Dec 8th-12th

 High Frequency Words

We will be working on spelling the First 300 High Frequency words with a spelling test each Friday. During the week please practice reading, writing and nicely printing these words. The words this week are:

Fact vs. Opinion

- We learned how to distinguish facts from opinions

- A fact is something we know to be true because there is evidence to confirm it

- An opinion is something we think or feel

- We then took notes about jellyfish while watching some interesting videos

- Then we used our notes to create an informative text

Comparing Numbers

- We learned how to compare numbers using terms like: greater than, less than and equal too

- We reviewed the signs for greater than >, less than < and equal than +

- Inequality is an imbalance between two quantities

- We played a card game where we practiced building three digit numbers and identifying which one was larger

Natural Resources

- We learned about 6 natural resources in Canada: agriculture, livestock, mining, oil and gas, fishery and forestry

- We learned about the regions where these resources are found

- Agriculture, livestock and oil and gas are important natural resources found in Alberta

Phonics

-Open/Closed:

 - We have been learning about closed and open syllables

- A closed syllable has one vowel that makes a short sound and ends with a consonant (e.g. met)

- An open syllable has one vowel that makes a long sound and ends with that vowel (e.g. me)

- We can combine open and closed syllables to make longer words

- Please check your child's red folder this weekend and read the decodables we practiced this week

- If your child did not draw, or finish, their picture you could encourage them to do so

Reindeer

-We learned facts about reindeer this week

-We learned that they are known as caribou in North America and are known as a 'snow shoveler.'

-We drew a scientific picture and labelled it

Buddies- Gingerbread Roll and Draw

-We met up with our afternoon Kindergarten buddy class this week

-We each drew our own gingerbread house

-We used the 'Roll and Draw' as a guide to think about how to add details to our design