Wednesday, March 3 (PJ DAY TOMORROW)

 Hi parents,

We had a good day today!

In the morning, we did a fun activity in which the students wrote 3 'hint' sentences about themselves, and then the class had to guess which person was being described.

We learned about 2-digit by 2-digit addition (with and without regrouping!) 

For example, students solved problems like: 

   25      

+ 13

They learned to start by adding the ones column and then adding the tens. While we've certainly done some work with 2-digit addition before, this was the first time we 'officially' learned about it, and the first time we used the traditional algorithm. I'm looking forward to practicing more problems like this moving forward!

I'm not sure if I've shared this video before, but it's a good way to reinforce addition with regrouping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hz0fAQV0ac

In the afternoon, we did Daily 5 and had a special Mindfulness session with a virtual 'artist in residence', and mindfulness expert Amber Pavey.

Tomorrow is our PAJAMA DAY!!!

The students earned this through their exceptional behaviour during the lunch hour. :)

Have a nice night!

Zac