for gym, I do talk to them about being dressed in preparation to participate. Please consider the following when sending your child to school:

• Clothing that allows freedom of movement (no special uniforms or outfits are required – sweats and a t-shirt work best).

• Loose fitting/baggy clothing may get caught on equipment when climbing.

• Tucking shirts in may help to prevent an accident.

• All jewelry that could get caught on equipment should be removed (left in classrooms or left at home). e.g. watches, rings, necklaces, etc...

• Students with long hair should have their hair tied back. Tying hair back with elastics is recommended.

• Students may wear shorts under clothing if they wish.

• Students will participate in bare feet unless there is a medical reason (warts).

Please be aware that students have Physical Education class each day. Students will be reminded that they must remain very quiet while participating on the climbing equipment. Sudden noises could startle a student using the equipment and result in a fall.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Thank you in advance for your understanding in helping to ensure the safety of our students.

Sincerely,

Helen Hennick

Animal Hearing Research

Animals - Hearing and Sound


Dolphins

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bottlenose-dolphin/

https://www.ducksters.com/animals/dolphin.php

Elephants

African Elephant Facts for Kids | Elephants | African Animals


Bats

KidZone Bats

Dogs

How Well do Dogs Hear? | 1-800-PetMeds Cares™

Cats
Cat senses - Wikipedia
Cat Ears & Hearing | Animal Planet


Birds

Sound reception - Hearing in birds | Britannica


Bird Adaptations | Bird Hearing & Bird Senses - The RSPB

Message about your child's report cards

December 10, 2019
Dear Parents,
We will be moving to online report cards this year. This will help us save much needed money for other uses within the school. At the end of the school day on December 17th, PowerSchool will allow parents to log in and see their child’s report card for this first term (see directions below). Your child’s report card can be printed or saved for later viewing. For those that feel they need a hard copy, please contact the office for this request.
How to Access Digital Report Cards
 Sign into your My CBE/PowerSchool at My CBE/PowerSchool Account  Click on your child’s name at top of page
 Click on “Grades and Attendance”
 Click on “Report Card”
 Click on “Report Card – open”
 Save to pdf or print for your records
Sincerely,
Gord Hamby
Principal, Royal Oak School
Calgary Board of Education | ghhamby@cbe.ab.ca t | 403-777-6279

Weekly blog!

Students had a fantastic experience watching The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The production was inspirational and carried many positive messages of courage, loyalty and kindness.

They have begun a series of investigations into sound and hearing. These will continue over the next two weeks. 

In mathematics, students have created their own cityscapes. They have shared fact families for the arrays in the windows that include both multiplication and division equations. These cities have a character and students will be using scale to determine the length and width of buildings in their city. 

Using computers and informational texts, students are researching life in Peru. They are learning how to use titles, searches, index and content pages to answer questions and refine their search.

Friday Blog!

Students completed their persuasive paragraph in response to the question, "Should we, as Canadian citizens, help people in other parts of the world?" Using the hamburger structure and key vocabulary, they were able to form effective paragraphs. 

Using a rubric, students evaluated their own writing and created goals for future persuasive writing work.

Students completed their work on earthquakes as they affect our focus countries, India and Peru. They developed an understanding of the role environmental geologists can play to support these areas.

After reading Go Show the World, a story about indigenous heroes, students thought about the qualities they have, similar to those people in the story, to share with the world.

Students have continued their work in mathematics. They have been sharing their multiplication strategies, using repeated addition, skip counting and 'groups of' to find the product for a number of stamps. Students have played math games to reinforce their understanding.

Weekly Blog

Students began their dance residency this week and will continue throughout the next 2 weeks. Each lesson ends with everyone shouting "I am awesome!" You can feel the positive energy throughout their dancing as kids let go of inhibitions and move to the music.

We have been working on organizing our ideas into persuasive paragraphs in writing. Students use a 'hamburger' template, as well as persuasive language such as, "I am sure you will have to agree..." Using Google Docs talk-to-text, they are completing their final draft.

In mathematics, students are continuing to build on their multiplication skills using arrays, grids and skip counting. They have begun work with shapes and are honing their skills with a variety of polygon games.  

Using a variety of earthquake simulators and a seismograph model, students have been conducting experiments, researching and investigating through the lens of an Environmental Geologist. They look forward to sharing this work with parents next week during conferences.

The grade 3 choir is getting underway in preparation for the winter festivities. Please see Mrs. Mann's blog for further details. 

Friday Blog!

Math
This week we worked on a multistep problem where students use skip counting, repeat addition, doubling and multiplication to determine how many of each grocery item was in the store. Students are being introduced to the distributive and properties of multiplication. For example, when counting plums many students split each box in half and counted each half as 3 groups of 3 (3 X3). They then doubled the answer to determine the number of plums in the entire box.  They are also starting to learn the commutative property of multiplication through creating and looking at arrays. For example a x b = b x a.

Inquiry and Writing

Most students have now completed writing their mystery rock conclusions. 

We also have being discussing the Rights and Responsibilities of Canadians. After learning about the many geological disasters and reading several books, students have been debating whether or not Canadians have the responsibility to help people in other countries. Students are currently working on a persuasive writing piece related to this topic. 

Remembrance Day

Students did an outstanding job singing " A Peaceful River" during the Remembrance Day Assembly. In class we read a story book called A Bear In War that is about a father who goes to war in 2016. The discussion afterwards included many connections to students families. Thank you to all the parents who were able to attend the assembly.