In PE this week, the focus is Mats & Gymnastics: Jumping and Landing.

We are surviving the frigid temperatures in Iqaluit, Nunavut, as we have been exploring the different land forms. The land around Iqaluit is rolling and rocky.  The land in Iqaluit is permafrost.  Plants cover the ground.  There are no trees.  In winter, everything is covered in snow and ice. Even in summer, the ground below the surface is always frozen.  Iqaluit is on a bay called Koojessy Inlet.  In winter, the bay and river are frozen solid.  But from July to November, there is no ice.  Many little rivers and lakes near Iqaluit also thaw out then.

In Math, students learned a new game called, "Build The Biggest". In this game, students built and compared numbers to 100. Ask your child how to play this game!  Using dominoes to write addition sentences, students observed that changing the order of numbers in addition does not change the total. Ask them if changing the order of numbers in subtraction sentences changes the situation!