We have continued to examine the artifacts from our Origins of the Blackfoot Museokit on loan from the Glenbow Museum! Share with a family member the critical thinking response you completed for an artifact. Share your thinking and ideas on the following questions: How would you describe the object? How was it made? Is it well designed? What is it's value or worth? What questions do you have about this artifact?

Homework:
Please continue to work on your Current Event Projects! Look for interesting articles and news stories to share with the class for your presentations. The project criteria and rubric is posted in D2L. Please let Ms. Makowski know when you are ready to present.

Reminder:
Student Learning Conferences are next week on Thursday, April 21 from 4:15 - 8:00 and Friday, April 22 from 8:00 - 12:30.  Please see the booking information coming home today.

Celebrate another amazing week of learning!

Our class has been busy preparing for our visit to Aggie Days tomorrow! Share with a family member our class discussion today on our field trip and what you learned about Aggie Days and the agricultural industry. Why are field trips important for your learning?

Homework:
Our Best Character Ever Projects are due on April 29.  Be sure to check D2L for the task criteria and assessment.

Reminder: 
We go to Aggie Days tomorrow! Please remember the following:
- bus leaves at 9:00, will return by 3:00
- water bottle
- bag lunch
- comfortable shoes
- any allergy medication (with a note from your parents)

CBE Traditional Pow-wow is on May 19 at 6:00pm! See below for information:

Our class has begun to examine artifacts from the Glenbow Museum on the Blackfoot First Nations people. Share with a family member the artifacts we examined today. How do the Blackfoot people contribute to the identity of Albertans? Canadians? We will be discussing your ideas in class tomorrow.

Homework:
Go on the blog and open pages to the social studies vocabulary that we will be studying connected to our upcoming Identity projects. Write the words you know from this list, as well as explain what the words mean. If you don't know a word yet, don't worry! We will be learning about these terms in our upcoming inquiry on identity.

Reminder: 
-Sports Club is tomorrow from 3:15 to 3:45
- Our Aggie Days field trip is on Friday April 8.

Our class has begun a dance unit in gym! We are designing Zumba dances with a group to teach to the class! Go to D2L and share with a family member the criteria and rubric we created for this project. Please remember to bring the name of your song and artist to class tomorrow for Ms. Makowski.

Homework:
Challenge a family member to play Fair Play Multiplication! You will need a deck of cards and a dice. Remember, if you roll an even number the highest product wins a point. If you roll an odd number, the lowest product wins a point.

Reminder: 
- Return signed Aggie Days Acknowledgment of Risk forms!

Today we continued to create our Junk Monsters! Share with a family member the multi-media sculpture you have been working on in class. We also began our descriptive writing for our Junk Monsters characters. We are working on adding specific details, similes, onomatopoeia to create an image for the reader when we are writing. Who is your junk monster? What makes them unique? What interesting adaptions do they have? Share your ideas with your family.

Homework:
Continue to work on your multiplication basic facts at home. Play Salute with a family member!

Reminder:
- Please return your signed Aggie Days field trip form as soon as possible. Our field trip is on Friday April 8! We still need volunteers to join us for this amazing learning opporunity! Please ask your parents if they can join us!
- CBE Transportation Services notice is being sent home today.

Thank you for another wonderful week of learning! We have a new virtue for the month of April... Look in the April newsletter to find out what it is! Look for examples of the virtues being shown in the community this weekend.