Week of March 14th


During our community walk this week our students began to capture photos of interesting connections that we have made over the past few months while walking our route along the Elbow River. With these photos we will begin to capture our stories and create an interpretive walk to share with other students and parents. To begin this process we have been learning how to capture good photographs by learning some basic photography tips such as; getting in close, keeping an eye out for composition, consider how far is your subject and is it in focus, consider the rule of thirds  ( avoid putting something dead center in your frame) and edit your favorite photos. 



The grade three class continued to their exploration of multiplication this week by finding patterns and recalling multiplication of even and odd numbers. They learned how to create a chart to help them recall multiplication facts that include rows and columns and position numbers in the top left-hand corner. An example is provided below. 




We also practiced multiplying numbers in vertical format.

Continuing to practice, understand and recall multiplication tables up to 5x5 will be important as we begin to transition from multiplication to division.  

This week, Ms. Yasin's math group continued their subtraction learning by exploring word problems. A key question that came up was "how can we tell the difference between addition and subtraction word problems?" We practiced looking out for key words to differentiate between the two types of word problems and highlighting or circling them to remember what we read. Students then had a chance to write and solve their own subtraction word problems! 





A St. Patrick's Day celebration would not be complete without the opportunity to create a functional leprechaun trap. The students had a great time devising a trap that could work when triggered. The ideas, plans and structures were fantastic! 




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