Subtraction Strategy “CONSTANT DIFFERENCE”

Subtraction Using Constant Difference – 3rd from Trinity Episcopal School on Vimeo.

 

Constant-difference strategy:
An effective strategy for solving subtraction problems mentally is based on the idea of a constant difference. Constant difference refers to the idea that the difference between two numbers does not change after
adding or subtracting the same quantity to both numbers.
Here is a game that allows students to use constant difference for mentally subtracting numbers:

 https://play.dreambox.com/student/dbl/TeacherTool_ConstantDifference?atype=2&back=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dreambox.com%2Fteachertools&eng=Intermediate

A Giant Welcome To Miss Jarman!

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Hello!

My name is Mechelle Jarman and I am a teacher candidate from Lakehead University. I will be completing a five week placement in Mrs. Hill’s class from November 11th to December 13th, and am very excited to practice teaching with her students. I have a BA in history from Wilfrid Laurier University and a diploma in Early Childhood Education from Conestoga College. I am originally from Southern Ontario, growing up in Hamilton. I spent the last year travelling in Australia and teaching English in South Korea. I love to travel, read, and try new foods in my spare time.  I’m really looking forward to being a part of Mrs. Hill’s class and getting to know the students!

Sincerely,

Mechelle Jarman

OUR STUDENTS SINGING “HIGHWAY OF HEROES”

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My students were insipired to sing the song “Highway of Heroes” when they saw The Trews video. Please listen to their beautiful voices by clicking here: 702_0204

 

 

 

THE LYRICS:

The day I shipped out,
They numbered a dozen.
Upon my return,
Were a hundred or so.
From the coast and from the prairies,
I bet they keep coming.
add one more name from Ontario.
Chorus:
Carry me home down The Highway of Heroes.
People above with their flags flying low.
Carry me softly, down The Highway of Heroes.
True Patriot Love,
There was never more.
I served with distinction,
No visions of glory.
I served without question,
Or personal gain.
Seek no justification,
It’s not part of my story.
And it offers no comfort to the ones who remain.
Chorus:
Carry me home down The Highway of Heroes.
People above with their flags flying low.
Carry me softly, down The Highway of Heroes.
True Patriot Love,
There was never more.
I took up my vocation,
I was called by my nation.
Without hesitation,
My answer I gave.
Now I am not wondering,
Bout the things that I might have been.
There’s no consolation,
To the forgotten brave.
Chorus:
Carry me home down The Highway of Heroes.
People above with their flags flying low.
Carry me softly, down The Highway of Heroes.
True Patriot Love,
There was never more.
Chorus:
Carry me home down The Highway of Heroes.
People above with there flgs flying low
Carry me softly, down The Highway of Heroes.
True Patriot Love,
There was never more x 6

REMEMBRANCE DAY Bitstrip due MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Description:

Students explain how they will observe Remembrance Day and why it is important to remember the men and women who have died in war.

Student Instructions:

Create a 4 panel comic demonstrating why it is important for Canadians to observe Remembrance Day.

Please keep in mind the nature of this topic and be sensitive in what you choose to include in your comic. Use the Art Library to create an appropriate setting, our upload photographs from the Images tab.

Here is a completed student sample for you to see:

 

Be sure to go to http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/login/ to work on yours today!

Rare hybrid solar eclipse to appear this Sunday morning!

Mrs. Hill will be celebrating her birthday this Sunday with a rare solar eclipse!

A rare “hybrid” solar eclipse will take place on Sunday morning starting at sunrise and will be visible as a partial eclipse in Eastern Canada. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth and casts its shadow on the Earth.

A hybrid eclipse is an unusual eclipse that morphs between a total eclipse — in which the moon completely covers the sun — and an annular eclipse, in which a brilliant halo of sunlight is still visible around the moon. The moon’s apparent change in size is caused by the fact that its orbit around the Earth is elliptical, and it appears bigger when it is closer to the Earth.

‘Even more unique’

Typically, a hybrid eclipse starts and ends as an annular eclipse but appears as a total eclipse in the middle. However, Sunday’s eclipse is “even more unique,” reports NASA, because it starts as an annular eclipse and ends as a total eclipse.

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According to predictions by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada:

  • In Toronto, the eclipse will peak at 6:58 a.m. and end at 7:11 a.m.
  • In Ottawa, it will peak at 6:47 a.m. and end at 7:12 a.m.
  • In Montreal, it will peak at 6:35 a.m. and end at 7:12 a.m.
  • In Halifax, it will peak at 7:16 a.m. and end at 8:15 a.m.
  • In St. John’s, it will start at 7:02 a.m., peak at 7:42 a.m. and end at 8:49 a.m.