The week that was...

Hello everyone!
Our (short) week of learning together passed so quickly!
Here's a look at what kept us busy in Room 208!

TUESDAY
In Math, we continue to work on multiples and finding the "PPCM" - plus petit common multiple
(LCM - lowest common multiple).
After some pencil/paper work, we put our PPCM knowledge into action! We worked with our table groups to create a PPCM Samba! Each group member chose a multiple and had to choose an action to perform each time a multiple of their number was said. There were some pretty creative moves happening!
We'll be presenting our PPCM Sambas to the class later this week.

In Français, we continued with our LaLaLa before looking more in-depth at the Terry Fox article we began reading as a class a couple of weeks ago. Today we identified Terry's 4 goals and the specific action plan he followed to achieve his goals.

In Science, we looked at a different format of dichotomous key (clé dichotomique). This version requires us to write a specific Yes/No question on our paper to sort our objects into subgroups.

WEDNESDAY
Mme Careen was away today at a Math/Science training course and we were lucky to have Ms. Arsenault (our Art and Home Ec. teacher) in our room as our guest teacher! Even though Mme Careen was away, we still worked hard in all three subjects!

In Math we practiced mutliples, in Science we created another clé dichotomique using the new format and in Français we started setting our own goals and action plans for the year. We also started reading an article about food allergies (les allergies alimentaires).

THURSDAY
In Math we completed a 'Shape and Space' diagnostic assessment (for Mme Careen's Math/Science training course) and we got to use connecting blocs to do it! We forgot how much fun it was to build the tallest tower we possibly could! (We played with the blocs first, and then got down to work)!

In Français, Mme Galka (one of our school division's Literacy Specialists) was in our class to do a lesson about reading strategies. We all admitted that sometimes we are "fake readers" - we go through the motions of reading but aren't really understanding the author's message. We talked about what strategies we can use to be "active readers" and how it is important for us to use and practice these strategies every day, each time we read, so that we can all become stronger, more confident readers.

In Science, we reviewed our dichotomous keys with a partner. Using the same objects we used to create our key, our partner had to sort the items following our yes/no questions to see if they ended up with the same groups we did. This was a great way for us to check to see if we created specific, easy to understand questions when identifying common characteristics in our groups/subgroups.

FRIDAY
We started our day finishing off our "allergies alimentaires" article and playing a multiples Math game and multiplication war. Then, it was PPCM Samba presentation time! We had fun counting to 100 while watching the different groups perform their multiples movements. At the end of each presentation we guessed each student's multiple and determined the group's PPCM.

Our last group with present first thing Monday morning - check back then for their group pic!

Wishing you all a great weekend! :)

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