LITERACY
The students were super sweet last week and asked Mrs. Cross not to finish our Key Hunters read aloud book because they didn't want me to miss out! They are the best students! The students enjoyed the ending of the book and some eagerly dove into another book from the series! For the next week, we are going to change the pace a bit and read a few of my favourite picture books.
Last week, the focus in writing was on adjectives in our Word Choice unit. The students enjoyed coming up with adjectives to describe people, places, animals and things. The students also learned that if they are using more than one adjective that they have to separate them with a comma. They also practiced writing longer sentences using colourful adjectives. This week coming up, we are going to focus on using specific/exact nouns to make writing more clear.
NUMERACY
The students have been working on two digit subtraction and will be venturing into triple digit subtraction this week. Students are working on becoming consistently accurate with their calculations. The trickiest part of this process is always learning "when to borrow" when using the traditional algorithm. Starting by drawing the base ten blocks for the questions so that the students can see that they can't take 6 away from 4. Students learned to cross out one of the tens and redraw them as ones with the other 4 ones. Then, students would cross out the 6 ones that they need to take away and then count up the remaining ones.
After practicing with this method, we starting practicing with just the algorithm (without the base ten drawing). I've taught the students the poem below to help them remember when to borrow and when you don't need to borrow. The first thing that I want the students to ask themselves when they look at a new question is, "Where is there more in the ones column?" Students will need to continue to practice this skill to become consistently accurate with their calculations.
SCIENCE
The students enjoyed their first Survivor building challenge this past week. The students were using a fair test to see whether an arch or a rectangle is a stronger structure. Students also designed their title page for their Survivor booklets this past week.
INTRODUCING MISS STRAWSON
Miss Strawson came for her second observation day this past Friday. The students were super excited to see her again! She was very helpful to have in the classroom on a day where, even though I was no longer contagious with my strep infection, I was still in a substantial amount of pain and had to limit my talking at times. We decided to have her lead her first lesson, a Making Words lesson, and she did a fantastic job! Miss Strawson will be joining us for her final observation day on Wednesday and then will be joining us for her five week practicum on March 19th.
WINTER WALK PICTURES
It was a chilly day, so we didn't stop to take a proper group picture...just this quick, on-the-go selfie and a spontaneous snow angel picture!
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Way to go Miss W! Super proud of you for having an awesome week!
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