Tuesday, May 2

 Hi parents,

Today we did some more "Mad Minute" Practice, and talked about strategies for test-taking in a limited time setting, such as skipping challenging problems and coming back to them at the end. Many students were able to improve on their scores from yesterday, so hopefully they're starting to see the value of this practice.

In Science, we read a book on Epic about Sedimentary Rocks. We learned more about erosion and weathering. We also learned a bit about the Grand Canyon, one of the earth's most incredible examples of the aforementioned.

We did more work around equivalent fractions. The students learned that you can create equivalent fractions by multiplying the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same value.

For example, we can multiply the numerator and denominator of 1/2 by 2, and show that 1/2 = 2/4, because 1 x 2 = 2 (numerator) and 2 x 2 = 4.

BLOG HOMEWORK (+2 points)

Solve the word problem, and show your thinking.

Three friends each order a medium pizza for themselves.

Dorothy eats 9/16 of her pizza. 

Phyllis eats 1/2 of her pizza. 

Campbell eats 7/8 of his pizza. 

Who eats the most pizza? Who eats the least? How do you know?

In the afternoon we had Gym, Daily LA, Mindfulness, and Music. We ended our day by reading Ticket to Curlew, which the students seem to be enjoying much more than I did when I was in Grade 3. I'm enjoying it a lot more this time around too! 

Have a nice night,

Zac