December 10-14

In room 22 this week, are continuing to work on following routines, being helpful, showing consideration, and being respectful.  The Three Pillars of Care remind us to care for self, care for others, and care for this place. We have had several conversations about treating each member of class the way, we as individuals would like to be treated.

Learning Intentions

Citizenship and Character

• I can recognize when I am following the pillars of care
• I can recognize when someone else is following a pillar of care

LA

• I can find patterns in spelling words
• I can edit my work for mechanics (punctuation, spelling, grammar)

Math

• I can model multiplication in groups or arrays
• I can play games to increase my speed with basic facts

Social

• I can read information about the seven land regions in Canada and infer the types of jobs people will have based on the resources of the region
• I can read a multiple choice test and choose an answer that makes sense
• I can access information, study it and apply it in new situations

Science

• I understand that electricity can be generated through the use of fossil fuels (gas, oil, coal), hydroelectricity, nuclear power, wind, solar, and biomass (corn, or other organic matter)
• I can predict which method will be used to produce electricity based on the resources in the region, province, or country

French

• I can explore holiday words in French 
• I can respond to basic greetings
• I can count from one to 20

Social
Ask me what is very important on Monday.... (HINT- we have our Regions Quiz). There is a Regions Review Powerpoint available, the link is on the blog. We have also completed a review booklet and had a trivia showdown with Room 14. Even Mrs.Wickland helped us review by creating a question for our showdown!

Science
We started exploring electricity. We learned the ways (sources) electricity is generated. We documented the generated electricity in our country on a map of Canada. This allowed us to compared the differences and discuss reasons why various areas in our country differ. 

French
We started learning winter words and songs. Try finding French speaking radio stations and TV stations and see how many words you can understand. 

Other

We helped make kindness ninja masks with our grade 1 and 2 buddies today. Next week we are going to help them spread sneaky acts of kindness around the school. 

We completed our first round of TSN today.

Coming Up

Monday- Social Quiz (multiple choice questions on the regions, label a map of Canada and show the locations of the regions)

Friday- last day of school before Winter Break

Spread random acts of kindness around Ranchlands School

HOW CAN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE?  

Check out Esandi's library story. Great job Esandi!

https://calgarylibrary.ca/blogs/post/esandi-babaranda-library-story/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=library_stories_esandi&utm_content=

There were 23 hits on our social review blog post this week!  It's a new record!!!!!!!  

Land Region Review

Follow this link to access our Land Region Review Slideshow

Dec. 3-6

Room 22 Weekly Update

Learning Intentions this week:

LA- I can write a thoughtful reflection about a reading.  I can use a picture prompt to plan, organize and write a story with detailed descriptions.

Math- I can multiply using a multiplication chart, arrays, groups, and decks of cards.  I can explain how addition and multiplication are related.

Social- I can review and recall facts about land regions in Canada and make informed hypotheses about people living in similar areas in other countries.

Science- I can state the different ways electricity is generated and if the type of electricity is natural or man-made.

Language Arts

In LA, we have begun working with words with a focus on spelling patterns.  Students were asked to create sentences using the words and hand them in on Monday to Mr. Kinsman.  We also practiced planning a story using a picture prompt.

Math

During math, students have been building fluency with multiplication facts from 1-9. Ask me to play multiplication war with you.

Science

This week we have been investigating electricity. We learned about how power is generated, and man-made vs. natural electricity. Here is our initial sorting process.

Next week

We will be tracking the amount of electricity we use in a day in preparation for out "electricity out" day.

Social

This week we finished viewing oral presentations on the seven land regions of Canada and started a review page in preparation for a quiz next week.

We have been discussing current events. Current events helps students understand the importance of people, events, and issues in the news; it stimulates students to explore and learn more about the news, and to pay attention to the news they see and hear outside  of our school.

We will be starting to work on analyzing cartoon pictures. Here is a sample of one of our activities.

1. Brainstorm- Look at the cartoon below. What do you think of when you see it? Write your ideas in keywords.

2. Discuss- What /Who is being shown? Is there a celebration? What kind of mood is being represented? Why? Which elements does the cartoonist use? What is the cartoonist's intention?  Do you like the cartoon? Give reasons. 

3. Write an analysis.

Coming Up

Twinkles the Elf continues to visit the school.  Word work due on Monday.  The Library Book Truck comes on Friday. And...

November 26-30

Room 22 has been learning to make an oral presentation this week at school in social studies.  Students have been taking turns being the presenter and the audience, while sharing the information we collected on the regions of Canada.  Next week we will a quiz on the regions on Wednesday or Thursday.  Please return to this blog to access review content next week.

On Friday, we joined up with our buddies to learn how to be North Pole Ninjas.  We read a book called North Pole Ninjas and decided to complete a secret mission to spread kind acts throughout the school.

 

Check out this video that the authors of the book created about the purpose of the book. 

North Pole Ninjas

If you'd like to challenge your child to complete kind missions at home or in the community here are a few ideas:

• Go for a walk and pick up any litter you find along the way. Make your streets sparkle!
• Bring a plate of treats to your local fire station. The firefighters work hard and will happily gobble them up.
• Sit and chat with a new friend at lunch. Make them feel happy.
• Greet each person you see all day with a smile. All smiles, all day.
• Shovel a neighbour's sidewalk.
• Read a book to someone.

In language arts, we are focusing on reading comprehension and using reading strategies to make sure we understand what we are reading.  Ask me about:

• making connections
• visualizing
• questioning
• inferring
• transforming

We are particularly focused on reflecting on our class novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone through writing.