The students continue to work on procedural writing. Not only are they learning to use transition words, but also ensure the procedure can be carried out by another. We dicuss the importance in choosing a topic that they are an "expert" in. Ask your child what it means to be an expert (know the topic, good at it, and can teach someone else). 

The students have been practicing their counting on and doubles strategy for addition. You can help your child by practicing their doubles or to give them a number and they have to count 5 more from that number. We will continue to do addition and subtraction in the new year. 

Our science unit on energy is coming to an end. We have been learning how to concerve energy and the difference between renewable and non renewable resources. Ask your child for some examples on renewable and non renewable resources. You can also ask them for tips to conserve energy at home. 

Hello everyone,

The students have been writing procedures and practicing using transition words.  They have started to make their own procedures.  Ask your child what procedure they wrote about.  This week in reading, the students have create story cubes.  They toss the cube and answer different story elements.  The six sides are: characters, setting, events, problem, solution, and connection.  You can ask your child to identify these story elements when reading at home.

In math, we have started our new unit on addition.  We are learning two different strategies for addition: counting on and doubles.  We will continue to look at these two strategies next week.  We have also discussed what a number sentence.  Ask your child what a number sentence is. 

The students also did their first presentation on their energy chains.  We discussed the importance in using a loud and clear voice, as well as, giving eye contact to the audience.  In art, we learned different lines.  Ask your child what their favourite type of line. 

Things that the students should have brought home:
class picture
data management unit
patterning unit
energy chains
Piet Mondrian paintings
daily and seasonal changes unit
doubles book