2016 St. Gabriel Read-a-thon

Please enjoy a few pictures from today's Read-a-thon. It was a huge success!

Biodiversity Performance Task

Please check the google classroom for a copy of the Biodiversity culminating unit task. Students have been working on this assignment all week. They will receive additional class time next week, as well. Completed "zoo magazines" are due Thursday, November 3, 2016.

Order of Operations

The attached picture is an outline of the rules for solving equations:


Please see the following Math Antics video for a tutorial on order of operations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAgfnK528RA&list=PLcNgrnJG8_iS-E3qiJSTAivtNiGMgZBIp

Learning to Divide!

Please follow the links below for division tutorial videos courtesy of Math Antics:
http://mathantics.com/index.php/section/lesson/LongDivision
http://mathantics.com/index.php/section/lesson/LongDivision2DigitDivisors

Multiplication Fun!

Please follow the link below for a multiplication tutorial video courtesy of Math Antics:
http://mathantics.com/index.php/section/lesson/MultiDigitMultiplicationPt2

We Scare Hunger!

The Guardian Social Justice Committee's annual We Scare Hunger campaign has begun. Please see the attached document for details. Thank you very much for your support!

Adding and Subtracting the Place Value Way!

While calculators are permitted throughout EQAO testing, it is still important for students to understand how to do the calculations using their knowledge and understanding of place value (regrouping).

Reading Buddies!

Today, we spent a few minutes reading with our Grade 1/2 buddies from 1L and 1/2L. The students had fun teaching and learning together!

Representing Whole Numbers

Please review the Connect section on pages 36-37 from the Math Makes Sense textbook for a more detailed explanation on representing whole numbers.

The link below is for a printable Place Value Chart:
http://www.theteacherscafe.com/Math/vocabulary_notebook/Place_Value_Chart_Millions.php

LSA Math Apps

I am passing along a link with various math-related apps that the creators of the LSA math program put together.

http://bit.ly/studentmathresources

We are Terry Fox!

This afternoon, the weather finally permitted us to participate in our annual Terry Fox Walk. Please enjoy some pictures of 6D sharing the experience with our Grade 1 buddies!