Friday March 6

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Here is what we were up to this week at school:

Math:

- long division

- scavenger hunt to practice multiplication

- Multiplication and Division midpoint check in (students brought these home)

Literacy:

- finished our novel "Odder" by Katherine Applegate

- morphology: adding -y, -ly, and -ily to the end of words

- made clamshells with messages about otters inside

- did a comprehension worksheet about Odder answering the following questions: 

1. What does Odder learn about Kairi?

2. What does Gracie notice about human sounds?

3. Why did the otters become fearful when Odder was given the name of Jazz?

Social Studies:

- War of 1812

- Major-General Isaac Brock led the army in the early months of the war. Early on he got shot by an American sniper and died. His coat has been preserved at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

- First Nations, French and British soldiers worked together to protect Canada

- John Norton was a 13 year old Mohawk boy who was a hero of the war

- another hero of the war was Laura Secord. She walked 32km through swampy land to warn soldiers of a surprise American attack

Science:

- we made an origami fortune teller to review facts about space, such as the closest planet to the sun is Mercury, a group of stars held together by gravity is called a galaxy, Saturn has 83 moons, the universe includes everything that exists including space, the Sun is the closest star to the Earth, most asteroids that get near Earth burn up in the atmosphere, when a comet is near the sun it releases gas and dust so that it looks like the comet has a tail

- we explored space websites that Mrs. Penner put in Google Classroom (feel free to check these out at home!)

MTS Reminders - Wednesday March 4

Scholastic Book Fair The Scholastic Book Fair is coming the week of March 16th. Students will have the opportunity to preview the fair on Tuesday March 17 and will be able to shop during class time on Thursday March 19. Family Shopping Hours: Thursday March19: 3:30pm-7:30pm Friday March 20: 8:00am-12:00pm Don't miss this exciting opportunity to discover new books and support our school. We can't wait to see you there! Fun Lunch The next Fun Lunch will be held on Wednesday March 18. 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. 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 Year Book Pictures If you have any pictures from any school events (ie, first day of school, Terry Fox Run, Halloween) that you would like to share with the Yearbook Committee, please click on the link below. Once you log in, please enter this code. ADD-PICTURES-TO-YEARBOOK-26 YEARBOOK PICTURES More information will be shared on purchasing at a later date. Upcoming Dates TOMORROW                           Sam Centre Field Trip - Pynn/Thomson March 16-20                             Book Fair  March 17                                  Wear Green for St. Patrick's Day March 18                                  Fun Lunch - Subway March 19 & 20                          Parent/Teacher Conferences March 19                                  NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten March 20                                  Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL March 23-27                             Spring Break - NO SCHOOL April 3                                       Good Friday - NO SCHOOL April 16                                     Grade 1 Celebration (More Information to come) April 22                                     Grade 1 Field Trip to Confluence Historic Site - Carter/Burch/Larmer April 23                                     Grade 1 Field Trip to Confluence Historic Site - Watson/Fell April 24                                     Non-Instructional Day - NO SCHOOL April 29                                     Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks 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