Mr. Pressey

November 16th This week we learned soooooo much about the ear. We learned about the 3 main parts of the ear. It may sound weird but learning about the ear was really interesting. We learned that their are 3 small bones in your ear called ossicles. We learned all about the ear while we practiced taking notes and writing a paragraph, with an introductory sentence, in our own words so we wont get expelled from university. In math, we have been studying about subtraction. We started learning which words and phrases meant addition or subtraction when we get word problems. Some examples of subtraction phrases are how many more, how many are left, remain, how much more and difference. During our math switch groups some of us were learning about money and adding coins. Some of us were learning about roman numerals and we also played a game were we skip counted to practice our multiples of 3's, 5's and 6's. Also we spent lots of time practicing regrouping and exchanging number

We have been learning about the parts of the ear during our exploration into hearing and sound. The Outer Ear The Middle Ear The Inner Ear

November 2nd This week we learned about hearing and sound. We learned about the parts of the ear. We learned how sound waves travel through the air to the auricle and down the ear canal.  We learned how to use mind maps to help us take notes using words and pictures. We learned more about doing subtraction with Ms. Thoms. She helped us to regroup numbers when we subtract and we don't have enough of something. We used base 10 blocks so it would make more sense. Since it was Halloween we learned about bats and how they use echoes to find their way around the world. We also practiced drawing a realistic looking bat. We have included a picture and you can see it on the blog if you don't believe us.