Today we began our morning with a math warm up for our 'Eye Opener'. We looked at the following questions:
1) a) 5 x 9 = b) 37 x 2 = c) 521 x 8 = 2) a) 42 ÷ 7 = b) 18 ÷ 9 = 3) A basket holds 8 pears. How many pears will 6 baskets hold? In our word work this morning we continue to focus on homophones which are two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling, e.g., new and knew. Lots of students have been confusing to, too and two so that was our focus. We also explored the "Acknowledgement of the Land" in writing. Students had to read the acknowledgement, underline key words or phrases, brainstorm other words that would be connected and then use paragraph form (topic sentence, details and concluding sentence) to answer: What does it mean to acknowledge the land? Please continue to practice basic facts with your child. I am seeing a lot of growth and students are becoming much faster at recall. This makes things much easier as we move into how multiplication is connected to division. Today students used base ten blocks to build, draw and solve several division questions. After lunch we began new literacy stations. Students are participating in Literature Circles, research about the histories, stories and people of Alberta's past, vocabulary related to acknowledging the land, and spelling when free writing. Lastly, we will be needing to sit down and continue conferencing with the teacher as we decide what steps we should be taking as part of our legacy/social action projects. Please talk to your child about what they are working on. Reminders: Apr 20 ~ Healthy Hunger (Taco Time Lunch) Apr 21 ~ Book Truck
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