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Here are a few more resources to keep you busy: CodingVille: https://codingville.ca/ Codingville offers an easy and engaging way for students to learn coding/digital skills in a self-directed online environment. (Great while learning from home.) WonderVille: https://wonderville.org/studentAudience WonderVille contains libraries of STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) learning resources.

Date March 17 th , 2020 Hello Parent(s)/Guardian(s), We recognize that your family may be significantly impacted by the COVID 19 outbreak. Here are some resources and supports that can help your family if food or other supports are needed during the upcoming weeks. It is important that you always check the websites of organizations however, as their locations, hours or procedures may change day to day. Alberta 211 |can be accessed via the telephone (dial 211) or by the website . The Calgary Food Bank | will be temporarily closed for part of the week of March 16-20. Families needing urgent food support are to access help via Alberta 211. Food hampers can be requested from the Calgary Food Bank by calling 403-253-2055. Brown Bagging for Calgary Kids | is offering a $20 grocery gift card for any child who has recently received a free lunch at school through Brown Bagging for Calgary Kids. Visit https://bb4ck.org/help/ or https

Date March 16th, 2020 (Approximately 12:00pm) Re: Pick up of personal items Dear Keeler Families, With the recent announcement of classes being cancelled, we want to ensure you that as a school, our priorities continue to be focused on student safety, teaching and learning. Currently, staff are working hard to develop plans that will help ensure that learning will still continue, accommodating for the new realities that we face. There will be further communication sent as soon as possible from our board. Please continue to check our school website, class blogs and school messenger updates. We need to ensure that all personal belongings are available for pick-up. Please read through the information below carefully to know when you are able to come and gather your child(s) belonging. Below is the process, instruction and time to pick up student belongings. Tuesday March 17th- Thursday March 19th Time for personal belonging pick-up: 8:30am-11:00am & 12:00pm-3:00pm. Plea

In order to provide continuity of delivery of educational programming across Alberta, we (CBE) as a system is working on long term delivery of programming. We will be providing system wide messaging for families prior to the break.  In the meantime, here is a list of sites that can help your student continue practicing what we have been learning in class. Math Prodigy   https://play.prodigygame.com/ : Each student has their own account and the math questions are leveled to the student’s ability. It is a quest game that they need to complete math questions to get further in the game. Times Tables   https://www.timestables.com/ : With our times tables check in, we have been making an effort of learning our multiplication facts up to the 9 times tables to be able to use that knowledge when doing multiplication and division problems. This website allows students to practice their multiplication facts in a variety of different ways. Dreamscape:   https://www.squigglepark.com/dreamscap

Date March 16th, 2020 (Approximately 10:30am) Hello Keeler Families, We will provide information via email/class blogs/school messenger as to when students can come get their belongings and instructional material for students. Please note that you will get many messages from the school and the board as we attempt to be transparent with all of the class cancellation developments over the new few days. We appreciate your patience at this time. Sincerely, Keeler School

Dear Parents & Guardians, Alberta Education and Alberta Health Services has announced that all public schools will be cancelled and closed effective immediately (March 15 th , 2020 6:30pm).  There will be a Calgary Board of Education email sent to all families later this evening outlining details.  Please note the time of this email, as there was an update letter sent today at 1:30pm that no longer applies. Thanks for your patience! Sincerely, Kenny Yeung Principal 

March 15th, 2020 (Approximately 1:30pm) Hello Keeler Families, This week's update will focus on the COVID-19 pandemic and the information you need to know at this time. I apologize for the long message, but please take the time to read it and all the essential information it contains. Please note that at the time this message is coming to you, Keeler School and all CBE schools remain open for students. We will have students at Keeler on Monday, March 16th through Wednesday, March 18th for ALL students at regular school hours. Thursday March 19th is an early dismissal with 8:30am-12:09pm hours for ALL students; NO pm EDC class that day. No CLASSES on Friday March 20th as it is a scheduled non-instructional day. We respect your right as a parent to make attendance decisions that are right for your family. Many families are already making alternate decisions. As our Chief Superintendent, Chris Usih, recently said: "student health is more important than perfect attendance

March 12 th , 2020 Dear Parents & Guardians, Based on the changing provincial and local response to COVID-19, the CBE has given us direction to postpone our Learning Conversations (Student-Parent-Teacher conferences) scheduled for March 19 th , 2020 . In addition, ALL after school programs including Philkids, Reading & Running, YMCA, Teen Mentors and Mosiac club will be cancelled until further notice . All CBE schools have been given direction to postpone or cancel events that include populations from other schools and/or parents or other community members, such as Parent-Teacher Interviews, celebrations of learning, drama/musical performances, dances, athletic competitions, etc. This decision is effective from Mar. 12 until the end of March break. This decision will be revisited during March break to determine whether events should be rescheduled. Events outside of school hours that include the regular student and staff population of the school

Science- Light and Shadow Today we discussed: -sundials -North, South, East, West -tested our sundials for 30 mins  Observations: Lex: The shadow didn't really move too much.  Lily: It only moved a little bit each minute.  Zeinab: The shadow only moved when the time went by and when the clouds covered the sun, the shadows went lighter.  Alex L: the time only moved when the sun moved.  Sajida: my line from 0 to 5 minutes was skinnier than the the line from 15 to 30 minutes.  Kyla: Our clock was not accurate because if we actually did 30 minutes, the minute hand would be on the 6.  Linkin: We need to change the size of the clock because the farther out something goes, at the end, it goes faster than the middle. Some ways to remember N, E, S and W: -Naughty Elephants Squirt Water -Never Eat Sour Worms -Never Eat Soggy Waffles -New Ears Sound Weird  -Naughty Elves Stink Water -Nathan Eats Sour Whoppers -Nyanwoot E

We have been refreshing our memory of the array model by having a base ten challenge. Students have to use their knowledge of place value to make a rectangle with either the number 143 or 221.