Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Wonderful Wednesday!

Tomorrow is Year Ahead day! Students will be joining Ms. Bosetti tomorrow!

Structure Information 

Students will bring in a photo of a structure they are familiar with. They will research information about their structure, including the materials used to build it, it’s location and it’s function (what an object is used for). Students will present their structure to the class on Friday, December 11, 2015. These are to be done at home and ready to present on Friday. 

We began the day having French with Mdm. Stella.

When students returned, we inquired into the strength of various objects. First we made predictions and decided which object was the strongest and the weakest; we used paper, stir sticks, straws, and cardboard.

 After, we put pennies on each object to see if our predictions were correct. We learned that the paper was the weakest and the cardboard was the strongest.

 In doing this experiment we determined the importance of having a strong foundation for structures. Also, the importance of structures to be both stable AND strong. 

After physical education we had Math. We reviewed adding by 10’s. For example: 80+8. We discussed what would stay the same (the number in the ten’s column) and what would change (the number in the one’s column). We then moved on to adding two-digit numbers by two digit numbers. For example 60+11: with this question, the number in the one’s column stays the same because we are adding a number with 0. All we need to so is add the numbers in the tens column to get the sum.

Here is another example and strategy:

30+15

We know 30 can be broken up into 3 groups of 10 (10+10+10)

We can then add this to 15 (15+10+10+10)

We showed our understanding in our Math books (pg. 100-101).

We then began working on our good copies for the recipes that we wrote yesterday.

After second recess and lunch, students wrote their homework in their agendas and then practiced for the Christmas concert.

Homework:

1.    Read for 20 minutes

2.   Math pg. 100-101

3.   Year ahead day tomorrow

4.   Structure presentation due Friday (these are to be done at home and ready to present on Friday).

5.   Lunch forms due December 16