Fact and Opinion

The forecast for tomorrow looks promising for outside recess - please ensure your child is dressed for the weather with boots, snowpants, hat, mitts etc.  If you are in need of outdoor gear drop me an email.  I can help out⛄ 

We continue to work hard in our classroom!

We tackled fact and opinion today in a little game about caribou.  We are all becoming experts on caribou.  Has your little learner shared with you that Rudolph is female?  Please ask them how we know that Rudolph must be female.

We conducted a survey on favorite 2-D shapes this morning - collecting data, putting it on a graph and answering questions.  

Tomorrow is red and black plaid day

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This is the link for winter concert.  It will be live Thursday night at 5

Anderson https://youtu.be/fd0dGo-kOCY

 

Reindeer/Caribou

 Using the vocabulary of 2-D (circle, oval, square) we completed a directed drawing of a reindeer today and then created a tree map to gather information about reindeer.  During a brainstorm as a whole group we knew reindeer have antlers, live in cold places and are mammals.  After watching 4 Facts About Reindeer we found out they reindeer and caribou are the same animal, they have 2 coats, they live on the Tundra and migrate about 5,000 km a year.  Ask your little learner what they know about caribou.

We were using various strategies to subtract larger numbers this morning.  We can use a number line to jump and subtract.  We can decompose numbers to make them easier to work with, estimate and use an algorithm.  We were subtracting to find out what a dog's favorite vegetable might be.

Wednesday is pyjama day -

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Dates for next week

 Next week there are several fun activities going on in the building.

Wednesday, December 15 - pyjama day especially your winter ones!

Whole school sing-a-long @ 2:00

Thursday, December 16 - red/black checker day - you know those cozy sweaters/jackets that look like something a lumberjack would wear

Whole school sing a-long @ 8:30

Friday, December 17 - ugly (or cute) Christmas sweater day

Pillars of Care assembly @ 8:30

Ask your little learner how many different shapes they can make with 2 triangles and 4 triangles -

We were busy this morning getting creative with making things.

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What's In My Bag?

 We played, What's In My Bag? this morning - students were encouraged to ask questions about the item in my bag.  The question had to gather information - is it round, is it soft, is it a toy not ask, Is it an apple?  I was a bit hopeful that students would change their questions based on the answers showing they had an understanding of what might have been in the bag.  Ask your little learner what I had in my bag.

We are coming to the end of our Rocks and Minerals unit.  Most scientists have completed their rock book.  We had a look at 'Magic School Bus Blows Its Top' this morning for those writers still looking for some interesting facts to add to their book.

We are collecting toonies for lunches until Christmas and also collecting for the food bank if you are interested in donating.

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Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back

 We have been working on quality of life being:  a sense of safety, security, comfort, health and happiness.  Little learners have learned to distinguish between needs and wants to meet a certain quality of life.  Today we looked at "The Bedrooms of Children Around the World" discussing as we went if the needs and wants of those children were being meet.  We were pretty sure that our own bedrooms look pretty good in comparison to some children around the world.

We have been working on using the author's words to put pictures in our head while reading/listening to story.  We have used the First Nations book, "Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back" for its descriptive language to practise our skills.  Students each had a copy of one of the poems from the book that they first highlighted the picture words then talked to a partner about what they saw in their heads.  They then took a piece of the turtle's back and drew the picture that was in their head.  We put all the puzzle pieces together on the turtle and then looked at the pictures the author had in the book. 

Our finished turtle!

We are so proud - we kind of like our art work better than the books!

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How do cookies compare to rocks?

 How do cookies compare to rocks?  

That was the question we attempted to answer in science this morning.  We started by observing our cookie as a geologist would and then using our senses describing the cookie.  We drew the cookie, counted the visible chocolate chips and then compared our cookie to a piece of granite, schist or gneiss.  Little geologists should have made the connection that both are made of more than one thing (different minerals) and created using heat and pressure. Was a delicious experiment!

We have made the longest number line ever together to help ourselves as we begin to round numbers.  In order to round to the nearest 100 we land marked all the hundreds and coloured the numbers that would round to them red or blue.  It makes a visual representation for us to see the numbers.  We will create another number line to show the numbers that round to the nearest 10, but we are running our of wall space!

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With the holiday season soon approaching it's important to care for others and give back to those who are less fortunate than us.  This holiday season, Beddington Heights School will be a part of 2 programs that the city of Calgary runs for those less fortunate.  

The first program is Loonies for Lunches.  Loonies for Lunches would bring students together to collect loonies to donate to the food bank. Each school and/or classroom would create a donation box to collect the loonies and perhaps have some healthy competition to see which class could raise the most. The loonies would then be used by the Food Bank to purchase food for our Weekends and More program that makes sure kids get the nutritious food they need on the weekends to stay healthy and learning.  

The Mayor's Food Drive is where we collect non-perishable items, i.e. can goods, sealed boxed items, for Calgary's Food Bank.  Both programs start this Monday to Dec 14th. 

For more information, please visit https://www.calgaryfoodbank.com/wam/, thank you for the support on this!