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Twin Day at school, and staff had just as much fun as students. 🤠🤠 @hartmann_rod #WeAreCBE #CJMrocks

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Empathize ➡️ Define ➡️ Ideate ➡️ Prototype 🔁 Test. Ss used the design process to engineer vehicles with a purpose - delivering a treat to our dear principal! 🍪🚙🍪🚗🍪 #CJMlearns #CJMrocks #WeAreCBE

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Fierce determination as the Ss used the design process to figure out how best to hit the T with a marshmallow, using a lever. 😯 🎯 #WeAreCBE #CJMlearns #CJMrocks

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In school-wide circles, we learned about reciprocity and balance from the traditional Métis story The Giving Tree, and are now delighted to have our own ‘Reciproci-tree’. @LeahDorion #CJMlearns #WeAreCBE @Indigenous_cbe

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A couple of ‘subtle’ indicators for students that the teacher’s Leafs were victorious over their Flames last night. #LeafsForever

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@jannarden Many thanks from a YYC elementary school teacher. 💜

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A hallway of poppies welcomed students and families to our #RemembranceDay assembly. #CJMlearns #WeAreCBE
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139 pumpkin entries in our annual contest made it a real spirited day! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us, CJM families! 🎃 #CJMrocks

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🎃 Happy Hallowe’en from the Grade Four-est punny teachers! 🌳4🌲4🌳
#CJMrocks

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Clouds kept sunrise a secret - grateful to have 🦌🦌🦌 on Nose Hill to greet #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation. At Fort Calgary, CFD raised a banner with 2879 names of children who didn’t make it home from residential schools. The list is unfinished. #whatissomethingyoucando?

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@GatesEagles @peterhreynolds We just looked at Reynolds’ books to identify his style - eyes far apart, facial features except eyebrows all on the lower half of the face, etc.

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Thanks to @peterhreynolds for the art inspiration - the T recognized each one of us with the details we included. We’re typically quiet Ss, but our characters had lots to say about how they met SDP goals for literacy, math, and well-being. #WeAreCBE #CJMlearns

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We’re all wonders.
@TadCarpenter
#CJMrocks #WeAreCBE

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Ss sketched a banditry of chickadees, then joined the entire school in singing the Chickadee Song thanks to @Stormshadowsong when the ☀️ was high in the sky at noon. #NIPD2022 @Indigenous_cbe
#CJMlearns

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Ss were inspired to create their own lists of 10 Beautiful Things @mbgriffinbooks and Good People Everywhere @yogacalmkids after the CBE Read Aloud by Superintendents @AndreaHolowka @JoannePitman5
@UsihChristopher #WeAreCBE #CBELiteracy #CJMrocks

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Ss followed the scientific method to construct parachutes. After test flights, they identified design changes to increase drag and improve their parachutes’ effectiveness. 🪂 #CJMlearns

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The talk rock spoke for us today, spreading love around our sharing circle, as we tried to find peace in our increasingly turbulent world. 💜 #Uvalde

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The imagery in ‘Olivia Wrapped in Vines’ by @MaudeNepveu was a great way for Ss to ‘see’ how anxiety affects us. Ss identified their own ‘vines’, then listed personal strategies for managing stress and worries. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #CJMlearns

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Ss shared some hopefulness after reading ‘The Last Tiger’ and researching what companies, individuals, and organizations are doing to help our planet. 🌎 @BeckLikesBooks #EarthDay #CJMlearns

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After reading ‘The Day War Came’, Ss reflected on the story + treatment of refugees. Aside from the hopeful 🪑, Ss created powerful art with no other identifiable imagery; instead using only colour, line, + simple shapes to convey emotion. @nicolakidsbooks #3000chairs #CJMlearns