Friday, December 21, 2018

Hello Ranchlands School Community!

It is hard to believe that December break is upon us already! December seems to have gone by so quickly with so much excitement and learning at Ranchlands School!

We finished our last TSN last Friday exploring the countries of Africa and Korea. Students enjoyed making African masks adding their own unique touches as well as traditional Korean fans with bright, beautiful colours and a theme centring around nature. 

There are many different winter celebrations that take place all over the world. Here is more interesting information about them: 

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/winter-celebrations/#WH-Tree-Lights16x9.jpg

Wishing all of Ranchlands School Community a very happy holiday season and all the best for the New Year! See you all in 2019!

Friday, December 14, 2018

Hello Ranchlands School Community!

The new patrol schedule has been posted at the patrol station and grade 5/6 classrooms. Here is the schedule for January 2019:

RANCHLANDS SCHOOL PATROL SCHEDULE

January 2019

Monday - Thursday

(Arrive at patrol station)   Jan. 8-11            Jan. 14-18

(8:50)     8:55 – 9:10           Team 2               Team  4 

(12:20)   12:25 – 12:40       Team  14           Team 9

(12:55)   1:00 – 1:15           Team  15            Team 18

(3:45)     3:50 – 4:05           Team 1              Team 3

Friday: only before and after school teams go out.

(8:50)     8:55 – 9:10           Team  2              Team 4

(1:15)     1:20 –1:35            Team  1             Team 3

Monday - Thursday

(Arrive at patrol station)  Jan. 21-25         Jan. 28-Feb. 1

(8:50)     8:55 – 9:10           Team 6               Team  7  

(12:20)   12:25 – 12:40       Team  10            Team  11  

(12:55)   1:00 – 1:15           Team  12            Team  19

(3:45)     3:50 – 4:05           Team  5               Team 8

Friday: only before and after school teams go out.

(8:50)     8:55 – 9:10            Team  6              Team 7

(1:15)     1:20 –1:35             Team  5               Team 8

*Please arrive at the patrol station 5 minutes before you scheduled time in order to be ready.

One of our after school patrol teams was assessed last week by an AMA School School Safety Patrol supervisor and they performed very well! Way to go patrollers! Keep up the great work!

Friday, December 7, 2018

Hello Ranchlands School Community!

Important Patrol Reminder: There is a patrol meeting this Thursday, December 13, 2018 at lunch in Room 22. All patrollers should bring their lunch and plan to stay for the meeting.

Writing clear sentences with appropriate vocabulary is how we communicate when sharing our ideas or conveying information in written format. One way to assist students with writing sentences and building vocabulary is with the use of sentence frames. Sentence frames are when a sentence is started and a blank space is left for the student to fill in and finish the sentence. The blanks can also be placed in the middle or end of the sentence. The student call fill in one or more words in the blank space based on their vocabulary. Pictures paired with words can also be used to fill in the sentence for students that are just building their vocabulary. 

There are many benefits to using sentence frames including:

• are a useful scaffold/support for all students, including English Language Learners
• can help build both written and oral language skills
• can be adapted to any level of learning
• can be used in academic subjects besides writing; there are often many vocabulary words in math, science, and social studies that students need to learn

Students using sight word sentence frames to create meaningful sentences that they will share with one another!