This week in literacy we've been focused on sentence level work. We've been looking at what makes a good sentence. We've discuss what a sentence is and simple rules and patterns of a sentence. We've also looked at the the use of uppercase to start a sentence (and proper nouns) and end in a punctuation mark (period/full stop) to form a complete thought,
Math
This week in math we've been examining what place value is (the numerical value a digit has by virtue of its position in a number), how we can express the values of the digits using base 10 blocks.
Here is a fun website you can visit with your child to have some fun representing numbers through base 10 blocks.
http://www.abcya.com/base_ten_fun.htm
Social Studies
This week we've continued to look at the prairie region, looking at the landforms, artifacts and buildings of the prairie. We've also begun a discussion on how the land can form the lifestyles of those who live in it.
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| Watercolour of a prairie field |
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| Line art drawing of a grain elevator. |
Roots of Empathy
We had our second family visit this week with baby Harper. It's been fun and exciting to watch her grow and develop!
