Field trip is tomorrow. The bus leaves at 9:20am, please ensure you are on time for school! Make sure you bring a packed lunch, as we will be there the whole day.
French family tree, due Friday, February 2nd.
Conferences on Thursday, no school! PD Day Friday, no school!
Writing - Planning (step 5) should be completed for Monday, January 29th. Students can complete this using jot notes instead of full sentences.
P1 (S) - Intro
-describe setting
-describe character
P2 - W (wanted)
-describe what the character wants, why they are there
P3 - B (but) (s - so) introduce the problem, small solution
P4 - B (but) (s - so) the problem gets worse (small solution)
P5 - B (but) (s - so) the problem gets even worse
P6 - S (so) - conclusion
-problem is resolved
Fraction of the Day
Grade 5: 75 Grade 6: 35
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100 100
Please remember to continue to log your food over the remainder of this week for health, and the weekend! Students will need this log to help complete activities that will follow in the coming weeks.
Classroom Learning
Last week in math, we started working on the "chicken problem", and we continued to work on it today. Students partnered up, and attempted to come up with a solution to solve the weight of all the chickens in total, using the pictures provided. The idea is to work on building a variety of strategies, a "bank", that we can use when working with different math problems. Students were encouraged to try different strategies, and keep a positive mindset, focusing on what they learned from their errors instead of the final answer. Students worked with white boards and markers, paper and pencil, manipulatives, and Montessori materials to help develop a strategy. Today, we came up with 3 different strategies that work! Take a look at the picture with your child and see what strategies you can come up with together! Is there another way?
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