This week's goals...

Last week ended up being a short week for math classes.  In making my plans for the week, I had forgotten about the English classes attending a play on Thursday afternoon.  I ended up being out on Friday, so I left review work for my substitute.  As a result, we did not get to the calendar work that I was hoping to.

So, this week we will have a look at fractions and do a bit more with measurement, specifically having students decide when it would be best to measure in centimetres or metres or in grams or kilograms.  If we can fit some calendar work into the mix, we will.

The following week (May 20th - 24th) will be yet another short week and the week after that (May 27th -31st) I will need to be out on the 27th.  As we look at the last few concepts that we will need to prior to the assessments, we will continue to circle back and review past concepts. 

I plan to give the class the third sample quiz on Wednesday, May 15th in preparation for the upcoming math assessments.  I will send the first two completed quizzes home for you to see how your child did.  As a class, the marks improved from the first quiz to the second, so I am hopeful that the third quiz will be even better.

Remember that the Provincial Math Assessments will be given on Wednesday, June 5th and Thursday, June 6th.  As you make plans and book appointments, if you could please avoid these two dates, we would appreciate it.  I expect that we will be writing the assessments in the afternoon during our regular math time and, if needed, we will extend the writing time into the last half hour of the day.

Have a great week!