Everyone enjoyed our pancake breakfast. Thank you to Mrs. Prince for helping making pancakes.
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of the holiest season of the year for Catholics. Do you remember the name of the liturgical season? What colour will Father John wear tomorrow at mass?
We are called to do three things during Lent. Share with your parents the three things we are supposed to do. How will you do these three things at school? At home?
Share the prayer below with your parents and explain to your parents why there is a jar and jellybeans on our prayer table. When will we put a jellybean in the jar?
Math
Today we reviewed adding up as a strategy to subtract mentally.
Example:
60 -28 = ?
Change the subtraction question to an addition question.
28 + ? = 60
28 + 2 = 30
30 + 30 = 60
30 + 2 = 32
So 60 - 28 = 32
Use a number line to show your thinking if the mental math is still a little difficult.
A new strategy we used is adding or subtracting to make simpler subtraction question. If we add or subtract the same number to each of the numbers in a subtraction question. This does NOT affect the difference.
Examples:
Change 51 - 29 to 50 - 28 (subtract one from each number)
Change 88 - 39 to 90 - 41 (add two to each number)
If you still need a number line to do the mental math, then use it!
Easier to subtract back in chunks.
Don't forget to answer the question in a word problem in a complete sentence.
