Math: This week in Math we are wrapping up our estimation unit and starting to move into multiplication strategies. We will be continuing to wrap up estimation strategies next week, but will also be looking at multiplication. We have learned about how to use arrays and area models to support us in building our conceptual understanding of multiplication. We practiced how to round numbers and in turn revisited place value. We also learned how to play a fun multiplication pyramid game, which is an easy game to play at home to practice our times tables.
Science: We continued to explore how humans impact wetland ecosystem and have chosen a specific action which we have been doing research on. Some students have chosen air pollution, construction, habitat destruction, and invasive species. Next week will be our last week in our wetland unit. We will be participating in an action research project with Mindfuel Alberta. This organization is testing their new augmented reality app. This app will support students in furthering their learning of human impact on Wetlands. Humanities: Our student teacher, Mrs. Sterling, spent the day with us on Monday. She will be joining us full time after Christmas break. We started the Amazing Race Canada in Social Studies. We will learn about Canadain regions and history we explore the county through roadblocks, detours and pitstops. Students are sketchnoting as they watch an introductory documentary and will continue to use this technique for notetaking throughout the year. Next week we will begin our in depth look into the Atlantic Region. We wrapped up the week with our first book talk discussions. Students should be done with section 2 of the novel, as we are moving onto week 3. The end of week 3, marks the half way point of the novel and most students are finding their book selection enjoyable. We will be working with these books until the end of November.
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