DATES TO REMEMBER
April 1-7: Easter/Spring Break - NO SCHOOL
April 8: School Resumes
April 19: Deadline to Register for PEP/SRP Field Trip - Hutterite Colony Tour
April 22: Last 1-6 Celebration of Learning for the year
Gr 1-3 Raymond Celebration of Learning - (No Tutorials with Annette);
April 23: Gr 4-6 Cardston Celebration of Learning
April 25: Gr. 1-3 Cardston Celebration of Learning - No Gr. 1-3 Raymond Tutorials
Cardston Gr. 1-3 Tutorials with Mrs. Ryder continue
April 26: PEP/SRP Field Trip - Hutterite Colony Tour Raymond & Cardston busses leave at 9:00 AM
May 3: “All School Event” - Talent Show at Magrath HighSchool Auditorium from 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
May 9: PEP Science Days Cardston & Raymond (in Magrath) “Earth Science & Living Systems” There will be no bussesing available. 10:00 AM start No tutorials with Annette
May 13: PAT Grade 9 ELA Part A
May 17: PD Day ~ No School
May 19: Victoria Day ~ No School
May 24: Deadline to Register for Heritage Park Field Trip
May 27-30: “See & Do” Maker Faire
May 31: Field Trip Heritage Park
PAT DATES
Monday, May 13 Grade 9 English Language Arts Part A
Wednesday, June 12 Grade 9 English Language Arts Part B
Thursday, June 13 Grade 9 Mathematics Part A
Monday, June 17 Grade 6 Science
Monday, June 17 Grade 9 Science
Tuesday, June 18 Grade 9 Mathematics Part B
Wednesday, June 19 Grade 6 Social Studies
Wednesday, June 19 Grade 9 Social Studies
*Grade 6 English language arts and literature and math provincial achievement tests will not be administered in the 2023/2024 school year. Westwind schools will engage in field testing between April and June 2024. These field tests will help inform the development of future PATs for Grade 6 English language arts and literature and mathematics that align with new curriculum in these subjects.
Mrs. Bright: Grades 1-3 annette.bright@westwind.ab.ca
Happy Easter Everyone! Thank you for taking the time to share your incredible home learning programs with me during Celebration of Learning. April will be the last Celebration of Learning for the Year. We are on the home stretch. Please reach out if you have any questions on reading levels/writing strategies/number sense strategies or anything you need from me.
Grade 1 Language - Phonics: Vowel combinations a-e as in make, e-e as in these, i-e as in time, o-e as in home, u-e as in use. Reading Strategies: Reading is a thinking process. Be sure to make predictions and ask lots of questions during reading.Writing: Talk about and create simple paragraph stories with a beginning, middle and end.
Grade 1 Math - Instant recall with add/sub facts to 20, numberline to 20, add/sub numbers to 100.
Grade 2 Language - Phonics: Continue learning and using long u pairs (ou, oi, oy) Sight Words: continue working on reading and spelling 5-6 sight words from the lists per week, Reading Strategies: Talk about the information that you are reading. Is it fact or opinion about it? Writing: Students will choose their favorite wild animal and write an informational paragraph about it.
Grade 2 Math - Instant recall with add/sub facts to 20, numberline to 20, add/sub numbers to 1000. Starting at random numbers, counting forward and backward to 1000.
Grade 3 Language - Phonics: Review reading and spelling all long vowel combinations (refer to vowel charts). Sight Words: we will continue working on reading and spelling 5-6 sight words from the 300 most common word list per week Writing: Students will choose their favorite wild animal and write an informational paragraph about it.
Grade 3 Math - 3 digit addition and subtraction, multiplication and division up to 9 x 9, mental math strategies, comparing fractions.
Mrs. Kain: Grades 4-6 carolyn.kain@westwind.ab.ca
Hello Families. I hope everyone had a restful Easter break. I cannot believe we are in April already!
April is poetry month, therefore in LA, we are working on poetry! We will be creating a poetry collection and I would like students to submit three different types of poems that they are writing in their at-home programs. The poems can be in any style. Limerick, Acrostic, Free Verse, Haiku, Concrete, etc. I would like these poems to be submitted no later than April 24.
In math, we just started the fraction unit. Students are working on naming fractions and comparing fractions. We will also start reviewing adding, subtracting, multiplication, and division through math centers.
Option classes end the week of May 7&8.
Thank you for your continued support. I greatly appreciate working with you all of this year.
Mr. Creed: Grades 7-9 john.creed@westwind.ab.ca
April Math topic is Geometry, see April challenge video here: ab_channel=WestwindAlternate
Grade 7 - Geometry - Cartesian plane and transformations. |
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Grade 8 - Geometry - Plan views and congruence. |
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Grade 9 - Circle Geometry - Circle properties. |
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Mrs. Burton: Grades 7-9 heather.burton@westwind.ab.ca
How can it be April already? Wow!
ENGLISH:
Our nonfiction unit continues with the study of persuasive writing and speaking, a type of language artistry that we encounter every day in the news, in advertising, in religion, sports, entertainment, and home life. It is crucially important to our day-to-day lives and decisions that we recognize the use of language to sway our thinking and choices.
TOPICS OF STUDY AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES, GR. 7 - 9
April 8 - 16: Logical fallacies study and noticing + paragraph assignment and t-shirt design
April 16 - 23: Structuring a sound argument/persuasive message while avoiding logical fallacies
April 23 - 30: Techniques of persuasion at play in movies/tv + movie review. (The Book Thief movie.)
SKILLS TO TARGET AT HOME
- Notetaking - What are you learning at home or other places? Strong advice: Keep a learning journal.
- 10 finger touch typing: Goal for all Gr. 7 - 9 students is 30 wpm with 100% accuracy by the end of May
- Cursive writing - Do you have a signature you feel confident using?
- Daily reading and writing - This is a must. If you need help, please let me know!
- Noticing persuasion and logical fallacies at work in everyday life and in one’s own thinking and speaking
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Gr. 7: Our Zoom class is on April 29 at 9:30 am (Canada’s growth after Confederation)
Gr. 8: Our Zoom class is on April 29 at 10:30 am (Finishing Japan’s Isolation, moving into the Spanish and Aztec contact history and impact)
Gr. 9: Weekly Zoom classes take place weekly from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm (Schedule on Hapara)
These classes are required for PEP students.
THURSDAY TUTORIALS with MR. CREED and/or MRS. BURTON are a great way to review, catch-up on assignments, and deepen your learning. Please contact us to make a plan to attend!
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