April 7th to April 11th

This week in English Language Arts, we finished publishing our poetry books. The students did a fantastic job in their final poems, showing their understanding of the different types of figurative language including personification, similes and metaphors. The students put a huge amount of effort putting their poems together to create a personal book of poetry, creating illustrations to represent their poems. They then worked to represent themselves and their books with an About the Author and About the Book paragraph. We will be sharing our books with our grade one buddies next week.

We then moved into our next genre of writing, autobiographies. First, we learned a little about biographies and autobiographies and their similarities and differences as we explored a variety of different texts. Next, we created a timeline of our own lives, including the events that are important, stand out and help to shape who we are. After choosing our first life event to write about, we looked at how paragraph beginnings can hook our reader. We learned how to write dialogue to begin our writing with speaking. The students are excited to continue working on their paragraphs next week.

Learning Outcomes:

I can create written texts for a variety of audiences and purposes.

I can write a variety of non fiction texts including autobiographies.

I can investigate figurative language used in imaginative ways.

I can vary my word choice to appeal to an audience.

Questions to discuss with your child:

What poem are you most proud of?

What events from your life did you include in your timeline?

Can you share how to use quotation marks?

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June 16th to June 20th

It is heard to believe that this was our final week week of the school year. The time has definitely flown past. Despite how close we are to the end of the year, the students have been working incredibly hard his week. We finished up our work in angles in math and the students completed their social studies research on The North West Mounted Police and early settlement in Alberta. Then, they worked to represent their learning in a Google Slideshow. This was a perfect connection to our Western Heritage Day where we enjoyed a pancake breakfast and afternoon of Western themes games with our buddies. We were also incredibly to learn about hoop dancing through a fantastic performance by Jay Genaille.

June 9th to June 13th

This week, we were so excited to have the opportunity to learn a little about Canada's National Summer Sport with our lacrosse residency with Coach Dan from Elev8 Lacrosse . We then learned and practiced some of the basics including how to hold the stick, pick up and cradle the ball as well as tossing and catching the ball. We then moved onto passing, catching, aiming the ball and scoring. The students had a fantastic time playing games on our final day, showcasing their skills and their teamwork. A huge thank you to Andrew Sibbald Parent Council for providing this opportunity. Learning Outcomes: I can perform elements of movement when receiving, sending, and retaining an object using various parts of the body and equipment. I can recognize the presence and influence of diverse Aboriginal peoples as inherent to Alberta’s culture and identity.

June 2nd to June 6th

Over the past few weeks the students have been learning all about the early days of our province. They looked at texts, learning about the Fur Trade, Voyageurs and the development of Forts along the rivers and how this brought change to the West. The students read and discussed the development of the North West Mounted Police and the extension of the railway. We learned how the government encouraged European immigration to Western Canada. We examined a variety of advertising posters, discussing the audience they were targeting, the accuracy of the posters and why people would want to leave their country and call Canada home. Our trip to Heritage Park was a fantastic culmination of our learning. The students had opportunities to get a glimpse of what life used to be like in our province. They were able to visit tipis, a blacksmith shop and a Fort where they could examine examine animal pelts. They were able to explore trains and a variety of buildings from a soddie to an early farmhouse...

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