Dear Parents,
Welcome back to all our families. It was a busy week as we settled back into the routine. Students got to know our student teachers from Mount Royal University and we set some intentions for our time together. Mr. Fong joined Mr. Sonico and Mrs. Sterling is with Mrs. Stevenson. They will be with us until April 9th. Students also enjoyed an off campus trip to the Glenbow Museum. We examined artefacts and used observation skills as we determined the stories that the artefacts could tell. A few pictures of the day can be viewed on twitter. https://twitter.com/GailStevenson Important Dates Jan. 17- No School Jan. 31- No School Feb. 5 - PE Swimming Field Trip Feb. 12-14 - No School Staff Retreat Feb. 17 - No School Family Day Humanities- We spent this week immersed in our collection of Caldecott eligible picture books. There were over 40 books available on the long list for students to examine against the Caldecott criteria. Students voted for each book on a 3 point scale, and the top will 16 move onto the next round. In addition, 4 books will be assigned wild card spots and will move on. We will continue narrowing down the books until Jan. 24th, when we will choose a winning selection. We will compare our results with the official results on Jan. 27th. Looking ahead, we will continue with Mock Caldecott and students will be creating book trailers and persuasive letters. Math & Science - This week we got back into the swing of things by reviewing multiplication. I returned the multiplication pre-test students wrote in November and they had the opportunity to see how much growth they experienced in the last two months by working hard on this skill. For most, they were able to show how to multiply 2-digit factors. There are a few that still need extra support/practice at home. Please consult your child’s Seesaw account to see if your child has met expectations or if they need extra practice at home. How to support at home: You can give students two 2-digit factors (like 24 x 79) to calculate. I’m hoping that the practice at home will reinforce strategies they have learned at school and will contribute to their familiarity to such process. We started our unit study of division and our goal for students by the end of this unit is to be able to divide 3-digit dividends by 1-digit divisors. In science we continued our studies of weather by looking at how clouds are related to weather, the difference between climate and weather, and how some human activities can affect weather. We then had a discussion on what constitutes a “fair test” and students have begun designing fair tests to do next week that are related to weather and clothes they wear. Looking ahead: mental math interviews, division, and fabric testing.
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