Good evening!

We started our morning off by introducing 3-digit by 1-digit division. In order to help us with this concept, today we looked at the two strategies given in our textbook. One is a base ten block strategy and the other is called the repeated subtraction strategy. Look at the examples below:

Base Ten Block Strategy:

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The Repeated Subtraction Strategy:

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In order to use this strategy, students repeatedly subtract multiples of the divisor. In this case, students are subtracting multiples of 3. Since 36 = 3 x 12, students have subtracted 3 twelve times. Students add up the number of times that they have been able to subtract the divisor, in order to find the quotient. Both of these strategies are new to us, so we will be reviewing them throughout the week.

In Social Studies today we looked at the unique geography of the Canadian Shield region. This region is extremely rocky. While being the largest region in Canada, only 10 % of the population lives within this region. It is also known as Canada’s storehouse, because of the number of natural resources that this region contains. The majority of its resources are rocks and minerals, and many mining communities developed in the Canadian Shield. Today we looked at some images evoking some of the landscape of the Canadian Shield. We created a word list on the whiteboard of all the descriptive and feeling words that we got from the images. Now we are writing descriptive poems about the Canadian Shield! Students are allowed to work in groups as large as 3 and may use whatever poetic form they wish. They have to be descriptive and use their senses to help describe this unique region of Canada. I can’t wait to share some of these wonderful poems with you tomorrow! Want to see some of the beautiful paintings that we examined today? Check out the link below:

http://prezi.com/vvgm7zrv-m_i/canadian-shield/

In Science today we continued our study of electricity. Students were again using D-cell batteries, light bulbs, and wires to determine what is needed in order to light up the light bulb. We will be writing a class rule for this activity tomorrow, and then we will be moving on to simple circuits.

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Reading Journal (optional – Thurs.)

Multiplication Quiz (6x, 7x) – Thursday

Math: Pgs. 102-103 #1-8

French: Numbers 1-100 Quiz (Wednesday)

Ski Day: February 6th

Family Literacy Night – Tonight @ 6:30 pm

WiM Poems – January 29th

Book Orders – January 29th

Snack Shack – Wednesday ($1-$5)