Friday November 9th

This week we had our second session of in-line skating. The second time was much better! Today we had our Remembrance Day assembly.

We also started building our indoor recess games for the cardboard challenge. It was really fun! 

In Writing we came up with goals and strategies based on our peer and self assessment, and teacher feedback of our haunted house descriptive writing. We put these writing goals into Iris. Next week we will include photos of our writing piece. 

In Science we began planning our waste management system presentations and information posters to bring to the different classes in our school. We hope to implement this soon!

In Math we practiced subtracting 3-digit and 4-digit numbers using the regrouping and place value/base ten blocks strategies. We also practiced mental math subtraction strategies (strategies that help us subtract in our head, without writing it down). Finally we have been working on problem solving, in particular how to solve open-ended problems that have many solutions. 

Math - Subtraction with Regrouping Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkzoUfyAXDU

Remember that you can keep track of our math Learning Intentions and Success Criteria, along with games where they can practice these concepts at the following link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Von0b3dqkGpqP00Y4zjj35-ZHBRuyDOx9VjNy1nAvsc/edit?usp=sharing

Next Week's Spelling Pattern:

Consonant Digraphs

Consonant digraphs are 2 consonants together that make a completely new sound. They can be found anywhere in a word. 

Practice Words:

thunder 

farther 

reach 

chicken 

wheat 

Thursday 

foolish 

gather 

brother 

awhile 

chimney 

sharply 

leash 

bother 

shipment 

feathers 

charge 

shovel 

whiskers 

crush

who

whole

Reminders:

Class Pictures - Monday November 12th is picture re-take day and our whole class photo will be taken on this day as well.

In-line Skating - Thank you for returning the forms. The next final in-line skating session will be on Wednesday November 14th. Please have your child bring their helmet to school on this day. 

Field Trip - On December 11th we will be going on our visit out of school field trip to Fort Calgary. Please email and let me know if you are able to volunteer to come with us on this day. It will be a whole day field trip. Field trip forms to sign will go home closer to the date.

Winter Weather Clothes - Please remember to have children bring snow pants and boots during the colder, wet season. The field can get very wet as snow melts. Extra socks in their backpack would be great as well.