Math
More practice with making purchases and finding the change. Please remember to use your mental math strategies when adding and subtracting.

Quiz tomorrow on adding and subtracting decimals. For tomorrow you must know:

• How to label decimals on a number line
• How to add decimals using pencil and paper and mental math
• Subtracting decimals using pencil and paper, mental math and a number line.
• Estimating sums and differences by rounding decimals to the nearest whole number.

The quiz will be skills based (no word problems)
Grade 4 practice questions:

Grade 5 practice questions:

Make sure you practice subtracting using a number line (adding up).

Literacy

We continued to work on our character trait question. Putting all the ideas together is a bit of a challenge for some of you. Remember to keep your sentences simple and clear. 

A:  State the trait

P:  State the proof from the text

E:  Explain the proof

Social Studies

Today we looked at the costs and benefits of open pit mining and oil/natural gas drilling in the Arctic. Hopefully tomorrow we will be able to formulate some good critical thinking questions to research.

We had a fun assembly with a few members of the London Lightning. Don't forget their message to you!Do you remember his name?