Wednesday, September 18

 Hi parents,

Thanks to everyone who did the Blog homework! I really enjoyed reading those sentences!

It was another good day in Room 3 as the students continued working on their 'My Story' good copies. I think most will be done, or mostly done, by tomorrow. :)

In math, the students worked in groups to 'regroup' numbers using the golden beads and stamp game materials. Basically the groups were given huge quantities of beads (for example, 25 'ones', 30 'tens', 14 'hundreds'), and had to use regrouping to show the quantity in the most clear and efficient way. After that, we cautiously approached 3-digit by 3-digit addition with regrouping. Even though many students are already familiar with the addition algorithm, I think its important that they work through exercises like this first, so that they can see what's really happening when the 'carry the one'.

In the afternoon, we had our first Library visit, which was mostly just an orientation. Next week we'll get to sign out books.

We did another round of Daily LA, and then ended our day by watching a video on Terry Fox. 

Have a nice night,

Zac