Welcome back to class after our two week break. Here is the monthly curriculum overview for January.
Math: Multiplication - concepts, strategies, basic facts, and multi-digit.
Social Studies: The Age of Exploration, Contact and Conflict between First Nations and Europeans, and Resources in Canada
Science: Living Things and Their Environments (this will begin towards the end of the month)
Language Arts: Writing Conventions and Sentence Structure
Reading: Guided Reading groups continue, focusing on various reading comprehension strategies
Music: Music Theory using the synthesizer and recording software on the website soundtrap.com - students log in using their SD61learn.ca (Google) account.
Visual Arts: our investigation of 2D artwork continues...
Health: Various topics regarding well being, safety and healthy living - expect Friends for Life books to come home this month, which we are just about finished with.
*For music this term, it would be very helpful if students could bring from home a spare pair of earbuds.
