Toonies for Terry
Just wanted to let you know that if they would like to make a donation students can bring $2.00 to give to the Terry Fox Foundation when we do our run on Friday morning. Thank you.
Math on Fantastic Friday
We have been working on number of the day this week. It is a great strategy for expanding our understanding of number sense. Here is an example of what it can look like. It gives students a way to practice multiple ways to work with a particular number. A new number is picked everyday. You can practice this at home with your parents. Another category to add to this when you talk at home about numbers is: Where in the world would I find this number of things? For example I might find 615 students in a middle school. Or 615 dollars in my bank account. Or 615 paintings in a gallery or 615 cattle on a ranch. We have also been challenging ourselves to understand how fractions and division are connected . Below is a picture of how we can divide the number 368 in half. Or, another way to look at is 368 divided by 2: You can see that we have modeled how to divide this numbe...
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