Today we began our morning by looking at several questions related to our understanding of the First Nations people within Alberta:
Students also did some independent research about the Blackfoot people that lived/live in the Grasslands region of Alberta. Our class came up with lots of interesting facts. We completed our pictograph stories and have placed them in our visual journals. They turned out beautifully! Tomorrow we will begin creating they key for our “Winter Count” story. Thank you for helping your child write about 2 important events for each year of their life. They will create a special symbol to represent each event and then design their own “Winter Count”. During math, students worked in a variety of different groups to do different things. Some students 1) worked with blocks to visualize how multiplication and addition are connected; 2) others revisited the word problems we did yesterday to understand the way in which they write the number sentence is important (3 x 9 and 9 x 3 both give an answer of 27 but represent different groups); and 3) others had opportunity to play multiplication war using a deck of cards. After lunch we warmed up with a game of “Unidab” and “Fruit Bowl”. Then we practiced our basketball skills. Students focused on using their fingertips to dribble, crossovers, dribbling while moving forward and defending their ball. Students also finished their Paul Goble and Ted Harrison inspired artwork using oil pastels. Their work is vibrant and sections are evident using yellow to divide different sections. Students will be presenting their science posters on Friday and tomorrow they will need to complete a script about the section of the poster they will be speaking to. When each group presents, the audience will be required to answer questions related to each group presentation. Students will need to listen carefully and take notes as their classmates present. These will be handed into the teacher to assess their understanding of waste and how it we are impacting the earth. All students will need to answer the following questions about these six topics: Reminders:
Jan 19 ~ Fun Lunch Jan 20 ~ Scholastic Book Order Due (cheques only please) Jan 23 ~ Library Mobile Feb 3 ~ PD Day Feb 16-17 ~ Teachers Convention Feb 20 ~ Family Day Feb 23 ~ Fun Lunch
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