Math:
Last week we inquired around equivalent fractions and discovered that what you do to the numerator you must do to the denominator to make the value the same ( multiply or divide).
We played math games that had us place fractions on the number line, using fraction circles/fractions strips to support us.
You can play at home: grab a pair of dice and play with your child (1 roll is numerator, 1 roll is denominator). Ask them :
• “What fraction did you create using the numbers on the number cubes?”
• “Where would this fraction be located on the number line?”
• “How do you know that this is the location of this fraction?”
• “How do you know that this fraction is greater than 1?”
Another card game was to find equivalency between a visual representation, a fraction, decimals, and word: 
You can find these playing cards in the Guide To Effective Instruction in Mathematics pg 58-61
Literacy:
We developed our Success criteria for reading responses by analyzing past EQAO samples and determining how we can bump up our work. We continued on with our read aloud Iqbal and have been responding both orally and in writing about our predictions and feelings of the book and it's characters thus far.
Students participated in a CASI reading which is a form of assessment we can use to help determine where we are in our reading and steps we can make to progress along in our reading skills.
Upcoming this week:
- Wear Orange and Black for Halloween
- 67s game on Nov1st: for those who have indicated they are volunteering please ensure you are at the school for 9:20am and we kindly ask that you wait outside the office until we join you
- This Friday is our first gr 6 Movie Knight: 6:30pm at St. Philip's Parish Hall
