We began our day in the gym. We practiced serving the ball as part of our study of volleyball. We also played a game called "Pie Face" where the students had a dot balanced on their forearm. If the dot was knocked off by an opponent, they had to complete 10 jumping jacks.
In writing we had students re-evaluate their comic representing how plastic pollution effects the earth and it's inhabitants. Students participated in a feedback loop where they could ask questions and provide guidance about how to improve the work of their peers. Each piece of work had to include a problem, action and solution. This was the process of visual storytelling. Students practiced basic addition and subtraction processes as a warm up. We then began looking at the population numbers for Alberta over the past 35 years. Ask your child if they remember the population for Calgary in the year 1981 compared to 2015. We will be exploring how populations have grown or shrunk in various regions over the years. Miss Lysak is back in Music! She taught us several different patterns on the spoons. It was lots of fun. Students are working to complete their visual journal pages describing the various natural regions and exploring these different categories for each:
Lastly, in Social Studies, as we explore which particular natural region we think is beautiful, and interesting, we began to create a small piece of artwork using the pointillism technique. We briefly discussed the "Group Of Seven" and then looked at the artwork of Calgary artist, Jim Pescott. His painting style has been referred to as contemporary pointillism. Students used acrylic paint to create their background colour and on Wednesday will use pointillism to add details. Field Trip to Fish Creek - Tomorrow (Tuesday, November 29) Please dress your child for the weather. A portion of this field trip is spent outside doing a scavenger hunt. Wear comfortable footwear and bring along hats, mittens, etc. (layers work best). Also, please try to send a "wasteless" lunch or have your child bring their garbage home. Reminders: Friday, December 2 - Professional Development Day (No School)
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