Google Meet and Google Classroom

Google Meet and Google Classroom
Dear Parents and Guardians:
In response to classes being cancelled and the need to move teaching and learning to an ongoing learning model, the Calgary Board of Education has decided to make both Google Classroom and Google Meet available to teachers and students. Both applications will be available for teacher- directed use later this week.
Both learning tools are part of the G Suite for Education suite of tools that all CBE students currently have access to. Adding Google Classroom and Google Meet will allow teachers to connect with their students both in real time and at a pace that suits student and family situations.
In consultation with their principals, teachers may use these or other tools available to them to support ongoing learning. Other tools teachers may use could include Brightspace by D2L and teacher blogs. Contact your child’s teacher if you have questions about the tools they are using.
As with all CBE G Suite for Education applications, the data and information that is shared is stored within the CBE G Suite environment and is not accessible in the public domain. Teachers and students will use only first name and last initial to identify each other. If students use these tools, they will access them using their CBE G Suite ID (username@educbe.ca). Teachers will work with their students to help them understand the risks in using online tools such as video chat.
Teachers will receive support and have opportunities to learn more about both Google Classroom and Google Meet as a way to connect with their students as we all adjust to teaching and learning from a distance.
Google Meet
Google Meet is a video conferencing application that enables teachers to host and students to join organized ‘meetings’ in real-time. Teachers can also record meetings and make the recording available to students to view later on. Teachers are able to share their screen and guide students through tasks and/or documents and websites they wish to share.

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Google Classroom
Google Classroom is an online platform that enables teachers to communicate with their students as well as assign and distribute assignments and work in safe, manageable, and an appropriate way. Students are added in the ‘classroom’ using their CBE G Suite ID (username@educbe.ca).
Privacy and Consent
Students and their families received the School District Use of Personal Information document in Fall 2019 outlining how and why student data is shared at the CBE. Teachers will follow these policies and documents as they plan ongoing teaching and learning activities. If you have a concern with your child using these tools to support their learning, please contact your classroom teacher or school principal.
Sincerely,
Erin Tourigny on behalf of the Bridlewood teaching staff

Google Classroom

Hi Everyone,

I will be trying to call everyone at home. I just want to check in and see how everyone is doing. Also I'm trying to figure out who has access to technology at home so that we can continue our learning in some way. If you can get to the internet, check your email. I have invited all of you to our google classroom. The class code is ujs4lgh. See you on google.

Update - Please Read

Dear Grade 2 and Grade 3 Families,

We hope this message finds you healthy and safe at home.  We are thinking of you and your learning and hope you stay well over Spring Break.

We will have more information about what online learning will look like after Spring Break. In the meantime, CBE has created some learning resources you can access over the break.  You can find those resources here: https://cbe.ab.ca/programs/curriculum/learning-at-home/Pages/default.aspx

This year we have been using Epic! to support student learning by giving students access to thousands of high-quality fiction and nonfiction books.  Epic! Is offering remote access to families, for FREE, through the end of the school year (June 30th).  You will receive an email, from your child’s teacher, inviting you to join.  These books will be available to your child during regular school hours each day. 

Please take spring break to spend time with your families, relax, and most importantly, take care of one another.  

Mrs. Sanders                                                       Mrs. Baker

Mr. Bhachu                                                          Mrs. Olijnyk

Ms. Penonzek                                                      Mrs. Ashacker

Studentless Blog Post by Teacher

Hi Everyone,

I've spent the last couple of days cleaning up the classroom, marking your work and waiting to find out what is happening with your learning. I still don't know how things will work after spring break but I now have permission to talk to you in the mean time. So if you have anything to say or have any questions, you can email me at gsbhachu@educbe.ca. We are also now allowed to work from home so I spent this afternoon packing up all your scribblers and work to take home. I will be checking my emails regularly tomorrow and Friday and look forward to hearing from you. I hope everyone is keeping safe and healthy. Pass this message on to other people in our class if you can.

Sincerely,
Mr. Bhachu

P.S.
Homework:

Gr.2 - Write 5 - 7 sentences describing how you have been keeping busy.
Gr.3 - Write 3 paragraphs describing how you have been keeping busy.

If you can, send me a picture of your written work or create a google doc and share it with me.

Grade 2/3 Message

Hello Grade 2/3 Students of Bridlewood School,

As you know our schools have been closed to help prevent the spread of the virus. We are waiting on information from the CBE as to what next steps are. Please know that we are as eager as you are to hear what the plan is in the coming weeks. We are thinking of you and your families during this time. Stay healthy and safe. We are all in this together and will be in touch soon.

Grade 2/3 Team

BWS IMPORTANT PARENT INFORMATION

BWS IMPORTANT PARENT INFORMATION

Dear Parents & Guardians Based on the changing provincial and local response to COVID-19, the CBE has given us direction to postpone: Evergreen Theater Performance:  Friday, March 13 @ 10:15 am. CANCELLED Student-Led Conferences:  Thursday, March 19th & Friday, March 20thCANCELLED, booking system will not open. We will still be having the Scholastic book Fair, due to the directive parents will NOT able to attend, as conferences are cancelled. All CBE schools have been given direction to postpone or cancel events that include populations from other schools and/or parents or other community members, such as Parent-Teacher Interviews, celebrations of learning, drama/musical performances, dances, athletic competitions, etc. This decision is effective from Mar. 12 until the end of March break. This decision will be revisited during March break to determine whether events should be rescheduled. Events outside of school hours that include the regular student and staff population of the school (school clubs, practices, etc) and scheduled field trips may continue at this time.   I know this may be disappointing news. Students and staff have spent a significant amount of time preparing for these events, but the health of our community is our priority. For the most up to date information about the CBE’s approach to COVID-19 and the actions we are taking, please visit our website. Answers to frequently asked questions will continue to be posted as information becomes available. Thank you, Erin Erin Tourigny Principal, Bridlewood School Calgary Board of Education | www.cbe.ab.ca

A Fun Lunch with S.E. (Sound Extinction)

Today we spent much time practicing and then performing our play. In circle we discussed things we do individually to help our class run smoother. We are having some issues with some students not being as kind as they can be to each other. Hopefully we were able to resolve some of these issues. Our performance tomorrow is at 10:15, please join us if you can. Some students are bringing home consent forms for yearbook. Please fill these out so all of our students can be in our yearbook.

Homework: Tell the Sound Extinction story to your parents or an adult.

Working with Evergreen Theatre to Plan our Play

Today Lisa, from Evergreen Theatre came to our class and helped us create a story for our play. She also taught us how to play telephone. So far in our story, scientists create a monster to make the lunchroom quieter. The monster loses control and starts to eat all the sound. We look forward to creating the ending tomorrow. Lisa will write all our ideas and write a play for us to perform. In music we did two part singing.
Homework: Identify different shapes and solids in your house.

Happy Friday

This morning Bilal said Happy Friday and we all agreed. Our Friday was busy with lots of experimenting and checking to make sure all our work is done. We also said thank you to other members of our community. We care about each other in this community and would like Albertans to care for each other too.
Homework: Identify different shapes and solids in your world.

We Got to Watch a Performance

Today other classes performed their Evergreen theatre play. We continued working on instruments and most students are now finished their slideshows. We look forward to sharing these at student led conferences.

Mr. Gurmit Bhachu's Experiment

We have noticed that our blog gets read more when Mr. Bhachu's name is in it. So we are just making a plain blog post with Mr. Bhachu's name repeated. Mr. Bhachu, Mr. Bhachu, Mr. Bhachu, and finally Mr. Bhachu. Let's see how many visit's this post gets. We're also adding a picture of Mr. Bhachu for good measure.

Nobody Reads These Posts But We Keep Posting

We started the day by learning about Acronyms in Circle. We needed to create an acronym to describe how we are feeling. Many people stated that they are S.H. Can you predict what this might mean? After circle we continued working on our instruments. After recess we had some very hard math problems that we worked on. Today we also worked in our reading groups. We are writing the blog early so we don't know what gym will be like.
Homework: Ask your parents about what acronyms they use in their daily lives.

Yearbook Notice

Would you like to order a YEARBOOK, the order deadline has now been extended to March 31^st.

You can order and pay online with your MYCBE/PowerSchool account, you will find the fee under

School Based Optional Fees. Click on the yearbook icon and you will asked to add to your cart,

this will automatically add the $25 fee to your account. You can call the school office ask for the

fee to be attached the fee to your account, please email me directly at catunney@cbe.ab.ca or

call 403 777 6259 with your request.

Chaotic Instrument Building Results in Headaches and Missing Duck Tape

Today most of us were able to start building instruments that can be used to improve quality of life of a community. During our Math switch Gr. 2's worked on representing equations. A lot of people built guitars, ukuleles, and drums. Students were reminded that their instruments do not need to look like typical instruments. But they do have to make sound that can be changed. It is really messy in the class when we build.
Homework: Think about any other materials you could use for instrument building. Bring it in if you can.

Message from the Office

Please click on link for information about Evergreen Theatre.

http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/Bridlewood/about-us/news-centre/_layouts/ci/post.aspx?oaid=16b6dbe3-6041-49f6-a7a9-f1b9adb324dd&oact=20001

Building Instruments

More students have finished their Hearing and Sound slide show. We were able to allow some students present and mark them as a group. Students who have finished their slideshow have begun building their instruments. There instruments should demonstrate their understanding of how to change pitch on different instruments. We had a math switch today and grade 2's continued to work on developing an understanding of number. After lunch we read, continued work on instruments, we went to music and then did art to finish the day.
Homework: Practice skip counting by 3's starting at 2. Count till you pass 100.

Kind Words and Actions from Mayor Nenshi and Gr.4/5 Buddies

This morning we reviewed the expectations for our Hearing and Sound Slideshow, by creating a slide that would meet the requirements for a perfect score. After recess, we got to hear some wise words from Mayor Nenshi. He told us that he likes purple because it is a mix of conservative and liberal ideas. We also learned that he was a teacher before he became mayor. In the afternoon our buddies helped us with giving feedback on our slideshows.

Homework: Ask your parents what the difference is between conservatives and liberals.

Pink Reflections on our Field Trip followed by Squinty

Tomorrow Mayor Nenshi will be coming to our school to talk about kindness for our assembly at 10:30. We are asking students to wear purple or blue to welcome him. Today we listened to and read chapter 9 of Squinty the Comical Pig. During our Hearing and Sound Slideshow time, many students received feedback from the teacher. A few students are now done and working on their instruments.
Homework: Skip count by 5's starting at 3 till you get past 200.

Field trip tomorrow

Be sure to bring a lunch for tomorrow. We will be walking outdoors for a short time so be sure to dress appropriately for the weather. Don't be late. Our bus is leaving at 8:25. We are still looking for volunteers. Please let Mr. Bhachu, gsbhachu@cbe.ab.ca, know if you can help for the day.

Homework: What are you most looking forward to on the field trip tomorrow? Discuss with family.

Hearing and Sound Presentations

In circle we continued our tradition of thanking people for helping us this week. The emotion was thick as students demonstrated love towards one another. We were lucky to have time for a recess today and we enjoyed the warmer weather. At the end of the day we got to see exemplars of slideshows that demonstrated the criteria in various ways.
Homework: Help someone with something. Tell us about it on Monday.

How to Pay for a Yearbook Online

Parents & Guardians

“How to pay for a Yearbook online”

Because the yearbook is an optional fee, the fee does not automatically appear in your MYCBE/PowerSchool account. 

You will find the fee under the Goods/Services tab, click on the tab and you will see two optional fees

Noon Supervision Drop In

Yearbook

Click on the fee you want, hit ok, the fee will then appear in your school fees, for online payment.

If you have any issues with this, please call the office we can attach the optional fees.

Cathy

Catherine Tunney

CBE Administrative Assistant, Bridlewood School 

Calgary Board of Education|www.cbe.ab.ca/b399
t | 403-777-6259     f | 403-777-6266

New Auction Jobs

Auction 6	February 12th	BB 80
Flag Day 1	Lucy	BB 165
Flag Day 2	Olivia	BB 150
Flag Day 3	Dylan	BB 150
Flag Day 4	Aliyan	BB 140
Whiteboard Person	Daniel	BB 65
Blind Person	Dylan	BB 5
Attendance Person	Aliyan	BB 75
Lights Person	Valentina	BB 45
Computer Cart Person	Nora	BB 55
Handout Person	Bilal	BB 45
Banker 1	Bilal	BB 45
Banker 2	Daniel	BB 40
Line Leader	Keyn	BB 65
Auctioneer	Adam	BB 65
Smart Boarder	Brayden	BB 60
Recycler 1	yara	BB 20
Recycler 2	Dylan	BB 5
Phone Attendant	Tristan	BB 90
Teacher Assistant	Chloe	BB 115
Table Mover 1	Nora	BB 80
Table Mover 2	Tristan	BB 70
Hat Pass	Fallon	BB 115

Getting Our Smart Board Fixed

After Circle we continued discussing Quality of Life and how Environmental Concerns affect Quality of Life. After Recess we reviewed how pitch is changed on different instruments. Then someone showed up to fix our smart board and we had to change our schedule. So we worked on finishing things that are not finished and then worked on some math. Although this was an inconvenience we are very happy that our smart board is working now. After Quiet Reading we bid on new jobs in Auction.  We had gym and music an book exchange as well. We are currently without any volunteers for our field trip. If you are able to help, please get in touch.
Homework: Describe how to change pitch on a drum.

Kindness in the Classroom

Today we discussed what kindness means and how it can be demonstrated. Grade 2's started to learn about the geography of Canada and grade 3's looked at the whole world. In the afternoon we recorded on a big sheet of brown paper, what kindness means to us. We need some kindness from parents as we still need volunteers for our field trip. Please help us out if you are able to by volunteering for the day.
Homework: Try to identify all the provinces in Canada.

Volunteers Needed

Hi Everyone,

We are in need of some volunteers to help with our field trip on Tuesday, February 25th. It is a full day from 8:15 - 3:10. Please let me know if you can help.

Thanks,
Gurmit Bhachu
gsbhachu@cbe.ab.ca

Learning About Other Countries

This morning in Circle we had a discussion about humility. We learned that losing or winning in a nice way is an example of showing humility. Sometimes when we lose we can become angered and we need to remember to show humility. After circle we continued work on hearing and sound. Students are being reminded to look at all the expectations and criteria.
Field trip forms are coming home. Please send them back as soon as possible or at the latest on Friday. 
Homework: Skip count by 3, starting at 1 until you get tired. 

Undelivered Canada Stickers

Today we delivered the Canadian Flags we made to other classrooms. Mr. Bhachu ordered Canada stickers for everyone in our classroom but we only received 21. So in an effort to be fair we decided to auction off the stickers. In Squinty we read about Squinty learning tricks. Then we started writing our own stories about teaching a trick to a pet.
Homework: Skip count by 2's starting at 1, as high as you can.

Being Good Citizens

This morning we learned that kind actions that help others are a form of citizenship. To be good citizens we decided to inform other classes in our school about Flag Day. We made our own Canadian Flags using precise measurements and correct dimensions. On the back of these Flags we wrote messages telling classes about what Flag Day is and why we're celebrating. This was a lot of work and students worked on demonstrating citizenship while creating the flags and keeping track of which classes still needed a flag.
Homework: Discuss with your parents what it means to be Canadian to them.

Another Thankful Friday

Today we took time to participate in thanking each other for supporting each other in learning. After hearing how everyone was feeling and how everyone was thankful we worked on our Hearing and Sound Slide Show which has many criteria to meet. After working for some time we moved on to Auction 6, where we had to do a reflection on the Seven Sacred Teachings. We had an extra gym today and we got to play whatever we wanted.

Field trip information is below. We will need some parents to help on that day.

Homework: Explain what some of the criteria for your Hearing and Sound project are to your parents.

Your child has the opportunity to attend a full day off-site activity to the Arts Commons which is located at 205 8th Ave. SE and the Calgary Central Library which is located at 800 3^rd st. SE.  The Off-Site Activity will occur Tuesday, February 25^th. The students will be transported for the activity by Southland Transportation.  All students are required to be at the school at 8:15 am.  The bus will leave at 8:30 am. Students will be dropped off at Arts Commons and spend half of the day there. At Arts Commons, students will participate in an art related and journaling activity. They will then walk to the Calgary Central Library for the remainder of the trip. At the Calgary Central Library, students will also journal and spend time exploring the building. The bus will depart from the Arts Commons site at 2:15 pm and return to school at 3:00 pm.

Canadian Flag Math and Organizing our Squinty Work

In Circle, we discussed ideas about what we could do with Evergreen theatre. We are having a field trip at the end of the month. More details to come tomorrow. For Math, students had to follow instructions to draw rectangles that met certain criteria. This helped us to understand the design of the Canadian Flag. We got new folders to keep our Squinty reading responses in.
Homework: Discuss with someone what you learned about the Canadian Flag so far. Is the maple leaf a good symbol for Canada?

Evolution of the Canadian Flag

Today in Circle students talked about Valentine's Day. We discussed what makes some days more important than others. We learned that February 15 is the day that our Maple Leaf Canadian Flag was adopted. We decided that it was more important to celebrate Flag Day for us than Valentine's Day. So we will be celebrating Flag Day next Wednesday.  In Math we worked on creating shapes and measuring them to find the total length of all sides. We learned that you need to measure from zero on a ruler because of the mistakes we made.

Homework: Research about the Canadian Flag. Ask your family if they remember Canada having a different flag.

Mission Impossible and a Substitute

After circle we worked on our Hearing and Sound Slideshows. Next was our usual Math Switch. Grade 2 students worked on representing numbers. Grade 3 students worked on basic multiplication facts. After lunch and some reading we went to gym for Mission Impossible. We were the Ninja's at first and then we became spies. We got to exchange our books early this week.
Homework: Talk to your parents or someone about how the ear works and what sounds are pleasant and unpleasant.

Conversations About the Coronavirus

This morning many students brought up concerns about the Coronavirus. One student said that the Coronavirus comes from eating bats and this brought up many questions for us. We learned that one of our student's grandparents are in China but are healthy right now.  So we did some research and learned some facts about the virus. We learned that the virus started in an unknown animal and spread to humans. The symptoms are similar to a respiratory infection. Wearing a mask can help stop the spread if you are infected but is not necessary if you are not.
Homework: Ask your parents about some facts about the Coronavirus.

Completing Uncompleted Work

Today in Circle students discovered that if you have a lower quality of life it is harder to get into private spaces. Therefore public spaces improve quality of life.  After circle we completed our Story of Sound in which we explained how sound interacts with the ear. Those who were finished helped edit or worked on computers to improve their typing and computation skills. In Math we worked with a partner to represent numbers in different ways. Then we worked independently to do the same thing.  We are excited for Evergreen Theatre to be here. Students are bringing home the hats they created for talking about Mental health.
Homework: Discuss how students solved the math problems from this week. They are below.

1.    If a creature travelled 10 cm every minute, how far would it travel in an hour? Show your work.

2.    If Tristan studies for 25 minutes every day after school, how many minutes does he study for in a week? How much is this in hours? How long would he study for in a month? Grade 3’s, show how you could use multiplication to solve this.

3.    It takes 5 seconds to shoot a basketball. How many basketballs could you shoot in a minute? Show your work.