Social Studies
This past week students investigated various artefacts set up in the classroom. They shared their observations, their thoughts, and questions. We will continue our discussion this week and build an understanding of what life was like for different groups of people in Canada between 1780-1850 and how these communities responded to the challenges in their lives.
Math
Students have been busy with a series of investigations by measuring various lengths of art paper. They are applying their understanding of five and ten-structures from our previous math unit of counting and place value. We will progress into an open number line - a helpful tool used to explore and represent strategies for multiple-digit addition (and later subtraction). An open number line is an empty line used to record children's addition and subtraction strategies. For example, if adding 18 + 79, a strategy that can be modelled on the open number line is to keep the 79 whole and decompose the 18 into smaller numbers, moving to a landmark number of 80 (79 + 1 + 10 + 7), it would be recorded on the open number line like this:
Using the open number line helps children move beyond strategies like counting on by ones to strategies such as taking leaps of ten, splitting, and using landmark numbers.
Student-Led Conferences
It is important for families to register for Edsby as RHPS will be using this platform to schedule our Student-Led Conferences happening in November. Parents/guardians will need to accept the invitation sent to them from Edsby and create an account in Edsby in order to, in future, schedule a time for the student-led conferences.
Invitations to join Edsby were sent out October 19, 2018 for families. Please check your junk mail folder if you are unable to find this invitation. If you require another invitation to join, please contact the school office.
Picture Re-take Day
Photo re-take day will be Friday, November 2nd.
