Tuesday, September 3

 Hi parents,

We had a great third day of school today. In the morning the class wrote in their journals, either about their weekends, or about their favourite games in gym. We generally start each week with a personal response journal entry.

In math, we reviewed the concept of representing numbers using hundreds, tens, and ones. We talked about place value too, and some of the patterns that we notice as numbers get bigger. For example, 10 is ten ones, 100 is ten tens, 1000 is 10 hundreds,  etc.

In Grade 3 and 4, we work with numbers up to a million. This can seem really daunting to students, but once they build a good understanding of the patterns, it's not so bad. 

We are reading a book called "Sideways Stories from Wayside School". It is a classic. I remember my teacher reading it aloud when I was in Grade 3, and I always like giving my class the same experience. So far the students seem to love it.

In the afternoon, we had our first Music class. We used the Parachute in gym and played some cooperative games. We practiced spelling at the end of the day.

Thanks for checking the Blog! It will get more interesting once we've built more routines. Have a nice night,

Zac