Oct 31

Today we went down to our Pumpkinella pumpkin patched and sketched our favourite pumpkins. There where some many interesting pumpkins!


1) Book Truck: is tomorrow

Oct 30

1) Pumpkinella: is tomorrow! Drop off is from 4-5 today after school. Please make sure to pick your pumpkins up between 4-5 tomorrow after school.

2) Book Truck: is on Wednesday. If you have not sent in your child's library card number please make sure to do so before Wednesday so that your child will be able to check out books.

Oct 23

Today we started pumpkin math. We took out all the guts in the morning. Ohhh it sure felt gooey and slimy. Then in the afternoon we worked to count all of the pumpkin seeds in our pumpkins. Some of the strategies we discovered where counting on, making groups, and/or using a 100's chart to help us keep track of the seeds we had counted.


In inquiry we started to learn about the five sense. This week we are focusing on the sense of seeing and will visit each grade 1 teacher to learn something different about the sense of seeing. In Ms. MacDonald's group we explored what people would do if they could not see. You can check out the video below that we watched about a boy who is learning to use echolocation to help him see with his ears.

Oct 20

his week we went to the wetlands and explored seasonal changes through our different senses. In math we created logic trains by changing the attributes of our shapes. We also painted our emoji pumpkin for Sobey's. If you take a trip to Sobey's you will be able to check out all of the different pumpkins the ROS students made this week.

Oct 10th

Today we continued our discussion around how our bodies communicate to us. Today we looked at what it feels like when we are in the red zone and what we can do to move to the green zone. Ask me about what the red zones looks like and what strategies we can use to regain control over our bodies.

1) Photo Day: Is sept 12th

Oct 6

1) IRIS: Today we posted our independent writing sample on IRIS. Your child came home with a letter explaining what IRIS is and how to access it. You can also access IRIS by pressing the IRIS button on my blog. Please feel free to leave comment.

2) NO school: on Monday due to Thanksgiving

3) Photo Day: October 12th

Oct 5

Wow we had an amazing Terry Fox run. Our class ran a total of 70 laps! Way to go Royal Oak School. Ask me about how many laps I ran.

1) Home Reading: is exchanged on Tuesdays and Thursdays

2) No school: Monday due to Thanksgiving weekend.

3) Photo Day: is on October 12th

Oct 3

1) Terry Fox Run: has been moved to Thursday at 10:30 due to the poor weather yesterday.

2) Calgary Reads Volunteer Training

Royal Oak School is in need of more volunteers for our Calgary Reads programs. Please see the information below about how to volunteer.

Wee Reads

Wee Read is about reading aloud and sharing the joy of reading with Kindergarten and Grade 1 students. Reading volunteers would need to commit to 30 minutes per week for 8 weeks. In this 30 minutes, volunteers will have the opportunity to work with two students either in Kindergarten or Grade 1.

If you are interested in volunteering for this program, a valid police clearance through the CBE is required. Interested volunteers are asked to please attend a Wee Reads training session on Wednesday October 18^th from 2:30 - 3:50pm. The training sessions will be offered at Royal Oak School. If you are interested in attending, please contact Sarah Power at sapower@cbe.ab.ca and RSVP by Monday evening, October 16th.

Read Up 

The Read Up program helps struggling readers in grades one and two strengthen their reading skills at a critical time in their cognitive development. Volunteers receive advanced training and commit to two 45-minute sessions each week for a total of about 40 sessions. Volunteers must have previously worked as a Wee Read volunteer or have an Education background. Please contact Sarah Power sapower@cbe.ab.ca if you are interested in enrolling in Read Up training with Calgary Reads. The training is approximately 4 hours at the Calgary Reads office.