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
