Hola Parents and Guardians,
We are doing an extra update this week, because if the many absences today, due to the weather.
We began a morning reading routine in Spanish today. This routine will take place 3 days per week in 2 week cycles. Students are working on reading out loud to refine pronunciation and employ decoding strategies, and working to understand a book of their choosing, at their level. This routine is strictly oral, and includes reading to themselves, reading the same book to a friend, reading to a small group, and discussing the book in Spanish.
In Spanish class we worked to record our interviews, in which students interviewed themselves about eachother, as if they were interviewing a famous person. This brought together all the work we have been doing with descriptions. Ask your child to show you their interview (if finished) on Google Classroom! Students who finished this work moved onto a short reading followed by comprehension questions.
In Math we continued to build our knowledge of number patterns, by working with T-tables to identify the terms of a pattern sequence and their value, and we practiced explaining this knowledge using mathematical terms in Spanish.
In Literacy Circles, students finished reading chapter 3 of our novel "Fatty Legs" (available on Epic books to read at home to catch up, see google Classroom for login information) in their groups, and began their analysis work, the first of which is summarizing the chapter.
In Science we did a little knowledge check-in about Organic waste and producers, consumers and decomposers.
Social Studies we began discussing the natural regions of Alberta, discussing what a natural region is, and then moving on to explore the first of our province's 6 regions: the Boreal Forest.
Our class pictures were today, as well as the first day of picture retakes. Students who were absent today will be able to have their picture re-taken on November 3rd if needed. Class pictures will not be retaken.
See you tomorrow!
