Two months ago, we changed the way our Listening Station was organized. Instead of having the books in Ziploc bags, paired with the CDs, I put them all in a CD Wallet and the books in a basket and then gave my instructions to the boys and girls.
I gave those instructions once.
I have never gone back to check that the expectations were being followed with respect to the CDs in the wallet...until today.
What a great class I have!
June 05, 2013
Today's Math Quiz
We had a patterning quiz today and I took a bit of a leap with the first question. I wanted to see if we could solve two step numerical patterns (in this case, add two, subtract one). We're going to continue to work on this skill as I think the boys and girls would benefit from further practice with this.
The second question was all about doubling the previous number. Many children did well with this. Those that were not successful made a common error: they thought that double meant counting by 2s. This is a great opportunity for students to revisit their doubles facts (e.g. 4+4, 5+5, etc.) and to review the idea of what it means to double a number (add it to itself was how I explained it to the class).
Since the scores from the quiz indicate that we need further practice with that first question, this quiz won't count toward the final grade for this unit. I would still like the quizzes corrected, signed and returned.
Unit 10: Quiz 2
The second question was all about doubling the previous number. Many children did well with this. Those that were not successful made a common error: they thought that double meant counting by 2s. This is a great opportunity for students to revisit their doubles facts (e.g. 4+4, 5+5, etc.) and to review the idea of what it means to double a number (add it to itself was how I explained it to the class).
Since the scores from the quiz indicate that we need further practice with that first question, this quiz won't count toward the final grade for this unit. I would still like the quizzes corrected, signed and returned.
Unit 10: Quiz 2
June 04, 2013
Social Studies update
Today in Social Studies, we reviewed what we've learned thus far:
- the difference between urban and rural communities
- the features of road maps and street maps
- how scale is used on a map to help the reader understand the distance between places
After this, we moved on to the focus of today's lesson, which was the difference between wants and needs.
The screen shots below show the key information covered today.
One Boy Classmate asked how much it would cost to stay for a night at Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta. Learning about the Chateau was part of our cross-Canada look at how our environment helps to shape industry.
We googled the rate for one night at the Chateau.
Um...from what we could tell, they start at $439.00.
Their reaction was pretty funny and I think that was the rate for one person too. I think they were louder about this than they were on Friday when we hooted and hollered about finishing our booklets. They were literally falling out of their seats with shock!
June 03, 2013
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