Literacy
Today during bell work we talked about subject PRONOUNS. Pronouns replace nouns.

So if you had to replace "the girl" in a sentence, what would you use? 

The girl couldn't find her mittens.

She couldn't find her mittens.

Mrs. Lucier and I went to Tim Hortons.

We went to Tim Hortons.

All groups have chosen a scene from "The One and Only Ivan" to present to the class. I will photocopy the pages for you to practice reading DRAMATICALLY at home.

Math

We reviewed our mental math strategies and talked about a new subtraction strategy, adding up. This is something that we already do when we find elapsed time on a number line. For example,

72 - 47

We change the subtraction question to an addition question.

47 + ___ = 72

47 + 3 = 50

50 + 20 = 70

70 + 2 = 72

Find the sum of all the "adding up" 3 + 20 + 2 = 25

72 - 47 = 25

Today we also started estimating and counting money. Our strategy for estimating amounts was just counting the dollar amounts (bill, toonies and loonies). Most of the counting is done in our head. We do a running total. Always count the money with the greatest value first. Please get your math signed and checked by a parent. 

Some on-line games for extra practice:

https://www.funbrain.com/games/change-maker

Extra practice:

http://www.mathk8.nelson.com/math4/quizzes/math4quizzes/m4ch2l8.htm

http://www.nelson.com/school/elementary/mathK8/math5/quizzes/math5quizzes/gr5_ch2_les11.htm

Olympics

• You should have the following complete:
• Title page with symbols and mascot
• Information sheet on Canadian athlete (enough to write a paragraph)
• Medal count table, Canada and your country up to date (prepared to do some double bar graphs)
• Clippings of your chosen sports 

Canada takes on the United States in Women's Hockey tonight...... it should be a great game!

Reminders:

• Book Fair tomorrow. Bring money if you wish to make some purchases.
• Several report card envelopes are outstanding. Please return them ASAP.