October
Happy Thanksgiving! Our grade 3/4 class is well underway in all subject areas. Math: We have been learning about Numbers. We have covered skip counting, place value, ordering and estimating numbers, addition with and without regrouping. We have begun to review subtraction. Subtraction with regrouping is a tricky strand in mathematics, and it is a subject we will begin this coming week. Grade 3 and grade 4 students have been learning all of the above up to 1,000 and 10,000 respectively. Language Arts: Wow! We have covered a lot in LA already. Students have been learning all about Narrative Writing, and how to grab the readers attention when they write their own stories. We have covered Entertaining Beginnings and are now learning all about Elaborative Detail. Students have also been practicing their writing skills during our Daily 5 activities, proof-reading activities and during journal writing. They spend time reading during Daily 5, DEAR and throughout the day during other