Thursday Nov. 27

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 Good afternoon, 

here are some highlights of what we were learning in Grade 4 this week:

Math:

- finished Patterns and Sequences

- Began learning about Prime and Composite numbers, specifically factors. Ask your child if they can tell you what a factor is. 

- Continued our daily practice of basic multiplication and division facts within 100

Literacy: 

- comparing and contrasting using words such as: alike, unlike, same, different

- strategies to read and spell multisyllable words

- "Scoot" game to practice the "doubling rule" and "silent e" rule for adding suffixes

- finished our novel A Boy Called Bat

- writing thank you cards to Miss May, our facility operator, who will be moving on to a new position next week

- writing our Friday Letters (please read and respond)

Science:

- The Earth's four spheres: atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere

- The Earth's rotation around the sun

Looking Ahead:

Food Support

Did you know that the Breakfast Club of Canada has shared research demonstrating that 40% of Alberta’s children experience food insecurity?  This means that 4 out of 10 children do not have access to food when they are hungry. 

If your family is experiencing challenges with providing food for your children you can find help at Brown Bagging Calgary. 

Complete this form for support and they can deliver lunches to McKenzie Towne School for your children. https://go.bb4ck.org/l/858913/2024-01-15/38fdbw You can also find out more information on their website https://bb4ck.org/

Brown Bagging for Calgary's Kids


Book Fair

Owl’s Nest Book Fair is in full swing!!

Students will have the opportunity to browse and purchase books during school hours throughout the week. Families are also invited to join us for our Family Shopping Events:

Thursday, November 27th — 3:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Friday, November 28th — 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. McLean at tlmclean@cbe.ab.ca.

We can’t wait to share the joy of reading with our McKenzie Towne community!


Fun Lunch

Fun Lunch is only for grades 1-4 and our EES students. 

  • Go to healthyhunger.ca
  • Log into you existing account or create a new one.
  • Add your child’s information in the “add child” box – name, province, city, school, grade and class.
  • All Fun Lunches will then populate – select the order now button!

Please make sure to send a morning snack with your child on Fun Lunch Days. Orders must be placed by the Friday before the day.


The Magic of Christmas

Every Christmas Eve, The Magic of Christmas loads up Calgary Transit buses that are magically transformed into “reindeer buses”, with hundreds of gifts and volunteers dressed as Santa and his elves.  Then they deliver Christmas spirit into the homes and hearts of those who need it most. 

From now to December 18, students and staff can bring in a new, unwrapped donation items (not food) and place them in the boxes located in the front foyer.  

Please see the attached wish list for ideas of items to donate. 

For more information or to make a monetary donation, please visit:  www.themagicofchristmas.org/donate 

Thank you for your support!


Upcoming Dates

TODAY                                   Confluence Historic Site Field Trip - Thomson & Pynn's Classes

TODAY                                   Fun Lunch - Subway

November 27                          NO SCHOOL for KINDERGARTEN due to Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 27 & 28                  Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 28                          NO SCHOOL

December 3                             Heritage Park Field Trip - Bossenberry's Class

December 8                             Picture Retakes

December 11                           Grade 1 Winter Concert - 1:30pm

December 17                           Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks

December 22 - January 2        Winter Break - NO SCHOOL


Please make sure to visit your teacher's blog for classroom updates. Simply click on their name to access the blog.

For more information, please visit our website.

MTS Traditional Calendar 2025-26.pdf 

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