September 22 - 26

We had a busy week, welcoming the Fall Equinox, enjoying the brisk morning weather, Orange Shirt Day and learning more about our role as treaty people as we discussed Treaty 7 Day on September 22. 

Learning Intentions:

Grade 3 (Math)

- I can examine geometric properties of polygons by translating, rotating, or reflecting, using hands-on materials or digital applications

Grade 3 (ELAL)

- I can group relevant ideas, events or information in a logical sequence when presenting

- I can develop communication skills through individual presentations

- I can participate in presentations as a respectful audience member

Grade 4 (Math)

- I can verify geometric properties of polygons by translating, rotating, or reflecting, using hands-on materials or digital applications

Grade 4 (ELAL)

- I can present information that engages, informs, persuades or entertains an audience

- I can participate in presentations as a respectful audience member

We are enjoying our novel study- Chasing Vermeer. Following Chapter 2 this week we began using pentominoes! They are a set of 12 geometric shapes comprised of 5 squares each and can be used as mathematical tools and puzzles pieces. They are a main part of the mystery in the novel.

We also had a beautiful sharing circle on Friday where students got the opportunity to share the story of their family's life changing letters. It was amazing to listen to all the important moments captured in a letter from everyone's family history, thank you for your wonderful conversations!

Learning Intentions:

Grade 3/4

- I can extend brush skills and further experimentation with the medium so as to achieve special effects such as textures.

- I can mix paints to show intensity of colour.

We kicked off our Art Cards project this week. Students are creating torn paper mountain landscapes, using acrylic paint to blend colours and ripping paper to create texture. To begin with our background we started with a lesson on mixing colours. We used a fun online tool (trycolors.com) to help us create our perfect sky color. We were able to "mix" paints on the website to find out the recipe for our perfect color. For example, adding 1 drop of yellow, 1 drop of red, 1 drop of magenta, and 1 drop of  white gave us the shade “Salmon”. Students recorded their colour recipes on paper and had the chance to mix their own perfect color, they were elated to see it was a perfect match! Later in the week we discussed techniques to blend colours, such as swirling our brush in 2 or more colours, dabbing each colour on a corner of our brush and mixing on the paper, and layering colour while the paint is still wet.