In math, we continued a unit on measurement. Students learned the difference between perimeter and area, and solved problems involving both. There was a quiz on Wednesday. Our next unit will be number sense, focusing on fractions and decimals.
This week in language we continued a unit on poetry. Students read and wrote several poems, including a sonnet! Students also dramatized a poem called, "Being Human" which involved the poetic device personification.
In science grade 5's are working on a Google Slides presentation on how a specific force affects structures, and how structures are built to withstand those forces. (ex How are tall towers built to withstand an earthquake?) Grade 4's had 2 Scientists in the School learning opportunities- one on Habitats and one on Pulleys and Gears.
In visual art students created beautiful watercolour paintings of birch trees in winter and completed a peer and self evaluation of their work.
Important Upcoming Dates:
Feb. 6-8: Ottawa trip
Feb.11: term 1 report cards go home
Feb. 15: PA day
Homework:
Read for 20-30 minutes each day and talk about your reading.
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Friday, 18 January 2019
Jan. 14-18
In math this week, we continued a unit on measurement. Students practised converting linear measurement. Many are using the mnemonic device, "King Henry Doesn't Usually Drink Chocolate Milk." This stands for km, hm, dam, unit, dm, cm, mm. Ask your child to explain how it's used to help with conversions. Students also learned about perimeter, including how to find the perimeter of irregular objects, as well as how to find the perimeter of rectangles.
This week in language we continued a unit on poetry. Students learned about personification. We also looked at the poet e.e. cummings, and students wrote a poem in his style. On Thursday we had a spoken word poet, Tanya Neumeyer, come in to the class to give a workshop on spoken word poetry. Students wrote their own spoken word poems, and many students presented their work for the class!
This week in language we continued a unit on poetry. Students learned about personification. We also looked at the poet e.e. cummings, and students wrote a poem in his style. On Thursday we had a spoken word poet, Tanya Neumeyer, come in to the class to give a workshop on spoken word poetry. Students wrote their own spoken word poems, and many students presented their work for the class!
In science the grade 5's are learning about the human body, while the grade 4's are studying habitats and communities. Grade 5's will have a quiz on the human body next Tuesday.
In drama we read the book, "Henry's Freedom Box." Students worked in groups to create a tableaux that depicted key scenes and feelings from the book.
Important Upcoming Dates:
Friday, Jan. 18: PA day
Tuesday, Jan. 22: grade 5 science quiz on the human body
Thursday, Jan. 24: homework due; French quiz
Feb 6-8: grade 5/6 Ottawa trip
Homework:
1) Read for 20-30 minutes daily.
2) Complete the work on perimeter, and poetry. Feb 6-8: grade 5/6 Ottawa trip
Homework:
1) Read for 20-30 minutes daily.
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
Jan. 7-11
In math this week, we began a unit on measurement. Students learned how to convert linear measurement. Many are using the mnemonic device, "King Henry Doesn't Usually Drink Chocolate Milk." This stands for km, hm, dam, unit, dm, cm, mm. Ask your child to explain how it's used to help with conversions. Next week students will learn about perimeter and area.
This week in language we began a unit on poetry. Students created a poetry folder and wrote three poems- "I Am" a "Senses" poem, and a poem that uses a simile or metaphor.
In science the grade 5's are learning about the human body, while the grade 4's are studying habitats and communities.
Finally, we began a new inquiry. We will be talking, reading, writing, and learning about overcoming challenges, and why resilience and grit are important. We watched the following Ted Talk about grit.
https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance?language=en Take an opportunity to talk to your child about times in your life that you've overcome a challenge and what you learned from it.
Important Upcoming Dates:
Friday, Jan. 18: PA day
Feb 6-8: grade 5/6 Ottawa trip
Homework:
1) Read for 20-30 minutes daily.
This week in language we began a unit on poetry. Students created a poetry folder and wrote three poems- "I Am" a "Senses" poem, and a poem that uses a simile or metaphor.
In science the grade 5's are learning about the human body, while the grade 4's are studying habitats and communities.
Finally, we began a new inquiry. We will be talking, reading, writing, and learning about overcoming challenges, and why resilience and grit are important. We watched the following Ted Talk about grit.
https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance?language=en Take an opportunity to talk to your child about times in your life that you've overcome a challenge and what you learned from it.
Important Upcoming Dates:
Friday, Jan. 18: PA day
Feb 6-8: grade 5/6 Ottawa trip
Homework:
1) Read for 20-30 minutes daily.
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