Terry Tuesday

Dear parents and students,

     

      Today was Terry Tuesday were we commemorated the life of Terry Fox and his struggle with cancer. We started off the day by taking up the math questions about adding and subtracting; the discussions were great as I walked around the classroom. Next, we watched a video about double-digit multiplication, here is the link, and based on the video and our notes we then attempted different practice questions including a word problem. I noticed that the students struggled the most with making sure their place values lined up (ones above the ones, tens above the tens) and with bringing the regrouping digit down.

      We then focused our attention to Spain; the students worked in their partners to sort out research information and next steps. Tomorrow students will be putting together all their information into ‘slide’ format for the poster.

      Another big focus for today was DRA’s; almost all the students have completed the oral reading and are now completing their written portions of the DRA. Tomorrow, we will be finishing them off.

      As a class, we also watched a video about residential schools and their impact and why Orange Shirt Day exists, the students then started decorating their paper shirts and tomorrow we will finish those off.

      Finally, the big event of today, the Terry Fox Run; the students loved getting together with their friends and running for a cause. Here are some pictures from the awesome run.

Reminders/Homework

• ·      Math: Page 66-67: 1d, 2d, 5*, 6a, 8, 9, 10 – feel free to do additional practice questions
• ·      Language: Read 30 minutes, spelling due Friday
• ·      Spain research worksheet due tomorrow
• ·      Please bring devices in if possible
• ·      Music is cancelled tomorrow

• ·      Bakesale tomorrow, please bring money
• ·      Casual Day tomorrow
• ·      Scholastic orders due tomorrow
• ·      BBQ order forms due tomorrow