We are on our last 6-day cycle and we have made a full circle since the beginning of the school year last week. We are now slowly easing into our daily routines and are starting to get familiar with the classroom and school-wide expectations. Please remember to have your child come in full uniform unless it is House/Spirit Day or Casual day. During gym days, please have them bring their gym clothes in a labelled bag.
Math:
We will be starting our test review tomorrow which will cover everything that we have learned from Day 1 in Unit 1: Numbers and Patterning. The students learned about the process of finding patterns in numbers by identifying whether they are growing, shrinking or repeating. The students also learned about creating input/output machines and how pattern rules can help identify the correlation between the input and output numbers. Today, we learned about how to solve word problems involving input/output machines and how finding number patterns can help speed up the process of finding the solution to the problem (i.e. multiplication is repeated addition).
Gym:
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French:
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Unit of Inquiry:
Today we learned about the 5 Great Lakes of Canada. The students investigated, labelled and shared their knowledge of where the Great lakes are located. The acronym H.O.M.E.S was used as a way for the students to be able to remember the lakes altogether which surround Ontario:
H- Lake Huron
O- Lake Ontario
M- Lake Michigan
E- Lake Erie
S- Lake Superior
Fun fact: Did you know that Lake Superior is the biggest lake in Canada? How do you think the lake got its name from?
Language:
The students individually completed their own OWA (Ontario Writing Assessments) which took up the entire time of the language block in the afternoon. This form of a pre-assessment will help me see the students' level in terms of their writing processes.
Agenda:
1. Complete double-sided math worksheet
2. Complete Oh Canada title page (if it applies to the student)
3. Bring any item/photos that represent Canada and our unique country! We will post these on our UOI Bulletin Board.
