Reading Like a Researcher, Subtraction Practice, The Plastic Problem, Maud Lewis Art!

A reminder that tomorrow is the Royal Oak School Stampede Breakfast. Rain or shine, bring your family for some free pancakes and sausage! Pancakes will be served from 7:30am-8:30am and the event will run till 9:00am. Oh and don't forget to wear your Western attire. See ya'll there! 

Literacy

We have been reading like researchers! We have been reading an article about the Plastic Problem and using Think Notes to help us think and discuss our reading. 

https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/tiny-plastic-big-problem

THINK NOTES

Today we summarized what we had read and shared important parts with the class:

Tomorrow we will write a summary piece, including what we have learned and how we feel about this news. 


SUBTRACTION PRACTICE

We have been practicing subtraction using the traditional method and regrouping. 

We put the numbers we are borrowing on top in the boxes to help us remember before we subtract. 

We can use work mats and base ten materials to help us visualize the steps, as we subtract, borrow and regroup. 

The Plastic Problem

Today we did a mind map of all of the problems that are being caused by garbage in the ocean. 

We then decided which problem we wanted to focus on and got into groups to discuss the problem, empathize with those it is impacting and to design and invent a prototype that would fix this problem or create a solution.

Art

Today we learned about a famous Nova Scotiia Artist. Her name was Maud Lewis. She was famous for painting landscapes of Nova Scotia, rural pictures and animals. We started a Lighthouse/Coastal Landscape picture. Today we sketched and made sure we had our horizon line. Tomorrow we will mix colours and begin painting. 

https://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/maud-lewis