Week of March 9
Literacy Today we began developing the Main Idea of our narrative stories. We started with planning out what action our characters will take to solve the problem in their story, so that we don't have the problem of getting to the end of the story and not knowing how to end it. We also planned out two things that the character will try that are unsuccessful, before finally solving their problem.
Math: We are continuing to explore division and how it relates to multiplication. We are learning how to show our mathematical thinking in a variety of ways and learning different ways that we can check our own work to ensure we know we have successfully solved the equations. Ask your child to show you how to solve 12 ➗ 4 using more than 1 strategy.
Science: Our student teacher, Mr. Spackman, introduced new scientific vocabulary related to our new science unit, Testing Materials and Designs. Students explored Compression Strength and Tensile Strength by exploring a variety of materials and rating them on a 1-4 scale.
We are looking for the following materials:
Social Studies: Our student teacher is introducing us to the country of Ukraine (our 3rd country of study) this week. We are learning where Ukraine is and some interesting landmarks in Ukraine.
Other: On Tuesday, students are bringing home field trip forms for an upcoming trip to The Leighton Art Centre on April 8th. Please note that paying online will be slightly delayed as the new system takes a few days before you can see what is owed. We will be looking for volunteers, please let us know if you are interested and we will be in touch with you.
Math: We are continuing to explore division and how it relates to multiplication. We are learning how to show our mathematical thinking in a variety of ways and learning different ways that we can check our own work to ensure we know we have successfully solved the equations. Ask your child to show you how to solve 12 ➗ 4 using more than 1 strategy.
Science: Our student teacher, Mr. Spackman, introduced new scientific vocabulary related to our new science unit, Testing Materials and Designs. Students explored Compression Strength and Tensile Strength by exploring a variety of materials and rating them on a 1-4 scale.
We are looking for the following materials:
- Wood
- Small scrap Wood
- chopsticks
- toothpicks
- cardboard
- Tubes
- boxes
- Plastic
- leather
- fabric
- string/twine
- tape (any kind)
- Metal
- clean empty pop cans
- nuts, bolts, washers, screws
- old Utensils
- Knobs, hooks, handles
- tinfoil
Social Studies: Our student teacher is introducing us to the country of Ukraine (our 3rd country of study) this week. We are learning where Ukraine is and some interesting landmarks in Ukraine.
Howdy,
Mr. Spackman here. I am the student teacher that has recently joined the classroom. We have just started studying the Ukraine for our next social studies unit, and I’m looking for a bit of help. I was wondering if any of you have any artifacts or objects from Ukraine that we can use in our classroom until the end of April? We’re looking for any items from Ukraine that we can study to help us learn about the culture and people of Ukraine. Thank you for your time!
Other: On Tuesday, students are bringing home field trip forms for an upcoming trip to The Leighton Art Centre on April 8th. Please note that paying online will be slightly delayed as the new system takes a few days before you can see what is owed. We will be looking for volunteers, please let us know if you are interested and we will be in touch with you.
