Monday, September 23

 Hi parents,

We had a pretty good day today. In the morning, the students wrote in their journals about their weekends. We talked about how work time is like a big bucket of Lego - you could use a few pieces and make something simple, or you could use every piece, and make something really cool. A lot of students in this class are fast writers, and can write the minimum requirement for a task like this in less than 10 minutes. As time goes on, I'm really hoping those fast-finishers can find ways to use all that extra time to create something exceptional.

In math, the students worked in pairs using the Stamp Game to solve 3 and 4-digit by 4-digit addition problems, with regrouping. I really like working with this material because it teaches Place Value while also teaching addition. Representing each number, stamp by stamp, forces kids to think about what each digit of the number really means.

In the afternoon, we did Daily LA, Mindfulness, and the Terry Fox Run. We ended our day with Spelling.

Have a nice night,

Zac