May 25th - 28th
Hello Families , Here is an update on our learning here in Grade 1: Literacy : We started a persuasive writing challenge! The Calgary Zoo is opening a new exhibit. It was our job to pick an amazing animal and convince the zoo to pick our animal. We are working hard to ensure we have strong reasons and details to make sure we are successful. Math: We finished our measurement learning and have moved into learning about equality! We began by asking: what does the equal sign mean? Some of our answers included: math, finding the answer to a math equation and addition. We will continue to explore this question as we go. We had lots of fun looking at balances to help us. We noticed that the pans on a balance would be level if the amount in each was the same , or equal . We are next applying this understanding to numbers. Science: We have been amazing scientists! We have wrapped up our research and are now changing our jot notes into complete sentences. This is h