Arctic animals, issues, design, math, stories, health, and celebration

Art

We sketched and painted some Arctic animals check them out.

Inquiry
Research

After picking an Arctic problem that appealed to them, each student then did some research on that problem. here are some of the articles that we read. 

Melting Glaciers, Icebergs, Sea Ice

The Permafrost is Melting!

 

Animals Losing Their Arctic Habitat 

Ideation

After doing some research on their specific problem. Students did some ideation. Ideation is dreaming big ideas and inventions that solve problems. The students are encouraged to come up with all kinds of ideas, even wild ideas. Sometimes the wild ideas inspire the best idea. These are some of the ideas the students came up with to solve their Arctic problem.

Math
Subtraction
This week we continued to work on some subtraction mental math strategies and we started subtraction with stacking. I sent home a math practice booklet with subtraction questions for students to work on over the weekend. Next week we will started double-digit subtraction with regrouping. 

Literacy
Arctic Story Writing

Last week students used loose parts to tell and retell their stories. They gave and recieved feedback from their peers that was kind, accurate, and useful to help them with their ideas. We started the actual writing process this week. We learned how to write beginnings and each student started writing their Arctic stories. As well we reviewed what makes a good sentence. We talked about proper capitalization and punctuation, using descriptive language, and expressing a complete idea. Students use the success criteria to support their writing. Ask your child to retell their story!  

Health

Our class has been having circle meeting about being inclusive and kind. We have been using the language from "How Full is your Bucket?" to support friendship problem solving. We have also been working on conflict resolution and using I-statements. Please watch the video below with your child.
Conflict Resolution Video

Celebration

Thanks for coming to our celebration of learning. I hope you enjoyed seeing and engaging in all the learning that we do!