Grade threes are currently working on a large project where they are becoming designers and engineers of of the new event center. To understand what features may need to be added to the event center, students went and toured the Calgary Saddledome to learn what features it has that we may include in our deign, or features that we may want to not include. We realized from our tour that there are many features that make the Calgary Saddledome a unique building. Ask your child what are some of the features that make it a memorable and record holding building.
Students are applying the new information learned towards their reports. Today, we specifically worked on our topic sentence (SC/AH)). This is a very hard concept as we have been working on complex sentences, but now we need to go back to a simple sentence for a topic sentence.
This afternoon we reviewed some of the constraints the Saddldome has as well as some of the positive features. We worked with our groups to add and modify our plans to ensure we are considering all viewpoints. For example one consideration that our tour guide Rick mentioned, is we need to consider how we can make our building wheel chair accessible as that is one of the limitations the current building has (TD).
On our field study we also had the opportunity to look at three types of bridges - a beam bridge, a cantilever bridge and a suspension bridge (KC). As your child what made each bridge different from another.
On a side note, at Student Learning Conversations it was brought to my attention that many families would like to know some of the upcoming dates for field studies. We have booked a couple of places a head of time, but sometimes we are searching for perfect opportunities that match the learning during the learning (Saddledome for example).
The following dates and places have been confirmed.
Glenbow Museum - Dec. 17th
Calgary Zoo - Jan 30th
Arts Commons - Feb 19
Studio Bell - March 4
Earth Science Conference - March 17th
We are working on booking other locations and finalizing other dates. As they come out we will inform you. If you are able to volunteer for Dec. 17th to the Glenbow museum please let me know via email.
Students are applying the new information learned towards their reports. Today, we specifically worked on our topic sentence (SC/AH)). This is a very hard concept as we have been working on complex sentences, but now we need to go back to a simple sentence for a topic sentence.
This afternoon we reviewed some of the constraints the Saddldome has as well as some of the positive features. We worked with our groups to add and modify our plans to ensure we are considering all viewpoints. For example one consideration that our tour guide Rick mentioned, is we need to consider how we can make our building wheel chair accessible as that is one of the limitations the current building has (TD).
On our field study we also had the opportunity to look at three types of bridges - a beam bridge, a cantilever bridge and a suspension bridge (KC). As your child what made each bridge different from another.
On a side note, at Student Learning Conversations it was brought to my attention that many families would like to know some of the upcoming dates for field studies. We have booked a couple of places a head of time, but sometimes we are searching for perfect opportunities that match the learning during the learning (Saddledome for example).
The following dates and places have been confirmed.
Glenbow Museum - Dec. 17th
Calgary Zoo - Jan 30th
Arts Commons - Feb 19
Studio Bell - March 4
Earth Science Conference - March 17th
We are working on booking other locations and finalizing other dates. As they come out we will inform you. If you are able to volunteer for Dec. 17th to the Glenbow museum please let me know via email.
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