Hi everyone,



Winter has come early to Regina! We've been indoors all day because it's too cold to be outside. The temperature at 2:00 pm is: Sunny -19 Wind:NW 18 km/h  Wind Chill: -29. All of us have to dress warmly whether we're walking or driving around the city.

We're also really excited because our Saskatchewan Roughrider Football team is playing in the Western Canada final this Sunday in Calgary, Alberta. We're crossing our fingers that the Riders win and get to the Grey Cup which is the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL). We're all wearing our green and white Rider clothes today to show our Rider Pride! Good luck Riders!!!

This was last years Wester Final against the Calgary Stampeders.

take care,

Ms. B

Hi everyone,

Today's Friday writing is a bit different because I'm going to ask you to write a story. The other difference is that I want you to write a story about one of the pictures below. Think about the mood of the painting, how does the painting make you feel, what you think is happening in the painting or what happened before or after. I'd also like you to use lots of adjectives in your paragraph.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/woodstock/art/archives/

http://www.studiotreasure.com/images-top/franklin-carmichael_.jpg

If you need some adjective help have a look at this adjective website: http://www.esldesk.com/vocabulary/adjectives

Hope you have fun completing this assignment. Don't forget to let your imagination soar!

Ms. B

Hi everyone,

I hope that you are all having a wonderful week. For this week's Friday writing assignment I thought we could participate in a writing activity from Professor McGonagall of the DragonBlogs in Seattle. Professor McGonagall is asking for all of us to write 7 Random Facts about ourselves. Check out her blog for the assignment and this link for examples from her class.

Here's my 7 Random Facts:

1. I have two Golden Retrievers.

2. I have two children.

3. I love to run and instruct running clinics.

4. I absolutely adore reading.

5. I'm taking a Bollywood Dancing class with my daughter.

6. I drive a blue SmartCar.

7. I live in a 81 year old house.

I can't wait to read all of your Random facts. I'm sure that I'm going to learn some great facts about all of you.

Ms. B

Hi everyone,

Yesterday for our Friday writing the question was posed about who would we want to spend the day with. We could choose anyone past or present to live a day with them. We had a good time brain storming and discussing our reasons for choosing these people. Thanks to Ms Fisher in Pennsylvania for an interesting question.

Here are some of the people we talked about. Queen Elizabeth 1 of England, Elvis Presley, Winston Churchill, Hera, Aphrodite, President Barack Obama, Poseidon, Ron Lancaster, Wayne Gretzky, Albert Einstein, Marie Antionette, Genghis Khan, Bacchus, Zeus ,Adam & Jamie from MythBusters, King Tut, Elton John, and Wolverine.

We also discussed who we wouldn't want to spend a day with. Any of Henry the 8th's wives, Mary Queen of Scotts, Hades, Nero, or Anne Frank.

For some more ideas, here's a link to TIME's 2009 list of interesting people of the world.  Who would you like to spend the day with? Check out the student blogs, Friday Writing, to see who they wanted to hang out with.

Ms B

Hi everyone, My class and I were talking about judging people by appearances. We were watching the YouTube video of Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent and thought how interesting that the judges along with the audience judged Susan based on her clothes, hair and style. What a surprise everyone had when she began to sing! It was great to watch the shocked faces of the judges and audience. If you haven't seen the video you need to watch it. I also love that Susan was a bit cheeky with Simon. You go girl! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Have a great day,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

My class is using PicLits to create picture writing. This is mine plus each student made one.

See the full PicLit at PicLits.com

Hope you enjoy,

Ms B

Hi everyone, I was thinking about today's writing topic and wanted to challenge you with a new writing topic. What is your favourite web tool or application to use? Do you love to Skype and talk to different people around the world? Do you like to create videos using Animoto? Is your favourite tool from Rockyou so that you can add really cool titles to your blog page? What about comic life, flickr, iMovie or wikispaces? Write a blog post about your tool choice explaining why you like using it. Add an example of the way you can use the tool and make sure to add the link.

The web tool that I really like to use is flickr. I like flickr because I can organize my pictures into albums and make super quick slideshows. Watch this short slideshow about some of our science classes. We even invited the pre-k class in to make bouncing balls. Flickr is so easy to use that's why I like it.

have a great day, Ms B

Hi everyone,

We've just returned from our Easter break refreshed and ready to learn. Earth Day is this Wednesday, April 22 so we were talking about climate change and global warming. We watched two videos and listed to David Keith's Ted Talk. David Keith is an environmental scientist who has interesting ideas about dealing with climate change. His big idea is injecting a huge cloud of ash into the atmosphere, like a volcanoe does when it erupts, to deflect sunlight and heat from the earth. My students and I thought there were many good ideas in his talk including:

• How much climate change is too much?


• Climate change is not new


• Humans can adapt but animals like polar bears can't


• Volcanoes can cool down the earth


• The Arctic Sea is melting and if that happens some of the biggest cities in the world will disappear


• Mezosphere is 100km in the ari


• the polar cap is melting


• People have to do more


• Some people are finally doing someting


• One choice is to make a big cloud to cool down the atmosphere


• Emissions are growing


• It will take years to change emission levels even if we stop everything now

We also watched the Blue Man Group's video on climate change:

What are your thoughts on climate change and global warming? Send a comment and share your thoughts.

Have a great day ,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

Our class started reading a new novel last week, Tunnels of Time, written by Mary Harelkin Bishop. The novel is about a girl named Andrea is doesn't want to go to a family wedding but would rather be on a biking trip with her friends. Andrea is very unhappy about attending the wedding and being a bridesmaid for her cousin. Andrea and her family are driving to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan which is only 45 minutes away from where we live. At the wedding rehearsal dinner Andrea is pulled into secret tunnels, that really exist, and enters the world of the 1920's and Al Capone.

On April 21st Mary Bishop will be visiting our class to discuss her books. Mary has written several books in the Tunnels series including Tunnels of Terror and Tunnels of Treachery. I know we'll have lots of questions about writing and where she gets all of her ideas.

On May 6th we'll be traveling to Moose Jaw to visit the tunnels and explore Moose Jaw. It's going to be a great trip!

Have a great day,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

We're talking about Volcanoes in our Science class, which is really timely considering all of the seismic action going on in the world right now. Did you know that Mount Redoubt in Alaska has been erupting for the last week? or that an undersea volcano near the island nation of Tonga has been spewing smoke steam and ash? or even that on the weekend Llaima volcano in Chile blew ash 4 miles or 6.2 kilometers into the sky?

Students spent time this afternoon researching volcanoes and looking for one interesting piece of information. Did you know.......

• In Pompeii people were buried aliive?


• In Ethiopia the lava in the volcanoes reaches over 2,000 degrees fahrenheit?


• The Hawaiin volcanoes are the biggest in the world?


• In Iceland the volcanoes have fire and ice?


• The AFP reported that a volcano eruption near the Southe Pacific nation of Tonga has destroyed rich birdlife and vegetation?


• That 90% of volcanoes are in The Ring of FIre?


• There are ice volcanoes?


• A volcanoe can melt a car to nothing?


• That water and lava will cause steam?


• You can swim in a non-active volcano?


• The name volcano has it origins from the name of Vulcan? Vulcan was the god of fire in Roman Mythology.

Enjoy,

Ms B

Hi everyone, On April 2nd we were Skyping with Mr. Crosby's clss in Nevada while they were being filmed by a local ABC news crew. Here's part of the information on the link:

Local Elementary Students Travel To Canada In One Day Twenty-two local kids traveled to Canada and back Thursday, as part of a school lesson, but they didn't need any permission slips for this trip. The group of sixth-graders from Agnes Risley Elementary School in Sparks used modern computer technology called "Skype" to visit our Northern Neighbors. Canada is the fifth country the group of 11 and 12-year-olds has visited so far this year. The students are working on a national project called "Around the World With 80 Schools," but there are actually more than 150 schools involved. So far, they've been to Argentina, Thailand, Iceland, New Zealand, and Canada. There's no telling where they'll go next. By 11:00 a.m., the 22 students had 21 new friends from Sasketchwan, Canada. They traveled there using 'Skype', a free video-conferencing website that allows people to connect face-to-face, no matter the distance. "It was pretty cool. We can see them and they can see us. We can talk to them," said 6th Grader, Cynthia Lara. "These are the new 20th century tools. We all grew up with chalkboards," said teacher Brian Crosby. The students gave their new friends a presentation of our state song, and answered questions about their favorite sports teams and foods. "It's a really great experience. At first I was nervous, but now it's easy and I think it's cool. It feel like I am traveling and I get a new experience every time," said Paul Nguyen, 6th grade student. Then each of the students has their own blog that they post about their experience, many getting dozens of web hits a day.

Click here to read the rest of the story and watch the news story.

It was great fun and we enjoyed being famous for a short time. Thanks to Mr. Crosby and his grade 6 class for inviting us to join in the Skype call.

Have a great weekend,

Ms B

p.s. Don't leave without reading some of the students blog posts about the call.

Hi everyone,

It's going to be a cold, blustery day in Regina. I've been listening to the radio and they are reporting very icy roads. There's already been rollovers on the Ringroad , this is a road that circles are half of the city withspeeds of 100km. In Regina we never have snow day, icy days or any other kind of days that might cause school to cancel. What do you think about this? Do you have snow days where you live? If you have snow days what do you do instead of being in school? Do you think the schools should be open or closed when it's very cold or blustery out. Write a paragraph explaining what you think about schools closing for weather and give reasons to support your opinion.

Look forward to reading your paragraphs,

Ms B

p.s.

My sister was in Maui in January for holidays. While she was away school was cancelled in Maui due to high winds. They had a "wind day." My sister thought that was funny because for some reason it was too dangerous to have school so instead there were lots of kids surfing on the ocean. Hmmm....I wonder which is more dangerous, school or surfing? What do you think?

Hi everyone,

Last Friday was the first day of Friday writing for Ms. Fisher and her class in Pennsylvania. Ms. Fisher's class joins with my class and Mr. Ellis in North Battleford.  Mr. Ellis and I have been working together for just over a year and welcome another teacher to post Friday writing assignments. Once the writing is posted Mr. Ellis, Ms. Fisher and myself read the student writing and post comments. I look forward to getting to know Ms. Fisher's students through their writing.

Our Friday writing assignments are rather randomly posted writing topics. Sometimes we take topics from the news, current events or projects we're involved in. Other times we look for inspiration  from writing prompts and student interest. The focus is to develop students who write good paragraphs which will allow them to develop their writing skills.

The most recent topic was asking the students what superhero powers they would most like to have. We had a great brainstorming session before the students began to write. If you could have a superpower what would yours be? Read the student blog posts to see who you compare to.

Have a great day,

Ms B

Hi everyone.

I may have mentioned that we have a classroom weather station. Mr Riech, our caretaker, mounted the weather station's sensors on our school roof. We have two electronic monitors to receive the weather information in our classroom. Last week we were lucky to be able to check out our weather monitors and see what they looked like mounted to collect  weather data. Have a look at our pictures of our adventures.

We are studying Ecosystems in Science and we've added cactii to our class plant collection. We're learning how the plants in a desert ecosystem survive and trying to re-create the ecosystem to keep our plants healthy.

We also have a worm composting bin our classroom. The pre-k class comes to visit us so that they can feed our worms. We are learning about decomposers, ecosystems, life cycles and the food web with our bin. Plus it's fun to play around in the compost looking for worms.

We've also been busy working on the Blogging Challenge with all of our partners around the world. Thanks for all of the comments we've been receiving. It's been great getting to know the students participating.

Hope everyone's having a fantastic week,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

I think it's really Mr. Ellis' turn for assigning the Friday writing but in my dazed state as a teacher I sent him an email saying that I would do it this week. Oh well...c'est la vie and all of those sayings when life just happens.

Today I want to ask how all of the students in my class and Mr. Ellis' class feel about doing on-line projects or collaborations. Our Friday writing is a collaborative on-line project because we're working together on the same writing assignment each week then providing feedback in the form of comments to each other. Do you like writing on your blog page? Do you like receiving comments from the teachers and other students? Do you think you enjoy writing more because other people will actually read what you're writing? I know. So many questions and only a paragraph to answer them in. I'm looking forward to reading your responses.

Hope everyone is having a great week,

Ms B

P.S. We've been busy participating in O.R.E.O week since Monday. The whole school has been focused on Oreo cookie literacy and numeracy activities. It's been a yummy week! I'll be uploading pictures and writing to our projectsbyjen ning soon.

Hi everyone,

Friday, September 26th is Terry Fox National School Run Day in Canada. Every year schools are invited to collect pledges, plan activities and run in their community in the memory of Terry Fox. If you're not familiar with Terry fox this is a good video to learn about his quest. The Terry Fox Foundation counts on the help of Canadians to raise funds every year to aid in cancer research.

About Terry Fox Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada's west coast. An active teenager involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 centimetres (six inches) above the knee in 1977. While in hospital, Terry was so overcome by the suffering of other cancer patients, many of them young children, that he decided to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.

He would call his journey the Marathon of Hope.

After 18 months and running over 5,000 kilometres (3,107 miles) to prepare, Terry started his run in St. John’s, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 with little fanfare. Although it was difficult to garner attention in the beginning, enthusiasm soon grew, and the money collected along his route began to mount. He ran 42 kilometres (26 miles) a day through Canada's Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario. It was a journey that Canadians never forgot.However, on September 1st, after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles), Terry was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario because cancer had appeared in his lungs. An entire nation was stunned and saddened. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at age 22.The heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy was just beginning. To date, more than $400 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry's name through the annual Terry Fox Run, held across Canada and around the world. Source: Official Terry Fox Run site.

 What is something you believe in? Do you think you could do what Terry Fox did if you were in his situation? Describe a situation where you had to do something you didn't think you could do. Think about school, home, sports or friends. How were you able to do something you weren't comfortable with or that was hard?

I'm looking forward to read your responses. I know this is a difficult assignment but I know you can all do it. Ms B

Hi everyone,

Here's the blogging challenge for week #1. I copied the information from Miss Wyatt's blog page A blog is all about you beginning and continuing a conversation with your readers. Because you can’t meet face to face (f2f), somewhere on your blog, you will need to introduce yourself.  There is usually a page called “About” or “About Me” in your sidebar. 

Hi everyone,

For today's Friday Writing you need to read Mr. Ellis' blog post. One of Mr. Ellis' childhood heros died yesterday at the age of 69. Ron Lancaster was quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and coach for the Edmonton Eskimos.

When I think about who my hero might be I have a difficult time narrowing it down. Through my life I've admired various people for different reasons. When I was young I thought Quincy M.D. from a tv show was great and I thought I would grow up to be a coroner. Yuch! In high school I admired Diane Jones Konihowski who was an Olympic athlete competing in the pentathalon. As my interests changed so did my heros. Right now my hero is my friend Carol. Carol retired from nursing in the spring at the age of sixty one. She then began training to run a half-marathon, training to hike Machu Pichu and practicing to be part of a northern canoe trip. Carol is my hero because she makes the most of life.

Have a great weekend,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

On Monday Daena from Garbage Delight brought our worm composting bin to class. We  are going to start  composting all of our green waste from our daily snack.

Have a great wormy day,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

This weekend I received an email from Mr. Greenberg in Conneticut. This is part of his email.

Congratulations! The Brainwaves have nominated your blog as a “Brilliante Weblog”. We love reading your blogs, they inspire and motivate us.

Let me end by quoting Amanda Marinan, teacher of the 2MGems, who nominated us.

“All of (your) blogs are home to children like us, using 21st century tools to share their learning and engage in conversations with others...and of course, they are home to awesome teachers too!

I was very happy to receive this email because it's telling us that our blogs are read and enjoyed. Congratulations everyone!

This week continue to read the Dragon Blogs', Mr. Ellis's class and also Mrs. Lowe's class in Australia. You'll have to look back in Mrs. Lowe's students blogs because they did this assigment in February when they started school. See what is different and what you have in common with all of these different students.

Have a good day everyone,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

Welcome to a twist on Friday writing. I found an interesting assignment on the Dragon Blogs

site and thought that we could all participate.

7 Random Facts

Dearest Dragons,

I  love this assignment. 7 Random Facts gives us a chance to look for connections around the world. We post 7 things about us, everybody else posts 7 things about themselves...we go around the world and leave comments!

It's supposed to be fun and supposed to teach us how to leave appropriate comments with other classes around the world.

So now....we wait.

We wait until the other classrooms have posted their 7 Random Fact assignments, then we start our search.

Enjoy, Love Prof. McG

Now for part two of today's writing.

Once you are finished your written assignment go to the Dragon Blogs web page and read the 7 Random Facts that her students have posted. Please add comments to her students. Do you have anything in common with the students, are some of the facts the same or are they really different? Don't forget to say who you are and what school you're from in your comment. Hopefully her students will comment back to you.

Have a great Friday,

Ms. B.

p.s. The forecast for Regina today is a sunny 25 degrees celcius!

Hi everyone,

We're starting the school year working on narrative writing. The first assignment was to write a story about a teenager who is told a prediction about their future. We had fun brainstorming ideas about how the prediction would be made. Would the teenager visit a fortune teller with a crystal ball, have their tea leaves read or open a fortune cookie with startling results? Keep watching the student blogs for their stories. We also invite you to provide comments and feedback.

We're also busy working in our other subject areas and starting to settle into the school year. In Social Studies we are working on a Global Village unit with a focus on Interdependence and   participating in a year long Global Citizen project. All classes are invited to join our Global Citizen project at any time during the school year and participate in the monthly challenges. We are currently working on the September theme of water in the world.

Have a great day,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

This Friday Mr. Ellis is in charge of the writing assiginment. Have a look at Mr. Ellis' blog page for his mouth-watering writing challenge. Remember you need to add a title to your writing and write a complete paragraph.

This summer we've been eating a lot of fresh vegetables. One of my favourite summer activities is to walk to the Farmer's Market and choose sumptuous, juicy, heirloom tomatoes. I also purchased green and yellow zuchinis, mushrooms, garden onions and shiny peppers to grill on the barbeque. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. My husband would chop up the vegetables, put them in a bowl and toss the mixture with olive oil and freshly, squeezed lime juice. After that he would put the glistening mix into a grill basket to simmer on the barbeque. This is a favourite of our family and friends. What is your favourite food to grill on the barbeque?

Have a good weekend,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the first Friday writing of the new school year! I'm really happy to be back at school (I always was one of those crazy people who loved school) and I hope you're excited to get started on our Friday writing.

At the beginning of the school year I'm always planning, plotting and thinking about what I want to accomplish this year. I think about the units I want to teach, the projects I think the students will enjoy working on and the new ways I can make learning fun. I want to enjoy my day as much as everyone else so I work really hard to make the school day interesting while at the same time making sure everyone is learning. I hate to say it but sometimes I wake up at night and start thinking about all of this. It's very scary let me tell you.

Today I want you to think about your goals for this school year. What areas do you want to improve in? Do you want to increase your reading level or master division? Do you want to play for the school basketball team? Do you want to develop a following on your blog page and create a network of  friends online?

Once you have your goals for the school year made. How are you going to accomplish your goals? What steps do you need to take and think about who can help you. Remember the sky is the limit because these are your goals.

Have a great school year everyone,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

I've been reading websites and looking for information to help me prepare for back to school. While touring the web I came across Angela Maiers page and found some great thoughts for back to school.

• Ask Questions- not only content but one another


• Collaborate-with one another, other classrooms, and other worlds that exist outside of their classroom walls


• Create-not with cotton balls and pipe cleaners, but with their minds. Is their imagination ignited, will their curiosity be peaked, will creativity be a valued ingredient in their classroom?


• Talk-about issues that matter most, about big ideas, and things that can change the world


• Feel Proud-real pride comes with ownership. Who "owns" their classroom?  Who owns the learning?


• Think-not just memorize and regurgitate, but really think! Do they "get-to" grapple, struggle, and experience the breakthrough that often follows?


• Share-their opinions, their thoughts, their wonders, and most importantly share their hearts.
  
  

This list made me think about my goals for you as students for the upcoming school year. What do you think? Send me a comment and share your thoughts for a new year in grade 6 & 7.

See you Thursday,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

It's time to get back the lovin' feeling for school! I'm back to school next Monday while I'll see all of you on Thursday. I haven't gone in to check on our SmarBoard so I guess I'll be surprised and see if it's installed on Monday morning. I've been working on planning projects for back to school. I've been emailing Michelle Mock at Imagiverse about the fall postcard projects and the hands projects. I think we should particpate again. I've also been registering us for projects with Projects by Jen including a "Room with a View" which is a year long photo project.

I'm really looking forward to the school year and the new collaborative projects we'll be working on. I'm sure we're going to meet some great classes and learn about new places in the world. So you better warm up your computer skills and get ready to explore the world.

See you next Thursday,

Ms B

p.s. Is everyone ready for some Steve Spangler Sceince demos?

Hi everyone,

Thanks for everyone who has been visiting our class blog while we've been on summer holidays. I can't believe we've already been away from school for three weeks.

So, what's everyone been doing? I was in Mexico for three weeks and returned home last night. While we were away our dog, Wizard, was frightened by fireworks for July 1st and destroyed one of the seat cushions from our couch. Now I have to figure out how to get it replaced. Right now our couch looks kind of odd without one of the cushions to sit on. We had a great time on our trip. We snorkelled on the ocean, rode our bikes around, went to fiesta every Sunday night in the town square, ate great food and relaxed on the beach.

Has anyone started to think about school yet? I'm getting excited about our new SmartBoard. I hope it will be installed by the time we get back at the end of August. Keep your fingers crossed.

Send me a comment and let me know how your summer's going. Miss everyone,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

I can't believe we are only one day away from the last day of school. Some of the highlights this year were all of our successes using Web 2.0 tools, our trip to the Science Centre and Imax, the contacts and network we've created around the world and our class camp.

Have a look at our trip on

.

What a great year we had. Have a great summer and good luck next year,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

I can't believe it's been a week since I wrote on the blog. I loved reading all of your reflections about our camping trip last week. I share your thoughts about the food. It was great! I can't thank Eleanor enough for the fabulous meals she made us. I'll never forget the chocolate brownies, cheescake and puff wheat cake. Oh, it sounds like it was dessert that really was my favourite.

I've been downloading all of the pictures I took at camp and now I'm uploading them to Animoto. I hope to have a video finished by Monday.

I've also been working at posting the "Thriller" video. I hope I'll be able to do it Monday as well. If not I can show everyone it at school because I made it into an IMovie.

Don't forget that we have our Talent Show on Monday at 2:30pm. Who's performing? We also have our multi school track meet all day Tuesday at Douglas Park. So far the weather forecast is saying that we're going to have an amazing day. Keep your fingers crossed.

That's all for now. See everyone tomorrow morning,

Ms B

Hi everyone,

I forgot to mention bringing ball gloves. Mine is ready to go and I've got bases and balls. However, we need a bat. There weren't any extra's at school. I hope someone reads this and brings a bat.

Have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow.

Ms B

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a great day off on Friday while I was at school sitting in a staff meeting and getting ready for camp. I spoke to Robin, the camp director, and asked him all of your questions so here are the answers:

• there is a boardwalk by the stables that you can skateboard on if you want but he's not sure how great it would be. Bring your skateboards if you want.


• there is a pond that you can go fishing in.


• you can bring your IPod or mp3 for the bus, free times or the cabin at night. No cell phones.


• mac_10 asked about his guitar. Bring it if you want.


• we will have a campfire each night with campfire snacks. mmm....s'mores!


• you have to wear long pants (jeans) and shoes for riding horses.


• we can swim only if my daughter is able to drive out. She's our lifeguard.

Send a comment on this blog post if you have any more questions and I'll answer back. Keep checking the weather so we know what to expect.

I was also speaking to Miss Schuster about the Thriller dance on Thursday afternoon. The students from Coronation Park school will be arriving around 1:45pm. Prior to that you will be getting dressed and getting your zombie makeup down by Ms Donais and helpers. Once everyone is here you will be performing in the gym. Media has been invited so it should be very exciting. I'll be videotaping it and taking digial pictures that can be made into a movie. You need to know the following:

• you have to have a signed media release form to perform.


• you are asked to wear zombie clothes. Check with your parents about what clothes you can use.


• parents are invited to come to school and watch


• if you don't have a media release and aren't part of the dance you will not be allowed in the gym. You will be working in another room in the school.

On Friday afternoon the entire school is going swimming at the Sandra Schmirler pool. We have the pool booked from 1-3pm.

If you can't remember about the media release ask you parent's to write me a note. Also, it can't hurt to ask them to write a note giving permission to swim on Friday afternoon. Because we're away for three days of the week it's going to make it hard for us to get all of the permissions and information notes home.

Okay, I think that's enough information for a Saturday morning. Have a great weekend and I'll see everyone Monday morning!

Ms B

Hi everyone,

It's been a wonderful five months of writing with two classes. I know that I've enjoyed the experience of working with Mr. Ellis and his class during our Friday writing assignments. I really liked being surprised  when I read Mr. Ellis' writing assignments and the way students were always challenged to think and writing about new topics. My favourite part of Friday writing was reading Mr. Ellis' students' blog posts and writing comments to them. Through the writing I feel like I know the students in the class. I also like when the students in Mr. Ellis' class write to me and talk about what they're doing in school or home. I look forward to starting our writing again when school starts and getting to know a new group of students.

So, that's the assignment this week everyone. I would like everyone to think about the last five months of Friday writing. What are your thoughts about the writing assignments? Do you like to receive feedback from a different teacher and other students? Reflect on what were some favourite assignments and comments.

I'll miss working with the Connaught students and wish them luck next year.

Have a great day everyone,

Ms B

I can't believe that it's June already. Where did this year go? This week we'll be getting ready for camp. We leave next Monday for three days. I think it's going to be a great time. Has anyone started looking at the long range forecast? Remember if you're curious about where we're camping you can check out Circle Square Ranch on the web.

There's also a school dance this Thursday afternoon for the entire school which is a fun way to end a short school week.

Have a great week,

Ms B