Community 81

Important Message: We are excited to start a new inquiry into Rocks & Minerals and how it impacts our land within Canada and around the world.  We have decided we would like to showcase this through envelope books.  We are wondering if anyone can volunteer to help us sew the books together.  Please see picture below. Furthermore, by Monday please have your child bring in two-three different types of rocks (eg. shiny, bumpy, smooth, etc.) in a ziploc bag with your child’s name on it. This week in Room 81: Math : We continue to work on multiplication.  We incorporated art into Math by creating an "array city".  The student had to design 4 sky scrapers and arrange all windows in an array.  The multiplication sentence was also written on the buildings.  We have also started talking about rounding numbers to the nearest group of 10.  We learned that if the digit in the ones place is 5 or higher you round the number to the next highest group of 10.  Please have you

Thank you to all those parents who came to our school Literacy Night last night. I enjoyed seeing you and talking with you about your child. Another busy week. On Monday's PD day I went with several other teachers to visit potential field trip sites.  My favorite site was the Chinook Honey Company.  This place is located just outside of Okotoks and it offers some really awesome programs.  I left this place feeling so excited about the possibility of a trip there in the Spring and a potential Bee inquiry.  Families are welcome to visit the Chinook Honey Company on weekends.  It's a beautiful location. Math: We are still working on multiplication.  We are learning about repeated addition and skip counting to solve multiplication questions.  Please ask your child how they would solve 2x5. Art: We are currently working on a tree art project.  Some students have finished and their artwork is up for viewing.  Inquiry: We are very close to finishing up our first google slide

GENRE of the Week: This week is going to be slightly different in that we will be focusing on exploring a style of music rather than one artist. Looking back at the artists we have been working with over the past couple weeks, one might notice that they each have one thing in common: all have roots in The Blues. This week we will be enjoying the song writing of old Delta Blues characters such as Robert Johnson, to the Chicago electric styles of Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and finally, the late great B. B. King. One thing is for certain, the majority of popular music from the last 60 (or more) years can somehow trace roots back to the blues. 

Today was our first Club Friday.  Everything went off without a hitch and sounds like the kids had a tonne of fun. We also started working on a fall art project.  This involved a lot of tape ripping. We also started to paint the backgrounds but will have to finish next week. Yesterday we started talking about patterns.  We reviewed repeating and growing patterns.  Next week we will be moving on to multiplication. In writing we have been working on adding details to our sentences.  These details include the who, what, where, when and why.  Please have your child demonstrate this activity to you. Everyone got new Words Their Way words this week.  Your child should have brought these words home to practice. We have been talking about animals during inquiry.  Yesterday we learned how to put our research onto a google slides presentation.  This presentation can be accessed at home.  Please have your child show you how to do this.  If your child chooses to work on this project at h