Ms Burton Snow's Blog

February 27, 2012 Dear Students, Parents and Guardians, This week the students will not have any Spelling work to complete.   Instead of sending home Spelling, each child has been given a Math game to work on throughout the week. The game is called FACTO and your child has already played it in class.   Today I gave each child two sheets of cardstock.   One sheet has a gameboard and the other has the chips that will need to be cut out.   The sheets are labeled gameboard and chips so that you will not be confused. Step One:   Have your child cut out the chips and put them into a baggie. Step Two:   Read the following rules with your child: Turn all the chips over on a surface so that you cannot see what is written on the chip. Step Three:   Player One takes a chip and finds the answer on the gameboard.   Player One puts their chip on the appropriate place. Step Four:   Player Two takes a chip and finds the answer on the gameboard.   Player Two puts their chip on the appropriate place. S

Most of the French Puppet plays.  Which two are missing?

February 13, 2012 Dear Parents and Guardians, We have now switched our focus in Math from Motion Geometry to Multiplication Strategies .   Last week I gave your child a multiplication grid to complete, which is a suggested assessment strategy from our Math Curriculum Guide.   I filled in how long each child took to complete the grid and I have highlighted in blue any facts that your child got incorrect.   The time is there only because I thought it would be interesting to see the average length of time it would take for the task to be accomplished.   In Grade 4 the facts were studied as well as the various strategies, so we are reviewing and building on that knowledge in Grade 5.   I am asking you to take some time to review the tricky facts that some students got incorrect on the grid.   In addition, asking your child some Math facts each day can also help some children. We will continue with our work on multiplication strategies for the next two weeks.   In the meantime, have your c

Please note:  There will be no cafeteria service at Mary Queen of Peace as of this Monday, February, 13, 2012.  Please remember to bring your own lunch.

Tomorrow, Monday, February 6th, 2012 is Gym, Music and Buddy Reading day.  Try to remember to bring a book to read to your little buddy.