Good afternoon! Today was an exciting day because we met our grade one buddies for the first time! Mrs. Caravan's class came to our classroom and shared their study of colour. We talked about complementary colours, then paired up and drew self portraits. The portraits were outlined in crayon, and then the complementary colour was painted over. Students really enjoyed meeting their buddies!
We also began looking at addition strategies this morning. Students were shown 3 strategies they can use when adding 2 and 3 digit numbers. They then chose two of the strategies to assist them in solving questions. It was a bit of an adjustment to recognize the importance of understanding different strategies to get the same outcome. Please ask your student about "make and break" and base ten strategies. Which one did they prefer?
Tomorrow we will be having a special "Rock and Roll Wednesday" looking at rocks and minerals! Can't wait!
- Ms. Bell
We also began looking at addition strategies this morning. Students were shown 3 strategies they can use when adding 2 and 3 digit numbers. They then chose two of the strategies to assist them in solving questions. It was a bit of an adjustment to recognize the importance of understanding different strategies to get the same outcome. Please ask your student about "make and break" and base ten strategies. Which one did they prefer?
Tomorrow we will be having a special "Rock and Roll Wednesday" looking at rocks and minerals! Can't wait!
- Ms. Bell