Good afternoon families of room 18!
Today was a busy Monday in our classroom. We started off by running down to music! Once we returned to the classroom, we jumped straight into math and 1 digit by multi-digit multiplication. Students were given multiplication charts, if needed, to practice the traditional algorithm method of solving multiplication. This was review for grade 5 students, but will be beneficial to getting them into 2 by 2 digit multiplication soon.
After recess, we continued on with our social studies centres and will hopefully be wrapped up this week. Students have been very creative in connecting their learning about the interior plains region to the cordillera region through their story writing. Many have chosen to create chapters of the same story set in the different region.
After lunch, we moved into guided reading. We have altered the look of our guided reading block with each group being assigned a novel to read. They now have tasks that they will be completing independently during guided reading time if they are not reading with Ms. Chen, Ms. Ryan or myself. Once guided reading was finished, students moved into an introductory lesson on paragraphs and topic sentences. This is hard work and students will be practicing and unpacking these ideas over the next few weeks as we get ready for the official beginning of our unit on expository writing. Woohoo!
We finished the day off with a quick punctuation quiz and a classroom meeting about safety on the playground before dismissal.
Reminders:
- Please sign up for Student Involved Conferences using your MyCBE account
- No school this Friday
- Scholastic Book orders are being accepted until the end of the month
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