Egg Experiment - Day 7

Today we took one egg out of the vinegar...

We noticed that the egg turned a bit yellow, and it was missing it's shell due to chemical erosion. It felt cold, smooth, squishy, slimy, rubbery, and weird. It smelt like the vinegar we used.

After we touched it we tested to see if it would bounce. Please watch the video.

After we bounced the egg we tried to pop it with a toothpick. We weren't sure if it would burst like a balloon, flow out like a volcano, or explode.  We also weren't sure if the center would still be liquid and if the membrane would be attached or eroded. 

Here's what happened:

Celebration of Learning - tomorrow

Learning Celebration times (there is no need to book a specific time slot)

1:30-2:30

4:00-6:00

And PEACE night, the gym doors open at 5:45. Presentation by Dr. Kelly Moroz on Anxiety and Social Skills will begin shortly after 6PM

All families are welcome to attend PEACE night. If you need childcare, please RSVP to MAPSS so they have enough baby sitters.

Egg Experiment - Day 4

Our eggs sure look different than they did when we first put them in!  What do you think is happening?

Volunteers Needed

ArtFelt Studios, and 4 of their artists will be coming to CJP from Feb 3 – 12. All kindergarten to grade 6 classes will be able to participate in this residency. Each class has a morning, or afternoon, that they will be spending with one of the artists to create an individual piece connected to curriculum currently being studied in their classrooms.
Guess what? In order for this to be successful we NEED volunteers in the spaces with these artists, and the classroom teachers. The recommendation is for 4 adults per session. On some days we have 3 artists in the building at the same time. That’s 12 volunteers at a time!!! This is going to be a great opportunity for our students, and for you to also learn more about the process. If you are available anytime between the February 3 – 12 please sign up
at: https://signup.com/group/146999386319958024
If these dates don’t work for you watch for the next opportunity in March, when classes will be rotating through a whole school project. Another amazing opportunity for our students, thanks to support from all the fundraising initiatives. Thank you!
Learn more at: https://www.artfeltstudio.com/

Please see the side bar with important dates for the dates and times our class will be participating.

CJP's Talent Show

CJP’s Got Talent!
CJP will be hosting a Talent Show in March. We are looking for a variety of
acts, including: singing, dancing, playing an instrument, juggling, comedy, gymnastics, magicians, acting, etc. We will have a Division 1 show for students in Grades 1-3 and a Division 2 show for students in Grades 4-6. The Div. 1 Talent Show will take place on Wednesday, March 18 from 1:30-2:30pm. The Div. 2 Talent Show will take place on Thursday, March 19 from 10:00-11:00am. All interested students must audition. Auditions will take place during the last week of February (February 24-27) at lunch recess (12:15-12:35pm) in front of a panel of teachers. Stay tuned for more information in February!

Math Strategies

We have been working hard on our Addition and Subtraction facts in Room 11.  We have especially been focusing on subtraction with regrouping. Stay tuned for more strategies...

Below are strategies that you can practice with your child at home to solidify their basic math facts to make adding and subtracting more fluent and automatic.

Robots!

Robots, Robots, Robots!!!

We love robots in room 11!

We have been reading the sequel to our first classroom read aloud to find out what our favourite robot Roz has been up to.

We have also been practicing coding our own little robots called Ozobots!  When you visit us on Thursday you will be able to read our "How To..." writing and learn to code the Ozobots!

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday.

Class Photos - Tuesday Jan 28

Class photos will be on this Tuesday January 28th.

Egg Experiment - Day 1

Today we started our Egg experiment. We place two eggs in jars with white vinegar and sealed the lids (the jars with gold lids).

 We placed another egg in a jar with water and closed the lid (the jar with the red lid).

We will be watching these jars each day to see what the vinegar and water do to the eggs.

We are hoping to see some Chemical Erosion!

Celebration of Learning - Thursday January 30

On Thursday, January 30 we will be opening our classroom to celebrate our learning! The classroom will be open from 1:30 - 2:30pm and then again at 4:00 – 6:00pm.

Please come and share our excitement and awesome work! 

Immediately following our celebration of learning will be the Montessori PEACE Night. All CJP families are more than welcome to attend. PEACE night, which stands for Parent Education and Conversation Event will take place in the CJP gym. Doors will open at 5:45PM. We are lucky to host Dr. Kelly Moroz, from 6PM - 7PM presenting on anxiety and social skills. This will be followed by time (7 - 7:45PM) to celebrate, share, and network with other parents from your community. Child Care will be provided in the learning commons.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Rocks Sharing Class

After much excitement, we will be having a rocks sharing class this Friday January 24th.  Students are welcome to bring in any rocks they have from home to share with their classmates. (this is optional)

Please keep in mind the risks of bringing to school items from home.

We are excited to see all the different rock collections.

Report Cards

Thank you for your patience, your child's report card is now available online through the CBE powerschool portal. Please note, it is not accessible through the powerschool APP. If you choose to access the report cards using your mobile device you will need to go through your my CBE account.

Once in powerschool, click on grades and attendance along the left hand side. Click on you child's name in the black bar. You will see tabs labeled: attendance, assignment and grades, report card. Click on the report card tab.

Then you click on 'open' you will see your child's report card. Please note, it does state "This is not an official report card" at the top of the page. We are not able to remove that header. Report cards have been entered and confirmed by teachers, this is the online version available for this term.

Enjoy celebrating your child's successes and talking about how they are working towards their next steps this evening. You have amazing children, we are lucky to work them as students each and every day. We look forward to seeing you during the January 30th Celebration of Learning event when students can share some of what they are working on with you.

As this is our first time issuing online report cards, there still could be unknown technological issues. If you run into any difficulties, please let us know. The report card will be accessible through the portal till March 19.

Gymnastics Unit

Gymnastics Unit 

Students will begin participating in our gymnastics unit at school. All classrooms will be following the Heads to Toe, ready to go, guidelines to ensure that all students are dressed appropriately to participant. Please encourage your child to come to school ready to participate in gymnastics until Wednesday, February 12. 

 

Head to Toe, Ready to Go 

Head – long hair pulled back 

Ears/Throat/Wrist – no jewelry 

Shirt one layer 

Waist – tucked in 

Pants – sporty pants (tight fitting) 

Ankles – ankles showing (rolled up pants) 

Toes – barefeet or shoes (please let us know any issues that require your child to wear shoes instead of barefeet)

Book Orders

Book Orders went home today. Please hand in your order or order online by this Friday January 24.

Happy Reading!

Fort Calgary

We had a fantastic day today at Fort Calgary! We were able to build a house, act on a train and go on a scavenger hunt! 

Ask you child what part they played on the train and what their favourite part of the day was!

Book Fair

The Book Fair is coming to CJP again!  We will be visiting the book fair on Monday Jan 27 and Weds Jan 29.

Field Trip on Monday

We will be going on our field trip to Fort Calgary on Monday.  Please ensure that students arrive to school on time as we will be leaving promptly.

We will not have our usual morning snack so please have a full breakfast that morning.
Students are expected to have a packed lunch and water bottle for this trip.

Science with the Glenbow Museokit

We have been explore Rocks and Minerals and different ways to classify them.

Today, students closely examined a sample of rocks and practiced different ways to describe their physical properties. 

FANCY FRIDAY – January 17th.

Our January Spirit Day will be next Friday January 17th. All students and staff are encouraged to dress in their “Fancy” clothes. Students and families are welcome to determine what “Fancy” means to them but might include wearing clothes that are too dressy to wear to school on normal days. Perhaps for some this may be a dress, and for others a collared shirt or tie. Maybe it means wearing costume jewelry or clothes that are important to your family’s cultural celebrations. Please remember that students need appropriate indoor footwear for Physical Education and may spend time outdoors as part of their class’ Body Break or with their Clubs selection. 

First Day Back

We had an awesome first day back at school!

Our new Winter clubs will begin this Friday.

Today we talked about the communities we live in.  Please discuss with your child which community you live in and some of the special landmarks that are there.