UOI: In today's lesson we learned about how the Pioneers had to pack their wagons to migrate from where they first settled to Oregon by traveling the Oregon Trail. We completed a reading together, then we got into groups where we had to successfully determine how much of each item provided we should pack in our wagon for our 5 month journey to Oregon. There was a limit of 2,400 pounds for a family of 4 and we were provided with required amounts per person for some items.
Music: Please see Mr. Flower's blog for more detail. https://flowermusicsja.blogspot.com
Inquiry into Language and Novel Study: We completed our Spelling Test and continued to read our Novel with Ms. Foti's class.
Recess/Lunch
Inquiry into Math: We reviewed what estimating is and discussed what it means to find the "difference" of something-- subtraction. Today's focus was estimating differences. We have really been focusing on ensuring we read the instructions before we begin to do our work as we often assume we know what to do. This sometimes results in us having to go back and redo everything because we, for example, rounded to the nearest hundred when we're supposed to round to the nearest ten. We discussed how when it tells us to ESTIMATE something this does not mean solve the problem. When estimating to the nearest hundred our sum/difference should end with two zeros. When estimating to the nearest ten our sum/difference should end with one zeros.In this class we also discussed the importance of lining up our digits (as you can see in the picture below).
As for estimating differences, one key concept to remember is if we are subtracting a 2 digit number from a 3 digit number (429 - 81), we have to round each of these numbers to the nearest ten since one of our numbers only has two digits. We began to work on our worksheet in class and whatever wasn't finished is for homework.
French: Please see Mme. Stella's blog for more detail. https://stjudesfrench-stella.blogspot.com
Recess/Lunch
Gym: Please see Ms. Yustin's blog for more detail. http://sjaayustin.blogspot.com
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