At our PD Day on Friday, the topic was Numeracy and Mathematics. We teachers had the opportunity to look into the new Ontario Government's Focus on the Fundamentals of Math strategy, which really puts the focus on developing critical thinking, flexibility with number concepts and taking a balanced approach to the development of mathematical thinking. This is not the drill and practice, or memorization of facts popularized in the media, this is really developing number concepts, fluid reasoning, and problem solving. Here is a link to the Parent's Guide, for your reference, if you are interested.
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Here's what we are working on:
Math - we are finishing up the brief geometry unit on angles, and will have a short test this week. The grade 4 students need to be able to identify acute, obtuse, right and straight angles, and the benchmark angles of half a right angle, halfway between right and straight, and know that angles are measured in degrees. The grade 5 students need to be able to measure angles using a protractor, and to use a protractor to draw angles given the measurement in degrees. Our next unit is a measurement unit on time and elapsed time, which we will start this week.
Language - Grade 4 students are listening to a read-aloud named Nibble Nibble, Jenny Archer. We were waiting for it to arrive from another library, and it finally came on Thursday! It is a short but funny book, and they will enjoy it. They were also asked to bring in an empty cereal box if possible, as we are evaluating the target audience for the marketing of the box. Grade 5 students are listening to a longer read-aloud, A Dog's Life, and each day have a short evaluation to write on something we heard that day. You can follow these short evaluations in their drive, if you want to.
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