Tuesday, November 21

Hi parents,

Sorry about the lack of a blog post yesterday - I had some personal "Canada Post drama" to deal with after school, which the students were incredibly empathetic about, haha. 

I will try my best to fill you in the the past couple of days.

We're working hard on missing number math problems. They're coming along. It's a been such a struggle, and I don't think the students realized how much they've learned from the struggle. So today, I gave the class a 'missing number' worksheet we attempted two weeks ago. Last time, it took almost an hour. This time, they finished it in just about 15 minutes, with significantly improved accuracy, and they seemed to feel pretty good about that.

The Math Quiz is on November 28. I'm just about finished writing it up, and tomorrow I'll give you the details.

We did more work around 'compound sentences'. The students brainstormed simple sentences about pizza, and then wrote paragraphs by combining simple sentences to form longer compound sentences. We talked about how it's generally a good idea to connect sentences that are somewhat related. For example, you probably wouldn't want to write a sentence like: 

"A pizza can have many different toppings, and the pizza oven gets very hot."

We learned about the -ai blend today. We talked about how learning blends, especially vowel blends, is helpful when reading, because attempting to sound out vowel blends one letter at a time will certainly lead you astray.

In the afternoon, our focus was organization and mindfulness. The students cleaned out their cubbies, tidied the classroom, and did Daily LA. We also read more of A Rover's Story.

Please remember to book your conference if you haven't already done so!

Have a nice night,

Zac