Tuesday, April 20, 2021

 Reminders:

  • Peace Pod is heading out for a coulee walk tomorrow morning! We had originally planned to go Monday afternoon, but due to the change in weather we had decided to postpone until Wednesday morning

Highlights from our Day
  • In Math we are working on mental math strategies to for addition and subtraction for math facts to 18. Classes worked in small groups working on strategies such as using addition for subtraction and using a number line to count back when numbers are close neighbours
  • Writing and inquiry are being integrated through our coulee school study.  The biologists are researching different animals that live in the coulee and learning how to create a nature journal, the environmentalists are learning about stewardship and how to take care of the coulee and the historians are taking on a historical perspective learning about who how the coulee influenced the lives of the Indigenous peoples living there years ago
  • We are continuing on in reading in small groups, participating in literacy and word work centres
  • This week the students are drumming in Music class










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