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April 8

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 Over the past couple of weeks we have, -been playing recorders in music (Mrs. Hebenton is back!!) -building simple machines including balloon cars and pulley systems -build catapults and had an epic 'knock down the towers with marshmallows' tournament -making Rube Goldberg machines that include simple machines -watched some of the Eclipse on NASA live stream -baked bannock, tried pemmican and drank mint tea (focus on reciprocity, connection to land, Metis culture) -started a social studies timeline focused on the railway, settlers and NWMP -been working on mental math using Kahoot, Math 99 and daily games  -learned about factors and multiples, prim and composite numbers -learned to tell time and solve time related problems -started writing poems using rhyming couplets
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Feb 28 - March 6

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 Over the past 2 weeks we have: -been doing gymnastics with a focus on flexibility, strength and balance (today was our last day) -practiced basic facts to 12x12 and discussed how multiplication relates to division -used base 10 blocks to model division with larger numbers (long division strategies) -explored beginning algebra concepts, explained what the = sign means and balanced equations -learned about Writing on Stone and made our own symbol stories about a buffalo hunt -finished our novel "Wild Robot" -had Mad Scientist visit to introduce our new science unit, Simple Machines -explored 'gadgets' to observe the parts and how they work -watched an Evergreen Theatre performance called "Snow White and the Seven Regions" -learned about trading posts through Minecraft -had kindness week and read books with our buddy classes Students will have things to show you at our next Student Led Conferences which will be held on the evening of Thursday March 21 and morn...
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Week of Feb. 20

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 We started our week with a trip to Heritage Park. Students learned what life was like in Alberta in the early 1900's. Each student received a day pass to use at Heritage Park that they brought home on Friday.   -we learned about the settlers, railroad, made butter, saw a sod house and did some word working -we played a fur trade game at school by doing a scavenger hunt for beaver pelts and trading them for different supplies then explained why we chose the items we did -we continue to focus on paragraphs and turned our worm research into an informative paragraph -we are showing different strategies and ways to model division in math -we looked at some petroglyphs from Writing on Stone and will work on some symbol stories in the upcoming week  
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