May 2019

Gobind Sarvar’s

Monthly Newsletter

Upcoming Events April 29- May 3 -Swimming classes for Div 1

April 29- May 3- Education Week

May 3-Field trip Grade 7 story telling theater

May 8- LA Part-A PAT’S

May 10- Grade 7 Calgary Food Bank field trip

May 15 – KG field trip to Butter Field Acres

May 17- PD Day (No School)

May 20- Victoria Day (No School)

May 21-May 24- Swimming classes for Div 2

May 22- Book truck visit Div 1 (1-3pm)

May 23 Book Truck visit Div 2 (9:30-11:30am)

May 28 Grade 2 Telus Science Center Field trip

May 30- Half day dismissal (12:00pm)

May 31- No School (E.L.A Testing)

Reminders

SNACKS & LUNCH

Please provide proper lunch and snacks

for your child as the school will not be

responsible for providing it.

Agenda’s must be checked and

signed regularly by parents as this is

mandatory and is listed online in the

parent handbook.

Late Students Please note if your child

is late consecutively for more than 3

days in the week, the parents will be

notified twice before the school holds

a meeting with the parents. Please

make sure your child is at School no

later than 8:10am every morning.

April 29-May 3 will be Educational week at Gobind Sarvar. Each day, we will have a special guest

speaker come in to talk about the importance of education in life and how the different professions

impact us, all around.

E.L.A Testing May 30 & 31 we will be focusing on reading (E.L.A) testing for the students. As we

approach closer to the year end it is important the students are at their grade reading levels. These

tests will be held to see if the students have improved in their reading. Parents are reminded to only

come with their child when it’s their scheduled appointment not before.

5 K’s -> 5 Day Challenge Gobind Sarvar Students will be implementing the meaning of the 5 K’s in

their lives, from April 29 to May 3. Day 1 they will be focusing on the Kara which means kindness,

Day 2 they will be focusing on the Kanga, which means clean body & soul, Day 3 they will be focusing

on the Kashera, which means being calm and ready to help others. Day 4, students will be focusing on

the Kirpan, which means courage and Day 5, will be spent reflecting on acceptance of life.

Exciting News!

Reading Grade Level: Please see the chart below

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Lunch Options for the month of May

Lunch options for the month of May will remain the same this month where Monday will be

roti day, Tuesday will be rice & salad day, Wednesday will be pizza/pasta day, Thursday

will be healthy sandwich day and Friday will be your choice of food. These food options

are suggestions for your child as it was brought to the school’s attention by other parents

during PAC meetings, that their children were not eating their lunch. It was a collective

decision that if all students brought in the same type of food, no student would feel

segregated from the rest.

Theme of the month: Creativity/ Appreciation

Creativity, is an energy that resides in all of us, when channeled in the right direction, it

can aid in releasing emotions from within the mind that may have been suppressed at an

earlier time, for a long period. As the end of the year is approaching, we will have the

students focus on creating a token of appreciation for a staff member of the school in the

art form of a flower. Each student will create a flower with a message of appreciation

attached to it. We will hang each flower created by the students on the gym board and

at the end of the month, we will distribute the flowers to the respective staff members. The

idea behind this activity is so the students learn how to release emotional stress, through

art. Students will also be learning how to genuinely appreciate others who help us grow

intellectually and spiritually. Each staff member puts in a lot of hard work and

determination to help make the school year successful. This month’s core value is

creativity and so we will be implementing that as well by having the students create a

flower of their choice.

This month at Gobind Sarvar School…

Grade KGA

Dear Kindergarten parents,

Congratulations to all the parents, our whole class has

completed the KG curriculum successfully. We have

finished the suggested curriculum and are working on

strengthening our learned concepts. In the month of

May, we will be practicing printing, reading and writing to

further improve our language skills. In Math, we will

continue to practice and revise all the concepts. In Social,

we will revise our both units and understand how they

both are interrelated. In Science we will explore about

means of transport and travel/pedestrian safety. We will

also focus on core value creativity in various life

situations.

Thank you,

Mrs. Chaudhary

Grade 1 A Hello Parents,

In ELA, students will continue working on long vowel

sounds. They will learn about different elements of a

story such as character, setting, conflict and resolution.

They will also learn to create their own fairy tales. In

Math, students will demonstrate an understanding of

addition and subtraction of numbers with answers to

20 concretely, pictorially and symbolically. In Science,

students will construct objects using a variety of

building materials. In Social, students will learn to

appreciate how stories and events of the past affect

their communities.

-Mrs. Brar

Grade KGB

Hello Kindergarten Parents,

Spring is here and has brought nice but tricky

weather. Please keep sending your little ones in warm

clothes, jackets, etc. The weather keeps changing

throughout the day and the children easily catch a

cold if not dressed properly. We have achieved

almost all the curriculum goals except for a few areas

left. The month of May will be spent on practicing the

previous skills and the concepts learned. We will be

learning more about animals and our class is really

excited to visit the Butter Field Acres Farm. Parents

are kindly requested to come and enjoy a fun day

with their kiddos.

Thank you,

Mrs. Ahmad

Grade 1 B Happy May Parents!

In Math, the students will develop an understanding of

addition and subtraction of numbers with answers to 20

concretely, pictorially and symbolically using familiar

mathematical language to describe additive actions. In

L.A, Students will continue working on long vowel

sounds. They will also learn about elements of a story.

They will also learn to create stories using story

elements. In social, students will learn how stories and

events of the past connect their families and

communities to the present. In science, students will

learn to construct objects and models of objects, using a

variety of different materials.

-Mrs. Dhiman

This month at Gobind Sarvar School…

Grade 2

Hi Grade 2 Parents,

In May we will be finishing up our last reading

comprehension strategy as per your parent booklets. This

is MIPP or Main Idea Per Paragraph/Page. Students in my

shared literacy group are familiar with this procedure

already and some may get to be peer mentors. We will

continue using "Quick Info", "Reading with Drama Like

the Author." We have been focusing on STOP WHEN

WORDS DON'T MAKE SENSE. Some of us are getting

pretty good at it. In math we will finish our

Measurement Unit shortly and start to study "Shape and

Space" (or Geometry). In Science, we have started our

new unit boats and buoyancy. In this unit, students will

do lots of hands-on -activities to learn what floats and

what sinks. They will also construct watercraft that float

and move through water. In Social studies, we will

continue learning about traditions, natural resources,

goods, jobs, and services that exist in Saskatchewan.

-Mr. Zentner & Mrs. Verma

Grade 4

Hello Parents,

In Language Arts, we will continue to read our Novel

"The Loser." We will use the reading comprehension

strategies of Making Connections and Predicting. In

Grammar, our focus will be Adjectives and

Punctuation. In Writing, we will learn

about Newspaper Article Writing. For Poetry, we will

write Acrostic Poem and discuss the difference of

what is Free Verse, Concrete, Limerick and Haiku

poetry. In Science, we will wrap up with the Building

Unit and start with Light and Shadows-Our Final Unit.

For Math, we will complete Equations, Measurement

of 2D Shapes and Time. In Social Studies, our class will

learn about how Alberta changed from a Territory to

Province, why did Canada expand to the West and

about Residential Schools. Thank you,

-Mrs. Deb

Grade 3 Hello Parents, Hope you all are enjoying the warm weather. I can not believe how fast our year is going and we have only two more months of school left. In literacy, we will work on narrative writing, singular and plurals nouns. We will also continue to read Charlotte’s web novel along with building our vocabulary. In math, we will finish up with measurements and start 3D and 2D shapes. When it comes to science, we will learn about Animal life cycle. In social studies, we will finish up with learning about our world communities. How can we forget about our physical education, in gym, we will learn about badminton and skipping ropes etc. P.S. please go out and enjoy mother nature as much you can.

-Mrs. Harrang

Grade 5

Hello Parents,

For May, we will be working on editing and writing

paragraphs, as well as newspaper articles in ELA. We will

go back to learning figurative languages, poetry, and

continue with the book clubs and reading strategies. For

Math, we will continue with the measurement unit,

shapes and space unit, and data management and

probability again. For social studies, we will start diving

into our final chapters and unit in Canada and Identity

while in science, we will try to complete the Wetlands

Ecosystems unit and go into Classroom Chemistry.

All the best,

-Ms. Hong

This month at Gobind Sarvar School…

Grade 6

Hello Parents,

This month grade 6 students are busy preparing for the

upcoming PAT's. Students are learning how to write a

newspaper article, and extending their knowledge on how

to write a story using picture prompts. Students also

continue to study basic grammar and spelling skills. In

Math, this month we will start preparing for our PAT’s. As

we continue to daily practice most of the concepts in

Number Sense, we will also spend some time learning

about Shape and Space- Transformations, where the

students will learn to identify and plot points in the first

quadrant of a Cartesian plane, using whole number

ordered pairs. In Science, along with our preparation for

PATs, we will continue with the combined units of Air and

Aerodynamics & Flight. In these units, students explore

the characteristics of air and the interaction between

moving air and solids. Students will apply their knowledge

of aerodynamics to design, build and test a variety of

flying devices.

Thank you,

Mrs. Pepper

Grade 7

Hello Parents,

Grade 7 students have been busy working on their 5-

paragraph persuasive essay this month. They are excited

to do their Sarbat da bhalla project at the Calgary Food

Bank on May 10th. They will also be visiting Storybook

Theatre on May 3rd to watch a live theater performance.

Students continue to learn about grammar skills and new

vocabulary. In social studies they are wrapping up their

unit about war and British conquest. In Math, we will be

learning about Patterns-. Variables and Equations,

Fractions and solve problems involving percentages from

1% to 100%. In Science, we start off with a new unit of

Structures and Forces. In learning about structures,

students investigate the properties of materials used, and

test them under different loads and forces. They

examine different ways that structural components are

configured, analyze forces involved, and investigate

resulting effects on structural strength and stability.

Thank you,

Mrs. Obhi

Gurmukhi/Gurmat Division 1 & 2

In the month of May, along with continued learning of Gurmukhi according to their level, the

students will practice Mukta, Gurmukhi Alphabet (Penti Letter) and Bhulaavey akhar. The students

will learn about the Sikh Personality Sai Mian Mir Ji. Students will be learning the core value-

Creativity. Sikh History in the month of May, we will be focusing on the Shaheedi of Guru Arjun Dev

Ji. Gurmat Sangeet, students will practice Alankaar and learn Shabad Reets. They will learn of

Simran and Moolmantar in tall Kehrava.

-Dr. Rajan Kaur & Mrs. Raj Kaur

May 2019

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Education

Swimming

1

Week

Division 1

2

3 Grade 7 Story telling theater field trip

4

5

6

7

8

L.A Part A PAT’s

9

10 Grade 7 Calgary Food Bank Field trip

11

12

13

14

15 K.G Butter field Acres Farm field trip

16

17

PD Day (No School)

18

19

20

Victoria Day (No School)

21

22 Book Truck visit

Div 1 (1-3pm)

Swimming

23 Book Truck visit Div 2 (9:30-11:30)

Division 2

24

25

26

27

28 Grade 2 Telus Science Center Field trip

29

30 Half Day dismissal (12:00pm)

(Please make sure you pick up your child by 12:00pm or have someone home to receive the child from the bus)

31

No School (E.L.A Testing all day)