Google Classroom

 In a backpack near you there is a paper package of activities for the first week of January.  Please note the deadlines that are included. The paper package is in case you have problems connecting with the Goggle classroom, if your little learner is still having to go to daycare they can complete activities in the evening, or if you need more to keep your little learner occupied 😄 

I will be sending information out about our on-line schedule when I know more.

I hope you all have a restful winter break and you are able to recharge as a family.

See you on Goggle Monday January 4, 2021 

Winter Concert

  Our virtual winter concert is posted at this link for your listening enjoyment!

https://youtu.be/kaffiXA1VRE

Tomorrow will be pajama day at Beddington Heights.  Please be sure that the pajama attire is school appropriate.

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January 4

 We are madly trying to finish up a few things before the winter break.  We have almost got our 6 regions of Alberta art project finished.  We have almost got our symmetry work finished.  We have almost got our lower case alphabet for cursive writing finished.  We almost finished our research on the animal we were given to write a descriptive paragraph.  We work hard every day.

One last shout out - if you will need technology for the week of Jan. 4 I need to know now so you can pick it up this week at school.

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SNOTS

 We are applying what we know about the six geographical regions of Alberta to an art project!  We are using six different mediums (pastel, water colour, charcoal etc) for each region.  When it is complete we will have a mosaic of Alberta to share with you.  We also started looking at some of the animals that live in Alberta with a lesson on annotating today.  Using the acronym SNOTS we wrote on our reading.  SNOTS stands for Small Notes On the Side - so today we marked up our animal reading with ? and ! and * to show our thinking while reading.  Tomorrow we will read again and make jot notes about our animal so we can create a descriptive piece  of writing.

We were so busy today!!  The grade 3 began perhaps the most anticipated grade 3 outcome of all, multiplication.  We begin by looking at the rows and columns of an array and writing repeated addition sentences to match the picture then write the multiplication fact.  Grade 3 were keen and are completing an I Spy activity to demonstrate their understanding of an array.  Meanwhile, grade 4 were finishing up their first round of multiplication and sorting numbers.

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We Got Mail!!

 

We are very excited to say that we got mail from the Chartwell Retirement home that we sent 'thinking of you' cards in November.  The card came from Sarah who told us it has been a long time since she was in grade 3, as she is 91 years old!!  It was great that she took the time to acknowledge the students efforts.  They were so very pleased.

Please contact me by phone or email if you will be in need of technology support for online learning the first week back to school in January.  It is the plan of the province to have all students online from January 4 to 8 2021.  Cross your fingers that that is all it is and we will be back together January 11.

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Symmetry

 Through our problem solving in math this morning we discovered that if a shape has three sides, three vertices and three angles then it will have three lines of symmetry.  We also found out that there is a pattern to shapes!!  Help your little learner with the concept of symmetry by dropping it into conversations - cut the sandwich into symmetrical pieces.  Where is the line of symmetry?

Using our mentor text this week - The Raft by Jim Lamarche we made some connections to the vocabulary of the story.  Students were writing their own personal sentences using the words that came up such as dock and bobber.  This will help them as little readers to put pictures in their heads.

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No school Friday