April 22nd - 25th

Learning Intentions:

- students communicate length using units

I Can:

- compare and order different lengths measured with centimeters

We took advantage of the beautiful Spring weather to continue exploring and learning about measurement. We reviewed how to properly use a ruler, tape measure and meter stick to ensure that we were measuring accurately - make sure that the end of the object is at the '0' and be precise when determining how long the object is. Our outdoor measuring activity came home in your child's communication folder - ask them to tell you all about their learning!

Learning Intentions: (Social Studies)

- students explore ways trade supports local communities

I Can:

- understand how natural resources can be transformed into goods to meet needs and wants

- understand that communities and businesses can trade to increase and availability of goods by - buying or importing and selling or exporting

- understand that natural resources and goods are transported and traded across Canada and the world in various ways; for example, by trains, airplanes, trucks, pipelines

This week we continued to learn more about many of Canada's important natural resources and how  these natural resources impact the jobs that are available for people. We added many little natural resources icons to our map of Canada to show which provinces were known for what natural resources. For example, we placed icons such as oil pump jacks, wheat, and livestock for Alberta and icons such as a mining cart for the potash resources in Saskatchewan. Looping back to our mapping conversations from the beginning of the year we talked about the importance of adding a legend or key to our map to help with understanding. We also learned about imports (things that we buy / bring into Canada) and exports (things that we sell / send out of Canada).

April 14th - 18th

 

Happy Easter! I hope that everyone had a lovely long weekend filled with lots of love, laughter and sweet treats! Thank you again to those who were able to attend our assembly this week - it's always great to have families join us 💗

Thank you also to our amazing parent community for the incredibly thoughtful and delicious table of treats this week...it is always very much appreciated!

Art this week with Miss Hirsche...

Learning intentions: (Math - Measurement)

- Students communicate length using units

I Can:

- Measure length with non-standard units by tiling, iterating, or using self-created measuring tool

- Compare and order measure measurements of different lengths measured with the same non-standard units, and explain the choice of unit

- Compare measurements of the same length measured with different non-standard units

- Measure length with standard units by tiling or iterating with a centimetre

Students first explored measuring the length of various classroom items using non-standard units such as markers, cubes, blocks and erasers! Next, we talked about the standard unit of centimetres and then students used a ruler to practice measuring and recording the length of different objects in centimetres.

Spring Equinox Assembly Art!

April 7th - 11th

 

What a fabulous day we had to go on our Fish Creek Park adventure! It was a beautiful morning filled with lots of wandering, wondering and exciting discoveries. Thank you again to all of the parent volunteers who were able to join us and help make this trip so successful - we appreciate you! 💗

Learning Intentions: (Science - Living Systems)

- Understanding the living world, Earth and space are deepened by investigation natural systems and their interactions

I Can: 

- discuss ways to respect plants and animals while interacting in various environment

- explain the positive and negative impacts of human behaviour on plants and animals

- discuss how humans might interact with land, plants, and animals if they see land, plants and animals as equals

This trip was inspired the story This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby and Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley. In this beautiful story a child and her grandmother explore their surroundings, taking pleasure in the familiar sights that each new season brings. Together we walk with them through the long summer days filled with wildflowers and bees and the fall days when the animals prepare for hibernation as the days grow cooler and shorter. Next comes dark winter mornings, beautiful dancing skies and a world that is covered with blankets of snow. In the spring, the grandmother and the little girl watch for green shoots poking through the melting snow, chirping peepers and migratory birds returning home.  We have also been talking about the different ways the land can teach us about many things such as changing seasons as well as how everything is interconnected. For this trip the students used iPads to capture the different plants and animals that are returning to Fish Creek. We will continue our learning about the different native plants in the park over the next few weeks as we look closely at our pictures and begin to identify them using the Alberta Parks and Friends Of Fish Creek website. 

March 31st - April 4th

- Computer Science -
Problem solving and scientific inquiry are developed through the knowledgeable application of creativity, design, and computational thinking

Learning Intention: 

- students apply creativity when designing instructions to achieve a desired outcome

I Can:

- work individually or in groups to create instructions using precise words, pictures or diagrams

- create 3-step to 4-step instructions that achieve a desired outcome

- predict the outcome of instructions that are 3 to 4 steps

- refine instructions to more efficiently achieve a desired outcome

- test instructions with 3 to 4 steps to verify a desired outcome is achieved

- debug any errors in a set of instructions to achieve a desired outcome

During Makerspace this week students had an opportunity to practice their coding skills while working hands-on with our exciting little Tale-bots! These programmable little robots help foster and enhance student creativity, problem solving, as well as critical and computational thinking. Working together in groups, students took turns choosing different target locations on their mat for their Tale-bot to get to. One student would write the directions ('coding plan') on the recording sheet, and another student would use these directions to program the Tale-bot by selecting the various direction and movement buttons in the order according to the plan. When students realized they had made an error they were quick to problem solve and debug their Tale-bot and get back on track! Using the 'Dance' button at the end of a program seemed to be the favourite way to show that the Tale-bot had successfully hit their target destination!