Thursday October 31

Our morning math this morning was interpreting information from a bar graph. Then we worked on finishing our haiku poems and sharing them with the teacher. Happy to say that everyone now has their haikus turned. We are also getting closer to completing our rough drafts of the Eras story about going back in time and telling how the land was used by different eras of people. We read more of Refugee and responded to a question about Isabel diving into the water to help Senor Castillo. Why did she do it? Was it a good decision? What might happen next? There was gym this morning too.

 In the afternoon the challenge book question was about the Montreal decision to postpone Halloween until tomorrow because of the heavy rain the city got today. Students had to either agree or disagree with that decision and then give their reasons why. There was no wrong answer, but there were stronger and weaker reasons for each. After this we practiced subtracting again. It looks as if most students have a pretty good understanding and ability to use the traditional method for subtracting. Students are expected to use the addition double check. Next will be learning a different strategy for subtraction. We ended the day by finishing the number grid activity where students had to circle numbers and give the operation and equal symbol to make true equations. Using a number more than once was allowed today.

 Reminders:
- no school tomorrow
- Halloween tonight......dress warmly....have fun....be safe
- Monday is photo re-take day....if you did not order the first photos this is your chance for a re-do

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