Hello!
We are getting pretty close to the holiday break, and the students are excited. I went over and discussed the white elephant gift exchange with them, going over the rules: voluntary, gift must be $5 to 10 new and wrapped, if they want to play. Gifts are due Thursday. Also report cards went home on Friday.
In math this week we learned how to use the standard algorithm strategy with multiplication. All students were able to do then1 by 3 digit equations, though 2 by 2 was difficult for about half. We will be reviewing it more throughout the year.
In language arts we proofread and made a good copy of one of our RAFTS writing projects. Some are pretty entertaining to read.
In social studies we finished off our regions brochures, and students peer assessed and reviewed other students work in the class. Many of them were very well done.
In science we learned all about wheels and axles. We spent most of our afternoons building wind cards, and learned a lot about trial and error. Alex and Daniel’s car went the farthest at 5 meters.
We also learned about different French colours, which will be helpful for next week’s colour by number.
Next week we will have a quiz to finish off our regions work, a review and test to finish off simple machines, some prodigy time in math, our field trip to the JDF pool is on Wednesday, and pancake breakfast is friday. Going to be a very busy week.
Have a good weekend and see you Monday.