May 9-13th 

I can learn on, from and with the land. I can use my senses to be mindful of the world around me. I can make observations about the world around me and the creatures that call it home. 

This week on our community walk we continued our focus on being mindful of our world around us. We used our eagle eyes, owl ears, wolf sense of smell, soft hands and open hearts to make observations of the land around Ramsay. We were gifted the opportunity to find evidence of feathers from the winged ones which led us on a path of inquiry to try to determine what type of bird left the beautiful feathers for us to view. We were also fortunate to watch a hawk ride the thermals as it hunted its prey and view a pollinator up close as it went about its daily routines. Students found sit spots and documented their observations focussing on their own bodies, their senses and being mindful on the land. 

I can describe equality and inequality in different ways. I can record an equality using the equals sign, 

My math group this week focussed on the concepts of equality and inequality and applied this understanding to number equations. Students created their own representations of equality addition and subtraction number sentences. 

This week in math with Ms. Yasin, students began reviewing subtraction and exploring strategies for double digit subtraction! This included using a hundred chart and number line to visually understand subtraction. Students then transferred this knowledge to practice subtracting multiples of 10 from any number within 100! Students had fun using loop cards to do this. Using place value to subtract double digit numbers was a helpful visual for students! Numbers were broken down into their tens and ones place values, and then subtracted. This way students were able to see how numbers are subtracted before moving onto the next strategy! All of this learning was then wrapped up into a concise strategy: the algorithm strategy! It was a favorite amongst most students! Students were reminded to stack the numbers correctly, with the tens numbers in the tens column and the ones numbers in the ones column.