We had an online Earth Rangers presentation on Thursday. My students enjoyed learning about a variety of animals around the world and conservation efforts across Canada. Here is a link for more information: Earth Rangers App information
We are learning to add faster (fluency). Each week,
my students will be doing a "Mad Math Minute," which will
encourage them to use the strategies and tools I have taught in class to help
them do their addition quicker. Practicing addition at home is also a great
idea! We also did several open-ended Word Problems as a class.
Have your child practice adding at home using a number line,
one of the strategies we have learned the past two weeks.
We learned about the difference between symbols, logos,
and landmarks. We did a Visual Journal page about landmarks and I pulled students
one at a time to articulate why these landmarks are important to our community.
Everyone did a great job!
We made Shape Pizzas! We had to determine what we
would want to add for toppings and then cut out and glue a variety of 2D shapes
and colours onto our painted pizza dough. Finally, we had to count the shapes
and write a recipe. We continued to practice sorting by
attributes and explaining our sorting rule.
Future request: Save
your wrapping paper rolls, since it is gift-giving season. We will need them in
the Spring for Pioneer Day! (Please don’t send them until then.)
Upcoming Events
***Please do not
go out and buy special things for the casual week, unless you want to. It is
not required to enjoy the casual days.*
Monday,
Dec 13th: FANCY/FORMAL Christmas Attire/Formal Uniform if
you do not celebrate or have fancy clothes.
Tuesday, Dec
14th: Casual – Wear colours found in Christmas lights
Wednesday,
Dec 15th: Casual – Wear Santa hat, antlers or Elf hat
-All library books must be
returned before the break starts.
Thursday,
Dec 16th: Casual – Wear Christmas Sweater/Fun Lunch
Friday,
Dec 17th: Casual – PJ day/Last day before Winter
Break
****Tuesday,
January 4th Classes Resume***
