October 15th - 18th

We had a great trip to Fish Creek Park. Thank you again to our parent volunteers who supported us on this walking field trip! 

What did students do this week?

Reading: Students compared and contrasted the natural regions of Alberta to the treaty map they had previously studied. Then, in their small reading groups, they read about one region: The Grasslands. They focused on highlighting key information and discussing it in their own words.  

Writing: Students continued their work around paragraph writing. They really focused on narrowing down a topic and writing a topic and concluding sentence to demonstrate this. They ensured that their supporting details were clear, flowed, and on topic. Each student chose a narrow topic related to their experiences at Fish Creek Park. 

Math: The grade fours reviewed their understanding of numbers. They worked with place value up to the hundred thousands and different ways to represent these large numbers, including concrete, pictorially, standard form, and expanded form. 

Science: The students had a fantastic time at Fish Creek Park. Down at Fish Creek, students looked for animals or signs of animals. They used their senses to record their observations. They also looked at their landscape and then looked closely at the parts of a plant.

Social: The grade fours learned about The Grasslands Region, focusing on its major cities, natural resources, Indigenous groups, landforms, and bodies of water. 

Science Learning Outcomes  (I can...)

• I can be responsible while studying plants and animals in local environments.
• I can look closely at the different parts of plants.
• I can look for animals and signs of animals in their habitat. 

Possible Questions to Ask Your Child:

• What was your favourite part about Fish Creek Park?
• What signs of animals did you see? What does this sign mean?
• What was your narrow topic for your Fish Creek paragraph?
• What is one important city in the Grasslands?
• How would you write the number 65 402 in expanded form?