Wednesday, October 18

 Hi parents,

Today we continued working on our pumpkin research projects, which are coming along really nicely. We'll finish them up tomorrow ideally.

In math, the Grade 3 students worked on some addition with regrouping worksheets, while the Grade 4s started to work on addition with regrouping with decimals. We used the golden beads to illustrate the concepts. Thankfully, the adding itself is pretty much the same.

In the afternoon, we had Daily LA, and then worked on second drafts of Jason Carter inspired artwork. This time, the students were asked to make sure it was 'Winter-themed'. These drafts seemed slightly further from Jason Carter's style for some reason. I think we'll have to revisit those defining elements (dark lines, shapes, animals, bold colours) before starting the final copies.

At the end of the day, the students were put in new kickball teams. It was challenging for the students to decide on team names collaboratively. One team is still trying to figure a name out. 

Math Quizzes 

I sent home the math quizzes at the end of the day. I'm really proud of the students - this was a pretty difficult quiz that covered a lot of content. If anyone is feeling unhappy with their scores, they're welcome to do a 're-do', which would just be the same quiz but featuring different number values. 

We have no school on Friday, so tomorrow is our spelling quiz!

Have a nice night,

Zac