Week 13 in Portable 2

Friday, November 30, 2018

We just finished week 13 in portable 2. Here is a bit of what we were up to:

Mathematics – We’ve been sharpening up our problem solving skills. Here is a picture of our problem solving model:

Our knowledge of addition facts, multiplication facts, and arrays came in handy for a math problem that we worked on this week. Reggie got four pet rabbits from his neighbour who was moving. Reggie’s mom said that he could build a fenced in area in their backyard but it couldn’t be any larger than 30 square metres and it had to be a rectangle. Reggie wanted it to be as big as it could be so, we sat down to figure out what he could build to have a fenced in area for his rabbits that is 30 square metres:

We decided that Reggie’s rabbits would like the first idea best. Then, we gathered up all of the metre sticks that we could find in the school and we built it to see how big it would actually be in real life. Here is a picture of what we built (we didn’t have enough metre sticks so, each student’s feet represents where the metre sticks would have met around the outside edge of the rectangle):

Oh and you will see that one student had to lay down to be a metre stick because we were short one metre stick for that section (I promise that she had snowpants and a coat on …. LoL). This activity helps students understand what it means to find the perimeter and area of a rectangle. Perimeter is the outside dimensions (length + width + length + width) which in this case is measured by metres. Area is the inside space (length x width) which in this case is measured by square metres.

Reading and Social Studies – Our Read Aloud of the Week was a story called, Carson Crosses Canada. It’s about Annie and her dog (Carson) who live by the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia. They pack up and drive across Canada to visit Annie’s sister who lives in Newfoundland by the Atlantic Ocean (and her dog, Digby). They make stops along the way and discover different parts of the land in Canada. Here is a picture of the front cover:

This book helped us to better understand the physical regions of Canada which is what we are focusing on in Social Studies. Below, you will find a map of the physical regions of Canada:

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to email me at julie.pragnell@granderie.ca OR call me at school: 519-443-8942.

-Mrs. Julie Pragnell