Week of September28- October 2

• What a beautiful weekend!  I hope everyone had a relaxing time with friends and family.
• Great job to everyone on Friday for participating in the Terry Fox Run.  We had a great time. Thanks so much to Sharon for handing out the apples at the end of the day.
• Grade 6- I would ask that everyone continue practicing your math facts each night.  We will also be having our quiz on Tuesday.  This will include representing large numbers and numbers less than ten thousandths.  Representing numbers includes the following:  writing the number in standard form, written form, expanded form, and base 10 words.  The students have been doing wonderful with this outcome.  We will also be comparing and ordering integers on this quiz too.
• Grade 3/4 math-  We were originally going to have this quiz on Friday, but I wanted the students to have the full class to write it ( we had the Terry Fox walk for part).  I will be asking the students to represent numbers to 1000(gr.3) and 10 000(gr.4).  This will include the following:  writing the number they hear, expanded form of numbers, written form, using base ten pictures and words. We have also been working on comparing and ordering numbers too. Please have the students practicing their adding and subtracting facts to 18 each night.  That is their homework for me...practice,practice, practice :o)  Their facts and strategies are in their homework duotang that Mrs. Cox sends home.
• When the quiz is completed and corrected, please sign and return with your child to school.
• Have a great week everyone!
• Don't forget to vote for ACC in the Adopt a School contest!

Week of Sept.21-25

• I hope everyone had a beautiful weekend!  The weather was amazing.
• All three grades had a wonderful week, with lots of hard work.  
• This week in gr.3/4, we will be reviewing how to represent numbers to 1000(gr.3) and 10 000 (gr.4).  This means students will write the number they hear in standard form, expanded form, and in base 10 pictures.  We will be comparing and ordering numbers this week as well. I will be giving an assessment on these outcomes on Friday.  Please be reviewing math facts nightly! These are improving, but we need to have them in 3 seconds.
• This week in grade 6 math, we will be continuing to work on our "boot camp" which is a review of a variety of skills that the students would have learned in previous years.  They are also learning about representing numbers into the hundred millions and less than ten thousandths.  The students will be introduced to integers (positive and negative) this week.  I am feeling that our assessment for these two outcomes may fall around Sept. 30, however the students and I will determine the exact date later this week.  Keep working on those math facts at home!
• Have a great week everyone!

Week of September 14-18

• Wow! What a great first week back to school.  I would like to thank everyone for attending the "Meet the Teacher" night.
• Grade 6 math- I would encourage everyone to continue working on their multiplication and divisions facts this week for homework....10 min a night would be great.
• This week we are reviewing basic skills and we are looking at different ways to represent numbers greater than one million.  The standard form of a number is the number itself.  Ex.  7 845 223.  The expanded form of a number looks at the place value of each digit.  Ex: 7 000 000 + 800 000+ 40 000+ 5000+ 200 + 20 + 3.  And the written form of the number  is the number in words.  Ex:  seven million eight hundred forty-five thousand two hundred twenty-three.

• Grade 3/4 math-  I would ask both grades to be practicing their adding and subtracting facts to 18 each night this week for homework.  This is so very important!  
• This week Grade 3 will be learning ways to represent numbers to 1000 and the grade fours will be representing numbers to 10 000.  The standard form of  a number is simply the number itself. Ex. 8954.  The expanded form of a number looks at the place value of each digit. Ex: 8000+ 900+50+4.  The written form of a number is the number in words. Ex: eight thousand nine hundred fifty-four.
• Have a great week everyone!

Welcome Back to School!

• Welcome back to another school year!
• I am very excited to be teaching two math classes this year- grade 3/4 math and grade 6 math!
• I hope everyone has a wonderful long weekend and I will see you all on Tuesday!