Friday, March 22nd

Hello Families!

Thank you to everyone who was able to come to our student - led conferences!  Everyone was so excited to show off their work and progress in learning this year.  We could not be prouder of all our learners!

 
Important Dates:

March 25th - April 1st - Spring Break - No School
April 2nd - Classes Resume

April 12th - Our Peace Assembly (time TBD) - Families welcome!

April 19th - Non - Instructional Day - No School

*Once you have had an opportunity to look at your child's work in their blue communication folder, please sign the math rubric and return it with the folder.  

Our Learning:

Literacy:

• We have been practicing our descriptive writing techniques by viewing a picture prompt and then using that as a spring board for writing.  It has been so interesting to see how all our writing and ideas can be so different when all looking at the same picture. 
• We worked through our writers' workshop this week to plan and draft 'how to' instructions of something we know alot about or are really interested in.  We have now added revising to our writing each week.  
• This has helped us as we are working towards our writing goals.  Ask your child what they goal is. 
• In reading, we are continuing to build our skills and working on reading with fluency in our targeted literacy groups. 

Math:

• In grade 2, we have been engaging in math talks to build our mental math strategies and ability explain our mathematical thinking. 
• We played math games to strengthen our addition and subtractions strategies, such as making ten, doubles, doubles +1, using addition for subtraction, adding by rearranging and using related subtraction facts. 
• As we have built a keen understanding of mental math strategies, we will be moving into adding and subtracting two digit numbers.
• In grade1, we worked on balancing equations and building our understanding of equality and inequality.  (Ex. 3 +1 = 2+2)
• We used the pan balances to investigate equality with cubes.  See pictures below. 

Inquiry:

• Mrs. Day's class had an incredible time at the Telus Spark Science Centre on Tuesday.  We were able to use our engineering skills to build with a variety of materials and explore all the exhibits. Can you believe that some of us drank out of a toliet?!  Thank you so much for our parent volunteers, without you this trip would not have been possible.
• As both classes have experienced the trip, ask your child what their favourite part was. 
• Back in the classroom, we learned about the Spring Equinox that happened on March 19th.  We watched a video created by the Indigenous Education team, where Elder Saa'kokoto talked about how after a season of rest, the land comes to life with new growth, movement and sounds. 
• We are now discussing signs of spring and the changes that living things make during this time...now if only it started to look like spring outside.