10 Feb 2014 (Monday)

Dear children,

Math lesson today was, once again, very fruitful. I like how focused all of you were. We aimed to complete 6 activities and we met our target! Most of you are already experts at adding 3-digit numbers, but some of you are not too good at subtracting yet, especially when it involves regrouping. To improve your subtraction skills, please spend some time playing this game today: 

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-3/subtract-numbers-up-to-three-digits

You may use a piece of rough paper to help you if you cannot subtract mentally.

Your goal is to achieve the SmartScore of 100. That's when the game will end and you will see the time spent and number of problems you got correct.

At the end of the game, comment on this blog post to tell me:

1) Time spent

2) Number of problems correct

(I spent 1 minute and 5 seconds and got 14 problems correct. Try beating me!)

We spent our FTGP lesson discussing the story "The Ant and the Grasshopper" and how important it is to prepare and plan. We talked about Alif's timetable and how it could have been made better. Many of you gave very good suggestions! I'm looking forward to seeing your timetables. Remember to complete pages 42 and 43 of your FTGP journal together with your parents. Bring the journal back next Monday.

For English, we listed down the ingredients for the chicken rice recipe but didn't manage to complete the whole recipe after all the work we did. We will continue with that tomorrow. I will remember your request and put up the recipe when it's done so that your parents can cook it for you at home! :)

Please remember to bring your I-Read book tomorrow for the book exchange.

Have a good time of bonding with your family tonight! :)