Monday, May 6

 Hi parents,

We had a bit of a crazy day today, but a good one all around. Due to some unexpected absences we ended up taking on the grade 3 students from another class.

In the morning, the class chose from three writing prompts:

1) Write about your weekend

2) Write a short story

3) Top Secret

In math, the Grade 3 students worked away at division problems, as well as multiplication "fill in the blanks" (for example, ___ x 3 = 6), which are basically division problems when you think about it.

The Grade 4s learned how to use the Golden beads for short division. We're learning the 'why' behind that classic short division algorithm, where you write the remainder as a little number beside the next place value column. It's honestly really cool. Until this year, I'd never really considered how it really worked, so I'm excited not only to have made sense of it, but also to be teaching it to the kids so hopefully they do as well.

In the afternoon, we did Daily LA, Spelling practice, and Music.

Have a nice night,

Zac