Week of Jan. 20-24th

Hello room 1 parents,

It was great to be back this week. The weather was fantastic! Unfortunately I was out earlier in the week with the flu and I know I was not the only one.

Never the less, here is a look at the week that was:
-In Math we have been working on creating our own growing patterns and continue to describe their rules in words
-In Science we have continued to look at natural resources, such as wood and natural gas.
-In Language Arts we are starting to plan a new class book based in the mentor text: "Sideways stories from wayside school".

Next week:
-Thursday is our school-wide field trip to see the CPO!
-In Math we will be looking at decreasing patterns, as well as using patterns to solve problems
-In Social Studies we are looking at where natural resources are located in Alberta
- We will be creating characters and problems for our "Sideways stories" in Language Arts


Below is a picture of some work a student has done using "Cuisenaire Rods"- a math manipulative made from sets of coloured rods.

We used the Cuisnaire rods give students to work with organizing and grouping information as well as developing strategies to add repeated numbers. 

Have a great week!

-Dallin

Week of Jan. 13-17, 2020

Hello Parents!

It's great to get back to the class blog after a refreshing break! Thank you for waiting patiently for updates through the busy lead up to the Winter break and while I was putting together report cards.

This past week was...  VERY COLD! And yet we continued to move through curriculum:

-In math we have been learning about increasing patterns and how to organize and record them into tables.

-In Science/ Social studies we are examining our energy needs and how we as Albertan's meet those needs with our natural resources 

-In language arts we are working on making personal connections with the stories we read in order to increase reading comprehension

Next week:

-In math we will continue to work on increasing patterns with a focus on identifying pattern rules as well as using and interpreting charts in order to look at patterns within the numbers.

-We will further pursue our conversation about energy and natural resources, with a focus on natural gas as well as renewable resources.

-In language arts we will be talking about the different types of connections that can be made with stories, such as connecting stories to the world, connecting stories to ourselves as well as connecting stories to other stories we know.


Have a great weekend!


Mr. U