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This week the students have been working hard to learn about different ways to represent numbers in math. Besides writing numbers in standard form and making/drawing them with base 10 blocks, they have also been writing them in in expanded form, place value, and in written form. Look for a "representing numbers" booklet to come home next week and your child can share what they have learned with you. 

New learning goals in math

This week the students have been completing their recounts after our shared readings last week. They made a plan and then used the plan to write a first draft of their recount. The students have been using file folders that have one side cut in three. This allows them to focus on one portion of their writing at a time and not be distracted by other sections. They will be editing tomorrow and then will begin their good copy. We did the long and short "o" sound, as well as "p" and "qu" in this week's comptines. Tomorrow we will do "r". When we do our daily comptines, we don't just work on reading, we also focus on spelling and grammar. There are many different features to the comptines that we take up. Today we discussed "les guillemets" which are quotation marks in French. They look a little different but the students were very quick to pick up on why they are used. We have also been focusing a lot on punctuation and how it changes how something is read, like pauses and expression. The grade threes have been working on the "oi" sound in "Le roi maladroit". I'm almost finished doing reading assessments with the class, just the grade threes and a grade two who has been absent are left to read with. I'm hoping to have guided reading groups going by later next week or beginning the following week. 

Plan and first draft of recount

Focus Folders for written work

In drama, the students have been working on dialogues that will help them to independently resolve conflicts that arise. They have been using puppets to act out scenarios in which a conflict arises. We have been creating dialogues together which will give them appropriate words to help them resolve a conflict without escalating a situation. They have been explaining clearly what they don't like about another's behaviour and why. They then ask the other to stop. Today we worked on what we can do if the other person doesn't stop. Hopefully as we continue to practise this, the students will become better at expressing themselves and standing up for themselves in a conflict situation. 

We have been developing soccer skills over the past month in physical education. This week, I have been assessing the students on passing, dribbling, and blocking/stopping the ball. Next week, I will be looking at how they use those skills in a game setting and how actively they participate.