Thursday, February 6

 Hi parents,

We had a pretty good day today. In the morning, the students reviewed the many shape terms we've learned over the past few days. This includes:

• Triangles (Isosceles, Equilateral, and Scalene)
• Quadrilaterals (Rhombus, Trapezoid, Paralellogram, Square, Rectangle)
• Lines (parallel, perpendicular, line segments, rays)
• Regular vs. Irregular Polygons
• Congruent vs. 'similar' 

Shapes Quiz - Wednesday, Feb. 12

We'll be having a short quiz on the things above next week, on Wednesday. Students will be asked to determine whether certain shapes are congruent, draw shapes, and name and identify qualities of given shapes. We're not getting into angles just yet so don't worry about those.

In Social Studies, we read more about the voyageurs, and early settlers in Alberta. These were people from France and Britain who were strictly here for the Fur Trade - before the farmers and ranchers. We looked at some old maps and tried to use dates of forts to determine the path these early settlers took.

In the afternoon, we had Daily LA and mindfulness. 

Valentines Day - February 12!

We will be celebrating Valentines Day on February 12! As in previous years, we'll be doing community building Valentines activities that show each student how valued they are in our classroom. If your child is bringing Valentines from home, please make sure they have enough for our whole class of 22 students. :) Sadly we are not allowed to have any treats (cupcakes, brownies, cookie etc.)

Spelling quiz tomorrow - have a nice night,

Zac

New carpet!!

Geometry Terms - 'Art School Simulator'

Tuesday, February 4

 Hi parents,

We had a great day today! Sorry about the lack of blog yesterday.

This morning, we did 'Spelling Sentences', with a twist. Each sentence the students wrote had to be longer than the previous sentence. So if the first one was 4 words, the next would have to be at least 5, and then 6, and so on. So the sentences inevitably became more complex. I think it was a great way to practice writing sentences of varying length.

In math, we did a 'art school' inspired lesson where students created sketchbook pages to display all of the geometry terms we've recently learned.  There are a lot!

In the afternoon, we learned more about the history of Alberta. We watched a short series called "Alberta: The Stories that Made Us". The students used loose parts to construct representations of an event or two of their choice from Alberta's history. I was really impressed by the teamwork and cooperation - there wasn't a single disagreement and everyone was actively involved. See if you can figure out what's happening in each scene!

Please send back your Hitmen Field Trip Forms if you have not already done so!

Have a nice night,

Zac