Our Learning

 Our Learning

Math: In math this week we continued to learn about subtraction. We are getting better at using a number line to subtract numbers within 20. It is hard to remember to jump the other direction when we are subtracting, after we learn to hop to the bigger numbers when adding, but we are getting so much better!

Writing: This week in writing we finally finished writing our twisted fairy tale stories! We have been rewriting the classic fairy tale of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We have really been pushing ourselves to write 3 or 4 sentences a day and we are so proud of ourselves for how much we have grown in our writing!

Science: In science we have been continuing to learn about energy. This week we learned about how things move on a path. We started creating some pathway art using straight, zigzag, and wavy/curvy lines (pathways). 

Social Studies: We are learning about what life was like in Calgary 100-150 years in the past. It has been a big surprise that they didn't have the same technology or toys. On Friday, the school was getting our wifi updated, so we took the opportunity to have a "One room school house day"! We moved our desks into rows, and learned all about how the schools were one room and were heated by fireplaces/stoves. During spelling and math we got to use chalkboards and quills and ink just like students used to do. We even learned how to weave and we made whirly gigs! 

                                       

Important Dates:

Mar 12- School Council 6pm 

Mar 21 – Parent Teacher Conferences 4-7:30 

Mar 22 – Parent Teacher Conferences 8-1 

Mar 25-April 1- Spring Break 

 

April 2- Classes Resume

April 9- School Council  

April 11- Spring Concert

April 15- Gymnastics starts in gym 

April 18 – Class photos 

April 19 – System PD day 

April 24 Grade 1 immunizations  



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