Over the last few weeks we have been focussing on expanding our literacy knowledge. Students are learning how to use books to find Math, Science, and Social Connections. We are learning that books can shape the way we think about topics and the way we see the world around us.
For example, in Social studies we began to learn about what a time line is by reading "The Oak Tree." We learned that trees have rings on them for each year they have been growing. We then created our own timelines of important events that have happened in our lives. We are going to continue exploring timelines of both our lives and Calgary over the next several weeks. Ask me what some important milestones are in my life that I put on my timeline.
We are also learning to look at books through a Mathematician lens. We have read multiple books such as "One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab" and "The Mitten." We recognized that if we add together the legs of animals we can create our own math problems. After learning about different animals and their attributes we created our own story books. Ask me some other ways that we can add animals together. We are so excited to continue using Literacy in our Math lessons!
We encourage you when reading with your students to ask them questions about what they are reading. Find out where they see Math in the book or how can we look at this book as a Scientist.
