Musical Time

Here is the schedule for the school musical.

March/April Rehearsal Schedule
SUN.	MON.	TUES.	WED.	THURS.	FRI.	SAT.
MARCH	24   Jour 6 9:55 – Judge 11:45 – music room JURY 3:15 – 5:00 CAST 1	25    Jour 1 9:55 – 3 Pigs & Hogney 11:45 – music room Main Cast – Cast 1	26    Jour 2 9:55 –Weasel & Weaseltoo 11:45 – music room Main Cast Cast 2	27      Jour 3 11:45 –music room Main Cast - ALL 3:15 – 5:00 CAST 2	28     Jour 4 1:45 – Peter, Wolf, Boy, & Red 11:45 – music room ALL CAST	Spring Break *Memorize your lines!
APRIL	7       Jour 5 1:45 – 3 Pigs 11:45 –Gym Scene 1 3:15 – 5:00 CAST 1	8       Jour 6 9:55 – Jury 11:45 –Gym Scene 2 Early dismissal	9       Jour 1 9:55 – Judge 11:45 –Gym Scene 3	10     Jour 2 9:55 – 3 Pigs & Hogney 11:45 –Gym Scene 4 3:15 – 5:00 CAST 2	11     Jour 3 11:45 –Gym ALL CAST	12
13	14     Jour 4 1:45 –Weasel & Weaseltoo 11:45 –Gym Scene 5 3:15 – 5:00 CAST 1	15      Jour 5 1:45 – Peter, Wolf, Boy, & Red 11:45 –Gym Scene 6 Early dismissal	16    Jour 6 9:55 – 3 Pigs 11:45 –Gym Cast 1	17   Jour 1 9:55 – Jury 11:45 –Gym Cast 2 3:15 – 5:00 CAST 2	18    Good Friday No School	19
20	21      Jour 2 11:45 – gym Cast 1 3:15 – 5:00 CAST 1	22     Jour 3 11:45 – gym Cast 2 3:15 – 5:00 Main Cast	23    Jour 4 12:00 - *Symphony	24    Jour 5 11:45 – gym ALL CAST 3:15 – 5:00 CAST 2	25    Jour 6 No School	26
27	28    Jour 1 11:45 – gym Cast 1 3:15 – 5:00 Cast 1 - Dress Rehearsal & Pictures	29    Jour 2 11:45 – gym Cast 2 3:15 – 5:00 Cast 2 - Dress Rehearsal & Pictures	30     Jour 3 11:45 – Make-up & Hair Show Day 1:00 -Cast 2 7:00 -Cast 1	MAY 1 Jr. 4 11:45 – Make-up & Hair Show Day 1:00 -Cast 1 7:00 -Cast 2

Literacy Day - Full of Fun!

Today we participated in Literacy Day activities! We wore our favourite hats for "Hats Off to Reading!" We also went to different stations around the school and participated in a variety of activities. Some activities included: word games, charades, listening centres, comic strips, poetry, word bingo, iPad activities and so much more! Here is what we have to say about our day of literacy!


It was fun to do all the activities - I liked all of it! - Amber
I loved making a bookmark because I needed a new one! - Shea & Ethan
I enjoyed walking around from station to station and helping the younger kids. - Diana
I liked to go to the different activities and I really liked the comic strips. - Nicholas & Malikie
I liked guessing the different winter sports on the Smart Board. - Parker
I liked wearing the paper glasses. - Jeremy
I enjoyed doing charades in Mme Pelletier's class. - Kennedy, Anaïs & Hannah T.
I enjoyed being a group leader! - Hannah E.
I enjoyed helping the little kids learn. - Caitlyn & Elise
It was fun when I got to make a comic strip. - Matthew & Caleb
I liked helping my partners Jake and Haylee. - Anna
I liked singing the song "Style Assiniboine" to the tune of Gagnam Style with Mme Burdeniuk. - Shea, Caitlyn, Hannah E.  & Jeremy
Bingo with Mme Godin was fun! - Amber & Anna
The gym activities were a lot of fun! - Hannah T.
Everyone had really cool hats on! - Diana, Amber, Nicholas & Mme Lachance

Family Literacy Day is a national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999. It is held each year on January 27 to encourage families to engage in literacy activities together. It is important to take time each day to read or do a learning activity with your child. I encourage you to play a board game such as Boggle or Scrabble, read a book together at bed time or follow and recipe and bake something wonderful!

Christmas Hampers

A great big thank you to all the parents who sent in food, gifts and money for the Christmas Hamper. The students were very happy to be able to provide a family in need with a wonderful holiday. Thank you to all the parents who helped pack the hampers and get them loaded in the cars: Mr. Kantzioris, Mr. Erickson & Mr. Iwanusiw. A special thanks to Mr. Moder, Mrs. Moder, & Kennedy who helped deliver the hampers. We received a very heartfelt thank you from the family and they were overwhelmed by our donation. École Assiniboine was able to help five families through the Adopt a Family program.

Adopt a Family

Adopt a Family

Grade 4/5 room 11, grade 4 room 12 and grade 5 room 22 have decided to participate in the Adopt-a-Family program. We will keep an updated list of what we have received. Here is a list of the items we need/have for the family:
Items Needed	How many we need	Items received so far
Bread	4 loaves - DONE (should be in that box -----)
Cake Mix	1 box	2 boxes - DONE
Candy	1.5 lbs	4 packages - DONE
Cereal	2 large boxes	2 boxes - DONE
Chips	3 bags	3 bags - DONE
Cookies	3 pkgs.	3 boxes - DONE
Cranberry Sauce	3 cans	3 cans - DONE
Eggs	3 doz.	2 dozen
Fruit	4 cans	4 cans - DONE
Jam or Honey	3 jars	3 jars - DONE
Jelly Powder	3 pkgs.	6 packages - DONE
Juice	2L	3 L - DONE
Milk	6L	8 L - DONE
Nuts	3 cans	1 can
Oatmeal	3 pkgs.	3 packages - DONE
Onions	1 med. bag	1 bag - DONE
Pancake Mix	3 pkgs.	4 packages - DONE
Pancake Syrup	1 reg. bottle	1 bottle - DONE
Pasta	3 pkgs.	4 packages - DONE
Pasta Sauce	3 cans	3 jars - DONE
Peanut Butter	3 jars	3 jars - DONE
Potatoes	10 lb bag	1 bag - DONE
Pudding	3 pkgs.	6 packages - DONE
Rice	3 pkgs.	3 packages - DONE
Margarine	1 med.	1 container - DONE
Gravy	3 cans/pkgs.	3 packages - DONE
Crackers	2 boxes	2 boxes - DONE
Soup	6 cans	9 cans - DONE
Sugar	3 kg.	1 bag - DONE
Tea or Coffee	3 pkgs.	3 packages - DONE
Tuna/Salmon	4 cans	8 cans - DONE
Turkey	15-17 lbs.	1 turkey - DONE
Vegetables	4 cans	6 cans - DONE

Other things: 6 boxes of Kraft Dinner, 1 chili kit, Crystal Light, Wow Butter, Lentils, stuffing mix, 2 cans of hot chocolate, chocolate chips, Side Kicks (X2), 1 bag of flour, fruit crisps, Spam, 

Gifts: 
6 year old girl - 2 pairs of pants, markers & colouring book, Barbie Mariposa Fairy Princess, Barbie Castle Playset
9 year old girl - Hello Kitty (shampoo & conditioner), Hello Kitty Stickers, Zoobles princess, Barbie Mariposa Butterfly Princess, Bead activity set
14 year old girl - Scrabble Flash Game, PJ pants, books, watch, Chapter's Gift Card
mom & dad - 20$ in Tim Horton's cards, Fleece Pillow & Blanket, Bath soaps
money - 25$ We will use this to purchase missing items or a gift card for the family

Our experience with TiBert le voyageur

TiBert le voyageur was our artist for this term and he spoke to us about sounds and vibrations. He is good at singing, playing instruments and making sound effects. He worked with our class for 6 periods.

On the first day, he showed us a number of instruments and explained how they make sounds. We went to five different stations: the spoons, percussion instruments, the microphone and amplifier, harmonicas and traditional instruments. We also got to play with the box drum as well as the two drums with skin on the top. Tibert sang some songs and at the beginning of the period and we learned to keep rhythm.

On the second visit, we made three different instruments: spoons, drum/percussion sticks and a pan flute with straws. To make the spoons we used plastic spoons, a wooden bead and tape. We also used a stir stick to create different sounds with vibrations. You can see the vibrations if you look close at it. He played la guimbarde (mouth harp or rattletrap). It was cool.

On the third visit, we used our instruments, our voices and lots of percussion instruments to make 3 loop pedal jams. TiBert also did some beat boxing. He used his magic box (loop pedal box) to record the sounds and mix them together. Some people used their voices and we even used plastic eggs with beads/rice inside to create a beat. One group added "Danse les amis, Danse - Whoo Whoo!" At the end of the session we all got up to dance!

We had a lot of fun making instruments, making music and creating some beats. We hope that TiBert can come again some day.

Written by the students of room 11

Happy Turkey Day!

Here is a poem we presented in groups today in honour of Thanksgiving!

A Thanksgiving Dinner
by: Maude M. Grant

Take a turkey, stuff it fat,
Some of this and some of that.
Get some turnips, peel them well.
Cook a big squash in its shell.

Now potatoes, big and white,
Mash till they are soft and light.
Cranberries, so tart and sweet,
With the turkey we must eat.

Pickles-yes-and then, oh my!
For a dessert a pumpkin pie,
Golden brown and spicy sweet.
What a fun Thanksgiving treat!

Gérald Laroche - musician & artist

Gérald Laroche is a Juno award winning musician and visual artist who spent the day in our class and school. He visited École Assiniboine thanks to a grant from Canadian Parents for French. In the morning he spent time with our class teaching some simple shortcuts to sketching and drawing characters. He taught us the basics to drawing a stickman and how to add movement to a drawing. He also explained how to add details such as shoes, hands and faces. He was able to teach us how to add details to the drawing and tell a story. In the afternoon he presented a concert where he played various harmonicas and other percussion instruments along with his storytelling. We even had the chance to stand up and dance!