Friday, November 23, 2012

A big Shazam goes out to the students and families of 3A for your kindness and generosity.  Our class won the cereal challenge by donating many, many boxes of cereal to feed kids in our community.  3A will be rewarded with a pizza lunch next week.  Great job!

Our school-wide focus this year is Math - specifically problem solving.   Yesterday, we had a visit from Math Coach, Mrs. Longmuir.  The students enjoyed solving one another's problems and explaining their thinking.  Throughout this year, we will be learning and practising how to explain our thinking with a variety of problem solving strategies.  Students should continue to practise their basic addition, subtraction and multiplication facts daily.   We do use calculators and manipulatives to solve math problems but a good knowledge of basic math facts will also be beneficial.