Important Dates
Jan. 31- No School Feb. 5 - PE Swimming Field Trip Feb. 12-14 - No School Staff Retreat Feb. 17 - No School Family Day Humanities Our Caldecott books were narrowed down to a field of 20. Students took another look at each of the books and used the criteria to rank each book. They participated in a short debate and had the opportunity to share their views with others. We will choose our winner on Friday of next week. Our top titles are going head to head, and students will be very sad to see some favourites eliminated. We worked on some writing skills. Next week students will begin crafting a persuasive letter to Mrs. Veteikis. They are making a case for, and requesting that their favourite Caldecott eligible title be added to our school library collection. Math & Science This week, we focused our studies in science on the scientific method, particularly in designing fair tests. We looked at how the weather impacts human’s clothing choices for water resistance, wind resistance, or protection from the cold. Students completed a lab report (through Google Slides) as a result of this experience, and we will be sharing our findings with our classmates next week. In math, we have begun to wrap up the multiplication unit with the mental math interviews and started working on division. Students have been introduced to 2 strategies to solve 3-digit by 1-digit division problems; the partial quotient method and the box method. We also learned a new game to practice division problems which only requires 3 dice, so ask your child to play at home! Looking ahead: continuing our mental math interviews (double-digit by single-digit factors) and starting the electricity unit.
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