This year I will be teaching using a program called Jump. It is an all strands, all the time approach and students will be using assessment and practice books throughout the year. This month we will be working on Patterns and Relations. Students will be reviewing the concept of place value in the hundreds. Students can display knowledge of a number by writing the number in expanded form, word form and using base ten blocks. The grade 3 class will be introduced to Math journals. This is part of our Daily 3 Math (Writing about Math, Math by Myself and Math with Someone). Through journals, students can display and explain their strategies when calculating problems. All students will be signed up for "Mathletics" accounts. This is a great interactive website that can be used at home. Students should all have login information in their agendas in the next couple weeks. www.mathletics.com