October 25, 2019
Highlights:
-Beginning to play Tchoukball in Phys.Ed. If
you have never heard of tchoukball, here's a video showing the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkHGO3pLMlE
-Learning
contour lines and sketching techniques while drawing pumpkins. Thank-you to
everyone who donated pumpkins for us to use.
-Reviewing how to add 3 and 4 digit numbers. Students
are practicing different methods of addition, and discussing which methods are
most efficient.
-Working on “Show Not Tell” when writing about emotions. For
example, instead of writing, “she was happy,” we discussed how we could
describe how she looked and acted instead.
-Continuing to practice cursive writing.
-Beginning to explore our Metis Museokit from the Glenbow
Museum. Students discussed what an artifact is and how we care for them. We
also looked at how to sketch in detail when looking at various artifacts.
-Students brainstormed different variables that could be
changed when planting seeds, and decided on one variable to change. They will
observe the growth of the plants over the coming weeks and record the progress
in their notebooks.
-Practicing spelling of long vowels using different
strategies such as, color coding vowels and consonants, waterfall, chunking and
silly sentences. Students can use these at home when practicing their spelling.
-Exploring different sentence stems and strategies we can use
when reading. So far, we have looked at making connections and predictions. We
will continue this work next week.
Reminders:
-Walking
field trip to the Gully on November 5 – We require 3-4 volunteers from
1:00-3:00.
-Halloween
parade on Thursday, October 31. Students bring their costumes to school and get
dressed up for the parade in the afternoon. No masks or weapons please.
-No school on
Friday, November 1.