Math Unit 2: Whole Numbers

Language

Learning goal: Students will review capitals and periods.

As a class, we took up the answers for the last two pages of the capital/period worksheets that were assigned for homework. We talked about some common mistakes that students have made and to look out for the proper use of "there, their, and they're". Students also need to remember that the words "Grizzly" and "Brown" bear also need to be capitalized.

Homework: Review spelling words for tomorrow's test

Math

Unit 2: Whole Numbers

Lesson 1: Representing, Comparing and Ordering Numbers

Students reviewed how to use a place-value chart and identify ones, tens, hundreds, one thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands of numbers in standard form. Next we discussed how to represent numbers in standard form, words, and expanded form. Lastly, we reviewed the greater (>) and less (<) than sign in order to answer the questions in the textbook.

Homework: Math practice sheets and complete textbook questions pg. 30 questions 1-4

UOI

Arctic, Canadian Shield, Great Lakes

In table groups, students reviewed the other physical regions of Canada and paraphrased the information onto their own sheets.

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Orange Shirt Day- Oct 2, 2017

Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in the spring of 2013.  It grew out of Phyllis' story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school at the Mission, and it has become an opportunity to keep the discussion on all aspects of residential schools happening annually. 

The date was chosen because it is the time of year in which children were taken from their homes to residential schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for anti-racism and anti-bullying policies for the coming school year.  It also gives teachers time to plan events that will include children, as we want to ensure that we are passing the story and learning on to the next generations.

The website includes a number of resources: http://www.orangeshirtday.org/resources--ideas.html