January 29 -February 2

 January 29 - February 2

Math

In math this week, we moved back into thinking about numbers and how to represent them.  We worked with groups of ten trains and made connections to numbers with 0 - 20, 30, 40, 50 to 100.  We are now trying to extend our thinking and understanding of numbers beyond 20.  With a group, we also reviewed numbers from 1 - 20 and worked together to see if we could organize the numbers on an open number line in a way that made sense.  Some students were also ready to try with greater numbers to 50.

Learning Intention:

I can represent numbers to 100 using words, numerals, objects or pictures.

 

Social Studies

This week in Social Studies, we continued to talk about our school as an important group and community to belong to.  We discussed and brainstormed different roles and responsibilities that students have at school.  We worked together in our table groups to think of all the important roles and responsibilities we have as students.  We then shared all the GREAT ideas that all the groups came up with.  Students then reflected and chose 4 that they think are most important to them, and recorded them visually in their visual journals.  We look forward to learning about other people in our school community and the different responsibilities that they have compared to students.

Learning Intentions:  

I can understand and identify my rights and responsibilities at school.  

Art

Even with the snow rapidly melting this week, we took time to create our own snowmen.  We then wrote a set of clues about our snowman and what they looked like.  We then play the Snowman Guessing Game as a class, to see if we could listen and then identify which snowman belonged to which person.  We enjoyed this very much and look forward to continuing to play our guessing game next week.  

Learning Intentions:

I can create messages that are for a specific purpose.

I can write sentences that contain a complete thought and make sense. 

I can share information with an appropriate volume, tone and pace.

I can present my writing and ideas individually to an audience.  

Kosior’s Secret Snowmen 

Maker Space

We wrapped up the week with time in Maker Space.  Mrs. Harris gave us specific parts of a winter story and were challenged to solve the problem of being in the forest and our dog Pickles.  With our group, we focused on different things to build.  We worked together as a group, focusing on making sure we were compromising with our group members if we each had different ideas about what to build.  We were very focused and used our communication skills well.