Classroom Update
Math - Our focus this week continued to be measurement. We mostly worked on finding the perimeter of rooms and objects and on understanding that if we know one side of a square or two sides of a rectangle, we can figure out the perimeter of the object. We also added imperial measurement (inches and feet) as an alternative to metric measurement and talked about times that we may still come across imperial measurement.
Home Practise: Students can work on multiplication and division facts to increase speed and accuracy. They are encouraged to quickly review some that they already know and spend more time with facts they find more challenging.
Language Arts - During word work this week, we focused on words with the prefix "un". In words like unhappy, unhealthy and unbelievable, the "un" prefix changes the meaning of the root word. We continued reading Ollie's Odyssey and the students started writing their own "odyssey". Some students have decided their main character is one of our Dash robots and others have chosen their favourite stuffed animal.
Science and Social Studies - We continued working with the robots this week. We focused on programming the robot to travel on a map of Alberta (a map taped on the floor in the hallway). On days we didn't have the robots, we focused on the many Indigenous nations that live in Alberta and discussed the various languages that exist in Alberta and in our classroom.
Upcoming Events
February 11 Wear Red and Hearts for Valentine's Day
February 12 & 13 Teacher Convention - NO SCHOOL
February 16 Family Day - NO SCHOOL
February 24 Jump Rope for Heart Assembly - 8:30am
February 25 Fun Lunch - Coco Brooks Pizza
