May 29th, 2015.

The Our week got off to a fantastic start with our guided tour of Confederation Park.  We learned about the stream within the park and the different plants that filter the water.  We saw a variety of wildlife including a small duckling.  We played a game that taught us about the needs of animals and and what things are essential to their survival.

In Math, we continued our work with division.  This has been a challenging concept for many and we have been reviewing that division is the splitting into equal parts or groups.  The students practiced division and the concept of "fair sharing" by playing the game listed below.

http://www.mathplayground.com/visual_division/dare_to_share_fairly.html

The site is also has a number of games that provide practice with basic multiplication and division facts.  We encourage the students to practice these facts at home.  Multiplication and division of larger two and three digit numbers is very challenging when students do not know their basic facts.

We began the first steps in a descriptive writing activity on animals of Alberta.  The students each selected and began researching an animal that calls Alberta home.  We looked at images and pictures, read articles on the internet and listened to audio of our animals.  We collected the information into a planner that will be used when writing our paragraphs. 

It was fantastic to see the wooden shapes go up onto the fence leading up to the school today.  The students had a great time searching for their creation within the display.  It looks incredible!  Be sure to stop by and have a look.