Monday, January 13, 2020

January Update

Our student teacher Ms. Xiong has been teaching all the math lessons for Data Management since before Christmas as part of her University assignment to prepare for her teaching career. She will be issuing a short graphing test next Wednesday. A small study guide may come home next week, so watch for it in the agenda and on our blog.

Skating has begun for our classes. Please check that you are aware of the dates and times and send the proper equipment if it is your time. So fun!

We will be moving away from graphing in math and begin Measurement for the end of January and part of February.

In language- We are going to focus on Narrative (story) writing, as well as finish up Biography writing to match our Religion Saint projects. Since Christmas, our focus has been on reading using  QAR as our strategy to help us locate answers to comprehension questions and create full answers.

What is QAR? Just a fancy way to categorize the types of questions in the world:
Take a peek: