Good afternoon!
What a busy day! We started out by working through the first Unit Problem of our current Math unit, Patterns and Equations. This problem is on pgs. 4-5 of their textbook. It asks students to help Carly solve two math problems by using pattern recognition to help finish to charts that she has started. The first asks students to help determine how much money Carly will earn for each pledge, based on the amount donated per km. The second chart asks students to discover how many laps Carly will have to run around a 400 m track if she wants to run 10 km. Pattern recognition is going to be the base of this unit. Students will be practicing recognizing patterns in charts and tables, and using this information in order to extend these tables. They will then transition into writing equations that represents these patterns. Check out the work we did today in the pictures below! Students can access the Math textbook online by visiting: www.mathmakessense.ca. The login is: Timberlea_student and the password is: student_2009. This is a great solution for when students forget their Math text at school!
In French today we had our first “Watch It Wednesday!” We use a video, song, dance, etc. at the beginning of class, and then students are able to listen to the video for familiar words, similar words, etc. This is a great way for students to use problem solving and to learn new vocabulary words. Today we learned to disco. Want to learn how to disco at home? Visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVhfIgghOPw
We also continued to add to our growing knowledge of classroom expressions. Today we added these great sentences to our repetoire:
Est-ce qu je peux boire de l’eau? (Can I get a drink of water?)
J’ai besoin d’un crayon. (I need a pencil.)
J’ai besoin de papier. (I need some paper.)
In Social Studies we have started a mapping task. We reviewed some of the positives and negatives of a “Bird’s Eye View”. Students noted that while you can see a large area, it doesn’t reveal details about a place. We are now constructing a map of our portable. Each group is working on a different section (our classroom, the link, the hallway, the washrooms, and outside). Our maps have to be colourful, include a legend, and have an accurate compass. We will be putting them all together to create a giant map once we are finished sometime tomorrow. I’ll post some pictures then!
Agenda
Read 20 mins.
Reading Journal (Friday)
Spelling Quiz (Friday)
BBQ – TOMORROW
Email Request – ASAP
Terry Fox – Sept. 26
Picture Day – October 2nd
