Mrs. Patel's Blog

Friday, January 25, 2019

Hello Ranchlands School Community!

Our next patrol meeting will be Thursday, February 21 in Room 22 at lunch.

Here is the schedule for February:

RANCHLANDS SCHOOL PATROL SCHEDULE

February-March 2019

Patrol Meeting: Thursday, February 21 at lunch

Room 22 Bring your lunch!

Monday - Thursday

(Arrive at patrol station) Feb. 4-8 Feb. 11-13

(8:50) 8:55 – 9:10 Team 1 Team 3

(12:20) 12:25 – 12:40 Team 9 Team 10

(12:55) 1:00 – 1:15 Team 16 Team 17

(3:45) 3:50 – 4:05 Team 2 Team 4

Friday: only before and after school teams go out.

(8:50) 8:55 – 9:10 Team 1 Team 3

(1:15) 1:20 –1:35 Team 2 Team 4

Monday - Thursday

(Arrive at patrol station) Feb. 19-22 Feb. 25–Mar. 1

(8:50) 8:55 – 9:10 Team 5 Team 7

(12:20) 12:25 – 12:40 Team 11 Team 15

(12:55) 1:00 – 1:15 Team 14 Team 18

(3:45) 3:50 – 4:05 Team 6 Team 1

Friday: only before and after school teams go out.

(8:50) 8:55 – 9:10 Team 5 Team 7

(1:15) 1:20 –1:35 Team 6 Team 1

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

Hello Ranchlands School Community!

With our return to winter this week, our patrollers were extra diligent in keeping our school community safe! The cold weather policy for patrollers is as follows:

Our patrollers are outside to supervise on all days where it is safe for them to do so. On those occasions where road or weather conditions would jeopardize their safety, patrols will not be available, therefore, no patrollers on duty during heavy rainstorms or when the weather is –20C or colder.

Patrollers, please make sure you are dressed appropriately for our ever changing weather in Calgary!

To recognize the hard work and dedication of patrollers across the city, the AMA School Safety Program have a special incentive this Sunday, January 20. Patrollers were informed of the event. More information is below.

Friday, January 11, 2019

Happy New Year Ranchlands School Community!

It has been a great start to the new year at Ranchlands School! Students and Staff are excited to be back with new learning taking place in all areas.

Similarly, being a newcomer to a country comes with much new learning, including the educational system. Alberta Education has created some very helpful sites to help new families learn about Alberta's school system, roles of educators and parents, and how parents can support their child(ren) as an English Language Learner.

All of these parent resources can be accessed using the link below:

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mychildslearning/parenttipsheets.html

Please contact me at Ranchlands School should you need any assistance or have any questions.

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!

Friday, November 30, 2018

Hello Ranchlands School Community!

Letter recognition and the understanding of the sound-letter connection are the building blocks to reading. This has largely been referred to as phonics. Being able to identify the letters of the English alphabet and the sound(s) that each symbol represents is necessary for all students learning English and can have many benefits including becoming familiar with an alphabet system different from one's home language, spelling patterns unique to the English language, pronunciation, decoding strategies, and confidence.

An easily accessible and free site on almost all electronic and mobile devices is www.starfall.com.

This is an excellent resource to practice the sound-symbol connection as well as other extension activities related to phonics, word families, and early reading. 📚