Thursday January 22

 Thursday January 22

Celebrations 

We have been working very hard on addition with regrouping in math.  Today we launched into greater independence for many students and gave some continued supported practice for others.  Tomorrow we will begin to connect the strategies of using base ten drawings and stacking using the traditional algorithm to subtraction.  

We are working on inferring in reading and we listened to the story The Stranger by Chris Van Alsburg to build our skills in this area.  Inferring means reading "between the lines"looking for clues from the author and connecting to our own experiences to make sense of the text.

Something to Talk About

Today we talked with all of our students about what has been happening during play time at recess and lunch time outside.  We understand that our kids are struggling with no close contact and with so much of our playground area being blocked off.  Rather than playing the game that has been causing some challenges in terms of covid and unfriendliness, we discussed and brainstormed ideas for some new games and activities and will try them out beginning tomorrow.  Thank you to all of the students for their excellent participation and helpful ideas!

Reminders

Please have your child go into Google Classroom to practice basic addition and subtraction facts using the online resources posted there.  Next week we will send home an assessment to show you which facts they know and which specific facts need working on.