Hoping everyone at @ValleyviewCBE is having a great first week back! Excited to have a brand new group of Grade 2's in the Science Program when I'm back in November! #GoVoyagers
Start them reading young! Happy first month back to all our Valley View students! Riley can’t wait to join you all when he goes to Kindergarten in 2026! #bookworm
It is a bittersweet day to say goodbye to all of my amazing students as I go off on maternity leave! They have all grown so much this year and should be proud of their hard work! I can't wait to hear how their learning progresses with their new teacher over the next few months!
For Earth Week, students learned about synonyms and antonyms to create their own diamante poems! We also got the opportunity to be apart of a virtual author visit with @evelynbookless and her book "Captain Green & the Tree Machine!" #TeamTrees#EarthDay#ReduceReuseRecycle
This week we started our poetry unit and created poetry books that we will be adding to each week. Our first poems were haikus, where we focused on descriptive language and using our 5 senses to describe spring! Here are some beautifully written examples! #CBELiteracy
This week in Math, students were introduced to fractions! Students noticed they saw the concept of fractions in a lot of their foods so we decided to share our favourite snacks and represent them using fractions!
Exciting opportunity to provide feedback relating to the streets around our school from @cityofcalgary available online at https://t.co/Z8WVYChUNG
Take some time to identify what is working well and is challenging for those travelling through and living in the community.
Inspired by the #DavPilkey presentation we had on Monday, students spent the week creating comic book characters inspired by themselves! Now they are writing descriptive paragraphs using different adjectives to provide more details about their crime-fighting heroes! #CBELiteracy
This afternoon, we got to watch two NASA mechanical engineer & scientists discuss life beyond Earth and the Mars Rovers! Students were able to get their questions answered in real time - our classes question about oceans on distant moons was even answers! So cool!
So many things to do next week!
There is still time to register for National Geographic Live's Kobie Boykins and Kevin Peter Hand: Life on Other Worlds virtual event on Monday!
Register now: https://t.co/T3yCXl0yxY
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What an amazing virtual tour through the Eurasian exhibit at @calgaryzoo! Students saw Red Pandas, Amur Tigers, Snow Leopards, Komodo Dragons and many more animals! We learned about their diet, habitat, and animal adaptations! #VirtualFieldTrip#CBEHub
This week, we started our "Design Your Own Country Project." Students were tasked with creating a name, flag, and currency for their country. In the coming weeks, they will create maps and come up with their own native language! #CBEHub
Putting our knowledge of shape & perimeter to the test during our small groups today! We are working on explaining our math thinking through words and equations. #CBEMath
Is a hot dog a sandwich? This question sparked quite the debate in our class today! Students are working on their opinion writing and using evidence to support their point of view! Comment down below what you think! #CBELiteracy
Seismic Shake Up! Students learned all about earthquakes and created research paragraphs about these deadly natural disasters. They were then tasked to create buildings that would withstand a shake test! Many used support pillars, truss systems, and wide bases in their designs.
Students spent the morning in a Scratch Programming workshop with #MindsInMotion learning the basics of coding! Students created their own personalized version of the classic game "Whack-A-Mole!" I can't wait to see what they code next!