Reports go home next week and I've decided to offer you the opportunity to book your appointment online directly. Here is the link to be able to do so:
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/selfsched?sstoken=UU5RM3RFdlRBWTR0fGRlZmF1bHR8NWFhNzhlOTEyMmUzYTc5ODI3NjFlYmU1NjBiMzc1OTg
To claim your preferred slot that is available either on November 15 3:30-7:45 or on November 16 8:45-11:15, click on the time and follow the instructions on the site. If it doesn't work, you have questions, or want to arrange an alternate time, you are welcome to email me and I'll do my best to sort it out.
A letter will be sent home on Monday to make arrangements for those that don't follow the blog as well.
Reports will go home on November 15th and there's a lot packed in there. I hope you've seen work coming home, or we've chatted, and that you have a sense of how your child is doing already, but I'm looking forward to chatting with you anyways.
In math, we've moved on to patterning, which is both easier and harder than it sounds. I'm leaning on the Jump Math for this unit, because it has a good sense of detail management that asks students to identify patterns that might be confusing and ways to fix patterns that are broken.
Top tricks so far include:
1. Patterns always repeat the first term after the core.
E.g.: In the pattern ABCDABCD...., ABCD is the core because it needs to start at A again.
2. Patterns include all the different parts in each core.
E.g.: In the pattern ABACABACABAC..., ABAC is the core because you can't forget to include C
3. When you're trying to figure out a tricky pattern, read the pattern out loud like a sentence, using your finger to help you keep track of each part. You can hear the pattern better when you say it out loud.
4. Some patterns start and end with the same thing and it's easy to get mixed up. Look for doubles of the first term especially.
E.g.: ABCAABCAABCA
A lot of students are instinctively good at recognizing patterns, but it does get trickier as we go along, so it's good to have a firm grasp of what to look for.
I've set up an assignment on Prodigy, if you want to practice these skills at home as well. (If you need a reminder of the Prodigy log in, let me know and I can hook you up.)
Social Studies Projects are (mostly) up on the walls (one just keeps falling down) in the hall by our class. Go look at all that hard work and all that cuteness.
New art and writing is up on the walls of the class. I'll endeavour to make a picture filled post really soon.
Sincerely,
Lisa Goegan
