Today we finished off our exploration of the NWMP. First we discovered that Fort Calgary was the first building built in Calgary and compared the past fort Calgary to the present. Ask me about why Fort Calgary was built near the rivers.
Then we had a chance to glue in our mountie pictures and label the different parts of their uniform.
Finally we finished with a Mountie math problem. You can try this problem at home with me. Ask me about how I can show my thinking.
Important Dates: Dec 5th - Fun Lunch Dec 5th - Warm Feet for the Street family evening Dec 18th - Ugly Christmas sweater day Dec 19th - Early Dismissal Dec 19th - 20th - Conferences Dec 19th - Last Day of School Dec 23rd - Jan 3rd - Jan 6th Winter Break Jan 7th - First day back after the break
Why should you become a Mountie in the North West Mounted Police?
We discussed what made being a Mountie so important and exciting and then invited a friend to join us.
Look at the Ted Harrison inspired art we finished this afternoon. When you look at our art you will learn more about the Arctic, it's animals and you can even see some Northern Lights.
We reviewed important digraphs today. Can you spot them when you read with your parents tonight?
Important Dates: Dec 5th - Fun Lunch Dec 5th - Warm Feet for the Street family evening Dec 18th - Ugly Christmas sweater day Dec 19th - Early Dismissal Dec 19th - 20th - Conferences Dec 19th - Last Day of School Dec 23rd - Jan 3rd - Jan 6th Winter Break Jan 7th - First day back after the break
We are still collecting for Warm Feet for the Street. The goal is to fill 350 socks this year.
Here are some of the activities we worked on today.
We answered questions using data we collected about the temperatures in the 3 communities we are studying.
We learned how to use a single copy of the same unit many times to measure our friend.
We learned about predicting, justifying and verifying in our pattern problem.
We responded to a Mountie poster to show how we can analyze art and what we think they wanted us to learn or know.
Important Dates: Dec 5th - Fun Lunch Dec 5th - Warm feet for the street family evening Dec 18th - Ugly christmas sweater day Dec 19th - Early Dismissal Dec 19th - 20th - Conferences Dec 19th - Last Day of School Dec 23rd - Jan 3rd - Jan 6th Winter Break Jan 7th - First day back after the break
Today we worked hard at become apart of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP). During the day we learned a lot about the NWMP and how they protected Canada.
First we had to practice drawing the horse that we would ride and discovered that The Great March was a very important when the mounties travelled across Canada.
Next we read The Important Book and brainstormed ideas about how the NWMP where important. Then we used the pattern of the The Important Book to share our ideas about the NWMP.
Then we became investigators and explored artifacts that where important to the NWMP. We had to think about what we saw and look for clues that would help us figure out what the artifact was. Next we wrote about what we thought the artifact was used for, then we asked a questions about the artifact. Finally we discussed the different artifacts as a group. Ask me about the artifact I investigated and what I learned.
Important Dates: Dec 5th - Fun Lunch Dec 5th - Warm feet for the street family evening
Dec 18th - Ugly christmas sweater day Dec 19th - Early Dismissal Dec 19th - 20th - Conferences Dec 19th - Last Day of School Dec 23rd - Jan 3rd - Jan 6th Winter Break Jan 7th - First day back after the break
Math:
In math we focused on how to predict the next element in our pattern we chose to predict either the 12, 18, or 24th element. Then we had to explain our prediction and prove our answer. Below is the criteria for the math problem we are working on. Try having me practice predicting the element in a pattern.
Word Work:
In word work we learned about how the ed sound makes three different sounds. Ask me about the three sounds that ed makes and practice finding words that end in ed in books.
Writing:
Today and on Thursday you received a very special postcard from your child about their experience on the prairies. These were letters that we wrote as a draft and then went through a number of feedback looks. This is now their final good copy. Our focus was on descriptive writing. Here is the criteria that we focused on.
To have all of these things would mean that your child is on track (3) with their writing. We went through a number of feedback looks with our peers and teacher to ensure we had met the expectations for this writing task. Take time to read and enjoy their postcard and then with your child, see if they have all the criteria for this writing task. What do they feel they have done a good job on? What improvements did they make in their writing from their first draft?
Social Studies:
In social studies we started our "Diary of a Mountie" books. Tomorrow we will be working with the kit from Fort Calgary to learn all about the NWMP.
Important Dates:
Dec 5th - Fun Lunch
Dec 5th - Warm feet for the street family evening
Dec 19th - Early Dismissal
Dec 19th - 20th - Conferences
Dec 19th - Last Day of School
Dec 23rd - Jan 3rd - Winter Break
Jan 6th - PD No School
Jan 7th - First day back after the break
