Thursday, December 11, 2014

 Terrific Thursday!

Ornaments for our tradition tree are due tomorrow

Art Reach is tomorrow

If possible, bring in costumes for our holiday concert tomorrow. For the Christmas concert, students are able to come up with their own villain costumes or come dressed in jeans and a red or green shirt. Students without a costume will be given a big E to tape on their shirt to represent evil.

We began the day completing our journal entries from last week. We wrote about three things that we are excited to do over the holidays making sure that we added detail. For those students that finished early, they worked on making winter compound words: snowflake, snowman, fireplace, etc.

After, we had physical education with Ms. Lovan.

During our unit of inquiry, we completed an experiment to determine whether or not the height of a structure affects its stability. We first made predictions and after our experiment we wrote conclusions and determined if our conclusions were correct.

During math we practiced  “find ten” and “near doubles” strategies to help us count three 1 digit numbers.

Find ten example: 7+3+8

7+3 = 10

10 + 8 = 18

7+4+9

   -1

7+3 =10

10+9=19+1=20

When we use the find ten strategy, the first two numbers we use need to reach 10. We use this strategy because it is easier to add on from 10.

Near doubles:

5+6+4

   -1

5+5=10

10+4=14

8+7+5

   +1

8+8=16

16+5=21-1=20

We use this strategy to help us count faster.

After first recess and lunch we had French.

Afterwards, we kept working on “find ten” and “near doubles” strategies when adding.

We then wrote our homework in our agendas and then had an early dismissal because of the snow.

Have a safe night!

Homework

1.     Read for 20 minutes

2.    Spelling test tomorrow

3.    Math pg.94

Find 2 examples of “find ten” strategies

Find 2 examples of “near ten” strategies

Explain another strategy that can help you when adding

4.    Ornament for our tradition tree is due tomorrow

5.    Art Reach tomorrow