Happy Friday, everybody 🙂 Today, we started off with going over fractions again. I introduced how to write fractions for a set of objects. Then, I talked more about common denominators. We need to find a common denominator before we compare fractions. For example, for 4/6 vs. 5/7, to find…
Thursday, February 4th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, students started off continuing writing their rough draft persuasive essay on the best place to travel after covid. During this time, I also explained to the Grade 5s their new research project on French communities. They picked a French community in their teams and started working on…
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with doing a lot of class Math practice with a variety of fractions questions. I illustrated with pictures and numbers lines to depict equivalent fractions, how to find the common denominator, and comparing fractions and had students work to answer a variety of questions…
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
Hi everyone, Today, we started off with working on some fraction work as part of our new unit. Then, students started on: Grade 4: pages 176-177 #2-8, 9, 12 Grade 5: pages 168-169 #1-2, 6-10 This is due tomorrow if not finished in class. Then, students had time to practice…
Monday, February 1st, 2021
Happy First Day of February Everybody! Today, we started off with getting our new spelling words. Our new spelling test is going to be on Thursday, February 11th (next week). Then, we took up the Math test from last week and went over some of the questions that there were…
Friday, January 29th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, was a bit of a different schedule day. We started off with reading some “Wonder” and then I introduced the new unit of fractions and we explored various numerators, denominators, and equivalent fractions. I modelled some using a rubix cube and we went through some games as…
Thursday, January 28th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, students started off with working on assignments we had started previously and worked their way through the items so that they could catch up without it being homework. Then, we had our spelling test. After, we had DPA and then students had the computers to work on…
Wednesday, January 27th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with the Math test. I have them all marked and will hand them back when I record the grades and put them on Fresh Grade tomorrow. After, we had snack and students went to Music. Unfortunately, when lined up outside waiting to be let…
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with reviewing the topics for the Math test tomorrow for both grades. Then, I gave the students some practice questions in preparation for tomorrow. After, we had snack and students went to Music. After music we had DPA and then Mr. Anderson came in…
Monday, January 25th, 2021
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with a lesson on water displacement. I showed the kids that when I filled up a beaker with 200mL of water, you could tell the volume by reading the new number and subtracting the baseline measurement. We also talked about creating rectangles with equal…