Dear Parents, Today, we started off with our Math Minute and then I used this website: Pattern Block Simulator: https://www.coolmath4kids.com/manipulatives/pattern-blocks to show students a variety of fractions with pattern blocks. This is also a neat website for building fractions: https://toytheater.com/fraction-circles/ We modelled some fractions and then I assigned Unit…
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
Dear Parents, Today, we started with our Math Minute and then we started our Fractions unit of Math. I used some Math examples on the board of a pizza, chocolate bars, and brownies to show dividing into equal parts/pieces. We talked about how when there is a higher denominator number,…
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022
Dear Parents, I hope you had a great Family Day long weekend 🙂 Today, we started off with our Math Test. I have marked them and will be posting them on Fresh Grade later today, except for 2 tests because of some missed questions I want to go over…
Friday, February 18th, 2022
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with our Math Minute and having a discussion about some of the conflicts that have been happening at school. We talked about how students are not permitted to use sticks or rocks to throw or hit others. We talked about treating others the way…
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
Dear Parents, Today, we started with our Math Minute and handing in our Indigenous stories that the students have been working on throughout the past few weeks. Then, I went through the review for the Math Test for the upcoming Math test on Tuesday (please see picture attached). Students should…
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with our Biomes Test. They are marked and I will be Fresh Grading them either tonight or within the next few days. After, I took up an elapsed time word problems Math sheet with the students and then we had snack and recess. I also…
Monday, February 14th, 2022
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with our Math Minute and checking who had handed in their Weekend Journals. Then, we started off with our Math lesson. We talked about how to choose whether to use square metres or square centimetres to measure various objects. We also talked about creating…
Friday, February 11th, 2022
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with our Math Minute. Then, we had a very serious discussion about a case called Jordan’s Principle. This was when there was a kid named Jordan Anderson who was a young, Indigenous boy. He needed at-home medical care in order to be released from…
Thursday, February 10th, 2022
Dear Parents, Today, we started off with a Math pop quiz for measurement on time and area. I will be posting it on Fresh Grade later today. Please review and go over with your child. This will help them prepare for the Math Test in the near future. After, students…
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