Metaphors revisited; we reviewed what metaphors are. Next we went over the criteria for the Metaphor poster (by looking at the self-assessment in the back of their Figurative Language Duotang).
Girl #85 - I managed to read some of our Doukhobor story today, finally! The kids are really enjoying this story... ask them about it.
French - Today we revisited a basic conversation. Students were to re-organize a jumbled conversation by either cutting and pasting, or by re-writing it.
D.A.R.E. - Cst. Sharp came in today to start the Grade Fives with the DARE program. This will consist of ten lessons, with a 'graduation ceremony' at the end. Today's Lesson #1 introduced the DARE program, and the DARE Decision Making Model.
Math - Today we marked / reviewed converting fractions to decimals, and rounding decimals to tenths and hundredths.
Examples: 2/5 = 4/10 = 0.4 15/25 = 60/100 = 0.60
0.74 rounds down to 0.7 1.487 rounds up to 1.49
There is a short quiz on this tomorrow!
A reminder that students must finish their homework and have it at school if they are to get anything out of the marking / review that we do together. Students are being encouraged to be active participants in their learning.
