Did You Know…? A lion’s roar can be heard from five miles away.
Good evening,
Today we began with another check-in on our Math projects. We reviewed how the bake sale went yesterday using the following form:
Yesterday we were able to raise $41. We started with 55 muffins and we still had 37 left. That means we must have sold 18 muffins yesterday. If we sold each muffin for $2 that means we made $36 yesterday on muffin sales:
55 – 37 = 18 x 2 = 36
Since what we raised didn’t match with what we sold, we considered as a class what the difference might have been. Then we remembered, of course! We sold raffle tickets yesterday as well! We counted the ticket stubs and it turns out that we did sell exactly 5 tickets yesterday. That lead us to consider, do we see the same patterns developing from the raffle ticket sales as we did from the muffins? Check it out:
Tomorrow we’ll have to have another check-in to see how well we did today! You could also go look at our classroom twitter page for a sneak peek (link is on the right).
In Social Studies today, students discussed the Mi’kmak peoples of the Appalachian Region. Students reviewed a Mi’kmaq calendar that we discussed earlier in the unit. We had noted then that it was interested that this group felt so connected to nature. We could see evidence of this in the calendar through the names of months or time periods. There was frost-fish moon and egg-hatching moon, all things about the communities needs and their environment that would help them to structure and organize their lives. Students began to construct a calendar of their own. They are considering things that help them to realize what month it is. We have some “School Starting” months, some “Christmas” or “St. Nick” months, and the more creative “Ghost” month or “Hot Dog” month. We’ll be working on our good copies next class.
Don’t forget that tomorrow is our Halloween celebration. Students are welcome to wear costumes, but please make sure they are school appropriate. We will be having our Costume Parade around 1:15 pm, as well as enjoying some healthy snacks and watching a movie. An email went home yesterday and a note went home today about our movie choices. Please let me know if you do NOT want your student watching one of the following:
- Coraline
- Monster House
- Monsters Inc.
- It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
- Casper
- The Addams Family
Agenda:
Read 20 minutes
Language Arts – Paper Bag Character Studies (tomorrow!)
Math: pgs. 45-47 # 1-13, 15, 17
October Projects – Glow stick and bracelet sales tomorrow!
Website Release Form (ASAP)
Halloween Dance – Tomorrow, 6:00 – 8:00 pm (admission by donation)
Halloween Classroom Celebration – Tomorrow (bring healthy snacks)
Conquer the Cold Donations – until November 7th
Photo Retakes – November 5th
Book Orders – Tomorrow
Ski Forms – ASAP
Hot Lunches – Order Online at (https://timberlea.hotlunches.net/admin/) until tomorrow evening
Candy Exchange – November 4th
