Friday, October 18

 Hi parents,

We had a great day today with a tiny class. 

In the morning, the students went off in pairs to survey every class in our school about how they got to school today. We're going to go over the data tomorrow and make observations and predictions.

In math, we learned the "noodle and bowls" strategy for solving multiplication problems. This strategy is only slightly less 'concrete' than the Montessori materials, as it involves drawing circles (bowls) to represent groups, and then filling each bowl with a set number of lines (noodles) to represent that quantity of each group. So for example, you could solve 3 x 4 by drawing 3 bowls. adding 4 noodles to each bowl, and then counting up the total number of noodles to find the product.

In the afternoon, the students worked in groups to read, and re-read, specific paragraphs from "Trapped in Transylvania", that really showcased the narrator's personality. For example:

We talked about how the narrator, Devin, is able to take a scary story like Dracula, and actually make it pretty funny.  It'll be interesting to compare Devin's narration style to the one we're about to experience in "Wish Tree" (the narrator is a tree).

We ended the day with Music.

Tomorrow is School T Shirt Day! The Shirts went home today! If your child was away, they can get their shirt tomorrow and wear it on top of whatever else they wore!

Have a nice night,

Zac