Ms. Greenhall's Blog

Hello families, This week our class went outside to enjoy the spring weather for a sit spot as well as do a garden clean up! I appreciate how students took time to care for their place and nature.  

Hello families, This week we began a Social Studies inquiry abut identity. Students set up their sketchbook pages and we began with the "My Name" puzzle piece. Your child may be asking you about their name over the weekend - What does my name mean? - Why did you give me this name? Feel free to write it on a paper to send to school if you think they will forget. In Science we began learning about Earth systems. Students have buddied up with a student in the other grade for this unit. So far we have learned about the 4 different spheres: Atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere, as well as some Alberta landforms.  Here are some of the great questions students have come up with so far: Why do we not feel the Earth rotating? How do we not run out of water on Earth? Why does the atmosphere not go into space? How has life evolved over Earth? Some of the famous Alberta landforms we learned about about are Dinosaur Provincial Park, Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump, and Woodland

Hello families, This week we completed our math project "The Book Fair Shopping Spree". During this project students applied their understanding of addition strategies, representation, as well as developed their financial literacy skills of budgeting and keeping a running total.

Hello families, This week in math we reviewed all the ways we have learned to represent addition. These include more complex ways such as expanded form, number lines, and standard algorithm (stacking). Students completed an addition assessment to show their understanding and growth from January! These will be shared with you at conferences.