April 2-5

Hello families, 

I hope you all had a restful Spring Break! Here's our weekly update ! 

Math

In math this week we started learning about subtraction. Grade 1s are working on subtraction within 20 and grade 2s are working on subtraction within 100. We learned how to use some of our Montessori materials to solve a subtraction question. On Friday we played some subtraction math games with our big buddy class! 

We also did our April calendar and learned all about the important days coming up this month!




Literacy

We learned about the "-ed" ending on the end of verbs to show they happened in the past. The suffix "-ed" can make three different sounds. Ask your child about the three sounds! 


UFLI -ed Activity

During Daily LA each group is working on a different Words Their Way word/picture sort! We didn't quite finish this since we had a short week! 

When working at the teachers' table, we're working together to revise our "Who Am I?" writing to make it better. We're working on improving word choice, making sure the writing makes sense, and adding more detail! Next week we will start the editing process. 

Writer's Workshop Process

We're getting close to finishing My Father's Dragon and are looking forward to watching the movie the week of April 15th. 

Here are our high-frequency words for next week! 


Science & Social Studies

We learned about landforms this week! We looked at some specific, important landforms that can be found in Alberta and learned about their significance. We also started learning about different bodies of water and fresh and salt water. Grade 2 students explored landforms in Alberta further by investigating a map of Alberta, and grade 1 students improved their geographical thinking skills by learning how to accurately and neatly colour a map of Canada. 





PE

In phys ed we finished up learning about badminton and played some cooperative games. On Friday we did a fun challenge called "Find a Way" where students had to work together to figure out how everyone in the group can touch the ball without touching each other. 



Please note that our gymnastics unit will begin on Monday! Students should be "ready to go, from head to toe!" 



Upcoming Dates
  • Tuesday, April 9th - Artist in Residence Fish Creek Field Trip - Plant Walk 
  • April 8-26 - Gymnastics 
  • Thursday, April 18th - Taco Time Fun Lunch
  • Friday, April 19th - PD Day - No school for students 
  • Tuesday, April 30th - Room 10 & 11 Sharing Assembly 9:00am - Families invited! 


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