In math we brainstormed all of our subtraction strategies in preparation for our multi digit subtraction lessons! There are many strategies to choose from! Some students become overwhelmed with the multitude of options and are better served using Touch Math, which works for every question! Attached you will find a link to a YouTube video that does a pretty good job explaining Touch Math! We do it pretty much the same way, except I follow the 9 from the Touch Math strip! It will all make sense once you watch the video. The teacher in the video starts by explaining Touch Math with addition and then moves on to subtraction. She also covers multiplication, which will be relevant later in the year.
The students have really enjoyed science this week! The Hearing and Sound unit is extremely hands on so they are going to love it! Here are a few pictures of them during our first science experiment!
Last Friday, we completed a really simple but beautiful watercolour painting in art! It was neat to see the students' increased confidence after our canvas paintings before Christmas!
In LA we have continued to enjoy the novel Frindle. The students are improving their abilities to make predictions during reading! This is a fantastic boost to their comprehension while reading! They are eager to find out how the "word war" ends...they are going to be so surprised!
With skating this week, we lose a sizeable chunk of our day. To accommodate this loss, we will not be having new WWW this week. From now on (this week excluded), we will only get new WWW every second week to allow us time, every other week, to practice the past WWW. It is my goal that all students will be able to spell all of hear words correctly by the end of the year (even if they have to find them on their portable word wall and write them down).
Thank you in advance to all of the parents that are coming out to help tie skates and be out on ice supervisors! This extra phys ed activity wouldn't be possible without your support!
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