Literacy
This week in Literacy we've finished publishing our story books. They'll be on display for the class to enjoy leading up to student-led conferences.
We've also been looking at self-esteem through our writing, The Best Part of Me, a book by Wendy Ewald. Our work is up in the main lobby of the school, please come by and check it out.
We've also had Quest Theatre today for a performance of Snow Angel.
Math
This week in math we've continued to practice our subtraction skills (to 100 for grade 2's and to 20 for grade 1's). Student's have made good connections and are beginning to feel comfortable with subtraction.
Science
This week in science we've continued to investigate building things. Student's look at how to create doors for structures, as well as exploring with found materials to create structures. Student's have also brought all their structures in! What amazing work went into creating them. Mr. Williams had a great time coming to view them all and speak to the children about their work.
Social Studies
We've continued to look at different types of urban communities such as industrial urban, commercial urban and sub-urban communities.
Literacy
This week in in literacy, we've continued our writing based on the story plans we crafted last week. I've come across some really great stories with some interesting problems for our main characters to solve.
Student's are at various points in the authoring cycle of writing, revising and editing, publishing and illustration.
We've also continued our weekly guided reading centers and word work.
Math
This week in Math we've been examining problem solving questions using addition skills and have begun to explore subtraction using mental math, number lines and 100 squares. These are skills you can continue to work on with your child at home.
Science
This week in Science we've continued to explore structures and building secured structures. Earlier in the week we had Bricks4Kidz come in to work with our class on building structures with Lego. Check out some of the pictures below of that day.
I'd like to thank Beth Thompson, the owner of Bricks4Kids who graciously donated the opportunity for our class. Beth is a parent of one of our students in another class at our school and owns a franchise of Bricks4Kidz, located right on 14th Street and 20 Ave NW. Check out her website below:
Social Studies
This week in Social Studies we've been examining what urban centers are and their features, who lives and visits urban centers. Student's looked at our own buildings in downtown Calgary, as well as other famous structures from around the world. Students then created their own urban center through art and wrote to describe their work. We then created a cinquain poem about our urban center using a bank of words our class came up with.
Opera News
This week was exciting in that we had our Opera Reveal with Darren from the Calgary Opera. The children were very excited to finally have a glimpse of it!
On Friday, the Calgary Opera came to our school to present the opera The Scorpion Sting. It was an opera based on Egyptian mythology. Here's some reflections on it:
Vedat: I liked the singing in it.
Parker: I liked how they had the music.
Emma: I liked the costumes.
Brooke H: I liked it when the scorpions were singing.
Carson: I liked the background.
Ellery: I liked the characters.
