We've had another great week in room 9! In math students practised how to write large numbers in standard form, words and expanded form. We also reviewed how to add and subtract large numbers, as well as how to solve problems involving those operations. On Friday students worked on a problem involving large numbers and estimation: "If you blink about 16 times a minute, about how long would it take to blink 100 000 times? 1 000 000 times? Justify your answer and show your work." Students shared their work and thinking using a document camera and we discussed different strategies to solve this problem.

We continued our  inquiry on "What does it mean to be healthy?" We continued the meditation program on calm.com, called "7 days of calm." We also read a report card on the health of Canadian children. Students predicted the marks that Canadian children would get in areas like "physical activity" and "sleep." Students then read the report and made comments on each area. They were shocked to find out some of the results. Please ask your child about it! Students also finished and evaluated  their "The Best Part of Me" project. We did a gallery walk and expressed appreciation for each others' work.

We began social studies this week. Mr. Siefert will teach the grade 6's science, while I teach the grade 5's. The grade 6's are learning about Canada's Global Connections to the World, while the grade 5's are learning about Canadian Government.

Finally, we talked about Terry Fox and watched a Heritage Minute about Terry. Students read a short passage about Terry Fox and answered some questions about his life. We also participated with our reading buddies in the Terry Fox walk.

Homework:
1) Read daily for at least 20-30 minutes.
 There will be no homework folder this week, due to our trip to the Island School.

Important Dates:

Mon Sept. 25-27: Island School trip
Wed., Oct. 4: Curriculum night
Oct. 25: Halloween Hullaballoo