Friday, November 21, 2014
This week in science we have continued working on our flow chart of a product and its packaging from raw material through consumer consumption through to waste. The students have been using Google Classroom to complete this task. Using the technology for this project has added another element to their learning - and mine! We have tackled many issues and resolved most of them by ourselves - yeah us! We will be wrapping up these projects on Monday and then will be moving onto the next section of our unit - biodegradable and compostable.
Social studies has taken us on an adventure through the different regions. We will begin comparing the similarities and differences in the coming week.There will be a summative assessment on this section of our curriculum early in December - please prompt your child to bring home his/her passport to study.
In LA we have worked on writing stories using a given prompt and without using dialogue. This is a complex task for most young writers as they like to re-tell scenes form shows or events that they have witnessed. We will continue working on this skill throughout the year. We have also completed a few quick writes and are going to aim for at least two a week as I have noticed a drastic drop in their ability to write after a two week hiatus.
We have also been accomplishing reading practise as well as comprehension activities. The students have been reading silently to his or her self, and then completing a double entry journal. A double entry journal is a page that has two columns - one side of the page (one column) has a section for the student to write about what he/she has read - a factual re-telling of his/her reading. The other column is a section for the student to write about how that piece of reading affected him/her.
Our Numbers unit in math has us working on rounding and place value. We have learned how to round to the thousands, hundreds and tens place. We will be continuing in this unit to discovering addition and subtraction facts (with and without borrowing) of multiple digits. Please continue to have your child work on his/her basic facts of addition, subtraction and multiplication.
If you are planning to come to the Christmas Concert, please bring a donation for Christmas Elves. There will be both a food donation box and a toy donation box. These donations help out our friends and neighbours here in Devon.
A few reminders:
CHRISTMAS CONCERT: December 1, 2014 doors open at 6:45. Please have your child meet us in the music room. You may retrieve your child from the music room after the concert has ended.
**Visitors will be expected to remove footwear and place them in a bag. This is to protect our gym's floor.
**Grade 4 students will be to the right of the stage as you face the stage - best seats are on the floor to see these performers. There will be seats available for elderly or infirm people.
Early dismissal: December 3
No school: December 5
Christmas Break: Begins December 22 - only a month away!
I look forward to seeing you at the Christmas Concert!
This week in science we have continued working on our flow chart of a product and its packaging from raw material through consumer consumption through to waste. The students have been using Google Classroom to complete this task. Using the technology for this project has added another element to their learning - and mine! We have tackled many issues and resolved most of them by ourselves - yeah us! We will be wrapping up these projects on Monday and then will be moving onto the next section of our unit - biodegradable and compostable.
Social studies has taken us on an adventure through the different regions. We will begin comparing the similarities and differences in the coming week.There will be a summative assessment on this section of our curriculum early in December - please prompt your child to bring home his/her passport to study.
In LA we have worked on writing stories using a given prompt and without using dialogue. This is a complex task for most young writers as they like to re-tell scenes form shows or events that they have witnessed. We will continue working on this skill throughout the year. We have also completed a few quick writes and are going to aim for at least two a week as I have noticed a drastic drop in their ability to write after a two week hiatus.
We have also been accomplishing reading practise as well as comprehension activities. The students have been reading silently to his or her self, and then completing a double entry journal. A double entry journal is a page that has two columns - one side of the page (one column) has a section for the student to write about what he/she has read - a factual re-telling of his/her reading. The other column is a section for the student to write about how that piece of reading affected him/her.
Our Numbers unit in math has us working on rounding and place value. We have learned how to round to the thousands, hundreds and tens place. We will be continuing in this unit to discovering addition and subtraction facts (with and without borrowing) of multiple digits. Please continue to have your child work on his/her basic facts of addition, subtraction and multiplication.
If you are planning to come to the Christmas Concert, please bring a donation for Christmas Elves. There will be both a food donation box and a toy donation box. These donations help out our friends and neighbours here in Devon.
A few reminders:
CHRISTMAS CONCERT: December 1, 2014 doors open at 6:45. Please have your child meet us in the music room. You may retrieve your child from the music room after the concert has ended.
**Visitors will be expected to remove footwear and place them in a bag. This is to protect our gym's floor.
**Grade 4 students will be to the right of the stage as you face the stage - best seats are on the floor to see these performers. There will be seats available for elderly or infirm people.
Early dismissal: December 3
No school: December 5
Christmas Break: Begins December 22 - only a month away!
I look forward to seeing you at the Christmas Concert!
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