Dear families,

This past week, we had a great opportunity to learn about salmon’s life cycle and paint our own fish through the Stream of Dreams Mural Society. Our fish will be put on the fence for many many years of enjoyment!

Ways to support at home: Ask your child what they learned about salmon and their life cycle. What are some ways we can help fish in our nearby environment? How do we turn what we learned into action? What else are you curious about? Be curious together and do some further research together to model curiosity.

We are mathematicians.

This week, we built on our understanding of patterns and learned how to create increasing patterns. An example might be circles of different colours:

Blue – orange. Blue – orange orange. Blue – orange orange orange. Blue – orange orange orange orange.

Students need to be able to describe the pattern. It would look like this:

“Start with one blue and one orange circle. Add one more orange circle each time.”

The sentence frame would be the same: Start with _____. Add one more (or how ever many more) each time.

How to support at home: Practice creating and describing your own. For example: Fork – spoon. Fork – spoon spoon. Fork – spoon spoon spoon. Fork – spoon spoon spoon spoon.

Another example: Fork – spoon. Fork fork spoon. Fork fork fork spoon. Fork fork fork fork spoon.

We are scientists.

We learned about what an atom is. We watched this video: What is an atom?

Ways to support at home: Feel free to watch it again at home and discuss what you learned. What other things do you wonder about?

We also read a book called “I Wonder” and started our I Wonder poems in our writing books. When you go for a car ride or walk around the neighbourhood, ask, “What do you wonder about?” Model curiosity by sharing what you wonder about.

Thank you for your continued support at home!

With much gratitude, Ms. Chan

From Ms. Kim:

I hope you are having a restful weekend.

This past week, our students embarked on a mini inquiry project, where they chose a country of interest and researched its birthing traditions. They then met with other groups and shared their knowledge with one another. We will continue exploring more inquiry topics related to family in the coming week. On Tuesday and Wednesday, please help extend their learning by asking about the topics discussed in Social Studies and the traditions they have learned. You can also have a discussion about the similarities and differences between these cultures and your own family’s traditions to further enrich their understanding outside of the classroom.

In math, we are continuing our learning on data analysis, focusing on pictographs and interpreting data. Please support them at home by showing them graphs in our day-to-day lives and discussing the information displayed in them.

Our students have been enjoying learning about Keith Haring and have created Keith Haring-inspired family portraits. This week in art, they will be learning how patterns are used in artwork.

Thank you, and have a wonderful rest of the weekend.