Happy Friday!

Today's agenda notes are:

-Read for 20 mins
-Math unit test next Thurs (Nov 2)
-Read on Raz Kids one day this weekend (or more)
-Recorder (if you need to bring it in)
-Math worksheet (Practice!:))

Then we some Daily 5 and after we did minute math! Today's time was 2 minutes.


After we went to PE with Mrs. Jans.


After PE, we had math. Today's learning objective was solving three digit subtraction with and without regrouping. We learned that sometimes there's no tens to borrow from so we have to borrow from the hundreds.

We started from the ones and looked - if there was more on the floor we go next door, OH but there's still more on the floor here so we have to go to the hundreds!

We worked on a few problems as a class with students demonstrating their work and explaining their thinking. We did different types of questions some without regrouping, some where you only have to regroup the tens, and some where you have to regroup the hundreds and tens.

This is a written copy of one of the problems we did on the whiteboard. We talked about how we know we need to subtract. I used a bar model to show the students the number we are looking for. Also in word problems we are not given the question in lovely columns so how do we know how to arrange it? We know that the larger number has to go on top!

After we practiced on our worksheets.

Then it was time for first lunch and recess.

After recess we had our spelling test!

When we were finished we began looking at the four types of push and pull factors for the reasons why people migrate. We recapped the reasons we talked about yesterday, then we read a book together about a family that had to migrate from Beirut. It talked about Sauossan who faced hardships and escaped a war in her home country to come to Canada. Upon arrival she had a new class and in the class she couldn't understand anything because she didn't speak English; she also couldn't read or write. An interesting conversation came up with our class as to how even though we may not speak the same languages from people we can still communicate with our body language.

In the story, when it was Halloween at her school she was TERRIFIED because she had no idea what was happening and thought she was being attacked like in a war back in Beirut.

After reading we added to our list of reasons why people migrate.

Then we had French with Mme Stella.

After French we had second lunch and recess.

When we returned we continued with our UOI lesson. We consolidated by discussing  responsibility of moving to another country, and looking at what people do when they arrive. Here is the list we compiled.

To finish off the day we had TRIBES time.

We started off with partnering up (with someone who we normally don't partner up with) and their task was to create a handshake. They have to remember their handshake because going forth they will be giving each other positive encouragement!

Next we did an activity where we wrote positive words that would lift someone up, this is our kind and caring place mats. Each student received a paper and wrote their name on it. Their task was to go around to every other student's paper and write words of encouragement. (I told them they have to think about reasons specific for that person and it can't be things like  "You are nice"...why because each person is different and we want to make sure each comment is unique)

Here are a few:

They will be posted behind my desks for students to revisit when they are feeling a bit down to remind themselves how awesome they are and how supportive their class it.

We finished off with some golden time before getting ready for home.

Have a lovely weekend.