Wednesday

Hello families,

Today we had Daily 5 literacy and a quick Work Period where we practiced our weekly words and finished up our pattern snakes. We then went to our first Alien In-Line skating session. We definitely needed the volunteers we had - if anyone else is interested in joining us on Friday or next Wednesday, please let me know.


In the afternoon, we had our literacy groups where we shared our writing that focused on using voice. We then started talking about our dreams for Alberta. We re-watched the Canada 150 video about Alberta and discussed some of the things we think are awesome in Alberta. We worked on this for a little before and after recess. It was definitely a big concept for our class. We talked about some of the things that are important to Alberta such as the Rocky Mountains and Beautiful blue lakes, Banff, the weather, etc. We also briefly talked about the pipeline and how we either build a pipeline to help with jobs and the economy or we don't because of the environment (a big concept!!) we also briefly discussed how sometimes the amount of money people make isn't enough to pay for a place to live, cars, and groceries. Heavy, right? Several students had mentioned they have heard about these topics either at home, on the radio or the news. If they were able to grasp the geographic features that make Alberta unique and some of the symbols of Alberta, I was happy with that! 

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