The kids were very chatty about the schedule today, as Wednesdays are quite minimal when it comes to the actual subjects taught (quantity, not quality, rest assured!). They thought it was going to be a super short day!
We started today with something new, called Opening Exercises. I wrote a phrase on the board with eight errors in it, and the children were to rewrite it, correcting as many errors as they could find. This will focus on grammar, spelling and punctuation. I will take them in every Friday.
During WW we talked about narrowing our focus once we've chosen a topic to write about. Ask your child about the topic he/she narrowed their focus on this morning. Then those who weren't finished their Bio Poems continued working on them.
For RW today the children read the second chapter of 'Henry and the Clubhouse' and then started working on the three worksheets associated with chapter 2.
During Math, the Grade 3's finished page 17 (patterns in 100 charts), and then started some extra practice using pattern blocks to create their own patterns and extend patterns. The Grade 4's finished writing word problems to solve equations, and created their own equations using numbers and symbols provided (15,4,(mystery number), = + -). Then they went on to do an activity with dice where we rolled the dice (virtual dice because I couldn't find any in time!), then created a quotient using the two numbers we rolled, then found two factors of that quotient to create a multiplication sentence.
Then the students had P.E. with Mr. Banman and P.O.W. as well. Have they told you about P.O.W.? Last week's was quite challenging, but today's was easier. They needed to sort a variety of vehicles based on similar attributes.
We finished the day with Social Studies, finally making it to the first chapter of our textbook, which is all about 'Getting Along', a topic that is useful for every one of us to review!
Have a wonderful afternoon!
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