Week of November 25-27

Sorry for the late post from last week!

Reminders:
Please send any building material to school (see post from Wednesday).
Home reading will be due on Monday December 9, 2019 as I was absent on Monday.

We said "goodbye" to our student teacher, Ms. Bishnoi. She will go onto another practicum soon at a different school. We wish her good luck!

Math:
Strategies students learned this week were decomposing and regrouping. Students used a variety of strategies to solve 2 digit numbers problems, including visuals and the use of base 10 blocks to represent their understanding.




Inquiry
This week we started using Google Slides to create slides for our Inquiry. Students made jot notes and began researching additional information using websites and a new reading program called "Epic." Epic can only be accessed from school and students are welcome to continue researching at home. However, I would like students to only work on their slides at school.



Language Arts
To complete our descriptive writing unit, students are in the beginning stages of our final project on the Taj Mahal. We brainstormed sentence starters and adjectives related to the 5 senses and the Taj Mahal.

We had a fun pizza and pajama day. December  6 is a PD day.

Request

We are still in need of material for our building unit! Some examples are:
-toothpicks
-straws of different sizes
-empty cereal boxes
-empty paper towel rolls
-extra legos that you don't need back

Anything helps!

Thank you!!

Week of November 18-21

Reminders:
* Home reading/writing is due Friday November 28, 2019
*We are in need of recyclable material for our building unit
*We are taking non-perishable donations for the Calgary Food Bank

Language Arts:
Students continued to explore descriptive writing. Students brainstormed the senses of the Taj Mahal. When reading, students focused on fluency and blends.

Math:
We began our "Adding" unit with mental math strategies. Students reviewed "My Friend 10" from last week and moved onto the following strategies: "Near Doubles, Doubles Plus 1, and Relating Addition to Subtraction."
Students used white boards and markers to explore and practice these strategies. Using these strategies, students also solved word problems.



Inquiry:
In both Ms. Leggo's class and our class, students explored the various aspects of building. AMA what the strongest shapes are and why. AMA the different fasteners we used in class and the ones that were the strongest.



Thank you to all parents who made it to parent teacher conferences! Enjoy the weekend!

Reminders

Here are a few reminders:

1) I will hand back home reading and writing during conferences and it will be due next Friday November 29.

2) We are in need of building material/recyclables from home. If you have empty cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, cookie boxes, etc., please send them to school.

3) Parent conferences are tomorrow after school and Friday morning until 1pm.

4) There is no school Friday.

5) We are collecting non-perishable food for the food bank.

Week of November 12-15

Reminders:
1. Home reading/writing is due on Monday
2. Conference booking has opened up; please book as soon as you can to secure a time
3. Wednesday is Crazy Hair Day
4. There is no school Friday due to Parent Conferences

Math
Ms. Bishnoi taught our students about an addition strategy called "My Friend 10."
AMA how to solve 7 +8 = ? and 2 + 0 + 8 +8 =? using the "My Friend 10" strategy.



Students also engaged in "Math Talks" during problem solving activities. These talks helps students work collaboratively using positive language when solve equations. Some of the sentence starters for discussion are:
I like the way you....
My strategy for solving this question was different than your strategy because...
Could we try solving again by....

AMA how to solve the following question:
There are 342 beads in the colours red, blue, green and pink. If there are 102 pink beads, how many of the other beads could there possibly be? Give 3 different ways.



Literacy:
Students engaged in activities on how to use strong adjectives in their writing. AMA different adjectives I can use for the words happy, bored, sad, wow and good.
We continued to read from our class read aloud, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.

Inquiry:
Students engaged in rotations about India. With Ms. Chaudhry, students learned about the economy of India. Ms. Leggo taught students about the geography and I taught students about the culture in India. AMA the different aspects of culture.

Reminders!

Here are a couple quick reminders:

1. Conference sign up opens this Thursday. Please book a time online, especially if you require an evening time.

2. Home reading/writing will be due next Monday.

3. Hot lunch forms are due this Thursday November 14.

Week of November 4-8

Reminders: Hot lunch forms went home. If you would like to order, please send exact change with the order form. There is no school Monday, November 11, 2019 due to Remembrance Day. We have a new student teacher named Ms. Bishnoi. She will be with us during the month of November and will slowly start teaching some of the academic subjects.

Conference Booking:
Bookings open up on Thursday, November 14. Please book an appointment online as soon as it opens.

Math:
Students reviewed number concepts and completed an assessment. It will be marked and handed back to students by next week.
We will start mental math addition strategies next week.

Inquiry:
We began our inquiry with Ms. Leggo and Ms. Chaudhry. Our classes have been meeting, learning and collaborating in the Learning Commons. Our inquiry question is: How can we be global citizens educated our community to help improve the quality of life of children in India?
AMA the 4 different factors of quality of life (comfort, happiness, safety and health).
AMA how I felt about kids in the other parts of the world.



Language Arts:
AMA about words that have the "OW" and "TH" sounds.
AMA about the importance of Remembrance Day. We completed a dove wreath (see picture below) and presented it at the Remembrance Day Assembly.
AMA the new addition to our weekly rubric.

Home Reading

Reminder: Home reading/writing is due tomorrow!