Wednesday October 11th 2017

Hello,

Here is what we did today.

Math: Today we talked about mental addition strategies. We talked about doubles, near doubles and sums of ten (make 10). 

Doubles: When the two numbers you are adding are the same. 

Ex.     2 + 2 = 4

Near Doubles: When you use your doubles strategies to help you add numbers that are close together.

Ex.     2 + 3 =
          We know 2 + 2 = 4
          Add one more is 5!
So,  2 + 2 + 1 = 5

Sum of Ten (Make 10): We know and love our 10s! Any easy way to add is by making one of your numbers 10 and add the rest from there.

Ex.    7 + 5 
Think: 

1. How many more to make ten? 3 more 7 + 3 = 10 
2. Next we ask how many are left over? 2! 10 +2 =12 
3. SO we know that 7+5=12

We did some games in groups in order to practice the different strategies.

Music: Please see Mr. Oliver's blog for more information.
Language/UOI: Today we talked about contractions. We viewed a powerpoint in which explained the original two words and how it becomes a contraction. We talked about the letters that the apostrophe replaces. One of the students said that it is like a fisherman is coming and hooking up some letters and taking some away and leaving the hook! We thought it was a fun analogy! Some of us are getting confused with she/he would and she will. We are going to work on this tomorrow some more. We did some different centre's in groups: One matching worksheet, one matching game and a folding accordion contraction!

Lunch/Recess

Gym: Please see Mr.B's blog for more information.

UOI: We started talking about our summatives! We went through the information package and the graphic organizer together and they had so many questions !

They need to know what product/service they are going to advertise as well as whether or not they are doing a print ad or a digital ad for tomorrow.

Lunch/Recess

French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more information.

Have a good night!

Miss. Ross

*Math worksheet
*Spelling due Thursday
*Spelling test Friday
*Raz kids twice before Sunday
*Read 25 minutes
*Summative product/service due tomorrow

*Field trip form due Oct 18
*Winter uniform starting now--uniform violations will start tomorrow.
*Spelling test signed
*Picture day October 26th