This week we completed our Weekend Update, Talk About it Tuesday - Would you Rather (Ice Fishing or Ice Skating), WeSearch Wednesday - Natural Regions Animals, 3-2-1 Week in Review and Free Write Friday.

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This week we started a daily word work program. The students worked through various activities on the short a, and short u sound. We are using a digital program where the students are given assignments on Google Classroom.

XtraMath is our daily math fact practice. The students will progress through addition, subtraction, multiplication and division levels at their own rate.

Please click on the picture to the left to be directed to the XtraMath sign in page. I highly recommend that they use this site to practice their math facts at home. Mastery of their math facts will make learning more complex concepts a lot easier.

Mathletics is a comprehensive online learning tool with lessons and activities specifically aligned to the Alberta math curriculum.

Please have your child log in with google to take advantage of this program at home. Their username and password can be found on the first page of their agenda. I will assign activities that are align with objectives being taught in class, so this will be great practice!

We continued working on our Addition & Subtraction unit in math. The following outcomes were introduced and reviewed:

• sum and difference unit test

• multiplication arrays

• multiplication and repeated addition

• multiplication by skip counting and adding on

We continued our Social Studies unit on the regions of Alberta this week. The outcomes we addressed are:

• Boreal Forest (climate, vegetation, landforms and animals native to the region)

• Foothills (climate, vegetation, landforms and animals native to the region)

• Rocky Mountains (climate, vegetation, landforms and animals native to the region)