January 31st
Highlights:
- We
have been working on learning long division. This is a difficult concept
for many students as there are multiple steps. All grade four students
have brought home a homework page as well as unfinished pages, that is to be completed for Monday. We
have added long division videos below that explain the steps.
- We
have started a project on Alberta Peoples’ History. Students are working
in groups to research information about various groups who lived in
Alberta 100 years ago. They will be doing oral presentations, teaching
their classmates about their topics.
- We
will be focusing on kindness in the month of February. We are reading the
novel Wonder, which has created lots of great discussions around what it
means to be kind as well as accepting others.
Reminders:
- Please be working
on your science project. Remember that your car is due on Friday, February
7th
- Continue to
practice your basic facts in multiplication and division. We are working
on the standard algorithm for long division in class.
- Videos to help with the LONG
DIVISION homework:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGMf314LUc0
- https://youtu.be/0uZiqk_ZdcA
- Teacher’s
Convention is on Thursday Feb 13th and Friday Feb 14th - No school
for students
- Family Day is on
Monday Feb 17th, school closed
The next Parent Council meeting is
next week on Thursday, February 6th at 7 pm in our DLC. We are holding
the meeting a week early to accommodate the Teachers' Convention break.
It’s our Grade 2 teaching
teams' turn to present what your kids have been working on in their classrooms.
There will also be the usual updates from our Admin team and other committees.
Babysitting will be available.
In case you missed this on our
school website, you can review our January meeting minutes here:
http://school.cbe.ab.ca/school/simonsvalley/get-involved/school-council/pages/default.aspx