Week of October 7-11

Reminders: There is no school Monday and October 17 is Picture Day! There is no home reading and writing over the long week. It will resume on Tuesday!

Thank you to all the parents who volunteered on our field trip yesterday! It was an amazing day filled with learning and exploring. Please scroll down to the bottom to see photos from our day.

Here are the highlights for this week:

Math

-students explored estimation and rounding using number lines and hundreds charts (up to 1000)

-students rounded to the nearest ten and hundred

-AMA my favourite math learning station and my learning intention

Next week we will begin skip counting and locating patterns when starting at different skip counting starting points.

Language Arts

-using white boards and markers, students challenged themselves to add descriptive details to simple sentences

-we started a new word work activity this week as a group
-AMA about the activity

Science
-we wrapped up our hearing and sound unit with an assessment and a field trip
-AMA pitches, volume, amplification, echolocation
-we reviewed our unit by completing a cross-curricular activity (below are some pictures)
-we also concluded our learning of sound by exploring Garage Band and making music with specific beats and pitches (see below)

Inquiry Exploration

Here are some pictures from our field trip!