Update & We Still Miss You!

Hi Everyone,

We hope you are doing well and are practicing good physical distancing.  We know this has been a strange and stressful time.  We have been thinking about you and are doing our best to figure out how to support you in our temporary new normal.

Just a quick update of what we know so far:

We are going to start calling families this week.  Please pick up.  We want to check in, see how you’re doing, see what resources you have available and to help you get sorted for the next few weeks of learning.

Once we get all of the information we will have a better idea of what our learning will look like and we will make sure you are supported the best way we can.

Please take care.  Know that we are thinking about you.

Wash your hands.  Stay 2 meters apart.

We will talk to you soon.

Kind Regards,

-Ms. Wilson & Mr. Schultz

Checking in.....We Miss You!

Hello Everyone,

We hope that this finds each one of you, your families and friends well and safe during a time that is uncertain. While more then anything, we wish that school and life could continue in a manner that is more familiar, your health and safety must come first.  This is why those in charge have canceled physical classes in schools until it is decided it will be safe to resume them in person. The board and the province will be making all the decisions regarding how education will be going forward.  Please know that in whatever form your education will take during this state of emergency, we are still your teachers and we will do everything within our power to ensure you receive all of the education and support that you require and deserve.

We have spoken many times in class about how we build and maintain a community that supports everyone. Much of the time this requires kindness and personal sacrifice.  Right now the community is asking us to be kind to others and to sacrifice our normal routines by staying home. We talked about “flattening the curve” and why this is important.  We also talked about physical distancing.  One way you all are helping is by staying at home.  While doing this we are also being asked to be patient and wait for decisions to be made about instruction and learning so that we are all working together.

However Spring break is still a thing. Please take these two weeks as the break that you would have had anyway. Please take care, and as always please feel free to be in contact via email. We will do our best to answer with whatever information we have.

We miss you and as always; Wash Your Hands J

Kind Regards,

Jordan Schultz and Marla Wilson

Suggestions for Learning from Home K-9

Hi All,

Please see below for a message from Mr. Godfrey.

We will keep you posted as soon as we know, you'll know.

Take Care & Wash your hands people!!!

-Ms. Wilson & Mr. Schultz

Children are naturally curious learners and there are opportunities at home to engage their learning. We have created a webpage that offers a variety of educational ideas to support literacy, numeracy and wellness at home for this week. The resources are meant as suggestions only. You may choose to use the links and activities as needed over the next few days as more long-term educational programming is considered.

https://cbe.ab.ca/programs/curriculum/learning-at-home/Pages/6-9.aspx

Thank you,

Kevin Godfrey

Principal | Ernest Morrow School

Calgary Board of Education | www.cbe.ab.ca

t | 403.777.7800

http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/ernestmorrow/Pages/default.aspx

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The purpose of teacher blogs is to inform students and their families of day-to-day learning and activities throughout the school year.  We will continue to communicate learning opportunities and will provide links to online learning resources through these blogs. 

Important information related to all school decisions will continue to be emailed to parents/guardians and can also be found on the CBE website (www.cbe.ab.ca).

Last Week in MATH we continued our work with INTEGERS:

• Reviewed Subtraction with integers
• Did multiplication with integers using chips and number lines
• Did division with integers using chips and number lines
• Reviewed the "Sign Rule"
• Practiced our skills
• Pages 291-292 #9, 10, 11, 13 & Pages 297-299 #4, 5, 6
• Pages 304-305 #3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & Pages 310-311 #5, 6, 7, 8
• Pages 297-299 # 8, 9, 20, 21 & Pages 310-311 #9, 10, 18, 22
• Did Friday Fun Math and estimation station

Coming up in Math:  Order of Operations with Integers, Math Rally

Last Week in SCIENCE we continue our study of LIGHT and OPTICAL SYSTEMS:

• completed vocabulary #2
• studied 9 scientists that made discoveries about light, put this in our visual journals
• used the Ray Boxes and different filters to study how light behaves.  Documented this in our visual journals
• had a matching quiz about the scientists

Coming up in Science:  Optical Devices, Ray Diagrams, Eye

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back 8-5!

In MATH We are Working on INTEGERS:

• Integer song:  don't be negative about a negative sign
• Integer sign rule
• We made zero pairs
• What are opposites?
• What is absolute value?
• Added integers.....review and practice.

Coming up in MATH:  Integer Subtraction

In SCIENCE We are working on LIGHT & OPTICAL SYSTEMS

• Word Wall was due on Thursday January 16, 2020.
• Unit Vocabulary.
• What is Light?  How does it travel? How does it behave?

Coming up in SCIENCE:    What happens to light when.......

Winter Break!

Hi 8-5!  Congratulations we made it to Winter Break! 
You have been building your skills and it shows!

Here is an update of the last few weeks

In Math we have been working on:

• Probability:  Independent Events, Modelling, Trees, Charts, Spiders
• Modelling and Solving Linear Equations:  One and Two Step Equations, Opposite Operations, Algebra Tiles.
• Measurements:  distance, weight, volume within the metric system
• Estimation Station!  How much is in that Jar?

In Science we have been working on:

• Fluid Technologies
• Mechanical Systems:  6 simple Machines, Machines help humans do work, Complex Machines.
• Did a Dragon's Den style Invention, patent, prototype and presentation.  People, you blew me away.  They were great!

In the new year:  

• Some more Linear Equation Stuff!
• More Mechanical Systems Stuff!

Other stuff:

• Have a safe and happy holdiay.  
• Remember your textbooks are on Brightspace by d2l if you need them.

See you on Thursday January 9th, 2020!