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Good afternoon,

Today students started recording their responses to their Problem of the Day in a Math journal. Students have always been responsible for answering a Math Problem of the Day each morning. Now students are responsible to record the problem, record their work, record any corrections, and to explain their Math reasoning. We are using the following template to help us:

We will be doing a Math journal entry every day Monday-Thursday from now on. They won’t always be answering Problem of the Day questions, so stay tuned to see some of our new entries!

In Math today we began a cumulative review of Units 1-3. We will be reviewing the main topics covered in our Patterns and Equations, Whole Numbers and Estimation, and Multiplication and Division units before we move on to Measurement. Today students review equations and expressions, and will be assigned some practice questions tomorrow on those topics.

In Language Arts today students continued to practice their creating images reading strategy. This is a strategy that we began exploring before the winter break, and that we wanted to explore a little more in depth before moving on to a new strategy. Today students practiced visualizing. We read through some descriptive passages together, and students were asked to create a movie in their head of what they could see, hear, smell, taste, and feel. Afterwards they shared their responses with the class. As a challenge, each group was assigned a descriptive passage and asked to work together to draw a comic version of their passage. This is a great way to communicate some of the things students could see, hear, feel, touch, and taste, and they all worked very hard to finish them today. Check them out below. Hint… this might be a clue to our upcoming February Novel Study!

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Math:

• No Math Help tomorrow due to Parent-Teacher Interviews
• Practice multiplication (mastering 2x, 4x, and 8x tables)

Science:

• Science Fair Check-in (Data Collection) – Thursday
• Classroom Science Fair – March 3rd

Parent-Teacher Interviews – February 11th and 12th (register at http://timberlea.fmpsdschools.ca/)

Book Fair – February 9th-12th

Valentine’s Celebration – February 12th

Multicultural Dinner Theater – February 19th

SPCA Used Book Sale – February 16th – 20th (bring donations this week)