Hello Everyone,
Another busy week under our belts, and busier ones up ahead.
This past week:
Math:
- We have gone to the other side of the decimal and began comparing and ordering decimals to 100ths. We'll take that onto fractions looking at proper, improper fractions. mixed numbers and percents in relationship to decimals.
- This Word Bank was shared with students to encourage their use of mathematical terms and make them aware of the language that they will see on our EQAO assessment towards the end of the year.
- Other resources shared were around problem-solving and self-reflection of their Math learning; TIPS / Math Rubric. We used TIPS to help add to our already co-created strategies for solving problems. The rubric, which is broken down by the Achievement Chart categories of the curriculum, will be an ongoing tool used to encourage reflection and self-assessment around the understanding of a math concept.
- Mathletics username and passwords were given to students this past week (you will find them glued on the inside cover of Agendas). Students can access it from the Student Portal and all assignments in Mathletics are related to ongoing learning in the class. More formal Math homework will soon be coming home- please keep an eye out for it :)
- We visited Mrs. Doro and the Learning Commons and have established our times to visit the LC on a regular basis. It will be every 2nd Thursday, our next visit will Oct 30. Please see the link to our schedule on the top left of the Blog.
- We discussed the importance of happiness and how being happy puts us in a better place to learn. Students wrote a paragraph on what makes them happy and then made a visual representation; their "Happy Card". We will post these in our learning space to be a reminder to us of those things that bring us happiness. :)
- As a class we have defined the term inferring and determined how it can be beneficial in reading- we have learned we can make inferences about characters, the setting, how characters feel, what actions the characters might take and why, as well as the author's purpose.
- We launched our new read-aloud Iqbal with the below questions. Students had to go to the corner of the room that helped qualify their response to the questions,. Each corner was labeled with either Agree, Disagree, Strongly agree, Strongly disagree. Each question was asked and then discussed before moving to the next; here is the order they were provided:
- Should children have jobs/responsibilities in their home?
- Should children be able to work before the age of 14?
- Should industries be allowed to profit from the use of child labour?
- We are utilizing the tool Alpha Box to record new vocabulary we don't know the meaning of and we feel is important to our text.
- Please ask your child to share with you about our present read-aloud Iqbal.
- For now, the Book Reports for October are placed on hold. We will pick up again in November with the original schedule shared and will circle back to the one missed at a later date.
Upcoming:
- BYOD please take a moment to read the link around Bring your own Device
- We are still in need of Halloween Volunteers. Students are allowed to sign up for more than 1 thing, so please take a look at what spots are still in need of a volunteer. SIGN UP
- Our 1st official Spirit Day is Wednesday, Oct 25th and its Crazy Hair/Hat day. It is also the day for our school wide Rapunzel presentation.
- I will be out of the school on Oct 25,26,27th participating in a mandatory school learning activity. I will be leaving lesson plans that allow for a progression of learning to ensure our classroom learning continues to move forward. I also have arranged for a consistent supply teacher during my absences.
- Progress reports are coming home on Oct 30th. My parent-teacher interviews will fall on a separate night than the school's scheduled Nov 2nd. If you wish to meet with me please sign up at the below link for times on Tuesday, Nov 7th or Wed Nov 8th. If the time slot that best suits you is no longer available please just drop me an email/telephone call with the day and time that works best for you and I will do my best to accommodate.
- Nov 7th Nov 8th
Happy Sunday!
Mrs B :)
