We have been truly blessed by some amazing fall weather this week. We have taken advantage of it by, once again, taking our learning outside. Here are some of the things we have done:
We worked this week on building our vocabulary through learning some great words about how some animals move. We wrote about the animals that we created with our leaf art last week and were able to decide how they would move.
Of course, our trip to Twelve Mile Coulee was a highlight. We observed nature, did some outdoor Science by locating colours in nature to match some paint colour cards, using our senses to listen, smell, feel and see things in nature. We were also able to spend some time with our Blackfoot Elder, Saa'Kokoto.
In Math, we created a beaded number line of 50 beads. We used alternating colours to show the tens and washers to show the 5's. This will be a tool we can use as we explore what numbers look like and can be represented.
In our exploration of Thanksgiving, we really wanted to look at the many things we have to be thankful for. We decided to represent things from Na'a (Mother Earth) that we are blessed to have and things in our lives that we are fortunate to enjoy.
Ms. Miller has asked students to put together a small instrument package at home that students can bring to school to use during music class. This is the link to a video to give you some ideas of what would be appropriate. I am asking you to send the instrument kit in a small bag with handles that your child can keep on the bottom hook in the coat room when they need to use it for music.
