Mathematics.
We started our new unit on addition and subtraction to 40 this week and the focus for this week was addition (which will carry over to next week as well). We looked at addition of double digit numbers up to 40 using regrouping and without (regrouping is carrying the 10 over to the tens column). I know a lot of parents have been teaching the students on how to solve these kinds of problems so we did a lot of work was done on the mathematical reason why this needs to be done using place value counters.
Writing.
- How to make a ham and cheese sandwich.
- How to make a origami shuriken.
- How to make scrambled eggs (very popular!)
- How to play connect 4.
We are still at the planning stage at the moment but at the pace the students have set off at, they may complete their first piece of writing by next week! I am also hoping we can have some cooking lessons ties to this topic to really tie in some other subjects such as math and science into our writing, watch this space!