Hello Families!
We really enjoyed seeing all the festive hats today! We had a busy day with Roots of Empathy and a presentation about Food Chains with Sarah Parker from Glenbow Ranch. Ask me about what I learned about the living things in Tuscany.
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Hello Friends and Family,
We had a special treat today and go to visit virtually with our elder Saa Ko Ko Too, who told us about what winter means to him and Blackfoot peoples, and he told us a winter story about how the Bear lost his tail. Ask me if I can retell the story!
Tomorrow is Festive Hat Day - wear a festive hat, and if you don't have one, you can wear whatever you like on your head!
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Hello Families!
We started the day by reading the book A Promise is a Promise by Robert Munsch & Michael Kusugak and were able to make connections to living in an Arctic community. (Fun Fact: You can go to the Robert Munsch website to listen to him read his stories.) After discussing "what good writing looks like," we wrote about our favourite things to do in winter. We have been working on making a good plan before we start writing, to help develop our ideas. In math, we continued to practice our strategies to make estimations. We really enjoyed checking to see how close our estimations were to the actual number of items. Ask me how I improved my estimation skills.
Spirit Day Reminders
December 10th - Crazy Hat day!
December 17th – Pajama day!
Hello Friends and Family,
Today we have been working hard on our estimation and counting skills. Ask me what it means to "estimate", and what strategies I can use to make reasonable estimates (hint: count a small group, and make a reasonable guess as to how many more groups there are). We then practiced counting in an efficient way with my group to check my estimation. Help me practice my estimation and check skills whenever I can (estimate toys, candy, cereal, whatever is handy)!
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Hello Families!
Today we read the story The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and enjoyed taking the different perspectives of items around the room. We also brainstormed "triple scoop" words to add more details to our writing and to make it more interesting. Ask me about some examples of "triple scoop" words.
A friendly reminder that tomorrow is Crazy Sweater Day!
Please see below for pictures of some of our work around peaceful problem solving.
Upcoming Spirit Days
December 10th - Crazy Hat day!
December 17th – Pajama day!
Hello Families!
We started out the day by reading Mindful Monkey, Happy Panda by Lauren Alderfer and talked about keeping our mind in the present moment. It can be especially hard during the excitement around the holiday season to keep our thoughts on the task at hand. We are continuing to build our reading stamina and learned to print two new letters. In math, we worked on understanding the purpose of skip counting and making groups to become more efficient counters.
We have been working on solving problems and practicing being a peacemaker when encountering conflict. Ask me about the four steps of problem solving. I will be coming home (today or tomorrow) with a hat I made with the different "roles" people can play in a conflict. Ask me about these roles.
Reminder of Spirit Days
December 3rd – Crazy sweater day!
December 10th - Crazy Hat day!
December 17th – Pajama day!
